Evening Star Newspaper, January 21, 1923, Page 47

1 Tales of Well Known Folk SOCIETY In Social Life of Capital Patriotic Societies Hold Great Interest Among Washington Society Leaders—Interesting Visitors Enliven Winter Program. Washington being the birthplace of fmany patriotic societies and continu- ing to be national headquarters for these numerous powerful and usetul organizations, so many impending {elections cannot fail to interest even 1hose who are not personally con- cerned. One of the later patriotic bodies which formed a national or- ganization in Washington is called #The Founders and Patriots,” and of * this Mrs. Wallace, wife of the Secre- tary of Agriculture, has recently been made national president. Mrs. Wallace, who seems a marvel of energy and executive force, joined This society In its early years, since| her membership in the Daughters of i the American Revolution made her eligible. But the Founders and Pa- triots ask a lineage a little more re- ,mote than the Daughters and do not make imperative aid given the strug- gle for independence. It reaches back To the founding of the colonles and 10 the patriots whose fortitude and courage made possible the men and women of the revolutionary era. In 190 the late Mrs. Henry Boynton and her sister-in-law, Mrs. George Mason, founded this society, which has now a limited but very strong and en- thusiastic membership in every state of the Union. Mrs. Wallace, who was for several years president of the Garden Club of Des Moines, has re- slgned that post because of her con- tinual absence from the meetings. She has in lieu taken over the presi- .dency of the Founders and Patriots. which holds a blennial conference in Washington and but a few local meetings during the vear. The impending election of the of- ficers of the Congressional Club is another event which focuses keen in- + terest. Two can ates will contest for the honor of being president, Mrs. George M. Young of Valley City, N. D., and Mrs. James F. Byrnes of Aiken, S. C. Both arc_wives of mem- bers of the House of Representatives, since by a ladies' agreement the Sen- ate and House bear the honor of electing a president alternately. The present incumbent s Mrs. Joseph F'relinghuysen of ew Jersey, who as first vice president automatically succeeded Mrs. Irvine L. Lenroot of Wisconsin when that lady retired hecause of failing health. Mrs. * Young has not resided in Washing- ton for so long a period as Mrs. Byrnes. But she belong: to the dominant political party and her op- ponent is a democrat, and the tradi- tion would seem to accord Mrs. Young_the honor. There will, how- ever, be a spirited contest, though entirely without rancour or personal hitterness, Mrs. Young and Mrs. Byrnes are among the younger of the -ongressional hostesses and _both maintain pleasant homes, over which they preside with much hospitality. Representative and Mrs. Young re- side on 16th street and have taken| a conspicuous part in the season’s) entertainments. Representative and Mrs. Byrnes live in Chevy Chase and | are identified with the social activ-| ities of th suburb. Both candidates, ve served on the national board| of the, Congressional Club and have | filted. minor. roles with exceptional success. \ . According to some experienced ob- sorvers, the Chevy Chase Club is one #f the really cosmopolitan clubs of | the world and in a wider sense than the Metropolitan Club. which is urban and . exclusively masculine. The country club, which. is _another| “American idea” and at present ex- tensively imitated in every part of the globe, lends itself gracefully to the composite ldea of open-air enjoy-| ment, with ev indoor comfort at hand. Members of the diplomatic corps in Washington like the country <lub because of the opportunity to bring the entire family to dine or lunch or to picnic nearby when the weather is fine. Many of thel foreigners like to hike out to Chevy Chase in the teeth of a biting wind ‘and thus rebuild the vital forces ex- hausted by the daily mental grind. Many prefer to motor out and then enjoy strenuous exercise on the links or tennis courts or even the homely amusement of hand ball. Several of the Japanese secretaries and at-| taches indu ina w 1 of ball be- fore beginn jore formal game Almost any fore language may be heard about the Chevy Chase Club: In the height of the season. and the chefs are hecoming quite accustomed to preparing extraordinary varietles of food. Modern jewelers owe much and-have |- (advanced but little bevond the skill .at- rtained by the ancient goldsmiths of Carthage, if the splendid arras, of brace- ¢ts, earrings and belt ornaments which Count Byron Khun de Prorok placed on exhibition for a few days in the Na- tional Museum may be . accepted ms typleal work. The exquisite mellow A shade of this jewelry may be ascribed to age, for no piece ghown at'the end of the lecture on the recent exoavation of Carthage, given by the young French’ scientist, was less” than 'two thousand years old and some ‘mfich; more; ancient, But the graceful Mght' effect- of. the earrings with pendants of gems hanging. low, like the modish ‘ornamént of todey: | Js rarely obtained by ‘the’ hurfied" a tisan in gold who now sells his wares. Belts with links studded with jewels, rubles, pearls and bloodstones, ~which | would be correct for evening wear, were shown, while some dainty small orna- ments in spun gold thread and looped with tiny gems would make effective Neaddresses. Bracelets worn by fash- ionable Carthaginians in the heroic age Hannibal and the Punic wars, were serpent shaped, with glistening eyes of . emerald, very familiar today, and thére are fans, perhaps once of fine plymes, but now showing only the staves ndl the jeweled handles, Which are re-] Was of many_admired in F street grea Count Byron de Prorok, who cldims_kinship with the English bard, Byron, is lecturing before various vetsities of this country and the {;’vexry was on exhibition only a few . - #%ondon churches are practically #ithout heat at all this winter with e &xception of St. Margaret at "est{ninster, which has as rector the Rev. . Willlam Hartley Carnegio, who arried Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain, rmérly Miss Mary Endicott of Bos- p. Perhaps it may be his wite's in- #piration, but St. Margaret's is the mest comfortable church -in. London, and s enjoying a vogue With wed- € parties absolutely unprecedent- When Lady Mary Thinno, who one of the maids at the nuptial Princess Mary and Viscount Las- {les, was wed to a Danish prince ¢ently, the fine old church of St. #ment Dane was selected for senti: éntal reasons. But when the re- rsals were in progress, the chill af the edifice caused several cases of ipfiluenza, and a change was made in the wedding plans. The bonny bride sghinged her mode of dress, the usual tin tulle and lace, to a heavy gown of. white velvet hastily remodeled, @nd with a collar which reached up o+ her very cars, and sleeves which tpuched her knuckles. She worea Rus- glan cap of velvet and swan's down trfmmed with pearls and orange flow- ars, and, instead of a flower g introduced a sturdy young p carried her cloak, which was hastily donned immediately the nuptial b] ing had been uttered. Wedding par- tes in St. Margaret's cling to the anclent method of organiged illusion for the maids and filmy bodices and sleeves for the brides, but this winter in no other ecclesiastical structure of London are these traditional gowne 10" be admired. fa— Since hundreds of brainy women from this part of the world have been studying law. with diligence and {I;nmrlnl zeal, the news that the niversity wt-fsondon- has turned out Some fifty-odd incipient Portias is not surprising. But these fair lawyers are all in a flutter since having pass- ed all the bar examinations and com- plied with every sort of condition im- posed by the inns of court and the tem- ple. they have now been ordered to pro- vide themselves with gowns and wigs before they appear before the judges. Many photos of these lawyers are coming to this side and showing lovely, youthful faces all the more alluring in their solemn environment of white wig and plain black silk gown. The American women in Lon- don have never shown more alertness in grasping opportunities than in deserting art or letters for the law that they may be on hand to aid the thousands upon thousands of their countrywomen who are battling for this, that and the other right before British courts, and from year in to year out - Miss Lflcy ‘Seymour, one of the ploneers of American feminine lawyers in London, is already making a handsome income on clients from this side who seem. to feel more con- fidence in her than in allens. This wearing of wig and gown will with- out doubt prove most alluring to feminine lawyers who like to be dressed for the part and London will s0on note the result of such advertla- ng. Two interesting visitors from Great Britain are Col. Sir Ralph Anstruther and his son Willlam. The latter has just come of age and is making a tour of the world before taking over the honors of his home. The An- struthers landed in New York just before Christmas, and have passed several weeks enjoying the winter sports in the Adirondacks. Their im- mediate destination is Quebec, to visit the Plains of Abraham, where, under Gen. Wolfe, Gen. Sir Robert Anstruther fell in the great battle Tis pame is enrolled on the shaft of honor which marks the center of the plateau. Sir Ralph intends to e & lelsurely survey of the lead- ing American cities and will be in Washington during. Easter week, un- less his plans change. One of his ancestors. a later Sir Robert, took part In the battle of Saratoga. and being severely wounded waa ordered nd this ended the Anstruther tion in the war which Eng- ged inst the colonists. Th'e Anstruthers are an ancient clan of the highlands, the head of which is always called “The Anstruther,” without further designation. and the title goes back to the chieftain who was made master of the royal house- hold and carver for the crown by the King of Scotland in 1435 Sir Wil- liam prefers military life to existence in his big barony in the extreme north of Scotland, but his helr after finishing his travels will take over the picturesque duties of The An- struther. Mrs. Bourke Cockran, who passed many months in Kurope and was re- cently crulsing with Mr. and Mrs. Shane Leslie, her brother-in-law and sister, in the Mediterranean, has returned to Washington and has brought one of the tinjest specimens of Pekinese dogs ever seen here. It recalls to many the tiny pet of Mrs. Albert Clifford Barney, a mere dot of silky black fringe, so well trained that he could accompany his mistress to church or to a lecture and le curled for hours on her sleeve or muff without emitting & sound. Mrs. Cock- ran’s dog la named Ben-Win, and was purchased with & pedigree which seems to extend back to the remote dynasties and to put the far-famed Mandarin dogs of the Manchu regime to blush. Ben- Win is a glossy black of the shade com- monly known as tete de noire, or nigger head, and he wears an exquisite bit of dull yellow Chinese ribbon to hold his license and his history. Mrs. Cockran seldom takes him from home and will not until spring, when he becomes ac- climated. His days are now spent in brief promenades ‘in the rear yard or along window sills in the living room. Mrs. Cockran, it will b remembered, presented that famed Mandarin dog, Coco, to Mrs. Longworth, which became almost a national feature during the honeymoon days of _Representative Longworth. As Mrs. Cockran Is still wearing mourning for her father, the late Henry C. Ide, she will not mingle in the soclal world very extensively un- til after Easter. Some entertaining glimpses of Washington in the social sense are found in that diverting biograph called “Lady Susan's Indiscretlo { thonfh she fails to relate the particu- lar indiscretio: hi caused the recall of her husband, Mr. Walter Townley, then counselor of the Brit- ish embassy, at the instance of Presi- dent Roosevelt. Few women occupy- ing & minor position in the foreign contingent have left the trail of memories which envelop Lady Susan Townley. The daughter-of an earl, though married an untitled mem ber of the British foreign servic: utterly confounded the social tors by claiming the precedence which would be hers in London or at the continental capitals. She particular. Iy clalmed the right to walk before Lady Mortimer Durand, who, though the wife of the ambassador, was the daughter of a rural dean. This was not " considered possible and Lady Susan made some remarks which finally got into print about the utter- 1y disorganized social code which ob- tained in Washington, and which was lower than in the capitals of barbar- ous countries. President Roosevelt had, however, become unfriendly to the Brii ambassador, Sir Mortimer Durand, and this, together with the fuss which Lady Susan Townley was making. led to that diplomat's sum- mary recall and under circumstances almost as humiliating as President Cleveland's dismissal of Lord Sack- ville-West. Lady Susan after this vic- tory became entangled in so many other difficultles that in the interests of harmony Sir Michael Herbert, close friend of the Roosevelts, su gested that the counselor and his sprightly wife be sent to a capital which had a regularly established court circle. But of all this Lady Susan says never a word; in fact, she records her residence in Washington 4s among her most exhilarating expe- ences. Among those who received one of the first specimens of the national flag_adopted by the Irish Free State is Mrs. Henry Fountain Ashurst, wife of “the senator from Arizona. Mrs, Ashurst Is a native of a small town in Munster and ls a most enthusiastic Free Stater. The flag is’ apparently a daring hope that all Irishmen wiil at last become united, for it is a trio-color of green, the ofd emblem of Ireland; orange, the hue adopted by the Ulsterites, and dividing these symbolic ;lripes s white, the color of peace and ope. The oldest flag of Erin, and Mrs Ashurst h veral of these, is the deep green with the golden harp embroidered on it. The harp former- ly had a crown over it, but during the centuries of Bnglish occupation this dissappeared and the uncrowned harp was always a burning contro- versial {ssue. Green, white and yellow combined are to be seen on many national emblems, and red, white and on many others, with red, nd black, red, yellow and R many others. But the combination seiected by the Irish Free State is unique and makes quite an ornate con: tribution to the flags of all nations. 1 memorial to the war i8 announced o in the gift of & splendid pipe organ to the music hall in _Golden @ute Park from the Spreckels firm of sugar refiners. The instrument is now b#ing installed in the splendid assembly hall, which opens on one of the finest open-air auditoriums fn the world, and is so placed that it will serve in all kinds of weather and at all seasons. A bronze scroll on one side gives the total list of Callfornians, victims of the world war, and incfudes heroic nurses who dled attending the stricken camps during the epidemics of 1918-19, and of all others whol death resulted even indirectly from the armed conflict. In honor of these heroic dead, a atrain of requiem and the playing of the natfonal anthem is rendered imperative at every organ recital to which the general public is ‘invited. The open-alr auditorium of Golden Gate Park is the despalr of every city which faces the problem of shaded seats for an audience in the open. The large-leafed banyan trees are planted about every ten feet and comfortable chairs are arranged un- der them, thus rendering both sun- shades and awnings unnecessary. Thousands are provided for, and the .orchestra is placed like that at the “Pastion Play” in Oberammergau, in a semi-circular amphitheater extend. ing well around the s A formal dedication of the Spreckels’ gift will take place at the first concert, poi sibly next month. Kentucky has set an excellent ex- ample in its recent purchase of Fed- eral Hill, near Bardstown, a fine old mansion, in which Stephen Collins Foster wrote his beautiful and pop- ular “My Old Kentucky Home,” now officially adopted as the state song. Foster {s now recognized as one of the first and greatest of American song writers, and, though he was a Kentuckian only by adoption, every honor is given his memo: The original draft of ~ “Old Kentucky Home" and of his equally celebrated “Old Folks at Home" have been ob- tained by purchase, and the maniion will display not only every relic of Foster's residence there with his sia- ter in the early 1840s, but will serve as a historical museum of the Boone W. & J. 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India, oz12f (Other sizes at proportionats prices) Freight paid to all shif points in the United pping States the Indian raids. Bardstown is filled with historic treasur which the Federal Hill ‘will supple- In its old cathedral, the first Roman Catholic faith west of the Alleghanies, are fine paintings by Rubens and Ven Dyke, presented by Louis Philippe, who was for months the guest of his old friend Bishop from France. Foster died and buried in New York. thirty-eight years of age, and the highest compensation he received for his beloved songs was 35 aplece for both music and words. An anthology of his verses, some of them not set to music, is' among the ambitious projects of the Btephen Collins Foster Memorial Assoclation of Bardstown. ix He was but In Street Car. You might not think at first sug- gestion that it was really bad man- ners to board a pay-as-you-enter street car without the correct fare for, your ride ready to give to the conductor to put in the fure-box on the vestibule of the car. Yet, when you come to think that bad manners are those that inconvenience others and those that show that you have not a proper regard for the feelings of others, then it becomes clear that to fail to have your correct fare ready is nothing more nor less thun bad manners. t is also bad manners to linger by the entrance door of & strest. cir Just because you are not going to ride far and think that you want to be where you can get out quickly. This is bad manners because it is extremely inconsiderate and selfish. 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