Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-07-19
St. Marys Thronged
For Summer With
Opening of Manors
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Dana Hods-
don Entertain at Porto
Bello-Mrs. Zurhorst and
Family at Charlton Villa.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LEONARDTOWN, Md, July ia
number Of Colonial manors and
houses have been opened for the Sum-
mer, and almost all are filled to over
flowing with guests from Washington
and Baltimore and other nearby sec
tons. who come to spend the Summer
in old ST. Marys
Among the lovely old manors of great
interest opened for the Summer are:
Porto Bello, noted for it's attractive
old chimney stacks and its picturesque
location on the lower Potomac, and
with quite an interesting background,
where Mr.. and Mrs. A. Dana Hodgdon
are spending the Summer They enter
tain each week and numbers of their
friends in the State Department from
Washington who have distinguished
themselves in the service in this coun-
try and abroad visit them. ST. Marys
Manor, the home of the old Broome
family, now owned jointly by Mrs. j..
Spence Howard of Baltimore and her
sister, Mrs James NJ Bennett Of Phila-
delphia, and which Is located on the
town land of st. Marys City proper,
where the first Maryland capital was
established.
short distance to the left Of the
house stood the old frame dwelling of
the first Leonard Calvert, Governor of
Maryland, which has long since been
torn down. Near there is Mattapani,
the old Thomas home, with a very
thrilling historical background. 1t was
the first Indian reservation in Mary
land. where the red men moved when
the land at st. Marys City was bought
by the first Colonists. And Mulberry
Fields. owned by Col. and Mrs. w. Gar
land Fay, on the Potomac River, famed
for its lovely old lockwood and its beau
tiful water visw of some miles across
the Potomac. Yet another is Cross
Manor, the home of former State Sena-
tor Charles S. Grason, the Oldest house
in Maryland and Rosecroft, the place
of Mr.. G. M. Robinson. on the lower
Potomac, noted for being the setting for
the historical novel, Rob of the Bowie, "
by J. P. Kennedy And a cottage Of
much interest is that now occupied at
Point Lookout by United States Repre-
sentative Leonidas c. Dyer of st. Louis,
Mo. who is enjoying the fishing in the
Chesapeake Bay in front of his place
there.
Season at Charlton Villa.
Mrs. Edwinetta S. Zurhorst and her
family of Washington are spending
the Summer at their Summer resi-
dence, Charlton Villa. on Brettons Bay
at Leonardtown, and have as their
house guests for fortnight Miss
Emma Schroeder and Mr. and Mrs,
A. S. Dommer and small son of
Washington.
Mrs. Joseph H. Key of Washington,
former mistress OF historic old Tudor
Hall at Leonardtown, spent few days
as the guest of Mrs. George w. Joy at
her home, Towns End. on the Wash
ington Boulevard, this week
Mrs. John G. H. Lillburn, State
regent of the Daughters Of the Ameri-
can Revolution, Chapters Of Maryland,
and prominent member of the local
Maj. William Thomas Chapter, D. A.
r., with her sister, Mrs. Roland
Thomas, of Baltimore, are spending
the Summer months at picturesque old
Clocker'S Fancy, near st. Marys City.
Miss Bertha Raley of Washington
has returned to her home after spend
ing several weeks as the guest of her
cousin, Mr.. Paul Russell. and his
family. at Hampton. Miss Mary
Tennison, also of Washington, is now
the guest of her cousin. Mr.. Russell
and his family. for number of weeks,
Miss Margaret Godcharles Of Milton,
Pa, the niece of Mrs. Frederick God
charles, is spending some time as the
guest of her aunt, at Felicity, near
Chaptico.
Mrs. Ralph H. Porter of Brooklyn,
N. Y, is passing some time as the
guest of her sister, Miss Adele M.
France. principal Of St Marys Female
Seminary. at ST. Marys City.
Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson Stone Combs
of Washington and st. Marys County
who have been summering at their
estate. Fox's Point, near here on
Brettons Bay. are spending two weeks
at Atlantic City, N. ].
Miss Miriam Nathanson and her
sister, Miss Anna Nathanson, OF
Leonardtown. returned on Monday
after spending 10 days as the guests
of their sister, Mrs David Deitz at
her home in Trenton, N. j.
| Mr.. and Mrs. T. B. Buckler and
Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Longmore OF
Washington we're guests in whose
/ honor Mrs. Mamie Longmore on Sun
/ day entertained at dinner.
| Miss Mary Blair Lane. who recently
graduated from Hood College, and who
until July Is has been spending the