Evening star., 1923-08-26

senator and Mrs. Arthur Capper,
who have spent much of the summer
at their home on 10Th street, look out
on familiar vista from their rear
yard, namely, 4 cornfield III full tas-
sci and Offering some temptation to
the presiding genius of the culinary
regions. Not even Kansas can boast
more thrifty looking ears or a greater
riot of tasselS and fringes, for the
patch which is almost directly oppo-
site the Racquet Club. in Il vacant
square, was offered TO Secretary Wal
lace FOR experimental purposes and
Las been enriched in the most scien-
tfic way. The Agricultural pepart-
ment is trying out the varieties of
liable corn, which thrive best in this
locality, and which bear most heavily
70 the square foot. No problem is
harder to adjust than that raised by
the claimants of different brands and
tIelr tales of the productive qualities
"t each' In this particular section,
q cult or Golden Bantam has almost
forced all other kinds out of the mar
Let, yet the Golden Bantam Yields
distinctly a meager crop and is only
Tor the gardener with unlimited
posSible conditions all the old corn
i;tNorlteS for table use, have been
TAINTED and cultivated all through
'cls summer by experts from the Ag-
t!cnltural Bureau and all those who
wish exact informa tion about Country
Gentleman or Golden Bantam and all
rhe others may have il later in the
autumn. Meantime, nothing attracts
senator Capper'S interest more thor
'ughly than this corntield and he and
A. a fs.l- -sr-.t
10 inspect it than perhaps has the
secretary of Agriculture himself
Mrs. Alice Pike Barney. for SO many
Years a resident of Washington and
me of it's prominent artists and So
'ial leaders. has taken a pleasant cot
tage in Hollywood and proposes to
pass the autumn and winter in the
capital of filmdom. She has sent some
of her household equipment there and
evidently is bent on Il long Sojourn.
iiut just why. no one is, as Yet. in
formed. Mrs. Barney has frequently
loduced plays and tableauX in Wash
ington and she has trunks of manu-
scripts dealing with the stage and no
doubt she will take "a dip into the
chef industry OF Los Angeles.
The southern part of California is
proving quite acceptable as II sum
mer and autumn resort and many
others well known in Washington are
here for the next few weeks. Mrs
raymond r Bake has been i'll Santa
barbara for month and has been
ntertaining u house party of whom
Mrs. Sidney J. Culford. Mrs. Charles
W. Amoury and Mr. W. \. Slater
we're members. Mrs. Baker intends TO
roturn to Lenox in October. Mr.. and
Mrs. Mark ReQua have opened their
home at Piedmont and have Miss
lice Requa with them until the end
of September. Mrs. George T. Marye
and Miss Helen Mary. are in Bur
lingame and will remain there until
after Christmas when the home in y
street, near Connecticut avenue, will
he opened. Miss Marye is to return
10 school in New York. but will pass
the Christmas holidays in Washing
ton with her aunt, Miss Flora Doyle.
Gen. Pershing's selection Of Maj
Gen. Il. l.. Bullard to be manager Of
fhe American Army polo team, which
is to meet the British army four on
september ], at the Meadow brook
'lub, near Southampton, l.. J., is re
CciNed with much enthusiasm. Prep
arattons are progressing to make this
test between British and American
military polo teams one Of the most
brilliant events in the sporting CAL
"ndar and not only will the thou
sands of cadets from PlattSburg at
tend and diversity the day with drills
and parades, but the entire force at
West Point has been ordered out by
Gen. PerShing to lend color and in
l. rest to the unique event. Socially it
Will attract attendants from every
state in the Union. The British team,
which has just arrived. presents Il
record which may well put the Ameri-
cans on their mettle. Led by Maj.
Vivian y. Lockett. who is d ten-goal
man. the highest rating in the Brit
ish fame, the other members. Lieut..
Col. T. j. Melville, Lieut.. Col ]. u. y.
Eingham and Maj. +. Il. Murndall, are
seven and eight goal winners and thus
present a handicap rating not less
Ian thirty-thres goals. The Ameri-
an team. which is to be selected
through the elimination games, which
rave lasted all through July and are
still in progress. The last game is
heduled for Point Judith on July
.s. when the two teams winning the
highest average will determine who
is to uphold the honor of Brother
iona than against John Rull. Gen. Sir
Beauvoir de Lisle. who is the man