New Britain herald., 1928-05-12

assisted by Mrs. William \. Roden- berg. wife of former Representative
 Rodenberg. and Mrs. James Aswell,
 wife of Representative Aswell. of Louisiana.
 ! Instead of the usual army of
 boys rushing about with programs, girls of the congressional get in
 pretty hats and gowns will sell them as we'll as candy. cigarettes, ] fans and whatnot.
 Life in the open will engage so- ciety during the daylight hours un- i til the close of congress and the hie- Ing away of officials and diplomats
 to attend the two political conven-
 tions.
 This week ended with . snappv
 two-session horse show when the
 children of all branches of society i rode and performed stunts of dar.
 Ing that excited their elders to the
 exclamation point.
 l The Preece riding school, with its splendid show ring immediately ad- 1 joining the home of Mrs. Benja,
 min R. Holcombe, formerly Mrs. syivanus Stokes. furnished the scene 1, for the show,
 1 Dlgnltaries Of many nations saw {! the presentation of the Davis cup
 by Secretary of War, Mr. Dwight F.
 Davis. to the best rider under six i teen years Of age and the Dawes 1
 Dawes, to the best hunt team. The
 youthful riders of the hunt team 1 wore pink coats and hunting caps which gave the grounds rich touch
 Of color. Performance only counted ana there were as many prizes dis | 1rlhuted as will be given at the Ma
 tlonal Capital Horse Show next week.
 A poppy little contestant from 1 Italy was Alberto Lais, son of the i naval attache of the Italian Embas- I sy and Slgnor Lais. The fifty en- ] tres also included the children of | Edward Reale Mclean, Mir R. Hol i combe, Mrs. Nebold Moves and others
 The fashionable of all Washington
 Will gather at the National Capital
 Horse shows new grounds in Mary land next Thursday, Friday and Sat | urday. for the first show held in
 two years. Many youthful sportswo- men will participate. including Mar gdret Couzens, daughter of Senator i and Mrs. James Couzens of Michi-
 gan; Evelyn Walker, daughter of i Mir. and Mrs, Harold Walker. who
 was presented at Court in London
 last season: Katrina Mccormick.
 daughter of Mrs. Medill Mccormick:
 Margaretta Rowland. daughter Of
 Mr. Hugh Black Rowland; Miss
 Eppes Ha"es daughter of Senator and MMrs. Harry B. HaWes of St.
 Louis. But two horse shows no more make up the feature of out | door society life than two robins
 make spring, for there are garden
 parties galore in the making, in- l cluding the fete at Twin Oaks, the
 estate Of Mir. and Mrs. Charles I.
 Bell, for the benefit of Neighbor hood House. The oldest settlement
 house in the District of Columbia
 when the Doll Court will attract a <, vast amount of attention, with its
 dolls from every part of the world
 dressed in native attire and mother
 cd by ladies of the diplomatic corps.
 There will be booths for the sale
 or rare art objects from various
 parts of the world, a booth where 1 Turkish coffee will he served bv
 Turkish ladies, booths for rare em
 broideries and other needlework of
 women Of foreign lands. and ponies
 for the children to ride.
 ! Georgetown, the quaint little sis
 ter Of the capital city, but in fact ' many years older. also ia preparing
 for a unique outdoor event which the ladies choose to term a garden
 pilgrimage.
 Georgetown. a part of the capital. IS separated from it by struggling. rlhbon-like stream in a deep gorge l spanned by several bridges, and in the quaint town on whose Main street stands the little brick struc- ture which served George Washing ton as headquarters as he surveyed the Chesapeake and Potomac canal l and which is getting ready to cele- nrate its 1j0th anniversary, arc
 many timcvorn brick mansions with fine gardens.
 The pilgrimage will start iron, one garden where tea is served and flowers inspected on to another. where similar hospitality will take place. To avoid a rush, the differ ent hostesses of the afternoon have issued cards with varying hours on them so that guests will meet less frequently. The garden club Of Georgetown is promoting the pill grlmage and the charge for tea will be applied to the purchase of car ! for the social worker of that vii cinity.
 While Washington was being dc serted by many of the ranking diplomats. such as the Ambassador of Great Britain. Sir Esme Howard. the Ambassador of Japan, Mir. Mat sudaira. the Cuban Ambassador. 1 Senor Ferrara, and others. who
 went 10 Cleveland to attend the cen tenniai anniversary of the American
 Peace society. and there was thought to be Hull in dinner parties and the like. the Governor of Rome, 1 Prince Potenhani and his daughter,
 Princess Miriam. arrived. The Am bassad dor of Italy and Nobil Donna
 Antoinette de Martino gave a big dinner and a reception for them , Thursday evening. Every official and important person Of society in ! the capital attended the latter event. There were other important enter tainments for the governor.