The Washington times., 1924-08-21
ARCHERY BIDS
FOR POPULAR
] FAVOR
Nies With Tennis in Pop
i ularity at Tucker
man Home
BY JEAN ELIOT.
1(YTHERE's really nothing go.

by JEAN EA1AUT.
HEYTHERE'S really nothing go.
= ing on now" Is the plant
Of the young people who are
lingering in town. And yet they are
I doing something all the time and
I having lot of fun doing 1t. Ten
2 mis- and swimming parties are In
order, with informal dinners at the
various country clubs as q popular
form Of entertainment, and picnics
are in high favor, particularly with
: the members OF the diplomatic corps
who are chained-more or less
closely to their desks.
Then on Saturday afternoons and
Sundays one is likely to find many
. of the young married contingent
with a sprinkling Of the girls and
their cavaliers, assembled at Edge
moor, either at the picturesque lit
tie Edgemoor Country Club or at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Tuckerman. Swimming parties at
The club. are particularly popular
on Saturdays, when tea Is served,
but usually on Sundays everybody
gravitates to the Tuckermans. Ten.
mis- Is In order there, with q swim
afterward If desired, and for those
20 whom such strenuous activities
have, no appeal, the Tuckermans
have revived the picturesque sport
Of archery.
For a long time these informal
archery meets at the Tuckermans
have been going on with all manner
Of important personages taking
!. part from time to time-something
like the famous hockey games at
- d. III z1s
one finds cabinet ministers lined
up against Colonial potentates.
shining lights Of the literary and
artistic world and visiting notables
from all parts Of the globe-and
some very good shots have actually
been developed. Doctor ]. B. HUI
brecht, sometime secretary OF the
Netherlands legation, who Is now
on duty at Madrid, is crafty missed.
however, for it was he who Of all
the visitors displayed the greatest
amount of skill.
What Washington would do with.
out the Tuckermans don't, know.
They are the most hospitab1e folk
and are always stirring up some.
thing amusing and original. In the
autumn and early spring, when
there's a stimulating snap in the
air, paper chases are In order, with
the field" starting from Mrs
fuckerman'S = home in Edgemoor
and winding up there either for
luncheon or supper. Just now
- swimming and tennis are in vogue,
with archery for contrast; and their
informal Saturday or Sunday eve.
ming dinner parties, with dinner
Oorved in the court yard, are ia.
nous hospitalities. Moreover, Mrs.
Tuckerman, despite the care of a
large family, finds time to take
an active and important part in
most OF the city's philanthropic ac-
Visit to Southampton Followed
Holiday on Wyoming Ranch.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tuckerman make
their year-round home at Edgemoor,
usually going to Southampton, l.. T.,
Tor several months. This year; how
ever they spent a month or six
weeks on a ranch in Wyoming,
their two oldest daughters with
them, and only vent to South.
0mpton for brief visit to Mrs.
Tuckerman's sister, Mrs. Frederick
Ashton de Peyster,, from which
they returned last week.
Reaching the picturesque Long
Island resort during tennis week
they were caught up In a whirl of
festivities, with round Of parties
hespecially for Mrs. Tuckerman con.
n Srtbuting to the general Rayeky.
k4rs. Rutherford Stuyvesant was
Zone hostess who entertained for
the popular visitor from Washing.
ton and another party was given
by Miss Dorothy Schieffelin. The
Tuckermans' house at Edgemoor is
now open for the rest of the sum.
mer, but they expect to slip away
later for another short stay at
Edgemoor and to make several
visits.
The French embassy tennis
courts, like the courts at Edgemoor
are In constant use these days, the
bachelor members of the staff usu.
ally acting as hosts to the players.
But despite such Opposition, %
Henderson Castle continues to be
the favorite rendezvous with the
younger diplomatic set. The courts
are fun each afternoon, the pool is
y daily use, and bridge ana nah.
,Jongg tables set out under the
trees give a country club aspect
70 Mrs. Henderson's home.
SECRETARY HOOVER .
s'RETURNING FROM WEST