The Washington times., 1924-08-02
JEAN ELIOTS SOCIETY NEWS
CAPITAL FOLK
LIKE LIFE IN
BLUE RIDGE
Mrs. Walter Reed, the
Musgrayes Among Those
Who Have Cottages

<<YTyo be near enough Washing.
ton" is the reason that a
number ncreasing yearly
give for their choice of 8 summer
residence. And fortunately Wash.
ington is NEAR enough" so many
places made beautiful by nature
that those who wish to be away from
the Capital for the summer and yet
do not wish to be farther away than
about two whoops and q hollow
ito use the expressive language OF
the Kentucky mountaineersl, have
no difficulty in satisfying their va.
cation desires.
Blue Ridge Summit is one OF she
mountain places that seems to ut.
tract discriminating Washingt onians
And Monterey, which adjoins It. is
another.
One of the loveliest cottages at
Blue Ridge Summit is that of Mrs.
Walter Reed, widow of the eminent
army surgeon, for whom the hos.
pital Is named. It's charm Is alto.
gether due to the cleverness and
taste of its mistress, who designed
1t and planned it from roof to cellar.
and who was fortunate enough to
secure one of the loveliest Of views
IN this section of wonderful pictures.
Mrs. Reeds Garden Is
A Thing Of Beauty.
The garden is the chief feature
Of the place, with the mountains
that frame the Gettysburg Gap az
its background. One looks over a
hedge Of Dorothy Perkins roses,
hung in festoons on iron chains. 10
the mountains beyond, and in the
immediate foreground are borders 81
feathery peoples and delphiniunls
enclosing e small oblong pool, whore
goldfish CLINT In the sunshine. anS
on either side of which are white
curved garden seats, also designed
by and made under the direction OF
this clever woman, whose talents ex,
tend in many directions.
Mrs. Reed built a tiny cardboard
house first as a model to give the
local carpenter. In the house IS
every sort Of convenience q, woman
can desire to simplify living, with
every sort Of cubby-hole and corner
to stow them away when not in use
Mrs. Reed even raised the beautiful
big moths which, imprisoned under
glass, make the lamp shade for hel
library table. She also made the
shade.
Mrs. Reed now has with her her
daughter, Mrs. Cook, also of Wash.
ington.
Apropos Of gardens, the loveliest,
as many i'll that section think il
that of Mrs. Thomas Creighton, re.
Gently the hostess of Mrs. Mime.
gerode Andrews.
Musgrave Making
Many Pictures.
Mrs. Creighton lives in. Monterey
Circle the eourt-end Of town, but
the loveliest part of her garden is
reached by a back road and a path
through other estates. One passes
on this route the cottage where
Mr.. and Mrs. Musgrave, of George.
town. are staying. Mr.. Musgrave
is painting beautiful pictures Of the
superb view from his piazza. with
sketches of woody roadsides, with
children playing under trees, bright
bits OF shadows and high lights,
that are most pleasing. When recre.
alton Is demanded, Mr.. Musgrave
plays a round or two Of golf on
the course he himself has laid out
on his own grounds. Trust an Eng.
lishman to rig up golf links, no
matter how small or impromptu!
He has just returned to Monterey.
having been back to Washington to
claim an automobile stolen from
him in the spring. He drove It back
to the mountains, after various and
sundry breakdowns and mishaps
on the road. The Musgraves now
have two cars and will form q
miniature caravan on their return
to Georgetown.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blair Thaw, Of the
new resident colony occupying old
monsions in Georgetown, are also in
the Blue Ridge country. They are
a short distance from the cottage
recently bought by Mr.. and Mrs.
Ira Bennett.
Ira BENEFITS Place
Once Church Property
The latter's place was once
church property, where priests Of
the Roman Catholic faith had a
sort of boys vacation rest, or some.
thing Of that order, During the
war, many of the diplomats. who
went to that region for recreation,
used to attend mass In the little
house, originally planned as an
artists studio and then converted
into a chapel. Mrs. Bennett pur.
poses making "a tea house out Of
it., which she is going to name
ME Too" a word in the family
handed down from the baby prattle
of her daughter, Mrs. Claude Len.
glais, now living in Frame.
Among the Washington folk at
Monterey and CHAIRMAN are Mrs.
Julia Bradley; Mrs. Edward p.
Alexander, Of Georgetown: the
Misses Trapier and Miss wilcoxson,
of @ street; Mrs. and Miss Barka-
low; Mrs. Fry, widow Of Doctor
Fry, and her guest, Mrs. Virginia
Speel, and Mrs. Emilio de Zaraaz,
who lives at 24OO Sixteenth street.
The Misses Porter, of 1861 @ street,
have just returned to Washington.
Mrs. Haskell Allison, wife Of Cap.
tain Allison, of the army, has also
lust returned from the Blua Eidra