The Washington times., 1929-06-25
Capital Society Represented on List
OF Newport Gardens Open to Public
Mr.. and Mrs. Karolik
Among Those Aiding
in Civic League Work

Among InOSe AIDING
in Civic League Work
"visiting Newport Gar
dens" is the attractive title
Of a slim pamphlet spon-
sored by the Civic League of
Newport in cooperation
with the Garden Association
Of Newport.
In this one finds listed
the gardens that can be vls-
tied by the public and the
dates when "just anybody
with the price Of admission,
25 cents, will be allowed to
view the beautiful blossoms
on estates belonging to lead
ers Of metropolitan society.
Represented
In this list Washington is
represented by Mr.. and Mrs.
Maxim Karolik, who have re-
Gently closed their house here
on Decatur Place, and have
!, opened their summer home at
/ the fashionable resort. Mrs.
!, Karolik was formerly Miss
Martha Goldman.
Their garden can be visited
| by the public on Thursday
| afternoon, August 20. Every
Thursday afternoon during Au->
kust there will be one or more
3ardens that can be visited in
Ehis series Of garden pilgrim
/ ages.
! Mrs. John Nicholas Brown,
Af New York and Providence,
, win begin the series this after
noon when her garden at Har-
bour Court, Halidon Hill, will
be on exhibition-fhe hours be-
ing from 2:30 to 6 o'clock.
Visitor
Mrs. Brown has visited ire.
quently in Washington as the
guest Of her sister, Mrs, Peter
Goelet Gerry, formerly Mrs.
George W. Vanderbilt. She was
here last winter for a short stay
with Senator and Mrs. Gerry.
Mrs. Hugh Auchincloss, mother
Of Hugh D. Auchincloss, who,
with Mrs. AuchincIoss, makes his
home in Washington, will open
her garden on Tuesday, July 2.
And there will be some garden
that can be visited every success
sive Tuesday afternoon during
next month.
Other Gardens
DR.. and Mrs. Harry Barton
Jacobs, Of Baltimore, have one
Of the most beautiful places in
Newport and their garden win
also be opened for public view.
Other gardens to be visited in
clude those of Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart
Duncan, Mrs. Walter B. James,
William II. Vanderbilt, DR.. and
Mrs. Alexander Hamilton Rice,
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis B. McCagg,
Miss Mason, Commodore and
Mrs. Arthur Curtiss James, Mr..
and Mrs. Hamilton Fish Webster,
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael NJ. Van
Beuren, Mr.. and Mrs. Hubert
Vos, Miss Julia A. Berwfnd and
Mr.. and Mrs. James Stewart
Cushman.
These gardens have been opened
for the benefit of the Civic
League during the past four sum-
nnerS.
For many years the Civic
League Of Newport supported
woman protective and probation
officer and her two assistants,
who have had charge Of the pro-
tect1ve and probation work among
the women and girls of Newport
and the towns of the county.
State Control
This work, in part, has pessed
into the control Of the State Of
Rhode Island, but for the time
being, while readjustments are
being made. the league continues
to assume considerable response
bility. During the summer the
league pays half of the salary of
. a woman at Easton's Beach, whose
special duty 1t is to look after the
girls there.
1t maintains a psychiatric clinic
and co-operates in travellers aid
work. 1t conducts weekly bet.
ter baby clinic, where a physician
and trained nurse give instruc-
tion to mothers in the care Of
their babies.