New-York tribune., 1922-10-29
arden Clubs
|Fete Leads i'm
Capital Events
atle Season at Washington
Proves Exceedingly In
,eresting With MI amy
Affairs of Importance
benors Paid MarshalIs
,risal of Lord and Lady
Mounsbatten Opens a
Series of Entertainments
,s.,sal pspa:ea to Ths rr,nuns

a Nh 3lG0 oN @e<Sa&NtA
i fsscss, Dispatch to The TRIBUNE
| w,sHMGToN. Oct. Washing
las lille season is exceedingly in
lsres.sng, 81 indeed the capital Of
l,rsa. country must be when its diplo-
I.,sic corpa grows daily; with officials
sasasairg the FIRST duties to one an
l.sther. The Garden Club OF America
Ls,a In the foreground all during the
1ut days Of the week. Lady Geddcs,
III. Of the Ambassador of Great Brit
A., Mrs. Henry Getty Chiffon, wife
AtAe British Counsellor Of Embassy:
IN. Charles Evans Hughes, wife
.hs Secretary Of State; Mrs.
ey c. Wallace, wife of the Secre-
Of Agriculture; Mrs. Hubert
si, wife of the Postmaster General,
others in diplomatic and official
n stood foremost IN events for the
gtsinment of the Garden Club of
a1xri:a, which came and enthused cap
society into forming a branch Of
sieb here.
was at Gunston Hall on the Po-
lii Tuesday that Lady Geddes, Mrs.
ssss, Mrs. Wallace and Mrs. Work
aIsed the hostess, Mrs. Louis Hertle,
E. Xrs. Samuel Sloan, of New York,
assent Of the Garden Club, in re-
Eg the several hundred guests.
Day was brilliantly far but chilly,
r. while the hostess, Mrs. Hertle,
AZ white cloth gown and a long
f5ss fur-trimmed wrap, cutting q
zssny figure indeed, other women
I'm fur or fur-trimmed coats. Lady
giss had on great fur coat which
#a,hed her ears and her feet alike,
M her black hat was made Of some
Msg With tin-like glisten, the outer
8rs softened with lace. Mrs. Gettyt
gfkaan wore a heavy cloth suit of
Mssgsy material, fashioned bo-like in
III ft and trimmed with broad collar
HI cuffs of seal. Mrs. Sloan also was
$ailsd In furs, and 1t was bit gro
,sas to see these women and several
aa,ed others similarly attired wan
dag among the flowers in the ter
gM garden of Gunston Hall.
lat as they might have done for
sc early summer garden party, they
4g,bout the lawn on benches and took
sAeon from boxes, while under the
Hin psrgola Mrs. Cary T. Grayson,
HI. Of Admiral Grayson, and others
IaNsa hot coffee from tall silver urns.
AIsdyCeddes Shows Great
a Interest In Gunsfon Hall
Nv Geddes, who Is herself an
ariean, visited with eager delight
s quaint drawing rooms and dormer
Ebers of Gunsson Hall, and with
s Hughes as guide was shown the
|ffming views from the bedroom win
gAs of the mansion. In the guest cham
m there was covering the quaint ma
32sany bed just such set as Mrs.
S3rding, wife of the President, gave TO
3n Catherine Hughes as a wedding
3asnt before her marriage to Mr..
sHnccy Lockhart Waddell, Of New
#gk, SO Mrs. Hughes explained. The
a.ssrn carried out in tufted work,
fslster, while handmade fringe fin
hsd the edge of the spread, which al
*pst touched the floor.
q One wonders how, devoting SO much
#as TO the Garden Club of America,
RSy Geddes yet had time to assist
M ambassador in number Of in
Mf.sting things at the embassy. To
sure, everything is informal, but,
#ter all, there is always more or less
rm st the embassy, in keeping with
English notions Of what is what in the
que cf 8 man who represents that
Isosatry, One night they entertained
II dinner for Captain Sidney Bailey
~ his bride, and Thursday they en-
as.a!ned at luncheon for Lady Alan
nnnstons, OF England, the sister OF
n. Clifford Pinchot and niece of MIR.
iiliam Phelps Emo, who ia visiting
Washington. November 10 the AM
sador and Lady Geddes will enter
la &C dinner for Lord and Lady
mntbatten, who viii arrive as guests
# Colonel Robert M. Thompson. ALI
Hs one heard OF members of the
anih Embassy staff entertaining at
saeons, teas and dinners for Cap
81 and Mrs. Bailey, who are soon
8kag for England.
fiet little entertainments attended
Hs visit of the former Vice-President
VI Mrs. Thomas R. Marshall, who left
H,a friday after a weeks visit, but
8avill return shortly that Mr.. Mar
~ nay resume his duties. Mr.. and
s Chsrles Warren entertained them
Sinner Thursday night, that event
as the most formal of the week in
I'M, aonor. Mrs. Warren, who was
aW York for some days. returned
lne for the dinner.
sa and Lady Mountbatten
'acemed by Entertainments
ae arrival of Lord and Lady
s.aleatten Friday, in company with
ssaa Thompson, opened mp the way
Splendid series of entertainments
a early in the season. The Mount
sas are enthusiastic about every
ss IN America, and they were greet
a Washington by more than three
aIea guests bidden to the annual
nj. ssSst Of the Navy League, given IN
AeW Willard Hotel the night of
8r,. ~ canning. Cabinet officials, q few
4 senator's who just chance to be
as,s.s a.ssa'agton, many officials OF all
s.Ass OF the service and their
Hi, and diplomats, including Sir
sS.saa and Lady Geddes, and society
Nm salore were there. Of course,
8as ana Lady Mountbatten had
49, Time TO lift their hats before
as the following day for New
nosy are due TO return to Wash
E sn .ssovsnlber 6, when they will stay
IN ySsesonei Thompson, who has leased
Mss.s saamas Nelson Page home on r
tms The residence is large,
PICK structure built by the late
s.a age, and while her husband
sss as Ambassador to Italy the
sssa.Mas vas leased TO the Italian AM