The Washington herald., 1922-10-01
Politics Now Discussed
By Washington Society

Now oeCTchdTy OIL tne belgian En-
bassy and Nine. Graeffe had guests
for dinner Wednesday and there
were one or two other parties
worthy of note.
Miss Josephine wnliford was
hostess at a bridge party followed
by tea on Friday afternoon at the
home of her aunt. Mrs. Alfred Penn
broke Thorn, whose guest she Is.
Miss williford entertained IN
honor of Miss Elizabeth Zolnay and
her guest, Miss Dunster Duncan
Foster. of Lexington, KY, who ar
rived the middle of the week to &c
main several weeks.
There were ten tables of bridge
and additional guests came in for
tea. Miss Marcia Chaplin and Miss
Annette Ashford poured tea.
Miss Foster will be entertained
again on Saturday. October Z. by
Miss Betty Byrne. who will give a
luncheon for her.
THEN an unfailing sign that
j things are getting under way
is the announcement of a charity
affair this week. Paul Gardner
Tchernikoff, Russian dancer AMI
ballet master of the Washington
Opera Company, and Elizabeth
Gardiner, of the Pavlovs ballet,
will be the featured artists at the
moonlight fete and autumn carnival
to be given Friday night for the
benefit of the Women's welfare As
ISOLATION on the beautiful estate OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Pembroke
iNtGf
of Connecticut avenue extended.
They are both real artists. truly
professionals and clever ones. They
will present an original ballet writ
ten by Mrs. Edouard Albion, wife
Of the director of the Washington
Opera Company and writer CT
some note herself. Mrs. Wesley
Martin Stoner. acting president OF
the association and chairman OF the
entertainment committee. has named
for hostesses the following mem
bers of the board OF directors:
Nine. Grouitch. Mrs. william H.
King, wife OF Senator King; Mrs.
John Allan Dougherty, Mrs. Cuno
Rudolph and Mrs. Thorn.
Miss Gardiner and Paul Tchcrni-
koff have opened a new studio to-
gether: Mr.. TchernikOff had one
alone here last year. you may re-
call, at 1871 l street. This year the
pair OF them are at 1903 S street.
They will instruct in the Russian
ballet, interpretive dancing ana
ballroom dancing, and VIII give
class or private instruction and
also have classes for children as
well as grown-ups. Aside from
their art Miss Gardiner and MT.
Tchernikoff are real additions TO
Washington. both belonging to hne
old families of brains and culture.
Miss Gardeners mother Is Mrs. Cor
ne1Ius Gardiner. prominent as
newspaper woman and writer. MT.
Tchernikoff belongs to the hne oio
Gardner family of Boston.
Also a sign that people are baCk
is the approaching meeting of the
Garden Club OF America, TO De nelo
here the third week in October.
In connection with II a number OF
washingtonians went to Baltimore
Friday afternoon as guests of Mrs.
z. n. Bouton. of Roland Park. to
witness the outdoor specta"'" ar
ranged by the wildfiower. Preser-
walton Society of Baltimore. The
performance was given in Mrs.
Bouton's wonderfully beautiful
garden and consisted of The La
ment Of the Holly" a dramatic
monoIogue by Warren Wilmer
Brown. Of Baltimore. and a charm
ing fantasy by Mrs. Minnigerode
Andrews work is dedicated to DR..
Voice OF the Wildflowers." Mrs.
Andrews work is dedicated to DR..
Paul Bartsch Of the Smithsonian In
stitution, who is president of the
Wildhower Preservation Society.
DR.. Bartsch Is also keenly inter-
ested in the meeting Of the Garden
Club of America. for which he has
assisted in arranging a delightful
program. including the presentation
OF Mrs. Andrews flower fantasy in
the gardens of the American Red
Cross building here on the evening
Of October 26. Mrs. Henry Rea,
who is president of the Garden
the women we'll known here-and
elsewhere-who is coming on for
the meeting of the Garden Club Of
America. She's a garden enthusiast,
you know. and keenly interested
in organizing a garden club here.
Her home is in Pittsburgh. but she
has been a frequent visitor here
ever since the early days Of the
war. She is a member of the cen
trail committee of the Red Gross
and she has been a generous bene-
factor to the boys out at Walter
Reed Hospital.
Many of the historic homes in
the vicinity of Washington will be
opened to the delegates of the Gar
den Club by invitation. as well as
the old gardens of Virginia and
Maryland. among them being Gun
ston Hall. the old Mason estate on
the Potomac in Virginia owned by
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Hertle. The
Commission of Fine Arts and the
Department Of Agriculture are also
Offering to the delegates from all
over the country every hospitality
and opportunity for study.