Evening Star Newspaper, June 9, 1922, Page 12

BRILIANT AFFAR varied colops and tones of the sum- mer season, six women out of every 31 Americans Among 1,000 i coninie to wear blck sockings Fresented —s Uazzling 'Ar_ {put the result of an investigation by {ray of Gowns and Jewels. fa nalt dozen large hosiery dealers fand manufacturers here. Those firms did not rely on sales records B e Bssociated Press. for their information. They looked 75CNLON. June 9.—The first of thejto See. A corps of expert hoslery three court functions of the neasnnlc'““.“ takers have just completed; wias held in Buckingham Palace last ovening. It was a brilliant affair. Although intended to be mainly for i their _work in Boston. Philadelphia and New York. It is on their report; that the figures announced today are! based: There were scores of volunteersi the diplomatic and officlal corps, about ‘“”M W t {O'P% {for the job of observers who were| gaus I guests were present. Inggerfectly’ willing to spend hours| the diplomatic circle there were | without compensation in giving the underpinning of the female popula- about sixty persons above the normal : ¥ tion the up and down, purely. of aftendance. owing to the creation of | coun oG U *hterests of business. new states in the rearrangement nflbut only technical hosiery experts the map of Europe. were assigned to the work. YAl the state apartments were | These observers were stationed in aponed for the occaston, buf the ac- | the sections of the city where the TRAl ‘pres-ntations to the king and {crowds of women were thickest. afasn tnok place in the ballroom.j They made observations in the rail- i in the business dis-! c road stations, A hecar | tricts during the rush hours, at the| principal hotels and theaters and ini the shopping districts. The less af-| fluent sections of each city were can- vassed as_thoro as the Back Bay district, Fifth avenue and Rittenhouse Square Business, Not Pleasure. which ie tho largest %4 palace and which on such occa- s}ons becomes the throne room, al~‘ touch the king and queen did not o@0py their thrones. “Tae general color scheme of the vallroom was white and gold. with @ crimson carpet and crimson up- STOCKING-CE'NSUS. SQUAD FINDS MOST WOMEN WEAR BLACK HOSE it easy to classify the colors of any collection of hosiery, but wait until' the laundries have had a whirl at cheap stockings and then try to de- cide whether a pair of leg coverings were originally castor or pearl gray, nude, or just dirty.” “Did the majority of women seem to resent inspection?’ he was asked. “Most of them were entirely un- conscious of it,” Mr. Relsberg re- plied. “Those who were not crossed their knees and gave us a good chance to see.” Inspectors Not Bothered. He was reminded that most police- men don’t think too kindly of a bunch of young fellows who hang around railroad stations or hotels giving the ‘woeman patrons clos rutiny. “We had no troubl isberg said. “Our inspection w. thoroughly impersonal as though the women in- volved had been wax figures. Every woman and most cops know imper- sonal inspection when they see it. We wanted to know what kind of stock- ings they wore, full-fashioned or mock seam, chiffon or fiber silk, and that was all we wanted. “I suppose Zlegfeld picked out an entirely new Follles chorus if he had had my job, but all I eaw was stockings, most of ‘em black. However, I found out what Kipling meant when he wrote that bunch of verses the vaudeville per- formers spring about ‘Boots, boots, pounding up and down a, (Copyright, 1922.) could have boots, The Admonitions of LILY WHITE I WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1922. LANSBURGH & BR OTHER i Washington—New York—Paris STORE NEWS for Saturday, June 10, 1922 420-30 Seventh Street Northwest Sale of La Tausca Pearl Necklaces price conces- sions that will in- terest every con- noisseur of syn- thetic gems. To save so ex- girl graduates and June brides. T lengths and styles—each Necklace in velvet case. 18-inch La Tausca Pearl Necklace, with solid gold clasp......icemecnnennncceet 24-inch La Tausca Pearl solid gold clasp........ 24-inch La Tausca Pearl Necklace, ! tremely on these Charming La Tausca Pearls will be welcome to many, especially to those sceking gifts for Strands are in varying $3.95 $4.95 uglstery e decorations consisted Af palms, hydrangeas and pink roses. | «Business, not pleasure,’ was the There was a dazzling array of unmi-|way one of the investigators, John A. forms. gowns and jewels and al fprinkling of the richly colored ori-! ental costumes of the Indian nota- ! bles. A new regulation, curtailing ! the length of the court trains, proved | The long trains formerly entation ceremony cum- | welcome he pr nd s 3 Am Fwenty-o: gifls were nearly 45 presentations. Fre the white drawing room King George and Queen Mary headed the procession into the ballroom. preceded by court offi- their wands of office, ckward and facing them. King Gaorge was dressed +in the uni- form of o colonel of the Life Guards. Queen v wore a magnificent me- dleval-stvle gown of pale blue and gold moire brocade, with a train of Tndian silk of biue and gold, bordered wih a gold galon with embroid- ared lotus flowers. She wore a dia- mend crown and dlamond arnaments. Mary wore an ivory silk marquisette gown, lightly embroid- 3 and pearls in floral designs and a gold lace train. Harvey In Georgette. eorge Harvey, wife of the ambassador, was attired in gray crepe georgette. with the bodice covered with diamond treilis work. The train was gray vel- vef. trimmed with feathers. There was a striking change in the dress of the German representa- tives. Formerly they were the most gorgeous of all those attending such fupctions. l.ast night they wore plain eve dress, The presentations were made first in the diplomatic circle, then in the official circle and afterward in the general circle. Following the presen- the guests dispersed to the supper room-. Prenented. serican women and | There were official diplomatic and Reisberg, deseribed his job today. **And People mighty hard work at that. counting put themselves to sleep i imaginary sheep jumping over a stile. | Believe me, that is no more vacuous | employment tham counting the num- ber of legs going up a subway stairs. | Legs are just lezs. Straight or crooked, bowed or knock-kneed. | shapely or lumpy. stilts or mine tim- | bers. they are all allke to us—just| something to be counted. “It is what is on the legs that we are interested in. You might think — CIVITAN CLUBS CHOOSE | WASHINGTON FOR 1923 International Association Votes to} Convene Here—Miami With- draws From Contest. i CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, June 9.— | Washi . D. €. was selected as the 1923 meeting place by the Inter-| national A: Sivitan Clubs here yesterday. only other contender, but was witi- drawn in favor of Washington, with| the statement that Miami would try| for the 1924 convention. | RUSH SILK FROM JAPAN. CHICAGO. June 9.—Nine carloads of silk, weighing more than 200 tons. arrived in Chicago vesterday over| the Chicago and Northwestern, con- signed to New York and two Southern Pacific trains of silk. weighing 351 tons, are also on the way to New York. | The silk from Japan is valued at mil- | lions of dollars and is crossing the| icontinent on a passenger train schedule. | “I Like Courtesy Don’t you? That's one of the reasons I enjoy dealing with the Manhattan Laundry. The fact is, your clothes and mine get extra careful handling there. (They are washed in soft water, inside net bags that prevent loss or wear.) But the courtesy and dependability of Manhattan employes make them really pleasant people to deal with. “Telephone today about your laundry. They are awfully nice about explaining their system. The number is North 3953, 3954 or 3955.” ““The Bags get the wear The Clothes get the wash.” Manhattan Laundry 1336 to 1346 Florida Avenue N.W. DO YOU KNOW What industries will be helped by the cut f in freight rates? How hard the rail-workers will be hit by ; the wage-cut? Will the worker live as well as “an inmate of the Cook County Jail?” That the drop in prices has halted? What the buying power of the dollar is to- day compared with 1914? ) The new arrangement that puts Germany into an Allied receivership? Both sides of the case against Attorney General Daugherty? How to get out of the penitentiary by drinking soapsuds? 1f the anti-lynching bill is likely to increase lynchings? What the Ku Klux Klan is doing in politics? What business and professional leaders think of prohibition? The disputes that are straining Anglo- § French friendship? Why Poland has seized Vilna? \\r'l:lat)London expects our “farm bloc” to o’ What Australia thinks of our “fake reci- : procity?” § How fires start themselves, and how to ‘ prevent them? What effect the naval halt is having on in- dustry? The plan for a new short-cut waterway across Europe? i Why the negro death rate is falling? Admiral Fiske’s invention that may permit magazines to be given away? e A WA A A A R YR SRR That radio is to be taught in the schools? How to make a loose coupler? The living American artist who is already considered an “Old Master?” That Shakespeare is winning Paris? The movie magnate who learned his methods from Dickens? The prize editorial and cartoon of last year? How many million drug addicts there are in America, and the new law to halt the traffic? The American efforts to restore French Protestantism? How books are replacing dice on American ships? What the Y. M. C. A. did last year? What the poets say about Genoa? About “Horrible Hollywood, Home of Hokum?” The Home life of “Doug” and “Mary?” How Germany is extracting the indemnity from American tourists? About J. M. Barrie’s unruly other self? What are the best new novels? Whether, the to-do about “underweight” children is a delusion? The part that aluminum plays in plant life? The new roller gearing that gives flexibil- ity to power-transmission? That our foreign trade is beating pre-war figures? Why saving-bank accounts have kept up during hard times? What a cannibal means when he says “Wrrgh? What is the proper reply? Don’t miss 'THE DIGEST this week if you would have answers to hundreds of & Such questions as these. 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