Evening star., 1925-07-05
North Shores Social World
Enjoying Season of Gayety
Establishment of Summer White House There
and Presence of Diplomats Revive In
terest of Pre-War Days.

BEVERLY, Mass, July 4.-Wash-
SnEton now has a larger representa-
tion on the North Shore than at any
season since before the war, and all
of the colonies claim Washington
/, folks for visitors. Through the Bev-
erly district there are many from the
Capital City who own their own cot.
tages-come early and stay late and
do much entertaining. The establish
ment of the Summer White House
and many embassies here this sum-
lner has quickened the interest in
society life. The President and Mrs.
coolidge were called away from
White Court in Swampscott this week
by the serious illness of President
Coolidge's father, Col. John c. Cool
idge, at Plymouth. VT. Fourth of July
was made a notable holiday, especial
ly so in yachting circles, with over
100 yachts participating in the races
off Marblehead today, dotting the har-
Dor with white wings. Manchester
and Beverly clubs also held regatta
programs. The Myopia Hunt Club
opened it's annual tennis tournament
today with a splendid entry list. The
annual early Summer exhibition of
the Gloucester Arts Association opens
Monday, and this will prove attrac-
tive to many Washington visitors.
The John Hays Hammonds are on
from Washington for the long sea
son at Lookout Hill at Freshwater
Cove, in the Gloucester district. Most
interesting changes have been made
about the Hammond mansion house
and grounds. The mansion house,
once a landmark of the Queen Anne
type is now of the EliZabethan or
der of architecture. The estate has
been made one of the garden spots
of the district. John Hays Ham
mond, jr., has also made extensive
improvements about his place, ad-
joining that of his parents. He re-
Gently purchased the Webber field, in
the Freshwater Cove district, and has
had some tennis courts laid out on
the property.
Baron Won Nathan, the German
Ambassador, is enjoying his first sea
son on the North Shore which he is
spending at the Hayden cottage. at
Magnolia. He takes the keenest of
delight In visits to the neighboring
colonies, most interesting to him, with
a new picture at every turn of the
road. The embassy has taken on
another cottage at Magnolia nearby
the Hayden place for its attaches.
Mrs. William r. Castle of the Ips-
wich colony is spending the Summer
in Europe, where she is to make an
extended visit with her son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Alan F. Win
slow, In Bern, Switzerland, where
Mr.. Winslow is an attache of the
American legation. MIR. Castle, who
is Of the Department of State in
Washington, and Mrs. Castle usually
come to Ipswich for the Summer, but
the trip abroad caused a change in
the plans for this season.
Mrs. George Won L. Meyer, well
known through her long residence in
Washington when the late Mr.. Meyer
was Postmaster General and Secre-
tary Of the Navy, is again at Rock
Maple Farm, her Hamilton Summer
home, after spending the early sea
son in Europe. She was with her
daughter, Mrs. G. r. p. Rodgers, at
The Hague, and with another daugh-
ter, Mrs. Giuseppe Brambilla, in
Rome. Weddings of both Mrs. Mey-
er'S daughters followed Washington
romanCes, Mrs. Rodgers husband be-
ing in the naval service and Mrs.
Brambilla's in the diplomatic service
of Italy. and he was for several years
with the Italian Embassy in the Cap
ital.
Mrs. George Witsett of Washing
ton and Philadelphia is at the Deer
Cove Inn, at Swampscott, for the sea-
son. Mrs. Witsett was for many
years a resident of Washington, where
the late Maj. WitSett was in the
United States Army.
Washington visitors on the North
Short include Mrs. William Wells and
her daughter, Mrs. r. C. Kelton, who
are spending the week end with Mr..
and Mrs. Fred r. Sawyers, at the
Orchards, their Summer home, in the
Swampscott colony.
Mrs William Carleton Watts and
Miss Emily p. Watts of Washington
are on for North Shore tarry at
the Endicott cottage, in the Haw-
thorne colony at Gloucester.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester A. Barr of
Washington have some of the most
attractive gardens to be found on the
North Shore at Casa del Mar, the
Chandler estate, in the Bass Rocks
district, which they purchased last
Summer. One of the most interesting
spots Is the rose garden, just now in
the full of its early Summer glory.
The Boulders, the charming Sum-
mer home of the Rev. and Mrs. G.. G.
r. Bratenahl of Washington, is open
for the long season. Charles and
Alexander Bratenahl are on the
North Short for the Summer with
their parents. The Boulders is near
Brace Cove, in East Gloucester, and
has the combined charm of the sea
shore and country, with a fine old
mansion house and gardens.
The Isaac 7. Manns of Washington
are at their Summer home. in the
Coolidge Point district at Magnolia,
for the long season. Mrs. Mann and
her daughter, Miss Alice Mann, are
recently home from an extended So
1ourn in Europe. spending much of
the early Spring in sunny Spain.
Mr.. and Mrs. Godfrey L. Cabot of
Washington are at the Oaks, their
most interesting Beverly Farms es-
tate, for the Summer. Mr.. Cabot will
be in Washington much of the Sum