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of the country perhaps in the en-
tire country. The house, which is1
low and wide flung, IL Spanish hi
| type ana breaks out into wings ana
enchanting terraces, where tie
young people have assembled to.
i dance on moonlight nights. The
golf links are too new to have
reached perfection, but experts are
agreed that eventually they will be
very fine.
Many new tennis courts are new
nearing completion and the club is
the only one in the vicinity Of
Washington which boasts q. swim.
ming pool. There is also an orna-
mental lake In the grounds, which
may one day be used for outdoor
swimming. The vast domain OF the
club, moreover, boasts hunting and
fishing preserves and the organizas
ton Il soon to set UP Its own pack.
Columbia Country Club Now Boosts
Many Important Men on Roster.
Some wag once designated the Coz
lumbia Country Club as THE club
with .tradesmen's entrance Over the
front door" But for all that now
its links are famous, it Is fire.
Quently the scene OF important golf
tournaments, and II now boasts
many important men among its
members. For some reason, too, IT
is the one club which the British
embassy bachelors, perhaps the
most sought-after young men In
Washington, most frequent, and III
Is there that they give their pic
Eturesuqe and famous parties.
The Washington Country Club Isl
favorite with those who gO in for
mountain goat golf" its links be-
ings unusually hilly. It's an un-
pretentious rustic structure, with "a
singularly beautiful view from its
wide verandas; and its members
swear by the club because informal
ity is the rule, there is no ex
pensive entertaining and. no elab-
crate dressing.
The Montgomery Country Club,
which at present lies out near the
Congressional Club, proposes to
move before long to a property near
Sligo, Nd. its present domain hav-
ing been sold.
This is one of Washington's really
smart" clubs, its membership being
largely drawn from those who were
already members Of the, Chevy
Chase Club, and who resented the
way the lines were let down there
at one time. Sunday luncheons at
the Montgomery Club are especially
popular and usually many of the
guests remain to take part in the
trap shooting, which Is always
featured on Sunday afternoons.
Enter the Community Country
Club; Successful Venture.
The clubhouse and its surrounding
grounds have been purchased in
connection with a land development
scheme and will be used as sort
of community country club for the
rapidly growing Bradley Hills sec
ton. This is a scheme which has
been tried out several times success
fully In the neighborhood Of Wash
ington. And there Is no doubt that
the picturesque little Edgemoor
Club has been a tremendous factor
In the development of that charming
suburb. The fashionable folk who
have homes at Edgemoor congregate
there In the afternoons for tea and
tennis; and the swimming pool Is
exceptionally popular all through
the summer months Cleveland Park
also boasts a successful community
country club.
Grasslands, which Is established
in the pleasant old house occupied
/ by the late William G. Whitney
when he was Secretary Of the
Navy, scarcely rates being called
a country club" except that it is
In the country. There areNno golf
links nor tennis courts and no
provision for the out-of-doo activ-
tiles peculiar to country clubs.
Indeed, 1t is simply place where
members can give parties in pleas
ant surroundings, their guests. be
| 1t understood, being limited to per-
sons who are members of the club
or who hail from other cities.
It is not very pretentious or i'm
posing, but the club really IS made
up Of the smartest element of
Washington society; and some OF
the most brilliant functions Wash
ington has known have been
given there. The Speaker Of the
House and Mrs. Gillett do most Of
their entertaining at Grasslands
and have had dinner parties there
President Harding and President
It was there, too, that Mrs. Gil,
lett had a dance IN honor Of the
Prince Of Wales on the occasion of
his first visit to- washington, enter.
! tanning for her daughters, Miss
| Frances Hoar, now Mrs. Reginald
Foster. and Miss Louisa Hoar, now
Mrs. Christopher LaFarge. If mem
Dry serves, both girls had their
L fV,e
the club has been engaged for a
number Of important festivities,
among them the ball which Coun-
December % for her debutante
daughter. Countess Felicia GizyclKa.
Golf Is Business Proposition
At Picturesque Burning Tree.
Indian Spring is strictly a golf
club and SO are Bannockburn and
the Burning Tree Club. This last
was organized by a group Of
wealthy men, each of whom was
willing to contribute handsomely to
the project in order to keep the
membership small and avoid such
q condition as exists at Chevy Chase
| where there is tremendous wait.
ing list for those desiring golf priv,
ileges. AT Burning Tree golf is a
business and even the club house
is strictly utilitarian. Although it
is well designed and fits pleasantly
into the landscape, it is nothing but
a glorified locker room inside. This
too, is an Adamless Eden, women
being denied membership in the club
land there being no ladies day."
The Burning Tree Club takes it's
name from a tree which is said
to glow strangely at night and