Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-10
GEORGETOWN CLUB
TO OPEN GAp9ENS
HomeoWnerS to Follow Ex-
ample of Virginia and Allow
Public Inspection.

Following the suggestion of Virginia
and Maryland in throwing open their
famous old gardens to the public, his
tcric old Georgetown will play host
again to the Capital next Tuesday after
noon and exhibit a score of the beauti-
full gardens for which this time -honored
section of Washington is famous. The
exhibition will be held under the aus
pices of the Georgetown Garden Club.
The exhibition will include some
landscape gardening of most unusual
design. There will also be both rock
= gardens and Sunken gardens and some
intimate little gardens, planned and
worked entirely by their owners. Posters
placed on each house IS the club will
indicate witch gardens are open to the
public.
Despite the growth and transition of
the Capital, that part of it known as
Georgetown, with its old-fashioned
homes and quaint Southern air, has
succeeded in preserving its individuality
to a remarkable extent. One OF the
most most outstanding landmarks OF
old Georgetown Is the present home OF
Alexander Kirk, on the corner OF Wis
conisn avenue and r street, formerly
known as the Dumbarton Club. Mr..
Kirk is at present counselor Of the
American embassy in Rome, but has
cabled permission for his gardens to
be opened. The array OF box hedge OF
which the place can boast, Is one OF
the main attractions of the gardens:
Evermay, the 1923 Twenty-eighth
street home of Mr.. and Mrs. Lamont
Belin. who are at present abroad, is
rented in their absence to Representa-
tive Ruth Pratt, from New York State.
This attractive home is also to be open.
Facing Evermay is the garden OF Mr..
and Mrs Herman Mollerith. The old
Waggaman house at 5000 o street, now
occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Dodd,
and the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Leonard, 303S N street, also VIII De
open.
The members of the Georgetown Gar
den Club who will open their gardens
to the public Tuesday are as follows:
Alexander Kirk. 1903 r street; Mrs. G.
G, Warden, 3214 S street; Mrs. Fer
nando Cuniberti, 1924 r street; Mrs.
Wallace Radcliffe, 1875 Thirty first
street; Mrs. Herman Hollerith. 1888
Twenty-ninth street; Mrs. Ruth Pratt,
1923 Twenty-eighth street; Mrs. F. S.
Bright, 2723 @ street; Mrs. r. F. White
head, 1924 Twenty-eighth street; Mrs.
Dean Acheson, 1905 P street; Mrs. John
Ihlder 2811 street; Miss Bentley,
2918 street; Miss Bertha LOCKER, 1912
Thirtieth street; Mrs. Henry Leonard,
30S8 N street; Mrs. E. r. Finkenstaedt.
1923 N street; Mrs. Walter Peter, 1927
N street; Miss Katharine Dougal, 5000
p street; Mrs. Alvin Dodd. $500 o street;
Miss Madeleine McCandless, 1924
Thirty-third street; Miss Frances Sort
well, 341O Volta place, and Mrs. Frank
West, 3406 r street. The out-of-town
gardens belong to Mrs. Anne Archbold,
1905 Reservoir road, and Miss Weaver,
2405 Wisconsin avenue
Tickets may be purchased for 81 at |
any one of the gardens, which will en- |
able the buyers to visit all of them, as |
well as obtain tea in whatever garden |
the ticket designates. Tickets also may ,
be purchased at the Mayf1ower Hotel |
The proceeds received by the club will |
be expended for various civic purposes. |
In the event of bad weather the OPEN
ing will be postponed until the follow !
ing day.