The Washington times., 1936-02-05
NOW
Colonial Exhibit
Worth Seeing
HACKETTS HERE
BY HELEN ESSARY

arranged at Dumbarton House.
In the second floor of that mel
low and beautiful old mansion are
party dresses, bracelets, laces, fans
and other feminine trinkeLs used
by the women who ruled the men
who ruled the United States be
fore the Civil War.
That embroidered white MULE
dress in a special case is the one
General Washington ordered from
India for Mrs. washington. Mrs.
Washington's olive green quilted
evening cloak with the loose be.
coming hood is also on view.
The second day dress" cher
ished by the daughter of King
Carter is of white satin orocaded
delicately in gold. It was tight
bodice and full skirt. King Car
ter, you remember. was the great
est real estate promoter in North
America. AS the agent Of Lord
Fairfax in the Northern Neck Of
Virginia. lie controlled thousands
Of acres Sold many Of them to
immigrants from Europe and thus
began financially the Carter dy
nasty in Virginia.
On o figure of g black haired
girl displayed at Dumbarton House
is q red party dress with ruffle
Of wide cream lace about the
neck. The dress belonged to Re
becca Holmes whose father began
the Boston tea party and whose
Washington descendant is Mrs.
Louis S. Greene.
Maryland history is tangible
and intimate in the stays (they
went over the shoulders and had
arm holes and long boned fronts)
Of Miss Rebecca Lloyd, daughter
of Edward. The magnificent
Lloyd they called him. He lived
like prince at Wye House. Re.
becca'S sister married Francis
Scott Key.
Frivolously elegant are the
dresses Of the period Of 1765 to
1885, which belonged to Lucy
Clark, wife Of the aide to Baron
Won .Steuben, and sister Of George
Rogers Clark, the explorer.
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"Henry VIII" and "Francis l."
and Mrs. Hackett, who writes
charmingly herself. are here now
looking over distinguished cit
izens. The Hacketts have the
perfect formula for combining lit.
erary success and agreeable living.
Mr.. Haekett, realizing that even
scholarly biographies seldom place
q writer in the highest income tax
scale. lives in economical Ireland.
There, food and a house can be
had cheaply. And there's plenty
Of time about for the painstaking
work of a biographer The re-
cently-a-rived first Secretary of
the Argentine Embassy. Senor Don
Hector Diaz Leguizamon, is al
ready one of the towns most
soughtafter bachelors. He's tall,
dark and romantic looking and
has written several volumes Of ex-
quisite poetry Mrs. Henry
Berliner is one, of the loveliest
women in Washington. See her
sometime In trailing green satin
with q. silver coat beside the blaz'
ing fire of her drawing room and
you will think so, too.
The, managers of Constitution
Hall should consider the restful
lighting Of the "Candlelight Con-
> certS," given in the mellow setting
Of the Phillips Gallery and dim
the glare Of the overhead lights at
the next symphony concert =. The
beautiful Mrs. Clifford B. West, who
has returned to Chicago after visit
ing the walter Clarksons, has writ
ten new guide book to Italy which
the Italian government thinks a
gem of simplicity and truth . 4. .
A fragrant Finnish liqueur made
Of cherries is sometimes served by
the Finnish Minister and Madame
Jarnefelt Rumor that Wash
ington young men when calling on
fair maidens at the top of Wash
ington'S icy mountains will attach
wings to their flivvers (see
Grimm's Fairy Tale about Princess
tce-bound in castle), possibly true.
Don't be bitter.
Remember last AuguSt-when
the thermometer stayed at SO.
The ice cream melted on the
way home.
The locusts buzzed 1S hours a
day.
The powder caked in hot bis
cults on your nose.
. The swimming pools were closed
for fear of infantile paralysis.
Your clothes were gummy and
your sunburn blistered.
The streets were a goulash OF
tar and asphalt. And the sun
shone and it never 'rained.
Ali those were the days!
Fatigued as one often gets look.
ing up at the great strong male,
one must admit if one is sweet and
generous that men are smarter
than women.
Board of Trade diners who had
watched uninhibited dancers and
sinners while eating and drinking