Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18

ect to a successful conclusion this Fall
THE building, magnificent structure Of ma
tive stone stands upon a bluff overlooking
the Potomac River. The view from the wide
porches of the club is one Of rarest beauty.
The new club house, visited during the past
hunting season by several cabinet officers and
many other notableS, was declared to be one
Of the finest hunting lodges in the world
The building itself is structure Of beauty
but its interior, together with the decorations,
brings exclamationS of surprise. This interior
is done in rough-hewn hardwood, massive
beams and supporting timbers having been cut
from the mountains virgin timber. But 1t Is
the collection Of game and pictures that were
brought from the far ends Of the earth that
catches the eye you enter the building. Over
the huge fireplace in the reception room hangs
the head of a great buffalo, while deer appear
to be leaping from the corners of the room:
wild turkeys, almost lifelike, strut into the open.
From the walls of this and other rooms hang
fine paintings of game, many of them worth
many times their weight IN gold. There are
three paintings and etchings of the wild turkey
by the noted artist, John James Audubon; .
rare handcarved clock of Swiss design, which
must have taken its maker years to carve; on
another wall hangs a huge painting done IN
1913 by Gyshecht Houdekoeter, valued at
$4,000.
A dining room, which will seat so, also IL
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Above the fireplace in this room hangs the head
of huge moose, head which is said to be the
finest specimen in the United States Noun
tain fowl and fish, prints and etchings of the
hunt are to be found in the downstairs rooms.
There are many priceless heads in the collec-
ton, including the rare Thompson gazelle, one
of the two heads now in the United States
being in the Woodmont collection, the sacred
bull of India, while hanging from the freplaceS
are rare firearms centuries old. In all there
birds, as well as ancient firearms.
The sleeping quarters, with accommodations
for so, are on the second floor Another wing
contains the garages and sleeping quarters for
chauffeurS, chefs and fother help which the
members might bring with them.
The club rooms are finely furnished, but
there is one piece of furniture which is priced
most-the Presidents chair, which is now an
institution at the club. The chair, built by q
guide bears the names of four Presidents OF
the United States on silver plates, one for each
Chief Executive who has been seated in 1t.
President Hoover, who this Fall dined upon
venison and wild turkey from the club preserve,
has promised to be the fifth to sit in it next
Spring, when he win visit the club to fish In
the Potomac where Grover Cleveland spent
many happy day during the Summers OF
1895-96. A rock in the Potomac, three miles
above the new club house, which was Cleve-
lands favorite fishing hole has been named
Cleveland rock, while a small house far back
in the woods where Cleveland stopped to lunch,
has been named in his honor, and it is there
that hunting parties eat their hot lunches.
which are prepared by guides
HISTORY, for which the Woodmont section
is noted, has aided in the naming Of the
three immense fireplaces in the hunting lodge.
One is called the Fort Frederick and contains
one Of the stones taken from the famous old
fort not SO many miles away, which served
early settlers in their war against the Indian
tribes that roamed those mountains. second
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