Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-27
BIZ MARGARET b. DOWNING.

The President Hoover rose and thu
Lou Henry Hoover rose, which blazec
into popularity through winning thu
first prize for new specimens in the
Rose Society In New York City, have
have been duly entered in the Spring
catalogue and doubtless will be widely
purchased this season at least. Some
Of the hardest plants have been sent
to the White House, and will be planted
In the rose garden between the west end
Of the mansion and the executive
ofices. Once upon time some hum
bred bushes of the Florence King
Harding filled this space. Now less than
half dozen survive, and their bloom
has deteriorated. The President Taft,
O large deep pink double rose, has
proved to have the best staying qualities
Of any named for a Chief Magistrate in
present memory. This rose is found
f1ourishtng and blooming profusely in
the White House grounds and in many
other washington gardens and in Muir
ray Bay, where Mrs Taft planted a
round bed of this species. Mrs. Cool
tdge, though lover of roses, had always
lived in a climate where only few
hardy perennialS survived the long Bit
ter Winter. She liked iris chrysanthe-
NUNS and the Summer dubious flowers.
Her garden in the former Northampton
4IOulC, b11OuSh Woo III 0PA COY
with the gorgeous yellow and crimson
tulip named for her, and the various
kinds of iris, white blue and bronzy,
which have been named in her honor,
had been planted in profusion.
The United States Ambassador to
Chile, MFR. William H. Culbertson, lived
for some years in washington and was
an assiduous follower of the hounds
in the paper chase hunts from the
Chevy Chase Club. It Is not surprising
that he has been an enthusiastic advo-
cate OF such sport about Santiago de
Chile and where the weekly meets have
been huge success. The Ambassador
sometimes handles the horn, and his
daughter, Miss Junia Culbertson, who
made her bow to Washington society
last Winter, is one of the intrepid
riders. The personnel of this hunt club
Is mainly recruited from the diplomatic
corps, although many of the Chilean
Army officers and their wives, who are
charter members, have interjected much
sociability and gay note. The paper
chase club is in fine old mansion
with patio as large as that in the
Library of Congress. The hunters are
given coffee on their arrival and a de-
lectable dish called empanada. This
is large plate filled with chopped and
highly spiced meat of several kinds
softened with rich gravy and ground
vegetables, and, as it is eaten piping
hot, usually while sitting the horse, it
Is something of feat which, however,
Mr.. Culbertson and his daughter per-
form with the dizziness of the Chilean
The riding ground Is gloriously pic
turesque and the sport generally as ex-
citing as would be the following of
real fox.
Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh
are demoralizing the polo season at
Del Monte, for so engrossed have their
fellow guests at the famous hotel there
become in gliding that for the nonce
the practice games on the ponies are
neglected. So easy does the colonel
make gliding seem that a wave of en-
thuSiasm has ensued. Every day new
converts are reported. But the Lone
Eagle proves as Elusive as ever and few
draw an opinion from him, and none
can boast of getting single line of
instruction. But there are many on
the scene who are willing to teach the
rudiments. Mrs. Harry C. Hunt of San
Francisco, who always goes to Del
Monte for the polo games and gives
many handsome fetes for the players,
has turned her back on this diversion
and devoteS her days to gliding. Mr..
and Mrs. j. Cheever Cowdin are others
who have the gliding craze. Mr.. Cow
din is from New York, but each March
and April finds him with the poloists
at Del Monte. He still holds his place
In the teams, but he hastens away to
the gliding field, from which he takes
on now with grace and ease. Mrs.
Cowdin also is glider and has secured
Q license. Col. and Mrs. Lindbergh, who
have passed weeks at Del Monte Lodge, |
lev AAA - a. u
owned by Mr.. and Mrs Sidney w. Fish |
In the Carmel Valley. The colonel is
testing out gliding scientifically, and
the hordes who crowded the fields about |
De Monte seemed to interfere with his |
schedule. Mrs. Lindbergh has proven |
o capable glider and she was more ap- |
proachable for instruction than her !
famous husband.
When Mr.. Norman H. Davis was IN
dersecretary of State during President |
Wilson's term his daughter, Miss Mary |
PaSchall Davis, who soon is to marry |
Mr.. John Clarkson Potter. was young |
but diligent student at the Cathedral |
School for Girls. When Mr.. Davis ac- |
companied the American commissioner |
to Paris she was placed in a private |
school there and finished her education |
IN music and the languages. She made |
her debut three years ago and has been
prominent in art and music circles and |
IN planning fetes for charity. The en-
gagement was announced in March and
the wedding probably will take place in
early September. Mr.. Potter is in the
ninth generation Of his family, the first
member being Robert Potter of Coven-
try, who came to Massachusetts, In 1884.
In the seventh generation of the family
came the two bishops of the Episcopal
Church-Elonzo, who served for Is
years as the Bishop of Western Penn
sylvania, and Horatio, the eminent di-
vine Of New York. The bridegroom
to-be is a grandson Of the Pennsylvania