Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-12
BY MARGARET b. DOWNING.

BY MARGARET b. DOWNING.
Those who knew young Garrett A.
Hobart when his father was Vice
President find it impossible to realize
that he has two pretty young daugh
ters who will soon make their social
bow, and so swift is the flight of time
that those who knew Mrs. Hobart, jr,
when she was Miss Caroline Briggs
and frequent visitor to her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Briggs, and her
grandparents, the late Senator and
Mrs. William p. Frye of Maine, are
equally incredulous about her having
grown daughters. The Hobarts reside
in a spacious country seat, Ailsa
Farm. near Paterson, n. j.. but the
family spends much time in New York
City. Miss Elizabeth and Miss kath-
crime Hobart have recently had conte
pastel crayons taken for their Grand
mother Briggs, and they are hand
some athletic girls with a strong re-
semblance to the Hobart side of the
family. There is a brother Carrot a.
Hobart, Sd, and this charming family
still occasionally visits Washington,
where Mr. and Mrs. Frank Briggs
make their home. But Mrs. Hobart,
and likewise her mother-in-law the
widow of one Of the most popular Vice
Presidents who ever held the Office,
prefer Mr.. and Mrs. Briggs to visit
them, and they do so frequently. The
Hobart Summer home is charming
old rambling mansion called ''T'Other
House." near Easthampton, Long
Island.
Senator Hiram Bingham is not
native of Connecticut, but he is just
as proud of the Commonwealth as if
he were, and besides he has wife
and seven sons, all of whom first saw
the light under the skies of the
Wooden Nutmeg State. The Senator.
who is one of the most scholarly of
the august body of which he is a mem
her. had recently been reading in old
histories that once on a time salmon
were so abundant in the Great
River" as the early chroniclers called
the Connecticut, that the slaves who
worked the plantations refused to eat
them more than three times + week.
Spirited mass meetings were held by
sympathizing citizens, and meat had
TO be provided as often as the salmon
was made daily ration Now the pic
turesque stream has no salmon. at ali,
and Senator Bingham thinks some ,
a4ing should be done about it, Re- |
stocking is talked of, for it appears |
that Connecticut men, and the SEN |
ator is OF the number, pay something |
like $4,000 year for the privilege |
of angling for salmon in the Resti- |
gouche, the Patagadia and kedgewick |
and other rivers of New Brunswick. |
The salmon deserted the Eastern |
waters of their own volition after that |
tremendous commercial invasion of |
their homes by mills and factories. |
but they could be lured back, and the |
energetic solon is going to consult ex- |
pert piscatorial authorities on the SUBJ |
Ject when he returns next Autumn. |
Manufacturing plants and the joys of
rural environment do not go hand in
hand. but there might be some sort
Of compromise, as there is in Oregon
and Washington, where no mills, 1um-
Der or any other kind. are built where
the salmon runs free.
Mr.. Cyrus Mccormick Indian Sum
Mer romance has aroused the keenest
interest among his friends and his re-
turn TO Walden, his beautiful estate
at Lake Forest, with his bride, for
merly Miss Alice Holt of Chicago, has
called forth an ovation among his
neighbors. The metropolis of the lakes
is fond of calling the Mccormick fam
lily its Medicis, and their palatial homes
in Chicago proper and in its most ex-
elusive suburbs are subjects of civic
pride. Walden is perhaps the most
finished and unique of these numerous
Mccormick estates and it is considered
one of the most beautiful country
seats in this country. Its many acres
Of forest give 1t an air of secluSion and
perfect quiet. and the mansion. of Ital-
ian villa style, is placed on rolling
hill over the lake and the -loveliest
view may be obtained from a rose
arbor on the brink of the hill, which is
an exact replica of the famous pergola
at Ravello near Amalfi, Italy, which
looks down on the blue waters of the
Gulf of Salerno The waters here are
not always so exquisitely tinted by the
sunny skies which Amalf boasts, but
they are often of that deep indigo
color which partakes of the more
northern climate. All manner of flow
ering vines cover the long, wide arbor,
from the wistaria and passion flower,
many varieties of roses and the ten
der green and coral of the climbing
myrtle. More than a hundred broad
steps leading down to the waters and
little vistas have been put out in the
shrubbery where a peep of a marble
nymph in the sunken garden may be
seen or a glimpse of the splendid pool
of water lilies. Besides the steps.
which have a stately balustrade, there
Is winding tagged walk edged with
paintings of wild flower.
The Canadian Minister and Mrs.
Vincent Massey are leaving their
handsome new legation home on Mas,
sachusetts avenue soon after the Pres
ident's departure for the West, and
they will remain briefly in Toronto
before going to their villa on the ST.
Lawrence. Although Mr.. Massey is
not so renowned a sportsman as he is
a litterateur and statesman, he is an
ardent supporter of the Toronto Hunt
Club and he rarely misses one of its
big meets when he is near enough to
attend. The fox-hunting season in this
section of the Dominion is unusually
1ong-from the first of September I'M
til the end of December-and the rid.
ers and hounds pursue real foxes, too,
and besides the sport, they get a
bounty from the farmers for each tail
and some of the pelts are profitable if
sold to the furriers. At this season.
however, the hunt is like those in this
section, paper trail, but neverthe-
less is quite exciting. The Toronto
Hunt Club is popular with New York.
ers, who appreciate being invited to
ride for real fox. Last season, mem
Ders OF the club and their guests killed
nearly so of these willy animals and of
the season, only one day was written
as entirely profitless, nothing having
fallen to the guns. The Masseys are
Keen golfers and are members of