The Washington times., 1927-06-09
Washington Group to Spend Summer
At Picturesque Gibson Island
N any Club Members
Lease Cottages for Sum-
mer Season
BY JEAN ELIOT


WAsHINGToN has long been ap-
w preciated by the discriminat.
ing Is a summer resort-a place
where men are in a majority and
where girls are inevitably bellies.
But the popularity Of various sum-
mer resorts near the Capital Is q
new development-or more properly
4 return to the days when South
River, the Severn and the pictur-
esque shores of Chesapeake Bay
were favorite Fairgrounds with
people from Maryland and, the
country round about.
Sherwood Forest, browning the
wooded hills above the Severn, is
beloved of many Washingtonians,
who enjoy the golf and swimming
~ well as a pleasant, lazy exist
ance, living in woodland bungalows
and taking ones meals at central
dining halls.
Gibson Island Colony
Then, there's Gibson Island in
the Chesapeake, where there is to
be most interesting little Wash
ington colony this summer. Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Roebling have
taken q cottage there. and win be
off this week. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Thompson Pell are also Gibson
Island cottagers. So are Mr.. and
Mrs. George T. Summerlin, jr.,
who will take up their summer
quarters on June 20, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Basil Gordon, whose actual
home is in Baltimore. but who
spend much time in Washington
with Mr.. Gordon's mother. Mrs.
George Barnett.
A Country Club
Gibson Island is run on club prin-
clples and since there are but As
cottages-an quaint and charming
they are In great demand. More.
over, many club members run down
for week ends through the season
some from Baltimore, which may
be said to have discovered Gibson
Island and others from Washington.
The William Doellars, the Gwynn
Rusts, the George Pulvers and
Bishop Hill are of the group from
the Capital who go down frequently
for boating, bathing, fishing, tennis
--or just for pleasant companion
ship. The Symington clan from
Baltimore, into which Evelyn Wads.
worth married, are great lovers Of
Gibson Island.
However, a good many of them
will be absentees this summer. Mr..
and Mrs. Pulver are going to York
Harbor to spend the summer with
her mother, Mrs. Alex Legare, and
will sail for Europe in the autumn,
while the Doellars expect to spend
the summer abroad.
Boating Popular
Almost everybody at G bson
Island has a boat. It will be re-
nembered that Robert Roebling has
n fine new power boat, which was
christened recently with due cere-
mony, his sister, Caroline Roebling,
acting as godmother.
Although young Robert Pell halls
originally from New York, he has
become entirely acclimated to
Washington, so long the home Of
his grandfather, Col. Robert M.
Thompson. He married, it win be-
remembered, Miss Alice Harding,
daughter Of w. p. G.. Harding,
some time Of the Federal Reserve
Board. Mrs. George T. Summerlin,
1r.. was Miss Elizabeth Zolnay,
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. George
SulIa0 AO1uAys
The Secretary Of War, Dwight r.
Davis, passed yesterday in Atlantic
City, where he addressed the con-,
vention of the National Electric
Light Association. He was the
guest Of honor at luncheon at the
Hotel Traymore.
y = 4
The Minister Of Panama, DIR. Don
Ricardo J. Alflaro, has returned
from New York accompanied by his
brother, DR.. Horatio, s. Alfaro, min
lister Of foreign affairs Of Panama.
DR.. Alfaro will be a guest at the
legation.
NMN
The minister Of Greece, Guardian
hos Eimopoulos, is excepted to re-
turn from Athens the end of the
month. Nine. Simopoulos, accompa-
MED by her son, John Sintopoulos,
viii depart for Newport in a few
days: