Evening star., 1927-09-25
Capital Folk Leaving
North Shore, Ending
Period of Vacation
Justice and Mrs. Holmes to
Return to Washington
This Weck-Diplomatic
Families Departing.

BEVERLY, Mass. september "a -
Justice and Mrs. Oliver Wendell
Holmes after long Summer at Bevcr-
~ Farms are returning to their Wash
ington home this week. For both Mr..
Justice and Mrs Holmes the Summ"..
as usual. has been enjoyable, IN
colony where they have made thcf
Summer abiding place for so many
wears and where they have 50 many
friends. Mrs Holmes has fully re-.
covered from the effects Of a fall which
she had earlier in the season and IS
now enjoying her usual health. The
Holmes cottage off Hale street. set up
on little rise which commands Won
dcrful view of the Atlantic. with
Bakers Island in the foreground. was
for many years the abiding place OF
Oliver Wendell Holmes, the poct,
father of Justice Holmes. One of the
real gems of the estate is the garden
which stretches away TO the rocks on
the hill just in the rear OF the estate
and even now is bright with Its blooms
of the early Autumn season. The
Justice and Mrs. Holmes have had
very quiet Summer. but they always
find enjoyment in meeting old friends.
Miss Roberta Grant of Washington
has been with Mrs. Barrett Brown
ing and Miss l.. NJ. Vincent. also %
the Capital. for a late season stay AZ
Eastern Point in the Gloucester
colony.
Frau Kiep. the charming wife of DR..
O. G. Kiep. charge d'atfalres OF the
German embassy, is leaving next week
for Washington, where she Will JOIN
Dr. kiep at the embassy. The season
has been one of the rarest interest for
Frau kiep and she has learned TO love
the North Shore in its late September
glory. The Stevens cottage at Man
chester, at which the Summer en-
bassy has been established. will be
closed upon her departure. Her
mother. Mrs. Else Alves, will motor to
Washington with her from the North
Shore. breaking the journey with Il
stay in New York. During the Sum- |
mer there has been considerable enter
thinning at the embassy, and DIR. k1ep |
and his wife have been honOred hy |
many pretty affairs given by colo
nSts.
After a visit on the North Shore, DR.. |
Stephan Panaretoff, for many years
bulgarian Minister to the United |
States, and Nine Panaretoff have re-
turned 10 Washington. They were
the guests of Mrs. Frederick L. Brad |
bury at her Smiths Point home. and |
several delightful dinner parties were |
given in their honor.
After a long Summer at Bass Rocks, |
Lieut.. Gen. Phya Vitjitavongs, Siam |
eSe Minister, has returned TO his kalo- |
rama road home in Washington. A |
sea son on the North Shore was new |
experience for the Siamese Minister |
and he enjoyed it very much. With |
the many Siamese students in Amerl- |
can prep schools and colleges coming |
to Bass Rocks for a short visit, the |
time passed all too quickly. There was |
less of sunshine than usual this season |
and, as one diplomat aptly put it. |
You seem to have a long Winter up |
here" Fortunately, he had never spent |
a Winter on the North Shore, when |
the snow is piled fence high and where /
the biting winds make furs welcome. |
His Winters were usually spent in |
sunny climes. Phya Nides Virajkich |
edward H. Loftus), the Siamese coun-
selor, and his family are returning to |
the Capital this week. They have been /,
coming TO the North Shore for many |
years, and 1t was largely through their |
love of the shore that the legation was |
established here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank w. Stearns, |
who have been spending the Summer |
at their Swanpscott seashofe home, |
are at Saranac Lake in the Adiron- |
dackS for a late September sojourn. |
Later on they will go to Washington, |
where they will be guests of the Presi- |
dent and Mrs. Coolidge at the White |
House.
Mr.. Chester Lockwood has returned |
to Washington after visit with Mr..
and Mrs. Isaac T. Mann at their Sum-
mer home at Coolidge Point, Magnolia. |
Francis and Arthur Shuman. sons of
Mrs. +. A. Shuman of the Marblehead |
colony. have returned to Georgetown |
University. where they will resume
their studies.
Young folks have their interesting
times on the North Shore and do much
in their own set, expert
ences which help to establish North |
Shore hosts and hostesses in later
years. Thomas Letter, son of Mr. and |
Mrs. Joseph Letter of Washington and |
House at Beverley Farms,
left this week for Concord, n, H.. |
where he resumed his studies. Before |
taking his departure from the North |
Shore he was host at dinner dance |
at the home of his parents. There |
were so young folks in attendance, rep
resentative of all Of the colonies, and |
the affair was a gala one for the |
younger set.
Mrs. Henry Getty Chiffon, wife of |
the counselor Of the British embassy, |
has been enjoying a late seasons stay |
at Manchester, coming here from