Evening Star Newspaper, January 30, 1921, Page 44

"' Tales of Well Known Folk in Social and Official Life ; Mrs.-Charles Evans Hughes Will Fit~Into Pre- - 12 SOCIETY" dicted Role as Cabinet Woman—Possesses Marked Personality. If Mrs. Charles Evans Hughes is to return to Washington in the pleasant rolg of wife of the Secretary of State, as is S0 generally predicted, she will fit into the position Wwith the certain knowledge of all its requirements. As wife. of -an assoclate justice of the Supreme Coyrt, Mrs. Hughes showed that a broader interpretation of the traditional duties is possible, with- out ignoring precedents. Possessing marked personality, she could preside over a_boudoir cabinet most accept- ably. If Judge and Mrs. Hughes do returm, there will be a sense of loneli- ness in the loss of their young daugh- er Helen, who took the course at ar so brilliantly, and whose fu- that Mi: ture seemed to warrant all friends and relatives hoped. Hughes made her debut here, an untimely taking away three years ago’ was widely lamented. There is, hoW- ever, another young daughter who would be for the incoming adminis- tration all that well poised and ac- complished daughters of cabinet offi- cials should be for social success. The Hughes family, like the Hardings, be- long to the Baptist Church, and at- tended the Calvary Baptist during their residence in Washington. Mrs. Hughes and her distinguished hus- band were friends and chun:s during their early years, and their marriage might be described as a neighbor- hood romance. She was Miss Antion- nette Carter, and ‘after taking the usual #€ademic course in New York, she attenged Wells' College, where one of her classmates and friends was the handsome young woman who afterward Mrs. Grover Cleve- Jand. Al the Hughes family are musical, and théy’ wcre among the firSt to install one of those splendid pite organs in their New 7ork home. As wife of the Governor of New York, Mrs. Hughes' record was for intel- lectual .rather than purely social ef- fort; and this all was apparent during ¢her 'years as a chatelaine in thé Su- preme Court cirele. Has Many Priends Here. Senor Francesco Leon de la Barra. who has recefved such signal honor from the Geneva. tribunal of the leaeite ‘ of nations in being named chief arbi- ter of those knotty Balkan problems, ‘was ambassador here from 1908 on the refirement of Senor Enrique Creel until the Mexican government began changing its envoys to Wash- ington with such rapidity that two or three in a single year was no um- common record. The senor made scores of friends during his residence here, as did his charming wife, who Wwas-a sister of the first Senora de la Bara, who had such a slorious voice and was so_accomplished in all mu- sical matters. Washington also had an opportunity of realizing the differ- ence between the Latin races and the Anglo Saxon, in that though the senor thad remarried, both he and his bride ‘wore the required heavy mourning the, full three -years after the death of the first. séngra. Senor Franceseo de la Barra is a profound student of infernational law and had studied in Paris and Oxford later taking the prescribed course in Salamanca, Spain, which all diplomats of the southern republics consider essential. After serving for a brief period as provisional president prior to the la- mentable experiment of Carranza, the =enor with his family was exiled and =ought refuge in Paris. He was soon calléd to the chair of international jurisprudence by the Sorbonne, a post which he declined to relinquish and return to Mexico. Having suffered the total loss of his private fortune and all manner of inconyeniences, he, like so many other of the il rion exiles of tranquillity at home befor# givi their present means of livelihood, and this honor under the Versailles treaty, though lucrative and exacting, will rot interfere with his pedagogic pur- suits. Senor and Senora de la Barra ‘have a delightful home beyond the Arc o fthe Star and are prominent fig- ures in the.social world. rfi-‘;‘fi Philadelphia. One of th rt ladies of Rome, n__ Pignatelli, has much-feted guests in t has to her regret 1 to-safl for home et g ‘old ties in Wash- The princess is the daughter and Mrs. Jason Waters, who, though originally of the Quaker city, forsook it for the all-year charm of Atlantic City. Their handsome home in Ventnor has long been a rallying point for friends and relatives, of Whom the latter include the large ‘Waters family of Georgetown, and about Charlottesville, Va. The Pig- natellis come from a feudal line of Naples and have some of the Bour- bon blood of Aragon in their veins. That supreme pontiff who figures as Pope Innocent XII was of the house and their quaint shield, three small pitchers, decorates many of the Vati- can apartments, as well a8 many palaces about Naple: Prince and Princess Pignatelli own one of the handsomest ~ villas near Sorrento, though they pass all their leisure mear Biarritz. Here the sister of the princess. Baroness de Mare, is a so- cial leader. Experiences in London. London. says a sprightly Washing- ton woman who is passing the winter theN‘ offers more opportunity for experiences than any one spot in the world. This lady tells of riding in the park a warm sunny day recently and seeing the Duc of Orleans, whom the legitimatists consider the right- ful King of France, leading his horse and talking volubly to his sister, the dowager ex-queen of Portugal. Nei- ther was attended even by a distant lackey. This same observer tells that the haughtiest of London grande dames are not averse to riding in the | buses and that generals whose names have rung about the world go hither and hence lugging packages she is sure that she detected n. Byng' carrying home his laun- | dry. Another post-war symbol is the disappearance of liveried retainers within the great mansions as well as the equipages. Liveried and pow- red servants passed from this ea ital as long ago as in 1915, but it was deemed a rather difficult matter to produce this condition in old world cities, where generations have worn very and are quite proud of the Bul apart from military uni- and trzditional fantastic cos- tumes like thc beef-eaters who guard the tower of London. the male at- tendant is drgb and colorless in Lon- don as in Washington. Even the famous retainers of indsor and other royal palaces discharge their «duties in garments which resemble those used by hotel ushers and bell Loys. But never were the British military uniforms so gay, the vivid red coat %o familiar in colonial pictures hav- ing been revived in dozens of regi- ments, whereas only the oldest for- merly clung to the distinction of Yearing the exact colors of the cele- brated army of Wellington. The regiments are among those who literally set the city on fire with en thusiasm and approval. In the gray days of December, the pranking Munxmen were a cheering sight. their ‘ancient drills and marches a London seemed to enjoy as much as a royal pageant. the officers, however, object strenu- u: TTanza, are awaiti n: fully Bexley Holcombel in New Jersey, bring to mind that in this respect Washington is lagging. Coaching, re- vived by the late Edward VIL, when he was the Prince of Wales, is one of the_delights of a visit to the British Isles, and so it is getting to be in the Berkshires, owing to the energy and generosity of Mr. Hanna. Coaching to Baltimore, to Annapolis—not to mention short trips like to Mount Vernon and Alexandria — to Great Falls and the lovely roads toward Harpers Ferry and Cumberland, would be a novel and agreeable variation. the enterprise- would assume a com- mercial aspect as in other localities. So many would welcome the return of the horse in so honorable & role as’ conveying a. picturesque vehicle with a red-coated driver blowing on the times on the way. 3 h"lxradmona! horn loud blasts at stated Artistie Lantern Effects. A- purely local effect in art are those quaint little lanterns to be seen on o many homes in the suburbs ¢f the capital,” with slides of hand- colored flowers usually snapped from the marden nearby. Several such lights may be admired in Brookland | and Chevy Chase, and they are the work of ‘an artist who first takes the photograph and then - transfers | it to glass to be fitted into the deli- cate black tracery of the lantern. Some are trailing clusters of azalea, twining wreath-like across the cir- cular glass or the squares of it, as the case may be. Others are clusters of the splendid wild orchid which is to be discov- ered after diligent search on the palisades of the Potomac and which is wonderfully lovely as a trans parency, the pink and yellow blen ing so well with the dark glowing green of the leaves. Why, ask those who have adopted this 'fad, have plain, meaningless glass in your ves- tibule light when some blossoms which recall the glories of the sum- mer:- may_be had for little less ex- pense? _Laurel from Rock Creek Park makes an -acceptable trans- parency. and those who delight in theift own cameras can take the pic- tures of it amd afterwards have it transferred to glass either for a lamp or_for a window. Branches of climbing roses are ideal covering for an outside light. and there is genuine pleasure for the rose lover in geeing his blossoms cared for and brought to perfection through his own - care, thus per- petuated throughout the seasons. ! i Picturesque Bridal Robe. ‘The .most picturesque bridal robe which originated this winter on this side of the ocean is, according to a distinguished artiste of gowns, that worn by Mrs. Paul Abbott, who, as Miss Elise Everett. had made her de- but in New York society just one year on the date of her nuptials, December 18, last. 'Mrs. Abbott is an exceedingly clever amateur. actress, and had ap- peated in all the theaters of Gotham and its environs where the non-pro- fessional is permitted to shine. She scored a decided success in the musi- cal comedy “What Next?’ and was said to have been considering the offer of a prominent manager, when Mr. Abbott turned her thoughts the usual way. Mrs. Abbott designed her wed- ding gown from a favorite picture of a great Florentine lady, and the com- bination of the straight, severe med eval lines with some modern touches rendered this costume notable even among the original creations which have come from London and Paris. ‘The material was soft but heavy ivory satin, made in tHe one-piece style, with a bodige very high for these days and edged with ermine, and then embroidered in pawels front, back and sides. The skirt was full, widening from the waist and fell to the ankles. But the veil was the feature to be re-; membered. It was one of those splen- did point de venise shawls, fully three yards wide and five long, gathered cap- shape about. her face and edged with orange flowers, and then falling in billowing masses into a train, which ] would be acceptable even for courtl preseniations. The sleeves reached to the wrists, gathered and fastened off in diamond puffs with heavy'cord and then finished with ermine. Many of the famous’ fashion journals are re- producing this bridal robe as some- thing novel and Jovely enough to serve as a model. Mrs. Abbott is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Alexan- der Everett of Park place. and her hus- band is the son of the Henry H. Ab- botts of Boston. I Returns Seotland. Sir Charles Ross, the chief of the Ross clan, which is so numerously represented in this country and Cana- ¢ da, after spending nearly a year in northern New York and the southern part of Ontario, has returned to his vast domain in Scotland and has pro- | ceeded to put into operation the mod- | ern methads of agriculture used in the new world. To the astonishment of the crofters, who are the most con- servative people in the United King- dom, his tractors and other mechani- cal appliances are- making short,shrift of the stony pastures and doing more for the cultivation of the soil in a few hours than ten men with a hoe or pick accomplished in a week. Ad- joining the great Ross estate, called Benmore, is the famou er sanc- tuary of the Duke of Sutherland, | where for generations herds of stags have found protection among the‘ sheeps and goats which abound there- |{about. Some years ago. the duke, to | insure the comfort of his herds, deer |included. erected a stone fence; ten feew high and sixty miles long, and the excitement which that fence caused in all of Scotland and Eng- land. is indescribable. Now. in Texas, a fence sixty miles long would cause {no comment at all, nor in California, | {where in the old days some of the | {gola hunters possessed estates with | a hundred miles of ocean front, but | the duke has been in scalding water | ever since his venture with laborites, | {unions and socialistic leaders. He ' {has been compelied to demolish itand ; |to divide his pasturage in compliance with_the land law and idle estates. | Sir Charles Ross has taken the initi- | ative in subdividing his thousands of | acres into small sheep farms: for the i benefit of the crofters who have lived | on his land for ten or twelve T atiens. Charming Rome Hostess. [ Mrs. John Elliott,~well known in Washington under her pen and maid- | en name; Maude Howe, was for years | one of the resident American host- | esses who made Rome 8o charming i for the casual visitor. Her book, “Roma Beata.” is much beloved and ranks with the work of her cousin, Francis Marion Crawford, “Ave Roma Immortals,” and with the delightful volume of the sculptor, William Wet- ; more Story, “Roba di Roma.> Mr. EI- | liott's most’ celebrated. picture is that , dainty symbolic mural painting in the | main” wing of the new museum, on 110th and B streets, “Diana of the ' Tides.” His portpait of Mrs. Elliott's mother, Julia d Howe, ranks with | that of Whistler's portrait of his | {mother and has. been crowned with | | supreme honors by the Academy of | Fine Arts in Rome and in Parlis. i Mrs. Elliott’s book on Rome gives. charming vistas of well known Amer- me of | ieans in the Eternal City during the Jast decade of the nineteenth century | ously 1o the conspicuousness of their land the opening years of the twen- | and to the delicacy of the gar- ment in the matter of showing stains. However, for this season at least, the yed will ‘riot in all martial gather- ings, and London is very busy with such, and will be until rally at Aldershot in June. Conching. Capital ng fn Lagxt n Mr. Frederic Strawbridge’s venture in coaching about the splendid sub- urbs of Philadelphia and those of Mr. Tan R. Hanna, son of the late Sena- tor Hanna, in the Berkshires, and Mr. the " grand tieth. She lived in the ancient city by the Tiber during the regime of the William H. Dragpers, Henry White, and the late George L. Meyer, and her pages are filled with deft pic- tures of the celebrities who moved on the stage at the same time, among these the meeting and jcourtship of Mr. Larz Anderson and wife, who was Isabel Perkins, and Mrs. Elliott's guest for an entire winter. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott reside principally in Bos- ton now, but still maintain the well known villa of Mrs. Howe at Newport. and would make for better roads. if|. ITHE SUNDAY STAR, JANUARY 30, 1921—PARY: 2. HARRIS- EWING . MISS MARGARET BROW Who, with her mother, Mrx. Jenninon Brown, of Mobil spending the winter in Washington. Personal Notes. Mr. and Mrs. Adolph M. Fishel are spending two weeks i Atlantic City at the Breakers. Mrs. Andrew L Smith is in York for a wee ay N Mrs. Elliott Strouse spent the wetk in Baltimore, the guest of relatives. Mrs. Morris Gusdorf, who was the guest of her sister, Mrs. William Garner, in Newport News, Va., has re- turned to Washington. Mrs. Morton Luchs has cards out for a luncheon and bridge Saturd: ruary 5, at the Arlington Hotel. Mr. and Mrs. Henrw L. Kaufman were hosts Saturday night at a dinner at their apartment in the Octavi Mrs. Le Roy Hutzler, jr. who the guest of her parents. Mr. and Mr. Gus Wallerstein of Lanier place, has returned to her home in Richmond, || Va. Franc le Friday for Boston to visit their ters, Misses Miriam and Ruth Frane, who are there at schoof, and_will be gone two week Mr. and Mrs. Morris Ganss Atlantic City Mrs. Isaac Behrend, Mrs. Edward Kohmer and Mrs. Milton Nathan left Tuesday for Atlantic City to spend a week at the Traymore. Mrs. James Lansburgh turned to her apartment are in has re- in Ward- man_ Park Hotel from a ten-day stay |}/ i v Yorl Mr. and Mrs. were guests of Jacob Bennett, heir daughter,- Mrs. Herbert Ja have returned to their home in Norfolk. Va. Mrs. Sidney ' Seideman returned Friday from Pitisburgh. where she visited her sister. Mrs. Hahn. dney C. Kaufman v night for a sup- per party of eight. i Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Behrend enter- tained at a supper party Sunday night in their apartment at Beverly | Court. The Pro-Hexagon Club an informal tonight at the Suburban ub. Miss Hermine Lion of Baltimore is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. William Michaelis. The Afternoon Sewing Circle gave | a surprise luncheon at the Town Club on Thursday to Mrs. C: R Gold- smith, in° honor of her thirtfeth’ wed- ding- anniversary. . Mr. Melvi Behre the week in Atlantic ARCAD Hi | New || reb- | Il who || is giving || N ] spending | 14th St. and Park Rd. White Clean Sanitary 45 Live, Up-to-Date Dealers. 3 Big Chain Stores. Model Bakery. Promoting Real Competition|| Everything good to “eat and at fair prices in this perfect market. 7 AM. to 6 P.M. | FREE FREE INSTRUCTIONS in Cro- cheting, Knitting, Em- broidering, etc., by Com- petent Teachers. D. M. C. CROCHET AND EMBROIDERY COTTONS Old Famous Eagle Cro- chet Needles 209% Reduction On Al Pacific Stamped Package Goods : COMPLETE LINE OF NEW LUNCHEON SETS, TOWELS, PILLOW- CASES, ETC.,, STAMP- ED READY TO WORK. WE DO INITIALING EMBROIDERY, HEM- STITCHING, STAMP- ING AND BRAIDING. THE EMBROIDERY, SHOP MISSES FREUDBERG 827-829 11th Street Wholesale furniture prices drop 107 to 157%; The Hecht Co.’s farniture prices drop 15% to 50% OUR buyer has recently returned from the furniture market. He went to make a survey— to get first-hand knowledge; to find out how much prices were coming down. - We knew the market had broken on food and c'loth= ing; we felt prices would drop considerably on furniture. We are disappointed. Wholesale furniture prices ,‘will not drop more than 10% to 15% ‘As one of the best informed men in the industry put it: Why look for a 25 to 409 drop in furniture? What is there to warrant it?> Furniture is neither food nor clothing: Food moves or rots; cloth- ‘ing moves or goes out of style. They have a short season—furniture is built for a lifetime. many hands, and that each process adds its toll to the cost. Where are we going to cut costs? Lack of housing will keep up lumber prices, and the kinds of lumber we use in furniture are becoming increasingly scarce. Our labor is a finely organized and trained product. Freight charges are fixed. We'll save on rough labor, of course, and something on trimmings; but the best we can do is to bring down costs 10% to 15%. Don’t you know that freights are up over 75 per cent, labor 100 per cent, lumber 150 per cent? Don’t. forget that furniture making is a highly com- plicated industry, passing through’ This is not the viewpoint of one man; it’s the crystallized thought of the trade, founded on facts. We ourselves have placed our orders for spring, based on 10% to 15% reductions. So, knoWing where we stand, we unhesitatingly recommend our patrons to buy furniture now, while_these discounts of 15% to 509 are to be had. Our lowest discount—15%—adequately compensates any reduction that may come thi¢spring. Our extreme discount of 50% gives you wonderful bargains in various items, while the discounts of 20, 30 and 40% enable you to furnish your home right now as you like it. These typical hints: I i,,, I il 'This $575 Overstuffed Suite; $345 With six and a half foot Daven[?ort,‘Roomy Rocker and Chair, upholstered in striped taupe velour, with loose cushions. A $56.75 Simmons Period Bed, $34 Simmons metal beds finished to match your bedroom suite. These are 3 ft. 3 in. and finished in American £ walnut. $34 each. ‘ 2 _ This $98.75 % . o HacobeaniChair $32.50 bed, spring and This $7.95 Fiber $69.75 mattress, $19.60 Rocker, $4.95 Solid mahogany hall Continuous post metal bed, with A comfortable, dur- able -brown fiber rocker guaranteed link wire spring and re- for use in any room. chair . upholstered in X versible mattress. beautiful tapestry. This $475 bedroom suite, $319 : Walnut bedroom suitc, i chaste Louis XVI style. Vanity dresser, double bed, chifforobe and large dresser. ‘ This $15 steel - crib, $9.50 “All-steel crib, with drop sides and complete with link - wire spring, enameled_ in white, " This $15.75 library -~ ; ¢ table, $9.85 7 R 2 A 4 Substantially built of finest fumed oak. Has 42-inch top and . is fitted with drawer, 7| SOCYETY The After Inventory Sale of RUGS $22.50 printed tapestry Brussels rugs, $15.75 The lowest price of the year on these rugs—in 10/ good patterns in tan and green—many medal- lion effects. $69 to $7250 Wilton Rugs, $148 Wool Wilton Rugs, $105— // $49.75—Plain colored and fig- The best g i V' i 1 st quality Wool Wiltons ured patterns. All perfect made, in plenty of blues, tans and scamless and size 9x12, rose. Size 9x12. \ 9x12 Axminster and seamless velvet rugs | About 50 rugs all told—high pile rugs that | | sold formerly at $49.75 to $54. Handsome pat- terns. ‘ Hodges fiber rugs $21 Hodges Wool and Fiber Rugs $24 Hodges Rattania Rugs $19.75 Hodges Cherokee Rugs 516.48 v Carpet prices are down $5.50 Axminster Carpet, $4.50 Yard 2 $4.95 Wilton Velvet Carpet, $4.10 Yard. $3.25 Velvet Carpets, $2.50 Yard. $1.25 Tapestry Carpets, 8¢ Yard. $4.95 Oval Rag Rugs, $2.98 27554 extra heavy | braided Rag Rugs. E i 55¢ China Matting, 39¢ Yard 116 warp matting in neat checks, blue, green and tan. All perfect. $7.50 Texoleum [ Rugs, $3.95 | 9x12 Congoleum Felt base, 6x9 rugs, run i R“ss’ $8.95 of the mill. | Made with-one seam, value $12.95- $9.75 Matting Rugs, $6.33 8x10 Grass | 9x12 China Matting Rugs, $5.75 | | Rugs made with one ¥ £ seam. Just 10 rugs to close | - Extra quality—all new patterns. out. “Mostly green. o e Rugs—Fourth Floql;“ at These -are the famous V\"EARW LL brand, made from high-grade sheeting; snow white; free from dress- ing; all edges are taped. Note the new low prices. 54x90 sheets, -~ $1.19 81x99 sheets. $1.79 81x90 sheets, - - $1.59 Al with wide hems. $4 het bed Balster cases, 68c— sus—fzr:fucsibie;en%mgf-’ " white (:;ality mus‘lsii f:s::' three good patterns: Bleached pillowcases, 28c —Made with wide hems and in two sizes—45x36 and 42x36. Formerly 40c. SN 42x74, with wide hems. §2.75 dimity spreads, $1.95 —Hugo quality washable ripple spreads in white only. Size 63x90. $8.50 anid $9.00 plaid 3 blankets, $4.68 "Heavy. plaid blankets as well as white and gray blankets; some nicely bound, others -with overlocked edge. A few slightly soiled. $12 wool blankets, $7.84— White and gray wool blan- kets, with heavy nap—in full bed size; and bordered in pink and blue. $8.95 to $10 comforts, $5.95 .—Covered with sateen or mercerized foulard, some figured, others with plain ‘sateen bgrder. - $2.00 scrim and voile curtains, $1.15 pair Plain and Dutch effect scrim curtains, some hem- stitched, others .with colored borders. Some few are trimmed with insertion. . $650 and $750 tapestry, 45¢ blocked curtain voile, yd—Handsome motley 21c yd—White and Arab . effects in the most wanted color, subject to slight im- colorings. Let us estimate perfections that in no way the cost of reupholstering Jmpair’jts ‘wear. - Cut from for you. ‘full pieces. =~ 7 Huck towels, 14e ch Well-wearing, splendidly absorbent huck towels, in all white or with red border. $1.68 dozen. - 35¢ Turkish towels, 2lc—a "'88c - centerpieces, So0d. size’ towel and | very. With hand-crocheted | lace 5 edge—some with embrdider- serviceable quality. ed centers, others ‘trimmed with drawawork. % e : . ¢ Imported Japanese blue prints. Table covers, scarfs, napkins and crash by the yard— all at half price! 44— $250 48-in. covers......$1.25 $1.75 18x30 scarfs.........89¢ \ $350 54-in. covers. $1.75 $1.75 12-in. napkins..89c doz. $400 60-in. covers......$198 -25c crash............15c yard (Upliolsteries, third foor.)