Evening star., 1935-07-28
Hot Springs
Flower Show
Is Planned
Officials of Garden
Clubs of Virginia
are Invited.

HOT SPRINGS. Va, July 27.-The
annual flower show Of the Warm
Springs Valley Garden Club will be
held this year on Wednesday, July 81,
at the Presbyterian Church In Warm
Springs. The Augusta. Clifton Forge
and Covington clubs have been in
vited to exhibit as guests Of the local
Garden Club, also Mrs. William r.
Massie of Greenwood, Va, and Mrs.
Allan Perkins of Charlottesville, Va,
honorary president and president re-
spectively of the Garden Clubs of Vir-
ginia. A luncheon will be held at the
Homestead in honor Of the visitors,
after cocktails at Oakley Farm, the
home of Mrs. Tate B. Sterrett. the
president of the Warm Springs Valley
Garden Club. A number Of the Sum-
mer colonists, temporarily separated
from their gardens. will compete IN
some of the classes.
Among the prominent golf profess
sionals who have signified their in
tention Of competing In the Cascades
open golf tournament on the Cascades
course, September 10. 20 and 81. are
Walter Hagen, Dennie Shute, Bobby
Cruikshank. Henry Picard, Harry
Cooper and Jimmie Thompson. Other
entries equally prominent are expected
in the near future. This $4,000 tour
nament, which Is open to professionals
and invited amateurs, will be played
as follows: Eighteen holes of medal
play on the nineteenth. 18 holes medal
play on the twentieth and So holes
medal play on the twenty-first.
A putting tournament and driving
contest for both men and women has
been arranged for Friday, August 2.
The lobby of the Homestead pre-
sents a festive air over the week end,
with the flags Of the five nations diplo-
matically represented in the colony
flying beside the Stars and Stripes.
The Minister from Greece. Demetrios
Cicilianos. was the latest to join the
colony represented by the Argentine
Ambassador and Nine. Felipe A. Espil,
the French Ambassador and Nine.
Andre de Laboulaye; the Counselor OF
the Swedish Legation. Baron Johan
Beck -Friis, and the Minister from the
Netherlands, Jonkheer H. M. van
Haersma de With.
The former Ambassador to Germany
and Mrs. Frederic Moseley Sackett OF
Louisville, KY, also joined the Summer
colony and the Under Secretary of
State, Mr.. william Phillips. arrived
Tuesday
The colonists entertained extensively
over the week end. The former Under
Secretary of State and Mrs. William
r Castle, jr., motored from their
estate, Reveille, and entertained Mr.
and Mrs. John w. Geary, jr.; Miss
Mary Geary and Miss Louise Geary at
dinner in the colonial room after cock
tails in the club. Friday evening Mr.
and Mrs. Castle we're guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Geary, ST., and Mr.. and Mrs
Geary, jr.
Mrs. James B. Weir gave a dinner
Saturday evening, July 20. in honor
Of Mrs. Frank T. Lawrence's birthday,
Besides the guest Of honor there were
Mrs. George A. Ellis and Mr.. Lawrence
Mr. and Mrs Lawrence entertained the
same party and Mrs. Frazier Bonnie
at dinner the preceding evening. Mai
and Mrs. William Mckee Dunn dined
with the Morris Leidy Johnstons. Mr.
and Mrs. ]. Thilman Hendrick were
the guests of Mrs. Harry Wardman
and Miss Helen Wardman.
Among Joseph j. Ryan's guests al
his birthday party were Miss Polly
ingalls,, Miss Abbie ingalls, and Miss
Elinor Ryan. Mrs Frank v. Skiff OF
Short Hills gave a luncheon at FaSSi.
fern Farm Saturday. July 20, at which
her guests were Mrs Thomas F. Gilroy
and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank T. Lawrence
Mrs Leila Johnson entertained al
luncheon on the Casino lawn Monday
Her guests included Miss Eliza Kent
Wolff and Mrs. Paul Donnelly. Seth
Wilson entertained Misses Mary ano
Louise Geary there at the same time
after riding the trails together in the
morning. In the afternoon they were
joined by Misses Bette and Mary Ann
Stoene for a game of croquet on the
lawn.