Evening Star Newspaper, April 7, 1935, Page 46

SOCIETY, About Well-Known Folk ENROLL NOW FOR: Advanced FRENCH Conversation Berlitz School of Languages The Language Center of 1115 Connecticut Ave. Between the Mavflower Cloria & Mitzi 4TH FLOOR ADAMS BLDG. 1333 F ST. Point With Pride TO THEIR LOVELY SELECTION OF EASTER SUITS AND DRESSES S0 MODERATEY PRICED $10.75 to $18.75 WE ALSO ARE OFFERING A GROUP OF LOVELY EVENING DRESSES FORMERLY $12.35, $15.35, $18.75; N $7.75 PASTERNAK Misses’ Chiffon Evening Gowns _for Spring ¥ 1975 i with new jackets Sketched is a starched lace coat over chiffon dress, hy- lite blue, with coral or black with white. Sizes 12 to 18. 5 i 1219 Connecticut Avenue =_=e— - —— | many ‘Rendezvous Shop’ | 0ld Georgetown Homes Opened—Tales of Many Kind. BY ROBERT CRAWFORD. The gardens of Washington and old Gcorgeswwn are beginning to look lovely and in spite of the cold morn- ings, used garden gloves, rakes and hose are being taken from the garden houses and the ozone of Spring fills the air. Soon the pilgrimages will begin and many of the gardens will be opened to the public with a nominal entrance fee, the proceeds going to ome charity. . The Re\'.y F. Bland Tucker—the Tuckers of Virginia, suh—rector of old St. John's Church, Georgetown, Will set the ball rolling with a Dutch treat to which he invites the public. With true Southern hospitality Mr. Tucker, under the auspices of his church will sponsor the pilgrimages on April 12 and 13, from 2 o'clock to 6 o'clock, when a score of the historic and beau- tiful old mansions of the ancient town may be visited. This is really a rare treat as many of these houses have not been open to the public for years. Among the houses to which the vis- itors will be welcomed is that of Mr. Associate Justice Roberts, of the United States Sppreme Court, Under- secretary of the Treasury, Mr. Thomas Jefferson Coolidge, a relative | of the author of the Declaration of Independence, the sage of Mog\tlcello. Mr. Coolidge has many interesting and historic portraits and other relics of Mr. Jefferson; Mr. Robert Wickliff Woolley—the Prestons, Wickliffs and Woolleys of the Blue Grass State and other householders, who are generously opening their homes. One often hears St. John's Church Lafayette Square, referred to as old St. John's, but as a matter of fact it | was not built until some 11 years after the church in Georgetown. This church was founded in 1794 and counted among its communicants the cream of society and wealth of the time. Two of its first vestrymen were Mr. Thomas Peter, son of the first mayor of Georgetown and husband of Martha Parke Custis; Francis Scott Key, author of the “Star Spangled Banner,” and other men of distinction. After many vicissitudes of fortune, however, the church had to be rebullt in 1806. In 1860, when the town was a flourishing port—it is still the port of customs—Grace Church Mission was established for the large number of sailors and canal boatmen who frequented the port, and for many years it was supported by St. John’s | | fame. Church. . Just this one on the Rev. F. Bland Tucker: When he was asked if he were related to the late Right Rev. Bishop Tucker of Virginia, one of the outstanding and most beloved church- men in America, he answered: “Yes, but somewhat removed.” thirteenth child of the bishop. Since the morning stars sang to- gether and King Solomon wrote that beautiful canticle: “For, lo, the Win- ter is past, the rain is over and gone; the flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, | and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land.” poets and writers have paid their tribute to Spring, but per- haps the shortest and most all-em- bracing essay ever written on the season was by a small boy who was being held in the old House of De- tention, near the Treasury Depart- ment, for truancy and some other misdemeanor. He was told to write a composition on Spring. _ As he gazed longingly from’ the window and saw the budding trees and flowers in the park; heard the singing of birds and conjured up visions of that old fishing pole and the crooked pin for 2 hook, and thought of his pals on their way to the river with their tin cans of fish- ing worms, he wrot: “Spring is here and I'm in jail. Signed. Johnny Jones.” A most interesting company com- posed of ambassadors, cabirft minis- ters, society, Rev. Coleman Nevils, S. J.. Senator Borah and many others interested in art, assembled at the National Gallery of Art last Thursday afternoon for a preview of one of the most interesting small collections of paintings and water colors that have been exhibited in Washington for some time. The Misses Bertha and Elena de Hellebranth, two young Hungarian artists and sisters, had their show, sponsored by the Hon. John Pelenyl, minister of Hungary, anc other nota- bles. Mr. R. P. Tolman, acting direc- tor of the gallery, is to be congratu- lated on the perfect hanging of the pictures, also the manner in which the unframed water color portraits of the late Speaker of the House, Mr. Longworth; Senator Borah and others were treated. Mr Tolman had them framed in glass, which was sim- ply held at the top and bottom by a IN AN UNDERWOOD PORTRAIT Have it made for Easter—for yourself—for the family—it’s a nice thing to do. EXQUISITE PORTRAITS as low as $15 the dozen Telephone tomorrow for an appointment U d nderwog-‘llnderwood 1230 Connecticut Avenue Telephone, DIstfict 4488 We specialize in copying smapshots end old pictures. He was the | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, APRIL 7, 1935—PART THREE. narrow strip of wood of a light color which blended in wonderfully well with the pictures. The two sisters—beautiful girls— have always worked side by side, very often painting the same subject—each in her own way, and while they worked, their mother, Mme. de Hellebranth, frequently played from their favorite composers on the piano, as they both say they can paint with more sou! when a great clessic, such as Bee- thoven'’s “Moonlight Sonata,” is played. By the way, there is a charming small portrait of their mother seated at the piano. It was through the constant encouragement of the father and mother that the Misses Hellebranth studied first at their home, Budapest, and later at several of the great studios in Paris. There is a spontaneous freshness in the way the two sisters handle their subjects, Elena showing perhaps more of the spirituelle side of the sitter, as in her three-quarter portrait of the | young King of Belgium, Leopold III, | while Bertha in her portrait of the same subject shows more of the ma- terial or twentieth century ruler, This is the case as well in their pictures of still life. In passing, Bertha's pic- ture, “Sunday Caller,” which is a| charming example of her still life and her favorite in the exhibition, is a black top hat and walking stick rest- ing on a table and balanced by a vase of yellow calla lilies. But little imag- | ination is needed to vision that Sunday | caller. ‘The chef d'oeuvre of the collection is a small portrait that hangs alone t the right of the entrance to the gallery. The title is not recalled—it may be “Natasha” (holder of the St. Stephen gold medal, 1934), or maybe just nobody’s child, but it is a face of an alluring loveliness—the face of a very young girl brought into relief by the black coiffure and dress, whose | eyes are filled with mysterious long- ing, wonderment and questioning. A | portrait of Mrs. Harry H. Woodring (nee Coolidge), wife of the Assistant Secretary of War; an oil portrait of Senator Borah, a particularly pleasing one of Senator James J. Davis (the eyes are fine), “Sisters,” lent by the Brooklyn Museum, and a score of other canvases set one to wondering if this “two-man” show will not put the two sisters farther on the road to Today at 8:45 pm. the festival programs in the Chamber of Music at the Library of Congress will begin. Mr. John McCormack will lead off with his charming tenor voice, and there will be a group of players from | the Rochester Philharmonic Orches- | tra, with a program commemorating | the 250th anniversary of the birth of | Bach and Handel. Mrs. Elizabeth | Sprague Coolidge, who founded the Chamber of Music, it is hoped will present, as she has given Washington a great treat and opportunity to enjoy | the great masters in the intimacy of | a small audience room. There are to be five programs, two in the mornings and three in the evenings. | The American Foreign Service Journal has turned out a most spiffy | looking cover for April: No April Z{ool, eh? Gold—the Upited States is off the gold standard — background with a most interesting Egyptian- | Phoenician-Byzantine plaque in tones of gray. Perhaps the two females | were career women of several thou-[ sand years ago. The man in the cen- looking headdress that resembles a champagne bucket with an unopened bottle in it. As a matter of fact, the | cover is a great improvement for the | Spring and is from a relief on the wall of the Temple of Horus at Edfu. | The editor explains that Edfu is a | town of Upper Egypt on the west | bank of the Nile—to be exact—south of Luxor. There are one or two beau- tiful colored photographs in this | number — and those Venetian or ter of the plaque has a wonder(ul’ % ‘Chmese red borders have tone. Apropos of that champagne bucket, | |the Grande Chartreuse Monastery, which was founded by St. Bruno in | 1084, hopes soon to be restored to its ! A stumning wearable suit of greem diago- nal tweed with a Inxurious collar of . natural lyns .. $98.75 | the monks then went to Lucca, Italy: Spring Bride Mrs. Charles Link Witmer, who, before her marriage March 21, in the Seventh-Day Adventists’ Church, in Ta- koma Park, was Miss Dorothy Carlson, daughter of Mr. and * Mrs. Victor Carlson of Mont- clair, N. J. Mr. Witmer is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Carey Witmer of this city. —Underwood Photo. former glory if the funds can be raised. It is 3,205 feet above sea level, in an Alpine valley in Southern France. The monks of the order were expelled from La Grande Chartreuse in 1903 in conformity with the asso- ciation laws of 1901, when France attempted to remove the influence of the church from politics. Some of some to Spain and a few to England. flowers and the fruits of Dauphiny, which is said cannot be duplicated anywhere else in the world. Delicious. Mr. Maxim Litvinoff, Russian for- elgn commissar, who was much liked when & guest here several years ago, entertained in royal style the aristo- cratic Anthony Eden when he was in Russia the other day. Capt. Eden must have rubbed his eyes at the sumptious dinner the commissar gave him when M, Litvinoff raised his glass like one to the manner born and drank to the health of His Majesty the King of England. And then at the rallway station he bade Mr. Joseph Stalin, dictator, good-by, and walked to his train on a red plush carpet. Representative Willlam Irving Siro- vich, physician, surgeon, playwright, art critic and politiclan—was there ever such & jumble of interesting occu- pations—gave up his active practice in medicine and surgery and stood for Congress some 10 years ago be- cause they needed a Democratic mem- ber in the Republican stronghold in which he lived in New York. He could deliver the goods, so he was elected and has been coming ever since. Fifth avenue, once the home of the flourishing creme de la creme of New York soclety, and Greenwich Village, pride of “the Bohemian who imagines himself in Montmartre, com- prise part of Mr. Sirovich’s district. Dr. Sirovich was heard chatting the | - other day about the New Deal and old-age pensions—by the way, Secre- tary Perkins—he began to discuss the latter some 10 years ago on the floor of the House and was so eloquent on the subject that his time was ex- tended indefinitely—cosmetics came in for a little dab in the conversa- tion, too—beautiful and near-beautiful women from time immemorial have used cosmetics, even the Indian squaws, America's first beautles; and then the doctor launched forth on his newest dream, which seemed more of Pewter Tea Pots jade han- 01 fruits and leaves. insets e and ca roelian. $10 Bird shape Tes or Wine Pot. Scme were allowed to return to France, dressed as laymen, and supervise the | distillation of the liqueur, the formula | of which was perfected in 1757, but was known long before that. 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