The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-06
Noted Russ Artist
Slips Quietly
Into Tom
BY JEAN ELlOT.

"HE great Russian artist,
Leon Bakst VINO sApped
- quietly into Washington a
xuA might ago, has been staying
with Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Meyer,
jr., devoting himself to doing por-
traits Of their five children. And
It Is only now, when he Is on the
eve OF leaving, that the presence
Of this amiable lion is beginning
to get about. However. in the
two weeks OF his visit, the artist
has, of course, met great many
Washlngtonians at the home OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Meyer, VINO snLet-
tain constantly and most delight
fully and at whose house one
meets sooner or later everybody
worth meeting, In Difference to
the memory or the late President
Wilson, the Meyers have cancelled
several formal functions, notably
the dinner and musicale they had
arranged for Monday evening in
honor OF CHIEF Justice and Mrs.
Tart, but they are continually
having guests to lunch or dine.
M. Bakst expects to leave Wash
1ngton the last OF this week for
California. where he will lecture
and do some work. However, ne
will return after a fortnight on
the West coast to compete his
work on the portraits OF the
Meyer children and. perhaps, to
executive some further commits
sions in Washington.
So far as know M. BakSt has
not before painted any Washing
tonians, but ne did a very beau
tiful portrait OF Mrs. John w.
Garrett, OF. Baltimore, daughter
Of Mrs. Benjamin h. Warder, OF
Washington. 1t will be remem.
bered, too, that he designed the
spectacular and beautiful costumes
which Mrs. Garrett wore when
she opened the little theater at
her house in Baltimore with, a
song recital, and l bellows the
Russian was also responsible for
the strikingly beautiful decora-
tons in this gem of a miniature
playhouse.
/ remember, too, that M. Bakst
accompanied the CARROTS to Wash
ington one evening last winter
and they were guests in Mrs.
Warder's box for the Chicago
Opera Company's production of
the colorful Russian opera, THE
Snow Maiden" On that occasion
Mrs. Garrett, who is strikingly
handsome, wore a gorgeous green
and gold costume which had all
the earmarks Of being a Bal1Bt
creation.
MRS. ROBERT MCCORMICK
XX1 sailed yesterday for Europe,
her son and daughter-in-law, Sena-
tor and Mrs. Medill Mccormick,
going to New York to see her off.
From New York, Mrs. Medill Nc
Cormick and her two children,
who are with her, will go to At
lantic City for a few days and
will then return to Chicago. The
Senator is coming back to Wash
tngton-he may perhaps have ar
rived already-and will make his
home at the Metropolitan Club,
now that his mother has closed
up her big house i'm Massachu-
sets avenue, where he has been
staying.
The McCormicks caused consid-
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they determined to give up the
big house in F street which they
had occupied for a year or two
Congressman and Mrs Robert L.
Bacon, Of New York, have it. now
and in which they had dispensed
Q most lavish and discriminating
hospitality. But, with a strenuous
election coming on, the Senator's
fences were in need of attention,
and it was decided in a family
Conclave that Mrs. Mccormick
was the person to attend to the
mending of 'em. Consequently,
she has been in Illinois all winter,
making campaign speeches when
occasion demanded and keeping an
eye on the political situation.
She is very gifted woman, this