Evening star., 1933-05-14
Jeffers0nian Simplicity
Adopted by Washington
Society in Recent Weeks
Forrnalities Are Dropped Capital Hostesses Use
Telephone for Personal Invitations
to Guests.

trict Federation Of Women's Clubs,
when she will be the guest Of honor.
Thursday Is the day set apart for
the House Of Mercy garden party and
there Is q hope that Mrs. Roosevelt
may attend or be represented there.
The Cathedral Close where the party
is annually held is in the height of
condition for such an event and With
the delicacies of garden tea there will
be more substantial viands as well as
amusements galore for older and young
er and middle-age folk.
While the ladies of the cabinet have
limited their social programs since COM
ing into the executive family here, Mrs.
Hull, wife of the Secretary Of State,
has carried out her obligations In grace
full manner and just now has curtailed
all engagements on account of her early
departure for England, where she will
accompany the Secretary when he goes
over for the London Conference. The
appointment Of Mrs. Benton Mcmillan
of Tennessee to the Civil Service Com
mission gave Mrs. Hull sister which
she does not possess. For fact she has
but one sister, Mrs. w. w. Cook, who
with her husband is at the Shoreham
while Mrs. Mcmillan is only a close
friend Of many years. Mrs. Cook has
been in delicate health much Of the
time since coming to Washington and
has not gone out" very much.
Notwithstanding many hours Of over
cast sky Washington society literally
spent the entire past seven days in the
open. The National Capital Horse Show
for which President Roosevelt presented
a cup remained gay and inviting even
during the frequent downpours and
more kindly sprinkles of rain. Growing
from an ornamental but rather useful
body of society girls, the Junior League
has developed into real institution and
this year as q side feature it saved
the horse show from actual oblivion.
There were folks of for the Kentucky
Derby, folk flying out to Pimhco, over
into Virginia for little shows and what
not, and yet each day for the National
Capital show there was q considerable
meeting of society. The fact remains
that Bradley Farms is quite distance
from the Capital and many who used
to throng the place when the show
was more conveniently held, were un-
able to give up the time to attend.
The Georgetown garden pilgrimage
had its best year Of all and Friday and
yesterday the gardens were well visited
tea was set out on dainty tables at
some places and while perhaps little
less rain might have contributed to
greater attendance, the women man.
aging the tour deemed 1t so successful
that the gardens will not be opened
tomorrow and Tuesday as formerly was
announced, that arrangement having
been contingent on the weather.
Houses in Georgetown as well as gar
dens were open and some Of the fine
old places where society has hocked
since the early part Of the eighteenth
century were Of great interest. parti-
cularly Cox row-five fine old Georgian
houses constructed of brick brought
from Holland. General Lafayette visited
In the houses and the names Of fami-
lies who have occupied them, like the
Forrest, Hunter, Seu1mes, Gordon
Ridgely, Laird, Cropley and Corcoran
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