Evening star., 1938-01-21
Ev NINA CARTER TABB.

- M. F. H., Of the smithtown
II Hunt, Long Island, has been
4 Y visiting William H. Lpscomb Of
Leesburg for some Virginia fox hunting,
but the snow prevented him from going
out, so he returned to New York and
will come to Leesburg in February with
Mrs. Poindexter, who is also an en-
thusiastic follower to hounds, hoping
for better luck. Mr.. Poindexter has
been master Of Smithtown Hunt for
three years, and says they have had q
wonderful open season. He reports
they have = very satisfactory arrange
ment with Meadow Brook Hunt
CHarry T. Peters and Harry Gibson.
joint-masters). in which Meadow
Brook hounds hunt the adjoining
Smithtown country with their live
pack one day week and Smithtown
has . drag hunt every Saturday. In
this way members Of both hunts have
both fox hunting and drags. The
Smithtown Hunt was started by Mr..
Lawrence Smith, one Of the family for
which Smithtown was named and It
has been a recognized pack since 1900
They own more than 100 cross-bred
hounds and hunt from six to eight
couple each time out. Their average
field Is about Is. Former masters of
this hunt. who are well known In Vir-
ginia where they have hunted from
time to time. are Edward H. Carle and
Tim nurant.
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MISS ELIZABETH RUST. daughter
~' Of Mr.. and Mrs. David N. Rust
Of Leesburg. whose engagement was
announced recently to Mr.. Douglas
Rogers Phillips, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Alexander Phillips Of Chevy
Chase, Nd, has decided that the
date of her wedding will be February
1s. The wedding ceremony will take
place at / o'clock In the afternoon at
st. James Episcopal Church in Lees
burg. with q reception following At
the Rusts's lovely home, Rockridge, on
the Washington road, few miles out
from Leesburg. The attendants at the
wedding will be Miss Caroline Rust,
sister Of the bride, as maid of honor,
and her cousin, Mrs. Raymond Farmer
Of New York, matron of honor. Mrs.
Farmer before her marriage was
Miss Margaret French Of Alexandria.
The bridesmaids will be two other
sisters Of the bride, Miss Mary Rust
and Miss Eleanor Rust and Miss Mary
Nelson Lee Of Washington and Miss
Sarah Harrison of Leesburg. Mr..
Phillips will have his brother, Mr..
Alexander K. Phillips, as best man,
and the ushers will be Mr.. Herdon
Phillips, another brother; Mr.. John
Lynham, Mr.. James Mason, Mr.. Smith
Bowman, jr., and Mr.. William s.
Rust, brother Of the bride. Miss Rust's
marriage to Mr.. Phillips will be an
important social event Of the mid
winter season in Northern Virginia.
MISS MARGARET BROOKE OF
AA Cleveland, Ohio, formerly Of
Richmond, Va, has been visiting in
Middleburg and Alexandria. She has
now gone to Richmond to spend 10
days with Miss Elizabeth Mcclure
on Grove avenue. Miss Brooke is the
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. George D.
Brooke, Her father recently was
elected president Of the Pere Mar
quette and Nickel Plate Railroads.
Mrs. Brooke was Miss Sue Herbert Of
Alexandria. Miss Brooke is most
popular in Richmond, where she grew
up and. came out there two seasons
ago, when her parents lived there.
She will return to Alexandria Febru-
ary I to visit her uncle, Mr.. William
Herbert, and to attend the Virginia
Cotillion there that night.
Mrs. Holland Potter and her 2-week-
old son. now at Columbia Hospital, will
return to their home near Middleburg
the first Of next week. The baby is
named for his grandfather, William
Bartlett Potter, and is so pretty, but he
is bound to be that with the good
looking parents he has Miss Catherine
Hulburt returned to Dobb's Ferry
School this week after tonsil opera
ton performed at the end Of the
Christmas holidays.