Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01
States Golf Group in Test
AtVirginia Summer Resort
Association Schedules Tourney at Hot Springs
Holiday Week-Washineton Well Repre-
sentcd in List of Vacationsts

HOT SPRINGS, Va June 3o.--Holi-
day week will be given additional inter-
est by the annual Summer tournament
of the Virginia State Golf Association,
with an entry already of ITS. Men
players of the association will compete
at the Cascades course, and the women
/ players contest on the rebuilt Home
stead long course. At the Cascades
course during September will be played
/ the championship meet of the women's
nationals.
/ The Washington colony during the
Summer ana the Southern representa-
( ton will be of very marked interest,
/ quite as the past week indicates. Mr..
and Mrs, w. Reginald Lewis came down
| from Washington for the whist tourna-
ment which ended today at the Home
stead Casino. This was a joint meet
| ing of the American Whist League
! (thirty- eighth annual congress) and
| the Womans Whist League twenty
ninth congress- Players came from as
! far as California. Mr. and Mrs. Wins
low Van Devanter came from Washing
| ton on short motor tour of the Viz
ginias. Mr. and Mrs. Van Devanter
were dinner guests at the Homestead
of Mrs, G. Bryan Pitts who also gave
a luncheon early in the week at the
! Cascades Club. Mr. Pitts will join Mrs
Pitts for the month of July.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Parmelee of
Washington are continuing their early
Summer visit and motor daily through
the valley With improved condition
of the roads approaching Virginia Hot
Springs, motoring here is increasing in
| favor, particularly since there Is so
much OF the Old Dominion remaining
unspoiled in the region of Virginia Hot
Springs.
Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Sampson L.
| Faison are expected at the Homestead
July i. Mrs. william r. Castle, jr.,
wife Of the Assistant Secretary of
| State. was expected to arrive today for
| her usual Summer season. Mr.. Castle
| Castle adds much to the charm and
| eraciousness of the Summer colony.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel j. Henry and
their family are expected July 5 from
| Chevy Chase to remain until the end
| of Summer. Mr.. Henry arranged DUR
! ing his short Spring visit TO lead sew
| eral runs of the Fassfern hounds
| during the Summer. The pack was re-
! organized last year by Lieut.. Col. Henry
/ A. Z. dc HuDi0 OF New YORK, and DUR
ing the Spring there we're frequent
runs in the meadows Of the upper
jackson River Valley, an ideal place
| for the chase. 1t is expected to hunt
| the native fox of the region during
! the coming Autumn. Fassifern itself
| dates back to 1901 and was famous
| for point-to-point races during COACH
| ing days. and continues It's fame
| through its perfect old-time Southern
| dinners.
Mrs. Calderon Carlisle will have a
| Summer season at her villa Ehadeacre,
| on Upland road Capt and Mrs. Will
/ liam M. Talbot of Baltimore will re-
main at Broadlawn during the Sum-
mer Maj w Mckee Dunn will short
| ~ join Mrs. Dunn at Gramercy Farm,
| the famous old Dunn home at the head
| of the lovely gap
Mrs. Andrew H Christian of Rich
mond has opened Glenburnie for the
Summer The Warm Springs Valley
| Garden Club of which Mrs. Christian
was first president met last week at
| Gramercy Farm. The club, now ma
| tionally affiliated. is doing much excel
| lent work in helping TO preserve the
| native wild flowers So much so that 1t
| Is seldom one sees decorated" auto
| mobile on the valley turnpike, so many