Evening star., 1938-05-15

Mrs. EDWARD b. Meigs, Mr.. John Boil.
ing, Mrs. Wilbur w. Hubbard, Mrs.
william J. Fitzgerald. Mrs. Harry B.
Hawes. Mrs. Samuel Herrtck, Mrs.
James NJ. Helm. Mrs. X. 8. Axtater,
Mrs. Albert Relyea, Mrs. Edmund PEN
dleton, Mrs. Charles Riordon, Mrs. J.
Craig Peacock, Mrs. Thomas J. Man.
gan. IT,, Mrs. John A. Martin and
Mrs. Charles Warren.
Mrs. William Beverly Mason and
Mrs. Stanton Peele have Joined Mrs.
Loren B. r. Johnson's Hospitality
Committee, which will assist the
president Of the club, Mrs. Wilbur w.
Hubbard. and Mrs. Emil Hurja, chair
man Of the. Committee on Arrange
menS, In receiving the two honor
guests, Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. ].
Borden Hartman, and the group of
patronesses, which form q cross-sec-
ton Of ofacial and residential society.
Other members Of Mrs. Johnson's
Hospitality Committee are Mrs. Nor
ris Sheppard. Mrs. Monroe johnson,
Mrs. William Jennings Price, Mrs.
Edward B. Meigs, Mrs. Mark L. Bris-
tol. Mrs. Charles Warren and Mrs.
Thomas sebrell.
Dumbarton Oaks to Vie
With st. Gertrude's.
SATURDAY will be 4 busy after
noon, with the gardens Of Dunn.
barton Oaks opened to benefit the
Home for 1ncurables and St. Ger
trude's School Of Arts and Crafts
beneflting from country fair in the
grounds Of the institution.
Miss Alice Barry has enlisted the
services Of group Of young girls who
will play mattresses at the tea, which
Is to be feature of the tour Of the
gardens Of Dumbarton Oaks Satur-
day, and among those who will do
their bit for this worthy charity are
Miss Sally Holmes, Miss Frances An
drews. Miss Juliet Dulany, Miss Nan
Brereton, Miss Ruth Sewers, Miss
Barbara Beale, Miss Mariana Evens.
Miss Joan Wilkinson, Miss Mary Will
son. Miss Edith Beardall and Miss
Betty Mcbride.
Guests who may have visited the
gardens before will find new beauties.
for the acres Of varied loveliness can
not be seen in one or two visits. One
may walk for miles and still miss the
secluded herb garden or the sylvan
theater with its rejecting pool
shadowed by a giant maple or even
the rustic lovers walk winding be-
tween banks Of wild flowers and shell
tering shrubbery.
Wise guests will go to the "Cata-
logue House" where a map of the gar
oens Will help them to choose their
course, and colored prints show the
flowers and birds to be seen on the
place. Bird lovers will find the gar
dens q paradise for birds. Following
the paths from the house one finds
acres OF wild beauty, primulas, hare
bells and wild columbine clustering
along the banks of a lovely brook.
The gardens will be open from 2
to 6. Mrs. Eugene Roberts is general
chairman Of the benefit and Mrs
Theodore s. Wilkinson is in charge
OF arrangements for the tea, which
Will be served for a small additional
fee.
A SNOWY white booth with young
girls in white costumes is Mrs.
waiter Distlers scheme for her ice
cream tent, on of the features of the
Country Fair Saturday at St. Ger
trude's School on Sargent Road in
Brookland, D. c. Assisting her will be
Mrs. Lawrence Joseph Connery, jr.;
Senoritas Erma Castillo Najera,
Rosita Viteri. Nonnie Campbell and
Yolanda Alfaro. Mrs. Distler's two
children. Sunny and Buddy. also will
lend a helping hand with the special
cones to be vended from the booth.
Mrs. Daniel William O'Donoghue,
IN charge OF bridge, is receiving res
ervations for the tables. Among those
who have already taken tables for
the afternoon are Mrs. Arthur H.
Vandenberg. Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss
Mrs. chauncey M. Depew, Mrs. Milton
F. Allies, Mrs. Richard Buchanan. Mrs
H. r. Ballenger. Miss Marie r. DOYLE,
Mrs. j. Harold Flannery, Miss Mary
Greeley. Mrs. w. ]. Hughes, jr.: Mrs.
Christian Heurich, Mrs. Frank r. Jel-
left, Miss Eleanore johnson, DR..
Charles c. Marbury, Mrs. George P.
May, Mrs. M. A. Rice. Mrs. Harry A.
Sellhausen, Mrs. Ellis Searles and
Miss Mary Sweeney.
Opportunities for those who dare"
will be in the hands of Mrs. Frank
Slingluff. jr., who has a group of
charming young girls assisting her,
among them Senhorita de Bianchi
daughter Of the Minister of Portugal
and Senhora de Bianchi; Mile. Betty
van der Straten-Ponthoz, daughter of
the Belgian Ambassador and Count
ess van der Straten-Ponthoz; Miss
Mary Joe Buchanan. Miss Elizabeth
Larkin. Miss Anne g. Buchanan, Miss
Margaret Mary Giegengack, Miss
Sylvia Alexander. Miss Aubrey Cowan.
Miss Helen Cream, Miss Martha Clare
Garrity and Miss Suzanne Slingluff.