Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-12
BY MARGARET B. DOWNING.


President Hoovers partially for
chicken pie and the formula which he
enjoys most, and especially as his main
support for luncheon, is being eagerly
transmitted by friends and is getting
to be a vogue. Some 20 years ago. it
Is recalled, an amusing controversy was
Waged between important members of
the legislative circle-Senator Swanson,
Representatives Ollie James and the
late Oscar Underwood, then soon to en-
ter the Senate, and the late Champ
Clark, subsequently elected Speaker of
the HouSe-about the proper way to
raise the porker to produce the juciest
and best favored ham and how to cook
the same. Such controversy is bound
to flourish, and, indeed, may extend
to the legislative circle, when 1t be-
comes known that the recipe said to be
best reliShed by the Chief Magistrate
contains peas, minced onion and other
eXtraneous ed1bleS. A vast number OF
traditional chicken pie advocates are
bound to rush forward with their for
mula. Chicken pie south of Mason and
DixonS line is a dish not to be in any
degree sighted and any one who has
gone to market with good old-faSh-
toned Southern homekeeper and noted
the care with which the chicken for
the pie is selected may be prepared to
the choice part of the fowl is used. 1t
is placed in deep dish lined with the
material which produces f1aky dough,
covered with rich, sweet cream and
much butter, and then baked until
the crust is golden brown. 1t must be
served steamlng hot as second meat
dish, and usually just before the salad.
Chicken pie at a Southern dinner Is as
essential as game pie at British feast
hi o0nroPiafpd
no doubt the advocates of the pie with
green vegetables will be heard on the
subject and the result cannot fail to
be informative and entertaining.
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Mrs Edward Mitchell Townsend OF
Oyster Bay, Long Island, who as
member of the Colonial Danes and its
representative on the board of Sui
grave Manor, Is giving lectures In va
riouS cities on the gardens OF that re-
vered spot in Northamptonshire, where
once the immediate ancestors of George
Washington had their home. Mrs.
Townsend makes an annual visit to
6ulgrave, a tiny, unpretenuouS village
when the manor first became the mecca
of American pilgrims, but now a siz-
able city with many up-to-date hotels.
She is an authority on early gardens
and has been associated with Lady Lee
of Fareham, Lady Hudson and the
Countess of Sandwich in restoring the
grounds of Sulgrave Manor. Many ex-
Quisite shrubs and perennlals have
come from the gardens at Mount Yer
non and are making excellent progress
in their new home. Offerings nave
been sent from Monticello and from
many of the fine estates on James
River whose owners during the Revo-
lutionary periods were friends and as
sociates of Gen. Washington. Mrs.
Mitchell will lecture in various cities
and will probably come to Washington
before she sails the last of June to at
tend the annual meeting OF the Sui
grave Institute.
Mr., Pierre S. du Pont, whose estate
Longwood, on the border line between
PENNSYLVANIA and Delaware counties has
perhaps the largest and most valuable
under glass garoen and orchards to De
found in thus country, has until this
past Spring freely permitted the pubic
to enjoy his treasures without any re-
striction whatever, entrance being freed
of supervision from his army OF gar.
deners. But many visitors have abused
this kindness, having plucked the flow
ers and wrought much damage to the
small-fruit plants, like strawberries and
dewberries. Now a stern guardian
stands sentinel, and If he does not ap-
prove the general appearance and be-
hayior of the would-be entrant he
is turned back. AL those not person.
ally known to the head gardeners are
now required to pay a small entrance
fee which is devoted to charities in VIII
mington. Many residents Of the city,
SO strongly associated in the public
mind with the activities of the du
Points, have visited the gardens for
years and they are allowed perfect free
dom when they bring appreclative
friends. One of the most beautiful
patios to be admired outside Of Spain
or the older cities Of Latin America Is
in the center of the glass houses, and
in this enclosure Mr.. and Mrs. du Pont
give organ concerts, their pipe organ
being one of the most melodtous in the
country, and they invite well known
professional singers to entertain their
friends. Entirely inclosed in glass after
the manner of the patio in the Pan
American Hall, the roof is divided into
four parts and drops to the side when
the weather is sultry.
The Governor of the Bahamas, Sir
Charles william James Orr, and Lady
James Orr have been most hosptiable to
the thousands of citizens from this re-
public who prefer the quiet beauty OF