Evening Star Newspaper, March 11, 1923, Page 52

17 - Tales mell Known Folk In Social and foicial Life Mrs. Hoover Is Intereste d Spectator at Boy Scout Presentation—Mrs. Gorgas Completing Book on Life of Noted Husband. Mre. Herbert Hoover. who is keenly terested in the activities of the Boy Scouts, and who was so diligent in direeting their operations when they were sent abroad to assist the youths of Belgium and France to rebulld their devastated countries; was among the spectators when the handsome silver medal presented by Miss Anne I'. Morgan was bestowed on the head of the scouts in Delaware, Frank A. Greenhawk, in Dover last week. Young Greenhawk and a picked com- pany 1t the last two summers in ” cting directly under the su- vision of Miss Morgan, and their work was regarded as of signal im- portance. The medal bears on one side a griffon, which is officially the emblem of Blenencourt, an aimost :molished village near the Marne ch is gradually assuming Its nor- mal aspect through Miss Morgan's aid. and on the other side the motto, “Do right and fear no harm” With the scout’s name and the dates of his ser Only about a dozen of these | tokens have been distributed to} American Boy over year a ter vear to teach thej youths of the war-stricken country | how to aid in the restoration after| school hours or those of their regu- lar avocations. Many Britlsh scouts] » also, and, under lLord Eustace Percy. their officlal in Great Britain} 1 well known during his long serv in the British embassy, they have complished wonders for the ruined villages which had been adopted 1n | London and thereabout. It is quite | possible that Mrs. Hoover and,her, sons will make a visit to Europe dur- ing the coming summer with a view to promoting interest in this vatuable part of the work of American Boy Scouts 4 A book which will be read witn /| intense interest all over the world approaches completion in the life and n Crawford Giorgas, which is_engaging all thej time and energy of the widow of the! great scientist in her home in the Highlands. Mrs. Gorgas at first at- tempted to answer all the personal| queries and requests for information ) on special phases of her husband's} renowned medical labors, but after a, year she concluded that the most sat-| factory method would be to com- pile all in a volume, which is to 1n- clude correspondence with medical and scientific men all over the world. Her request for letters has resulted almost in an avalanche of missives many of which are of supreme si nificance in the lated development of theories relating to tropical fevers. For some vears the eminent scientist, whose name will be as unalterably associated with the building of the Tanama Canal as the engineers who constructed it, resided in Washing- ton and he and hs wife were promi- nent in the social way. Mrs. Gorgas, with many friends here. and with lhp: Aid she must derive from her hus hand's associates in the great Army Medical Museum and Library, has made the capital her permanent home | W is a conspicnous figure in the} roup composed of widows of illu jous men. The volume. which now entering its last phases, is eag- erly awaited by the medical world as well as the historian engaged pn the ! Panama Canal and its results i Letters to Lithopolis,” the title ui der which Mrs. Mabel Wagnalls Jones | has published her extensive corre- spondence with O. Henry, has placed that small village of Ohio in a con-) spicuous place on the literary map of | this country. Mrs. Jones, the daughter f the publisher who had the discrimi- { ating eve to discover the genius{ ¢ 0. Henry. and who published | he very cream of _his tales, s | making a strenuous effort to identify 1his author whose fame is reaching un- precedented internation: proportions with Ohio rather than with his native state. Texas, where It is now admitted « he was treated with unnecessary harsh sss. Ohio was the scene of Sidney Torter's imprisonment and he perhaps furnishes the sole instance of a com- monwealth displaying such zeal in be. half of a former convict. Mrs. Jone has gathered everything relating to Mr. ! Porter's literary career after his sad | snjourn in the prison of Columbus, and among her treasures are the original manuscripts of those stories which have | ced their author in the first rank of | short story writers in any age and any nationality The vogue of O. Henry, the quaint pen name which Mr. Porter assumed in_order to hide his identity after his release from prison, now ex- tends to every part of the world and is! particularly well established in_South | America where, translated into Spanish | 'd Portugu the stories are among | and the most read inl Mrs. Jones has se- | cured roomy mansion in Lithopolis, where an O. Henry memorial will be miaintained and which is to be adorned | with the author's personal possessions #< well as his manuscripts and letters. Though Washington plays the ancient ame of the Chinese with enthusiasm, uncertainty prevails as to whether it should be called Mah Jong, as the em- perors and mandarins call it, or Pung| Chow. as it is known to less exalted | adepts. The Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Denby, who spent part of his youth and carly manhood in the east, and who is regarded as an authority of many of its | «auestions, has quaintly explained that If you play the game with an exquisite wld carved ivory inlaid set which costs from several hundreds tq several thou- sands of dollars, then, by all traditions, the game is called h Jong. But if the et used is an ordinary affalr, which may be obtained from $16 upward, then it should be dubbed Pung Chow. The game tself is the same nnder any name and for diversion of a quiet contemplative sort, it is given all the honors. Devotees of chess find It a pleasant interlude and golfers are relaxed in the mental sense when the weather is too inclement for outdoors. Some who are familiar with every phase of the game, like Mrs. George Marve, like to play several games a day, but for the novice this is rather exhausting. A phenominally mild winter has given impetus to a premature tour- Ing of the chateau country of France by the hundreds of Americans domi- ed in Par and who have tasted of every other pleasure. which has been presented. THenry Adams' remarkable ! Lok “on Mont Michel is in every | hand as this wonderful spot is visited | d_some of the mellow descriptions of Henry James and of W. D. How-| «lle on the French chateaux are to be | seen. The Ducheses de Chaulnes, so well remembered in Washington as Theodora hontz. has been passing the winter in the Somme region, where ; she has a modest vi the fine home- | stead of the Dukes of Chaulnes and | Picquigny nearby being leased for a ! term of yea Her son, the four- teenth duke is now fourteen and is a tall, handsome chap, who is preparing for a_professional career. The duchess has been much in demand in these impromptu trips to the romantic chateaux on the Loire, at Chambord, (laumont and Chenonaux. All of these picturesque places belong to the ¥rench government, which took over the pleasure spots of the Bourbon kings and despite the financial strin- gency in France, they are kept in the last degree of perfection and are now accessible to a properly {introduced tourist. Mont St. Michel is, however, «till being repaired and only certain portions of the old monastery and fortress aré open td the public. But the view from the terraces on the summit affords a splendid opportunity to trace the progress of the American Army and is a central point of interest to all Americans. Now that the dowagers have taken over white as their raiment for evening, the buds of New York have discarded their one-time distinguishing mark and are appearing’in the most radiant of fioral hues. Miss Cathleen Vanderbils, who has recently been entertained by Miss Elizabeth Hanna, wore one of the duintiest evening frocks seen this st son, a_taffeta made in bouffant style, was of larkspur blue and the long basque ended in panels which were fes- wened in sprays of larkspur formed of i leaders {lic schools. tulle and fell in irregular lengths below the hem of her skirt. Miss Joan Whit- ney, who recently was here, showed a partiality for susanna crepe and she had several gowns of this exquisite ma- terial, one in coral pink dotted in em- broidéred white daisies with slender stems of green winding in and out on the skirt and over the bodice. Pistache green is having a rage in New York the younger set, and no less than sixt gowns of this shade enlivened the las dssembly. At this same dance mothers of the belles or an attend duenna wore white satin or velvet some combination of white in silk tulle on chiffon so numerously that it almost amounted to a uniform. Wed- ding partles reported from London and the continent show a gayer selection of costumes, both for the bride and her sprites, than could have been considered possible five years ago. A Shrove Tues- day bride in Paris wore a gown of canary-colored velvet and her ten maids ‘wore gowns in what is known as parrot- tulip colors. While the Sulgrave Institute and the associated bodies continue to provide ex g H Scouts who have BON€ |cellent quarters for American artists | who desire to paint the rural scenes of England, distinguished artists of ail nationalities have come to this coun- try and arc making its principal tures familiar to the old world. Ham Walcott, the London painter- tcher, spent months New York, and his exhibition of skyscrapers envel- oped in the mists of early morning or of sunset created a furore of imitators. The result is that New York in many gulses,, esppcially, it water front, is as requently presented to the art-loving Londoners as the Thames, embankment_at the tower and in th mysterious regions of the Limehous cts. Many British, French and artists have found inspiration on the Potomac, and as a setting for quiet landscapes, for combined beauty of land, ] and water. the classic river of th National Capital s becoming a rival on | canvas of the Rhine, Loire and the Cherwell, Thames. Three eminent eastern Europe—Laszlo, and _Curlionis—who are, Hungarian, Polish and Lithuanian, hav established American studios and intend to reproduce the types of people, as well as landscap: No one could im- agine the Potomac so mystical and en- ticing as glimpses of it caught on the canvases of Curlionis, to be admired in the Lithuanian legation. Those hundreds of public-spirited men and women who have been try ing to awaken a sense of art in toy land rejoice at several innovations apparent during the recent Christmas season. Hand looms easily managed by a girl of six were presented by the score in families of all condition. and now several art centers in New York display the result of rugs and hangings. mostly for dollhouses. done by children under ten. There are several such exhibitions now in prog- ress in New York under the patron- age of well known philanthropic Mrs, John H. zabeth Marbury and the di” of juvenile art in the pub- Tnstead of such dreary s plain boards and geometric the boy in the technical the Danube, Cam ATLiSLs Miss rectors things fizure: '/7“HE very frock you want for Easter morn-— the gowns you need for the social functions that follow Lent— all await your attention here. Some are elaborately embroid- ered, others simple as Spring herself, many of unusual fab. rics, all distinctive and fash- ioned of the most choice ma- terials with the utmost artistry to express tomorrow’s conceptions in dress and to enhance the charm of their wearers today. Chapeaux 1 Frocks Wil- | along the ! Hammond, | THE: SUNDAY i MRS. FREDERICK J. RICE, Chairman of the committee for the eard party and dance to be given March 17 at Rauscher’s by the Holy Cross Academy Alumnae. {school may make a fine, roomy house for his sister's dolls, and a number of these—and well done, indeed—have been on exhibition. ~Well known {decorators have given the youthful artisans good advice and, When it came to furnishings, have provided {bits of fine old brocade and lace for the curtains, and chairs and odds and ends of hogany. which in hands of a skillful boy turns into de- lightful settees and racks. Some of the deft-fingered youths have fash- joned full-rigged and have sold To teach chil- playthin dren to ms make the fin the mc fis among which New | York city introduced into its chool system, and it has aroused such interest and brought such good jresults that no doubt the good exam- ple will be copied. { King George of Britain cast a long i1look ahead when ne recently declined {to have the royal stables—or the mews, as they are known in London— demolished for the benefit of the newest fashion in garages. The royal mews Bloomsbury go ‘back to the i Hanoverian dynasty, and occupy al- imost a square in a crowded part of the city, and it has been suggested to jthe Kk to remove his live stock {into the paddocks fn Essex and to build a compact garaze more adja- jcent to Buckingham, where he re- ! sides during a protracted period. But !the present ruler of Britain and his iconsort are devoted lovers of horses, and have accepted the motor with a wry face as part of the hurly-burly lof the present. They frequently visit their stables, and in the long, ram- bling rooms above the stalls old and dgcrepit hostlers find a comfortable home and live happily on a pension It is possibly in defense of their ervitors, who would simply pin away if turned out of the quarter: they have occupied more than half a century, that the king has declined to make such a radical change. on a time an Ameri ould confer a high {favor on his fellow-count ing" London if he obtained a permit for them to visit the royal mews There were a hundred or more horses champing in the stables, and the |harness was polished to a blinding and the inspection included a the roval charfot in which I pee Nezt Door to Columbia Theater Spring Vogues OUR delight in beauty will be appealed to irresistibly by our exclusive collection of artistically trimmed Spring chapeaux. Your taste will ap- prove of the millinery master- pieces—piquantly petite or blithely wide-brimmed, picture hats or the coquettish cloches now so favored by Parisiennes. And the particular models you select will accentuate your peculiar attraction and com- plete your Spring costumes with the greatest allurement. Looey Venn Lovena Creme, 75c. the | their majesties ride to and from par- liament and on all festivé occasions when they appear on the London streets in’their Toyal robes. Of re- ness lies tarnished on the shelves. cent years only a few saddle horses are kept in Bloomsbury, and the har- ness lies tarnished on the shelves. Mr. George Crouch, the well known sportsman of New York, whose name adorns every equine show of note, has startled the city by erecting a stable of the olden time and right in the heart of fashionable Gotham, on West 57th street, and but one square from Central Park. Buying a sub- stantial mansion which opened on a wide ailey, Mr. Crouch has bullt the most _comfortable and artistic stalls in what was formerly an English basement, with the entrance in the rear, and an fmposing effect made of coples from the friezes from the Parthenon over the double doors which face the street. Long sculp- tured boxes of rough marble are filled with evergreens, and the doors are of polished mahogany. On the second floor may be found abundant quar- ters for the grooms, and in addition that feature so popular among New York horsemen of a generation past that is called a stable lounge. This is a compact apartment for the owner, where he may spend a pleasant month or more near his treasures, and where his wife or any of her friends may be as daintily quartered as in a hotel. Such places have existed in Europe for several centuries, and were popular in American cities until the motor so largely displaced the horse. Mr. and Mrs. Crouch spent all of Christmas week in the stable lounge, and had snug little enter- tainments there for numbers of horse-loving friends who were far away from their stables. From art centers in New York comes the flat that the floors of to- {morrow will be of enduring cement, which may be colored and refined un- til it resembles the sheerest marble or the most delicate woods. Wood, inlaid, hard and polished, has soared to a height that the part under foot A Beautifal Upholstered Boudoir Chair Tapestries or Velours $18.75 Made to Order 911 7th St. N.W. STAR, WASHINGTON, From Factory to You —anticipate your future home needs-- Own a Beautiful Made-to-Order 3-PC. OVERSTUFFED SUITE $12 NITED UPHOLSTERY CQ. Washington's Biggest Upholstered Furniture PHONE MAIN 3419 No Connection With-Any Other Store D. C., MARCH 11, in the new mansion is more costly than any of its other parts, unless celebrated artists are .engaged to fresco the walls. But beautiful in- iaid floors have always been costl For instance, the congressional com- mittee interested In the purchase of Monticello as a lasting mnseum and as a memorial of the great founder of the democratic party, has unearth- ed old bills which prove that Jeffer- son_had_bought in Paris the lovely rosewood and satinwood used in the French salon at Monticello, and that he brought the workmen with him to Rut them in proper shape. This ex- Quisite floor, which covers about the same space as the blue room of the White House, cost about $2,000 in 178§ and is perhaps the most beautiful type of its kind in this country. By a certain process cement can be made lustrous and almost to resemble 0od, and at many times less fhe st. There are studios in New York where this process has been tried, and it 1s the keen eye indeed that can detect, except by a close-examina- tion, that the floor is not of wood, but of a much cheaper substitute. For centuries the old places of Italy been paved ancient cement, and they remain in- tact when walls and roofs have crumbled. Another decision of those who aim for beauty and permanency in the home, especially the small home, is that which places a censor on drap- ings about windows and doors and against multiplying the dust-gather- ing cushions in every room in the house. Such exponents of quiet ele- gance and of good taste as Miss Mar- bury, Miss De Wolfe and Mary Fan- ton Roberts advocate a more careful selection of paper for walls of liv- ing and dining rooms, or, better still, their painting in good oil colors. Window sills and door frames are now a mere inch wide piece of mold- ing chosen to harmonize Wwith the colors of the paper or painting, and from the windows hang sheer muslin or bobbinet curtains, without a hint of drapings or lambrequin effect. Doors are merely ornamental In them- selves and of the white French fold- have and up Order Your Slip-Covers NOW. 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Suits, with printed silk blouses — X travertine, the most |Of cold water, one-fourth teaspoonful | 1923—PART - 2. ing type. Hoop skirts and long lace mittens are not more obsolete than portieres or the side and cross plece drapings which have held sway for =0 long. The cry is for well papered and painted walls, and for the living room the foliage effect still holds favor, and tall grasses with vivid colored birds darting about or an oc- caslonal bright flower peeping through for the dining room. Fewer pleces of furniture, and those well chosen and well made, ‘i3 another of the new modes in making a house livable. Miss De Wolfe, in her home in Sutton place, has a charming sit- ting room, spacious, too, whero every object of furnishings can be counted on the fingers—chairs, settees, pic- tures, rugs and one JaDanese vase. Barley Fruit Pudding. Mix together one and one-half cup- fuls of barley flour, one-half a cup- ful of graham flour, two heaping tea- spoonfuls of baking powder, one-half a teaspoonful of salt and four tea- spoonfuls of sugar. To one cupful of sour cream add one-fourth cupful of soda and one beaten egg. liquid thoroughly into the dry mix- ture and pour it over sliced raw or canned peaches or quartered apples in a greased pan. Let it steam for one and one-half hours and serve jt! with sugar and cream. If you wish, you can steam the batter separately | in a pan, then serve it in slices with | fresh or preserved fruit and cream Another variation is to add a cupful | of raisins or other drfed fruit to the batter and to serve this with hot| lemon juice. Any left-over portion Beat the of the pudding will be just as good when warmed over. 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