The Washington times., 1925-06-05
PICNICPARTIES
FAVORITES
In SOCIETY
All Entertaining Has an
AL Fresco Slant; Gar
dens in Use

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Gus IulI in entertaining for months.
There are some, however, who
must gather their friends around
them and make merry even If the
kiosk on Pennsylvania avenue
speaks in melting figures. But
when these hosts and hostesSes
oley that impulse they summon
their guests to sylvan glades or TO
gardens and grounds that have
leafy old trees that grow tail ana
broad. ~
Kennedy are entertaining at q ouf'
fet supper tonight on the lovely
grounds of their home at kensing'
ton, following the rehearsal Tor the
wedding tomorrow afternoon or
their daughter, Miss Frederica NC
Kenney. and Blaine Mallan, which
will also take place out of doors.
There's another al fresco party
on for some of the out-of-town
guests for the Mallan-McKenney
wedding, for Dimitri dem Diman'
cesco, Of the Rumanian legation,
is Arranging a picnic for them for
Sunday at Woodstock. the adorable
old place near Upper Marlboro
which has been rented and which
he has made into the most charm
ing of homes, coiorful Rumanian
embroiderfes and brasses consorting
most amiably with old-fashioned
American furniture. The bride will.
of course. have set forth ere this
on her honeymoon. but members OF
her wedding party will be Mr..
Damancesco's guests, with their
proper complement of swains.
Mrs. III. H Rousseau, wife OF
Ama
nearly every night this week the
most delightful sort of dinner par.
ties o ntfe grounds OF their home
in Georgetown. which is one Of the
most beautiful places of the many
rare old estates in that portion OF
washington. She has had visiting
her her sister. Mrs. Harold c.
Whitman, OF New York. who win
return to New York late tonight
after a small party at Chateau LIE
Paradis
At the dinner, which Mrs. Rous-
seau gave last evening in compll-
ment to her sister, there were
twenty guests. who were seated at
four tables placed under the trees
of the garden. Among those who
were present were the Minister of
Austria and Nine. Prochnik. Com
mander and Mrs. Robert Hende.-
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Johnson
and Doctor and Mrs. Louis Lehr.
Mrs. Rousseau is closing her home
in Georgetown next week and is
going to Blue Hill, Me-. for the
summer. The children are already
there. Admiral Rousseau. who win
return from California the end Of
the month. viii join them at Blue
Hill for several weeks vacation.
Among the most devoted picnickers
IN Miss Natalie Hammond who
can be counted on as the prime
mover in getting together a
group for this out.of.door festivity
on an average OF five days in the
week Miss Hammond is giving
q picnic tomorrow evening. The
famous old Dover House about
eighteen miles from Washington.
Just off the Marlboro Pike, is
usually the choice Of Miss Ham,
Inond.
An through the spring she has
been giving parties in the high
ceilinged old dining room of the
house proper. but these summer
days. she has been selecting
house. When not at the Dover
house or thereabouts she can be
found picnicking at picturesque
Burnt Mills near Silver Spring.
The Dover House was the place
where Hipolit GlIwic, counselor OF
the Polish legation, was host at
an al fresco dinner last evening.
Mrs. Henry ID. Flood acted as
hostess for him and among his
twenty guests were the Minister
of Guatemala and Nine. Latour.
Moonlight Swimming Parties
At EdgemOor Prove Popular.
Moonlight swimming parties in
the picturesque pool of the Edge
moor Club are exceptionally popu
lar these warm nights, with the
residents of that pleasant COM
munity as hosts and their friends
from the steaming city as guests.
Because of mourning Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Tuckerman are not taking
their usual active part in the fes-
fivities of the community Of which
they are such popular members.
They are not even having guests
for dinner, but their friends from
Washington continue to drop in
upon them and enjoy with them
their rose emboWered garden.
Bishop Freeman's son - William
Freeman, is mt it?-and Mrs. Free
man are recent popular acquisition
TO the Edgemoor neighbordhood.
The Columbia Country Club has
put in a new swimming pool, ad-
ding tremendously to it's charm on
a warm day; and the Congressional
Country Club, whose fine pool is
always popular, has in addition a
lovely bit of a lake. nesting in a