Evening star., 1923-11-11

Senator and Mrs. Medill McCormlch
have i,:st taken possession of the
Houore Palmer mansion on NORTH
Michigan avenue, Chicago, and nave
begun IN almost ceaseless rouho Va
entertaining. The senator intends
TO live in a club when in Washington
during Ithe congressional session.
marmeythe trip to his home city
whenever there is breathing space
Mrs. .a.-lnrmick is making a speclal-
ty of Sunday evening suppers IN 'he
new hon.e, and she has the knack OF
fore regathtring tHs powerful hsures
in the POLITICAL world and all the
most interesting members of Vanity
Fair. with artists. musicians ana iie-
erary lights to enliven the occasions.
After tie example of the great
hostesse, of London, Mrs. Mccormick
serves hsr feasts at buffet and all
through fthe evening, from O'CLOCK
to midnight. There are tables win
delicious. smoking hot dishes. "here
a visitor! may get all that makes up
a good dinner without any of the
fuss of waiting the serving OF
courses. There are other tables
where light confections only are IN
svidence.lwith some novel VEL ana nudding laS,g
with stesming hot sauce ana that
delicate sice in which honey-deW
melon iss chopped into custard ana
then FROZEN. And, of course, there
within tae law. Supper furnishes
the medium of more social inter-
course tlsan dinners or any other
form Of 3randiai amenity, and MIS-.
McCormicx's suppers, though begun
less than a month ago, have already
in Chicago.
tends 10 Epend the winter in the
Palmer holse and to come to Wash
ington only in the post-Lenten season.
Capt. ann Mrs. John Ridgely cele-.
brated th- fftieth anniversary OF
their wedting last week nj IN n+nn tine
in Baltimose county. and even - 'fas iss
capacity of the several Ridgely
families which are notable in Mary
land and Delaware annals. the Ridge
lys of Hampton are of the senior
branch, an the venerable couple
who nave passed half century in
wedlock ARP the heads of this, di-
vision. Hal5lpton is among the finest
existing colon al homes and was built
by Charles Ridgely in 1857, after he
had abando:ed the first residence es.
of the family at St. Inigoes. in, st.
Marys couHty- Perhaps the best
hed@e OF h,x surrounds the formal
garden about the house to be found
in Maryland. and the garden itself
is one of t:e best tended and most
venerable il; the vicinity of Balti-
more. Capt. Ridgely and his wife
are cousins of former Ambassador
Henry While, whose mother was
Whites father, John Campbell White.
is buried beside his wife in the old
Ridgely cemJery, which lies directly
north of Hampton and where all the
Ridgelys and @their kindred are buried
lived in the province Of Maryland on
the good ship assurance in 1887.
Mr.. and Nsrs Henry White, who
have been entertaining Mrs. Cornelius
Eenderbilt at .llm Court, at Lenox, in
the Berkshir.s. closed that home at
the conclusio;l of her visit and are
passing a few weeks at their hand
some browns:one mansion, 2 West
5od street, NV York city. Nothing
rejotces the heart OF Mrs, White like
gathering all :her children and their
children and .the two great-grand-
children undes her roof and having
a genuine PrtriarTS1hfaa1l, T1fa1,a feast nons,as Mrs;
sIoane Mae built a5 s er Dresent mtm seD D09gas YorE
home, and ship is one of the veri-
table Old guard of conservatism left
in this environment. However. her
nephew and his family, the younger
cornelius SaH0eTDlilS, are HeT ne&I-
door neighborS, and they also typify
the soundest and best traditions Of
domestic life Mrs. White has four
children, all happily married and all
lthe proud pos.eSsors of large fam
lilies. Her only. son. Malcolm Douglas
Sloane, marrieG Miss Elinor Lee and
maintains an extensive all-the-year-
round establishment at Port Wash
ington. The three daughters have
summer and w3nter homes adjacent
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alton is represdrted in the two sons
of Mr.. and Mrs. William Osgood
Field. William Osgood, jr, and Fred
eric Vanderbilt Field, who have with
in the past five years erected hand
some houses al most opposite their
and Mrs. John Nenry Hammond and
Mr.. and Mrs james a. Burden are
nearby on 5th avlnue and have homes
in the Berkshii-es just across the
White will come 20 Washington about
the middle of Jatuary.
Lovers of the scolonial homestead
rejoice in the decision to restore the
SO reminiscent O New York's early
days, for Harriet Post, who. sew
eral years ago, tmarried Richard
Thornton Wilson, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Orme Wilson, an3 who has been re-
siding in sogtham ton for some years
not built IN colosial days. but its
architect--the same who designed
the famous old Stock Exchange of
New Iork-foilowSd the best col
ontai traditions, and captured the
ideals Of past ears wonderfully
well. The elder Gesree Post was able
to furnish his map,o from the su-
perb ahogany rosesw wood and Flemish
oak which was abundant in those
days ALI over Nanhi: ttan This style,
however, failed to Ttease the genera
tions of the family. who had travelled
in Europe and brought home Frenc,
creations Of ItalS Mrs Wilson,
however, is delighted with the gift.
She has begun .ths remodeling of
such of the fine large rooms as had
been cut off and decorated in the
modern way She has also brought
dawn from the~roosny attic enough
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