Evening star., 1943-05-09
Dun1barton Oaks Gardens Are in Full Bloom
For Silver Tea BY the Smith College Club
Event to Benefit
Girls of Ginling
COLLEGE in China


unexcelled outdoor setting for the
silver tea which will be given
Tuesday afternoon by the Smith
College Club of Washington.
Tulips, narcissus, iris and other
blossoms of the season will be
seen, their radiant colors con-
trasting with the brilliant aza-
leas. while overhead countless
dogwood trees spread their pink
and white blossom laden
branches.
II the weather should be un-
favorable, guests will find shelter
and tea in the spacious orangery,
but if nature smiles upon the oc-
casion tea will be served on the
terrace overlooking the swimming
pool and the picturesque acres
that have been famed for their
beauty for more than two CEN
turies.
Nine. Wei, wife of the Chinese
Ambassador, is expected to head
the list of distinguished guests at
the tea, as the benefit is for the
girls of Ginling College who in
their native land perform serv-
ices which in this country are
handled by the Red Cross, socio-
logical, scientific and public
health organizations.
Although themselves under
nourished and threatened with
tuberculosis for lack of vitarhins
and proper food, the students at
Ginling engage in home nursing
services, go on governmental and
scientific expeditions to do the
research work vital to their coun-
try, give hygiene courses in the
schools, do voluntary services in
the war effort and go on numer-
Gus other assignments that re-
quire health and strength to full
fill.
Mrs. Chu, wife of the Military
Attache of the Chinese Embassy,
may be among the guests, and
also Mrs. Lee, wife of the Com
mercial Counselor: Mrs. Yu, wife
of the Second Secretary; Mrs.
Hsiao, wife of the Assistant Mill
tary Attache: Mrs. Kung-Shou
Wang, wife of the Third Secre-
tary, Mrs. Jen Zien Huang and
Mrs. An Flu, wives of the Alta
ches of the Embassy. 1t may
be that Nine. T. V. Soong. wife
of the Chinese Foreign Minister,
now visiting in Washington, will
find time to drop in for cup Of
tea and view the gardens.
Mrs. John w. Stenhouse, preSi-
dent Of the Smith College Club of
Washington, will be among those
receiving the guests, and also
Mrs. Karl Fenning, who is chair
man Of the benefit.
Mrs. Felix Frankfurter, wife of
Associate Justice Frankfurter of
the United States Supreme
Court, will preside at the tea
table aud others who will have
the honor of pouring tea will be
Nine. de Kaufman. wife Of the
Minister of Denmark; Mrs. Will
liam Chaplin Huntington. Mrs.
Gregg c. Birdsall, Mrs. Rudolph
Max Kaufman, Mrs. Henry A.
Willard, Mrs. Fowler Hamilton,
Mrs. F. J. Libby, Mrs. George A
Eddy, Mrs. R. Keith Kane, Mrs.
Howard G. Nichols and Mrs.
Kenneth Holland, all Of whom
are Smith College alumnae.
Other hostesses will include
Miss Louise Kingsley, Mrs. Yer
non H. Brewster, Mrs. Guy D.
Mckinney. Miss Mary Gruman,
Mrs. Clayton K. Haskell, Mrs.
George Reinhardt, Mrs. Harold
G.. Sutton. Mrs. S. w. Boggs,
Mrs. Robert C. Overs, Mrs. Rob-
ert Kintner, Mrs Harold Fay, Mrs.
LleWellyn c. Thomas and Mrs.
Harold B. Hoskins. wife of 1t.
Hoskins. A. U. S., and trustee
of Smith College.
Mrs. Richard S. Salant will be
one Of the hostesses, and also
Mrs. w. Pearce Rayner. Mrs.
Lewis Craven, Mrs. Theophilus
Parsons. Mrs. James T. Nichol-
son, Mrs. Roy C. Bowker. Mrs.
Camille Lefebvre. Mrs. Alfred M
OSgood, Mrs. Ernest A. Black,
Miss Helen Atwater, Mrs. Bayard
Clark, Mrs. Luke Wilson, Miss
Ruth Van Deman. Mrs. Gilbert
Emerson and Mrs. Ray Shelton.
Dumbarton Oaks in recent
years was the home of United
States Ambassador Robert Woods
Bliss and Mrs. Bliss, who gave it
to Harvard University a short
time before they moved to their
present home on @ street. The
original grant of 1875 acres was
made about the year 1903 to one
Ninian Beall. who named it
Dumbarton because his first view
Of the granite palisades rising
from the mists over the Potomac
reminded him of the Rock of
Dumbarton which towers above
the Firth of Clyde near his home
in Scotland.
1t was almost century later
that MI. William Dorsey built