Evening star., 1946-08-18
Foreign Lands
AttraCt Manp
From Cabital
France, Italy
Both Popular
By Katharine NJ. Brooks

Mrs. Dreyfus- Barney has re-
turned to her Partisan home where
she is spending the summer after
an absence of some years. Mrs.
Dreyfus-Barney is the widow of M
Hypolite Dreyfus of Paris, and is
the daughter of the late Mrs. Alice
Pike Barney, a leader in Washing
ton society for many years. Mrs.
Barney was gifted artist, devoting
her time to painting, writing and
developing the dyeing of materials.
an art now carried on at Neighbor-
hood House, which she was active
in establishing. The Barney Neigh
borhood House has been one of the
interests which Mrs. Dreyfus Barney
has kept since her return to Wash
ington in the early days of the in
vasion of France She has had an
apartment at the Shoreham during
those years and has renewed the
many acquaintances made during
her visits to her mother.
Staying with Mrs. Dreyfus Barney
in Paris is her sister, Miss Natalie
Barney. who has made her home
in Florence for many years. During
the fighting in Italy Miss Barney
remained in her villa, although
shortly before the end of the war in
Europe she consented to join Mrs.
Dreyfus- Barney in Washington. 1t
was then that the famous house on
Sheridan Circle, built by the late
Mrs. Barney, was taken over by Mrs
Dreyfus-Barney' in preparation for
her sisters arrival. However, the
war came to an end and Miss Bar
ney remained in Florence.
Mrs. Barney was a great patron
of music and drama and was the
author of more than one play which
she staged, designed the costumes
and frequently played an important
part. All her labors in the arts was
for the benefit of a worthy charity,
usually Neighborhood House. Her
last appearance was in one of the
brilliant entertainments for her fa-
vorite charity a very few years be-
fore she went to live in California,
where less than five years later she
died. The entertainment was
planned, the action written, the cos
tunes designed and many of them
made by Mrs. Barney. She also
worked out the dance routines for
solos and chorus dances and cid a
solo dance herself which was listed
as The Owl. Her costume, also the
result of her gifted mind and fingers,
left no doubt as to the illusion in
tended and her movements and fig
ures through the dance were un-
mistakable.
Mrs. Dreyfus- Barney will be back
in her apartment in the Shoreham
late in the autumn.
Europe Is Mecca
Europe is a mecca for many
WashingtonianS this summer since
the travelling overseas has been
somewhat eaSed. Leaving the Capt.
tai Tuesday evening about 1920
o'clock were Mrs. E. F. Patterson
and her daughter. Mrs. Frank Moon.
who made a happy landing" in
Geneva in time for dinner Wednes-
day evening. They will be in their
home in Geneva several weeks but
plan to be back in their apartment
IN the Kenesaw by the end of Sep
tember.
Mrs. Truxtun Beale has gone
down to Italy following a visit
in Paris. and Mrs. Hollister Sturgis.
who was with Mrs. Beale in Ber-
muda during the winter, has re-
malned IN Paris. Mrs. Beale prob
ably will be back in September to
start her work for the Women's
Committee of the National SYM
phony Orchestra for which she has
been chairman of the entertain
ments.
Mrs. Robert H. Dunlap, who is
chairman of the Press Committee
for the Woman's Committee, is max
ing as many plans for the coming
season as Is possible before going
to the MacDowell Colony for the
month of September. Mrs. Dunlap
spends some weeks each summer
in this charming and inspiring spot
and works on some of her writings
prose or poetry. Usually Mrs.
Dunlap and Mrs. Walter Bruce
Howe-Mary Howe in the music
world-make this annual trip to-
gether, the latter coming away with
q new composition. Mrs. Howe re-
tired in the spring as chairman Of
the Woman's Committee and has
been succeeded by Mrs. Charles Car
roll Glover, jr.