The New York herald., 1922-10-29


kept Il that way for the old Virginia
landowners were All easygoing lot
| They tried TO make their estates pay
reasonably. and they paid rather more
attention TO the crops than TO the flower
gardens. though these were no. neg
lected
| Both the picturesque gardens and the
! quaint old mansion were thrown open
for the inspection OF the Garden Club
! members. and the hostess gave them
warm personal greeting. Mrs. Hertle
I had Lady Geddes Mrs. Hughes and
Mrs. Wallace, representing official
Washington, assisting her. as well as
Mrs. Samuel Sloan of New York, the
president of the Gardes Club OF Amer.
lea The members OF the club brought
! box luncheons with them, but In a long
! grass inclosed pergola, approached by
! an avenue box, a. daintily appointed
| table was laid, from which coffee, piping
| hot doughnuts and other delicacies
were served. Small tables We're pro-
vided for the comfort OF the guests, and
for those who preferred TO take their
luncheons In true picnic style, out OF
doors, benches were set out on the ter
races overlooking the river.
The pergola is really a sort of ont
door living room. 1t crowns the brow Of
ard looks away across thes gayly
painted autumn woods to the blue Poto-
mac. The garden lies below, Il shell
tered. sunshiny place, where summer
| flowers still bloom side by side with
! the chrysantheruinS and cosmos, to
| which these crisp autumn days are sup
posed TO be sacred. This lower terrace
Is reached by double brick stairway
nellowed brick, probably brought over
from England In Colonial days. In the
center OF the garden stands a quaint
old lead fountain. the blue of the sum-
1ner sky reflected In tho deep blue OF
its carved stone bowl. And in the box
| bordered beds fragrant heliotrope Is
| lifting purple clusters to the sun. and
candytuft- petunias, wall flowers, a few
late roses. as we'll as quantities Of
cosmos and chryeanthemunrs all
/ against a background of tell green
things and low bushes starred with
scarlet berries.
The ladies spent most OF their time
| strolling about the gardens--small blame
! to them. But II any of them missed
going through the house she missed a
| treat. It's perfect-a beautiful old Co
lonial home with wide hallway. through
the center. and beautifully proportioned
! high ceiied rooms on either side. And
the details we're so perfect-the nantels,
! the cornices, and the fine old hand
carved-what-do-yo -you-call-' ems ?--is pedi-
ments the right word lover doors and
windows, positively made ones mouth
water. There is one room paneled In a
soft brown wood-which looks as II it
might be deal. we'll weathered-which
they say was only uncovered after six
or eight coats OF paper had been peeled
off. There were open fires burning in
each room, always attractive. and on
| Tuesday. when the air had quite little
snap to 1t. not uncomfortable.
Garden Club Visits.
Coming down from Gunston. the dele
gates stopped to inspect the Government
experiment station at Arlington. and
again at Alexandria TO visit Christ
Church. where Washington worshiped
and of which he was I'm hts day senior
warden. Two other stops were made,
one at old Pohick Church, another place
where Washington worshiped. and
for which he surveyed the land. select
ing spot equidistant from Mount ver-
non and Gunston Hall. equally conven-
lent to his own household. and to that
Of his friend. George Mason, and at
Mount Vernon, where a tree was planted
In the name of the Garden Club of
| America
Proceeding from the gardens to the
| girls-the debutantes are beginning to
come out from cover. and name their
dates and discuss their plans--and they
are having a lot OF nica little get-to-
getl,er parties. preliminary skiImishee
as II were. TO get line on one another.
and get acquainted all around. There
really Ia rather an unusually large
! group Of thenr-in spite Of the theories
that since the White House had an
nounced that there would be no formal
program of state functions there, as
| Mrs. Harding was not strong enough to
undertake anything Of the sort. a num-
Der of projected debuts would be de.
ferred for q year. Possibly thero will
be some poetponements. but probably
| only few. and these are more likely
| to be for personal or family reasons
! han for any lack Of promise In the
| White House. For really the White
House means very little to the debu-
tantes when there are no young people
In IT, They like smaller-or at any rate,
! livelier--parties than those given at the
| White House.
| OF those who seem TO be planning
| quite definitely to como out, there Is
| Virginia Edwards. daughter of Mr.. and
J Mrs. John L. Edwards, who will be
presented at a dance to be given at
Rauscher's on Thanksgiving Miss Helen
Campbell, daughter OF Representative
and Mrs. Philip Fit Campbell of
Kansas. who will make her bow q week
earlier at tea given at her home In
Virginia on the afternoon of Novembe-
20. and will supplement that with a
large dance. which her parents will give
| for her later on at the Congressional
Club.
Miss Emma St.tt, daughter OF Sur
| geon-Cieneral and Mrs. Edward Rhodes
! stitt. win make her debut at a dance on
December -; and Miss Louise Ander-
son, daughter OF Mrs. John X. Mitchell.
whose husband, John X. Mitchell Of
: Minneapolis, Is one OF the Harding ap-
pointmonts to the Federal Reserve
Board. will make hers on December IS
At "A dance at Rauscher's. These two
promise TO be among the most popular
of the seasons buds and certainly will
have great deal done for them. Little
Miss Stitt's elder sister, Miss Mary Stitt.
who made her debut last sea-on and
registered a big success, gave a large
breakfast this last week for her littis
sister---the company including quite a
group OF the buds of the coming sea son,
F, and half dozen or so from last season
welcoming the youngsters to their ha ppy
hunting ground.
Then there Is Miss Elizabeth Hanns---
\ one doesn't know whether to class her
as bud or not. She has taken a house
on Florida avenue, up near Sheridan
Circle. and she will live there with a
chaperon and do quite q little entertain
Ing on her own accou unit, probably the
youngest hostess in Washington, but
with all sorts of Washington connec-