The Washington times., 1935-02-27
NOW
Cherry Blooms?
Well, Not Yet
SALLY LEAVES
BY HELEN EssARY


OF japanese Cherry Blossoms
IN Potomac Park. OF tourists
by the bus load. And the
voices of remote relatives from
Wyoming sounding at the call
ing end of he telephone.
When would the Cherry
Trees bloom? We phoned the
Department of Agriculture to
find out. The Department of
Agriculture was pretty nice,
but advised going to the State,
War and Navy Department for
information. The S. w. and N.
said try the Interior Depart
ment. Interior gave us Ma
tional Capital Parks. An agree
able voice said:
Its too soon to tell when
the Cherry Blossoms will be
out. But if you will give me
your name and address I'll
notify you as soon as we
know"
We were so pleased that
the United States Government
would bother to tell us about
the Cherry Blossoms that we
began asking further questions
and. discovered that:
AS early as January /, people
begin writing and. phoning:
"'When will the cherry blossoms
be out?" Hundreds and hun
dreds of queries from travel bu.
reaus, hotel associations, rail-
roads, and bus companies come
from all parts Of the country.
About three weeks ahead of
the expected bloom, the tree ex-
pertS set an approximate date
for the Cherry Blossom Festival.
Anyone who has shown any in.
terest in the blossoms is writ
ten to.
The usual time for the bloom
ing is between the middle of
March and the middle of April.
The earliest bloom on record for
the single blossoms is March Is:
the latest, April 20. The double
pink blossoms usually come out
about two weeks later than the
single blossoms. There are GA
single-blossom trees and 800 with
double blossoms.
We call the trees Cherry Trees.
But the japanese, whose mayor
of Tokyo gave the first ones in
America to Mrs. Taft, call them
hawthorne. The Interior De-
partment has a new pamphlet
on cherry trees which it will
send you on request.
Mrs. Alvin T. Hert will close
her apartment at 1785 Massa-
chusetts Avenue with the gor.
geous old furniture and the
deep red hangingS and go to
her Kentucky home tomorrow.
OF all the interesting women
who come to Washington for the
season" we like best Miss
Sally" as Mrs. Hert's friends
call her. Miss Sally" under.
stands hospitality. Her genius
for a sympathetic welcome, a
combination of guests who get
on together, and delicious meals
incidentally, Mrs. Hert has the
best cook in Washington create
not artificial entertaining" but
a sort Of friendliness that-but
we mustn't get too sentimental
about Miss Sally"
Mrs. Hert's pretty nieces, Miss
Jane Alley and Miss Mary
Louise Durham, who have been
visiting her, are going to
Florida.
Admiral Mark L. Bristol says
that once people have made a
place in Washington, they may
go away for years, and when
they return find their old
friends ready to begin friendship
where it left off.
This is certainly true of the
Warren Delano Robbins. AS
the American Minister to Can
ada, Mr.. Robbins must be in
Toronto most of the year. At
Mrs. Hert'S recent dinner, they
were enthusiastically remem-
bered.
Mrs. Robbins S looking ex-
tremely well. The touch of
lavender in her white hair
she set a vogue for the color
is most becoming.
Everywhere we hear regret
that Mrs. James F. Curtis is
closing the 1925 F Street Club
on April /. Laura Curtis is one
OF the real personalities in
Washington. She is adored for
her charm and sincerity.
Her club has had a quality
Of elegant smartness and in
formality that has fascinated
both the chic and the intel
lectual. 1t has been a meeting
place for the cosmopolitan
group of Washington society. It's
passing will leave a great
blank.
Someone referred to Carter
Glass in the Senate as the
Honorable Gentleman from
Virginia" Senator Glass, when
1t was his turn to speak, said:
Il suppose this remark was
intended as : compliment. But
when 1 consider the other Hon
OraDle Gentlemen mentioned at
the same time as myself, must