The Washington herald., 1922-08-13

law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs VIM
+ Geld X. Shiras. of Pittsburgh. and
| Thomas Morrison Carnegie. Of New
York. formerly Of Pittsburgh. whom
Mrs. Childs said she had known as q
child The latter quite won my heart
hy his expressions of admiration for
Woodrow Wilson. while the others
were not 30 favorable in their remarks.
They discussed Mr.. wilson-and Lloyd
George both at some length. Mr..
Carnegie, who Is extraordinarily good
looking. by the way. Is at the Hot
for his health and seems to be TAX
ing life quietly there. I stumbled
across Pittsburgh people on all sides.
The Rickstons were there-he played
much tennis and Is almost a. big a
man as Earl Dodge-and a rretty
Miss Stewart with her family and
several others can't recall right
now.
So far as I could see most of the
entertaining was being done by our
social leaders. The Pezets gave a
luncheon one day out at Valley View
Farm and the Thilman Hendricks
gave luncheon for Mime. Riano and
the guests at one or the other were
mostly from Washington, Mr. and
Mrs. Frederick e. Chaplin. the Ward
mans. Mr. Ceecato. etc. Mrs. Chaplin
Is writing a book: has just begun 1t,
think 1t is to be about old George
town gardens I'm told Mrs. Chaplin
has much literary talent. Fred Chaplin,
jr.. has Joined his family down there
now. Mr. Chaplin. sr., Is recovering
from long Illness and now that ne
Is so much better. Mrs. Chaplin is be-
ginning to feel the strain Of his ILL.,
ness and need Of a real rest. so thinks
she Will leave her family and the
gaiety OF the Hot and go to board
Tor week or so with Mary Johnston,
the well-known authoress, who las a
lovely place near the Hot. . It se~rns
that the old fayorites like ITO Have
and To Hold" and the Long Rolf
aren't paying such royalties nowadays
vnen Hergeshimer and the realists
and stylists are holding the center
Of the literary stage, and Mrs. John
ston Is taking in a few boarders Ia
help MI the family purse. The vii.
lam Payne Merediths are among the
Washington people staying there now
eSE c OF THE PRErrIEsr
mink. close to the hotel Is the Fred
sterry place which the Thomas Rvans
q tnis city have. Then, Boxwood
Farm is 50 pretty-but then all of
that country is.
On the way down we stopped for
q visit with Col. and Mrs. Edward
Z. Brown at Endless Caverns Farm.
near Newmarket. Va Col. and Mrs.
Grown recently bought the Endless
caverns and are adding many great
improvements to them and doing
nuch building around there. They
raVe bought a farm near the entrance
70 the Caverns and have a charm
mg place altogether Their children
are there. Edward. jr., and his wife
crho was Miss Esther Smith. Of tbis
city. and Marjorie Brown ana her
husband. Ben King. Their wedding
was a big social event of seversI
years ago and was attended by Mrs
WOODROW Wilson. who had them for
Iuncheon at the White House befor.
The wedding. OF course, you remem-
Der all about that. Col Brown is a
relative Of the wilson's and befor,
MS family came here to live used to
sI"ays visit at the White House when
N town. which was often. The
SroWns came from Atlanta, but have
n'eu IN new York and now live here
Ou L SITeeI.
They entertained our partv @,
eihher on the veranda of the lovely
stone lodge they have built near
me entrance to the caves. From the
Neranda was a magnificent view OF
the Alleghanies in the distance and
oI a Iovely sunset and the air was
SO nne and the food-well, every
tning was raised right there on the
isrh and tasted so god. The
BroWns are delightful hosts anv-
way Mrs. Brown Is so charming.
They motor back ub to town oc-
casionally but spend the greater
part of the year now down there
on the farm. The entire family is
taking the greatest interest in i'm
: proving the caves which are truly
lovely as well as wonderful.
MATHILDE MCCORMICK
THERE.
The one thing that seemed 10
have held the interest of most of
the people / chatted with at the
Homestead was the recent visit there
of Mathilde Mccormick, Rockefeller,s
granddaughter. They all men
TONED the fact that she had been
there and how she looked, the gem
eraf opinion being that she looked
! about fourteen (she Is only seven
teen. isn't she) and very quiet.
rather dull. looked very German and
like German servant girl" were
the actual words of several. was
sorry I missed her. She is now
abroad. Which brings to my mind
that Maj. and Mrs. George Oakley
Totten may not go abroad after
All this fall They had planned to
30 but are beginning. 1 suspect, to
see the difficulties of travelling with
q very small baby. hear that
Maj. Totten Is just beaming with
pride for his new little son which
have not seen. but every one says
Is very pretty. Their friends, Mr..
and Mrs. Mark Reid Yates, VEN
tured abroad. you know. with a new
baby. but they are truly brave-if
not foolish-according to my way
Of thinking. The Yates and Tot
tens are among the leaders in the