Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-02
Skyland Schedules
Mask Ball as Prelude
To Labor Day Program
Social Festivities of Week in
Form of Private Entertain
ING Conducted on Wide
Scale.

| SKYLAND, Va, September i.~This
! week at Skyland has been pleasing
| prologue to the big Labor day celebra-
| ton, the official program of which will
| open tonight with the grand masquer-
| AIDE ball. In addition to the general
events Of riding parties, dancing and
cards quite an amount of private en-
| tertaining has been done among the
residential colony at the camp. ESpe-
| cially charming was an afternoon card
party given Tuesday by Mrs. Charles j.
| Hepburn of st. David's Philadelphia,
| formerly Miss Edith Leetch of Wash
! iugton at her cabin, which Is one of
| the most spacious and wholly desirable
of the private properties occupying the
| choice sites on the extreme edge of
| Stony Man Cliff
The tables we're placed in the great
| living room where the raftered ceiling
! and paneled walls of natural wood
| toned gray with time, and an ingle nook
with large open fireplace and chimney
of native field stone, formed an effective
| background for coZily informal furnish
! ing. Lavish decorations of the wildly
! hued flowers which border the foot of
the stone wall inclosing the front lawn
we're used. Contract bridge was played
! and at o'clock a collation. was served.
! after which the games were continued
for another hour The winners of the
prizes--handsome bridge sets IN leather
T., cases--were Mrs. George Freeman Pol
| lock. Washington: Mrs. Patton, Rich
mond, and Mrs. p w. Shepard Mount
| Vernon, N. Y. Others present were MISS
Temple Perry. who is Mrs. Hepburn
| house guest and received with her,
| Miss Mary B. Davis, Miss Margaret
Winship and Mrs. George Holmes. all
! of Washington; Mrs. Unit Rasin, Chest
! nut Hill Philadelphia; Mrs. Basil Jones.
Richmond; Mrs. Edward Grasseiii OF
! Cleveland and Miami, Fla; Mrs.
I William Armisted Nelson of Charlottes-
vile. Va; Mrs. Harry w Hunter, Miss
Sarah Harrison Powell and Miss Hun,
/ Baltimore.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Frank A. Ellithorp o.
Washington are among the new aTrlNaia
OF the present season at Skylano VINO
have proved especially welcome ooth III
! the transient and residential lotteries
of the camp During their VISIT tLitJ
have occupied a cabin with magrli-
cent northward view over the surfo''hd-
! ing mountain tops and screened In on
| one side by the towering TOOK piiiilaoi1
| of Stony Man Peak.
Mr. and Mrs Wilbur Armistead Nell
son. whose marriage took place IN
washington last week, are spendlng
| their honeymoon at Skyland. Mrs. Mel
son was Miss Beatrice Mary WARD,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George a.
Ward of washington, Mr.. Nelson Is
connected with the University OF VIZ.
cinia at Charlottesville where they VIII
be at home after September IS.
Mr.. William A. Ballantyne. jr. is en-
loving a quiet holiday of few weeks al
| his woodland cabin IN the Skyland
camp. spending most of his time out Of
doors, engaged particularly In adding to
the beauty of his own immediate ter
rain. which has most inviting natural
charm of secluded picturesqueness.
Among the recent arrivals at the camp
are Mr. and Mrs. A. W. r. Onyon, Miss
IF. G, Frieser. Mr. and Mrs Allen II.
Carpenter, Miss Elizabeth Barr. Miss
Mildred Rncker, Miss M. s. Watkins OF
Washington, Mrs. Unit Rasin of Phila.
delphia, formerly Miss Martha Davis OF
Washington. who is visiting her aunt,
Mrs Harry w. Hunter Of Baltimore, at
her private cottage: Mr.. and Mrs. G, q.
Pitt and daughter OF Baltimore and
MIR. and Mrs. Miller A. Johnson OF
Lewisburg, Pa, the former Of whom is
assistant to the attorney general Of
Pennsylvania.