Evening star., 1927-09-18

BEVERLY, Mass, September IL
September finds many Washing
ton folks planning to return TO the
: Capital after a delightful sojourn on
this picturesque stretch of MasSachu-
setts coast, and While some are begin
ming their packing, others. especially
those in the cottage set, are anuClpat'
ing the charm of n late September and
Indian summer stay on the shore.
( For many this season is the finest OF
+, the year-with gardens still in bloom.
mornings crisp and cool and the entire
3 country taking on that Zest that seems
TO come with the cooler weather.
Hotels are beginning to close, a though
. some will continue to welcome guests
until October. But it is the cottage
owners or renters to whom the late
season has the strongest appeal. New
= activities are being taken on at the
country cubs with the Myopia HUI,
Club to the fore with its meets fca-
.1ure of the morning programs There
are large fields out for the meets and
many Washinstonians have enjoyed
the chases. making up the motor gal
lcry. for the courses are often happily
arranged so that they may be enjoyed
hy visitors. The curtain was rung
down this week on the yachting sea-
son, one of the most successful in
wears with the annual choWGer race
at Marblehcad. when owners and
crews and their guests enjoyed with
n re ish n real old North Shore clam
Chowder after the guns harkcd at the
finish line.
Down on the Massachusetts North
Shore, where many Washington folk
spend their Summers, there is deep
seated feeling against intrusion of
commercial interests which might af-
. feet the charm of these interesting
colonies. Out on Eastern Point, Glou-
cester one of the beauty spots of the
shore where Mrs. G. G. +. Bratenahl,
wife of Dean Bratenahl. has one of
the prettiest places, some eNploiterS
planned 10 erect group of more than
/ 40 little overnight shelters for motor
lists. These little houses. or shacks,
as the SuT;ler folk cali them, are
/ fam liar 10, Washingtonians who DO
much mot(<ing, and the plans aroused
much op/sition from the owners of
estates. /Despite the objections, a per
nit VI granted by Gloucester Off
cialsx tut the Summer visitors did not
Of the fight, but carried it to the
I - ,,erior Court, seeking a bill in
fequity enjoining the owners from
/ building these camps. AS result of
( the vigorous action, the owners of the
property agreed that work would not
Z be started on the buildings until May
+ /, 1928. and until the petition is heard
I by a master. The Summer folks, espe-
cially the property owners, feel that
/ building of such camps would have
bad effect on the values of property
and take away from the seclusion and
the pleasure of the North Shore which
Z it now affords to those who go there
for the long seasons and Mho have
become owners Of valuable properties.
f. Two weeks more and the British
Embassy at Manchester will be closed
for the season, with Sir Esme and
Lady Isabella Howard returning to
their Connecticut avenue home Sep
tember %. The North Shore stay for
Sir Esme and his charming lady has
been one Of the most interesting, and
much of the social activities have
revolved about the embassy notables.
There has been much entertaining
done in their honor. and they have
had a part in many affairs which were
devoted to assisting some worthy
cause in which the colonists were in
terested. The embassy is located at
the Beachlawn Cottage, near the IA
nous Singing Beach at Manchester,
and a more picturesque spot could
not have been chosen. It is secluded.
yet not too far from town. and with
the broad Atlantic stretching away
almost from the lawn. the picture
which one enjoyed from the cottage
will linger long with the Amba ssador
and his family. The younger boys
are returning to school in England.
and Lady Isabella may take trip to
r<rlo oy,I 10+a IN he
Col. L. H. r. Pope-Hennessy, the
military attache. and his wife, Dame
Una Pope -Hennessy, have been much
in society this Summer, as have Sir
John Joyce Broderfck, the commercial
attache, and Lady Broderick. while
/ the unattached members Of the staff
have been much in demand at the
social affairs which have featured the
lseaSon.
The German Embassy at Manches-
ter is also to close the latter part of
the month, with Herr o. C. Kiep, the
counselor and charge daffaires, and
Frau Kiep and members of the en-
bassy staff returning to the Capital
for the Winter months.
The Netherlands and Siamese lega-
tions, which have been established on
the North Shore, will also close this
month, although the Hon. II. j. van
Royen, the minister from the Neither
lands, may prolong his stay at Bev-
erly. Cove, where Mime. van Royen
has found so much benefit to her
health. Although foregoing the pleas
ures Of much Of the social life
Nine. van Royen has been visited by
many of her relatives and North
Shore friends during her stay at Sun
set Hill, and there is much rejoicing
over the continued improvement in
her health.
Godfrey Lowell Cabot of Washing
ton has returned to the Oaks, his
Summer home at Beverly Farms, after
several weeks absence in Europe,
where he went to attend the interna-
tional aviation conference at Zurich.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cabot will, as usual,
spend most of the Winter in Wash
ington, but have a very pleasant trip
in prospect-a journey to Peru, where
they will visit their son. John Moore
Cabot, who is in the United States
diplomatic service at Lima.
Mrs. l.. B. Hastings Of Washington