The Washington times., 1938-10-22

unCll Cne enQ OF the week, DOrO-
thy is going to have an exhibi.
ton Of Esther Brock Birds
etchings, Autographs and water
colors and for the benefit of
the churches in the Upper Truro
Parish. Esther Bird, as all of you
know, is a very famous person,
a protege of Rockwell Kent and
a charming person besides, and
a great friend Of Dorothy's.
This old mill, which we in
sist upon calling "Dorothy'S
Mill" is filled with history. It
was built in 1904 by Hessian
soldiers; the oaken rafters are
all hand-hewn, and there is a
flagstone floor that is a gem
Of beauty.
At the entrance to the mill
were the most magnificent pair
Of gates, so Dorothy just took
them for her own, placed them
at the entrance of her country
place and has blithely changed
the name of her place to suit
the gates, with the result that
the Radford place is now known
as Middle Gate.
GENERAL AND MRS. HUGH
W MATTHEW'S, who have
just returned to town after tour.
ing about the country and end
ing with a trip in Canada, are
now in Washington, but briefly,
for they are busy with plans
for their Tennessee country
place. Mrs. Matthews is some
what thrilled right now by the
success of her sisters book.
titled Roof Against the Rain"
Elizabeth Higgins, author of
this book, has done a really ex-
cellent job of character delinea-
ton of her heroine, one Mary
Bootes, whom critics describe as
the most intriguing female fic-
ton character since Thackery'S.
Becky Sharp in Vanity Fair.
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MRS. JETER HORTON, at
WI tractive wife Of Colonel
Horton (USMC), discovered
shortly after her daughter
and son departed to their re-
spective first year at college,
this autumn, that she was very,
very lonely. So, what does Mrs.
Horton do - plenty. She
promptly looked about and
round two girls and boy who
we're the children of friends,
and who were here studying in
Washington, and brought them
out to her spacious house to
spend the winter with her. And
so Mrs. Horton has youngsters
and their gay laughter about
her and the youngsters are
happy and so is she.
MRS. ALBERT BLANDING,
W1 witty wife of General Bland
ing, had a very informal and
very nice luncheon at the Army,
Navy Club for Mrs. John A.
Roundtree of Birmingham Ala.
bama, mother Of Mrs. Sumter
Smith, wife Of Colonel Smith.
Mrs. Roundtree is the dearest
person, we've met in years, tiny
and plump with sparkling dark
eyes and the gayest of manners.
Obviously, she runs her south
ern home in somewhat feudal
state, for she has had the same
household staff for years, includ-
ing one cook for thirty-four
years.
Mrs. Roundtree who likes to
play bridge, has her own special
ideas about the game. One being
that no real mathematician can
play an excellent game. Mrs.
Roundtree came by this most
original idea from considering
her own daughter, Mrs. Sumter
Smith, who plays a marvellous
game of bridge and who, as Mrs.
Roundtree says, could barely
get out of fractions" and then
viewing her son who is a mathe-
metician par excellence and
can't play bridge worth a cent.
Though this same son worked
with instructors until one night
he invited a fourSome Of some
bridge worth over to the house
and proceeded to whip them un-
mercifully at their own game.
Then the son retired-forever-
from the field Of bridge and has
been resting contentedly on his
laurelS, ever since!
MRS. McMULLEN, wife OF
W1 Major MAC" McMullen
(and what his first name might
be, his close friends have long
since forgotten), is one OF the
prettiest women in Army circles
and Just as nice as she is pretty.
Mrs. McMullen is a Tampa. Fla.'
girl, is dark and vivacious, has a
flair for smart clothes and wears
them superbly well and the other
day arrived at a party in a Sc
verely tailored burgundy wool
crepe, buttoned right up to the
brilliantly scarfed throat and
topped the whole thing off with
a mustard brown suede hat.
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Mrs. Thomas Holcomb, wife
of General Holcomb, comman-
dant of the Marine Corps, is be-
ing very, very quiet these days.
because Of a nasty sprain to her
ankle.
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DEITY BOESCHEN, pretty
ID blond daughter of Gen. and