Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-09-27
North Shore Folk Enjoying.
Delightful Autumn Season
Many Washington People Find Rare Pleasures
a. On Massachusetts Coast--Followins the
ID Hounds Is Feature Pa stime.

noon. The Merrills are at Avalon.
their Prides Crossing home, for the
late season. and are planning to re-
turn to Washington in late October
Mrs. George Won l.. Meyer. well
known In Washington through her
long years in the Capital with her
husband, the late Ambassador to Rus
STA and Italy. was the hostess for one
of the prettiest affairs of the late sea
son, a dinner dance at Rock Maple
farm, her Summer home at Hamilton,
in the Myopia district. Mr.. Meyer
served in the Roosevelt cabinet as
Secretary Of the Navy and Postmas-
ter General, and here Mrs. Never
formed a large Washington friendship
circle which she has maintained Inc
dinner dance was in honor OF ffer
daughter. Mrs. G.. Raymond p. Rod
gers, wife of Commander Rodgers,
L. S. Navy. Among the 100 guests
were: Mr.. Henry c. Chiffon, the Brit
ish envoy, and Mrs. Chiffon; members
of the British embassy staff at Man
chester. the Donna Antoinette de Mar.
tino, wife of the Italian Ambassador,
who is still lingering at Beverly
Farms: Mr.. Eliot Wadsworth, former
Undersecretary Of Treasury, and
Mrs Wadsworth, who are at Glouces.
ter for the late season, and many of
the prominent colonists In the North
Shore district.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter, with
their son, Thomas, and their daughter,
Miss Nancy Letter, are returning to
Washington early next month for
stay, following the closing OF Edge
water house, their Beverly Farms
home. The Letters, as usual, enjoy
the Autumn on the North Shore. and
this season has been particularly
lively one with the young folks Inter
ested In the Myopia club programs
and other country club activities
which have been brought to the front
since Labor day.
Mr.. and Mrs Walter d. Denegre,
who have been at their Villa Crest
cottage at Manchester. are planning
to spend much OF the Winter in
Washington. with perhaps a trip to
Europe and a visit to their New Or
leans home before returning to the
North Shore I'm the Springtirne. The
mansion at Villa Crest is one Of the
show places on the North Shore, IA
nous for its wonderful homes and Its
gardens. Mr.. Denegre has added sew
eral fine hunters to his stable and is
taking much interest in the hunt pro.
gram at Myopia this Autumn.
Mr.. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes
OF the United States. supreme Court
and Mrs. Holmes are returning next
week to Washington for the Winter.
AS usual, they have had a delightful
season on the North Shore, which
they spent at the Holmes cottage,
long the Summer place OF Oliver Wen.
dell Holmes, the poet, father Of Mr..
Justice Holmes.
The Italian embassy is closing early
in the month, after a most interesting
season on the North Shore, where the
Italian flag has fioated over the kaan
cottage on Juniper Hill in the Beverly
Farms district. Ambassador de Mar
tino has been busy with the affairs OF
his government In Washington in con.
nection with the visit Of the debt
funding mission. Donna Antoinette
de MARITIME has had a delightful Sum
mer, and much entertaining has been
done in her honor. There is every
prospect that the embassy Will again
be located at Beverly Farms next
Summer, for the North Shore is be-
ginning to regain its old place as the
playground for the nations diplo-
mats. Time was when the British,
French, German, Italian. Belgian and
Austrian embassies were in North
there is likelihood that the number
will be increased next Summer.
Mr.. and Mrs William Gordon
Means Of Washington. who are on
the North Shore for the long season
at the Alhambra cottage at Mfngo
Beach, in the Prides Crossing district,
gave one Of the most interesting din
ner parties of the season tonight in
honor of Vice Admiral Sir James