Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1924, Page 38

AROUND THE CITY By Nannie Lancaster LBOW sleceves for men seem to be a new something that slomon in all his glory never heard . tell of. And they sure looked comfy on the citizen who stood under a tree at a car stop and smoked to pass the time. The rest of him was tan mohair, with the coat flung shoulder palmetto topping his gran- gray head— though he couldn’t hare bLeen old cnongh for that crown of wisdom, When > over u md be he was to light off anoth-r c¢ig, the nen took a match rom his tan pock- i struck it on Nag ging— (1 over as w mon- 4 stick, ra ing his tall length thece vaude- thut are human rubber turned the trick with such easy f-courseness as to look as if ther. was nothing to it, unless you fun ever in your mind how many-—— Alhich means how few—men you enown, young ones at that, who could fel @ match on the bricks while jeeping the knees in straight line And as you think them out you will fireed to recognize that the aver- ap of. say. cither too or athletic stunts or is wearing ne 10 years too big. : ve woman who was waiting under another tree such a thrill that decided to tab him down--like| And in deference to that inten- when the car came along and | was, only ORE vacant cTOSs-seat, other pas- breeay window. fer deb matter e He matte h this th ther she plantdd herself neat s < her way of payin the man zave the it was merely, of course, to| his luck for at on the jde of the car. e would un- «diy have bern astonished could lave known that the seat had been | ward conferred upon him by an Wnknown agency instead of being 1t u happy chance. P And perhaps—just perhaps-—if we conld know of the invisible agenc) hat forever- shapc our happening: ~d and bad, we would be somewHat astonished ourselves the Blue Bussey of. Washington st NOTHER flash-back and the Gray: Gen who remained in capiration of his term as Ass lecretary of the Interior. was his physician ih-t @ trip to, of Vi a would do hini a 4 pleasant suggestion. so the accompanied by h's nicee and Lindlady, went to a summer| n a day of some occasion that Cailed tor hushed voices, softly tréad- Lotsteps, and the preparation of going to be an open-air ng on the lawn, with rows of chairs on the long piazza and a place ir in the middle for some. spe- to was black-robed ked him, 1 Acep-respect, if ne would honor by attending the meeting. Be- v dinner a small. | zine. might just as well be resigned to| the worst. They are going to keep! eternally on. Here Is why. | There is a clever young artist who, adds to a masterpen at newspaper illustrating a pretty talent for paint- ing. He gets his pay _envelope out of an ink well, but at oft times no Latin quarter student éver was more tem- peramentally addicted to painting of pictures on canvas—mostly ~girls. Some are posed for by flapper friends, but” mainly they are witching cre- ations of his own Imagination. When fate_smiles, he sells a girl to a maga- But you will notice that fate has her grouchy days! Yesterday, for one time, the youns artist had bought from a pretty lit- tle shop on_a ground floor, a some- akish mag, witi a flambo: athing girl for ces:r. “Going up” with him was a co e who, respecting his literary y well as his gift for art, asked him, with some surprise, what pleasure he ot out of reading stuff like that. He chuckled with a complacency vas all business: : I'm not going to read it. The pub- lisher has j given me an order or « cover, and I bought this to tudy the style that will suit.” “But vou are not going to paint & sirl. are you?" “Oh, T always do girls.” “But they are so tire: try character types for & That is why 1 lke the Blank; it such wonderful studics of peopl nost of them humorous, but all gen- uinely worth while as pictures.” “That is true, but girls requirc less knowledge. You can paint any style xirl and get away with it, provided she Is pretty, but for character studies you have to be a real painter —and that would take up all of one’s time. They pay well—if they are »Pth it; girls cost the publishers far less. Any t can do girls and zet paid for them. And we need the Honey.” With this enlightenment at hand. it cems as if we will have to star he examples of the simpering sex hat exist on covers for the sake of hefr creators, who live in houses and have to pay rent. PR HE owner of a paper-hanging es- tablishment in the southeast scc- tion, who owes his prosperity to fine work done throughout Washington -and vicinity, . was showing a roll of patterns to @ woman who is both friend and patron.. Winnowing over samples for selection, she paused to .consider.3 pretty. light design “T think T like thi; The dealer smile . “I know you do. That is the paper | 1 put on your third-story back room Tas( October.” &enius for detail surprised | mer, sceing she had failed to it herself, but the { took it as a matter of course “I can locate every roll of paper| that goes out of the store, no matter where it is put—or.when." Which is a small incident, of course, but {drge étiough to show that mem- =0 universally considered as a sentiment, has also its wonder-work- ing uses as a business factor—and, anylrow: « -+ Yau .may, have noticed that the small things$ ‘that crop up cvery day make up the big thing we call Life And. life .means everything—in this world. . and kindly man, the gen- psented, and when the time was surprised to find that chair had been reserved And then. when two lovely sented him with a bou- | weman who passed | of the old | men about | MY their hats in deference, he | felt =o touched by the display of ~tately courtesy, that he had to whis r to his landiady friend that Vir- ginia was even more hospitable than e had ever realized—only. what was it all about? Herself a Southern | woman, she whispered back that the neighborhood was going to celebrate sn anniversary in honor of Robert E. Lee. well “nd as any cc. an enemy red to eulo honor tm. the war was a4 long time ago, Ugion soldier could re- officer like Lee, he es of the great sol: nd, in one case, an «k at the foe—but | t a lez under silence and let | modest soung | 1 held before | a tattered flaz h the others | M~oted with a sitencc and rev- ¢ as of the Holy tirail. The gen- eral stocd up and saluted | Tt wasn't until he was waited on and asked to speak that he whispered to his friend that she had to get him cut of it, bgcause making a speech Tike that wal something he couldn’t stard for—but she whispered back: “Don’t. This things means every- thing to them. They have mistaken vou for a Confederate general come up epecially for the meeting. Play the game in memory of our good old Confederates you Killed. Stand up and say something.” So the general stood up and paid iribute to Robert E. Lee. And when V¢ had finished, raised warning hand to stop the applause, and told them that he was a Union s . and that his division had fought the South throughout the war. Ry the time he was through, the old man on crutches was standing before him with head bared, and ry woman kissed his hand. They had recognized a valor that wore neither Blue nor Gray. P lF' vou have ever wearied of the never-ending supply of pretty irls on magazine covers, and won- Qered if they would ever let up, you uncomplimentar. s the speaker had lo e al s; pass. Then tu es in white ««n { extended up To Combat Monoxide Gas. 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(By Cable to The Star ant Now York Wor he desire of ident Coolid, the Prince of Wales take with him and Mrs. Coolidge at the White House is responsible for the prince’s decision to alter his plans of visiting America nnd-r the transparent incognito of Lord Renfrew. vepsite this change in plans, how- ever. the prince’s visit will be en- tirely unoflicial. but it was consid- cred by cercmonial and constitu- that it would be di prince to receive the Presides pitality under another name and rank than his r al one Prince Likes I'rench Resorts. The reason for the original plai (0 make the trip as “Lord Renfr. as the prince did on a previous visit to Canada, that it was diflicult for any member of the rovalty to keep «u foreign visit unofficial and informal if he. us full rank. and title. In such e Jiplomatic procedure usually necessitates that the gov- ernment of the country visited treat the ‘matter ax a semi-state visit Having had to forego his usual trip to Scotland on account of the early date of his departure for America, the prince is planning a few days’ holi- at the famous Irench coast re- Letouquet. which has found or with him during the la and where the golf course sreatly to his Hking Sea Water Showers. Meanwhile the final toushes are being put to the Imperial suite on the ard liner Berengaria, on which he r New York on August 23.-The prince’s suite in’realty is almost a floating apartment. It consists of two bedrooms. each with a bath, a ver- anda, lounge, breakfast room, sitting room. trunk room and pantry. The prince’s bedroom look sea. The colo furniture consists of easy chairs, with a settee and writing table in an al- cove. A door on the left leads to a tiled bathroom. with hot and cold iresh and sea water, with thermometer gauges on the faucets registering the temperature of the water. The ver-| anda lounge opening off the end of \ contains easy chairs and | with @ fine view of the s lare sliding windows. 1 & plantx and shrubs give air to the apartment. Suite Contx 85, At the entl of the lounge is bedroom and bath. The br room is furnished in dark wood. walls hung with tapestry panels and a4 number of old prints. The sitting room decorations are white, with borders in a black design. The financial arrangement under which the Prince uses this suite naturally has not been divulged ere. but the normal charge for the sujte. is between $4.000 and $5.000. According to the tentative program worked out here, the Prince of Wale will spend only one day in Washing ton, after which he will return to Long Island. While attending the polo games at Meadowbrook he will be the guest of Col. Roger Winthrop. president of the Piping Rock Club, who was American military attache | in London during the war. Col. Win- throp also will be the official host at the house of Mr.and Mrs. Abercrombie Burden, which they have placed at the prince’s disposal during their ab- sence in Europe The greatest aqueduct in the world sort much to | visiting her sister-in {1y is the Los Angeles aqueduct, having | a length of 250 miles. e There, among this magnificent grandeur and mul STAR, -WASHINGTO WMRS. JOSEPH B. Formerly Miss Ellen Nelxo: of Mr. and Mrs. A. Nel Carbonated Water as Medicine. Townsend Speakman, the druggist who supplied most of the medicines and drugs for the continental armics during the Revolutionary War, also discovered that carbonated water has its place as a medicine. He exp mented with it at the request of Dr. Phillp Synge Physick, a Philadelphia physician, lied to the atten- tion of Mr. Speakman the experiments made by Prie: in Kngland some years before. The result was that ihe first carbonated water was pro- duced by Speukman, and used as a medicine, but since then it has become a beverage as well as a medicine. ALEXANDRIA SOCIETY (Continued from Sixth Page.) John crine where they are guests of Mrs Augustine Smith. Miss Kat Thompson. who had been the fuest for two weeks of Mr. and Mrs. Wil- Kins, returned last week to her home in Culpeper. Miss Naney Wattles Berryville, Clarke County, Va., for the week end with her uncle, Mr. ¥rederick H. G. Hatchell, whose wife has been the guest of relatives in Berryville for several weeks. They were accompanied home by Mrx Charles Ellett Cabell, who was visit- ing Mrs. Thomas McCormick at Frankford Miss Kathrin (Grifith Uhler left riday for Harrisonburg. Va., to join Mrs. Frances Smoot Danenhower, who has been there for the past two weeks. Mrs motored to who has been aw, Mrs. Lum- Coronado, C.." arrived in to visit her son, Carroll Ashby. in Alexandria Tuesday Afr. Carroll Ashby. Miss Minnie Henderson started Kri- day for Canada to visit Mr. and Mrs. David, Lannon at their home, near Montreal Mrs. Alfred G. Uhler, who has been vititiAg in Yanmceyvilie, N. ¢, Is now the guest of friends in Stockton, Va Mr. Arthur Harris of Lenoir, N. was.the guest last week of his par- ents, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Harris, en -route for New York, for a short visit * Mrs. George A. Mushback is in At- lantic City for the remainder of the Summer. Mr. and George Uhler left Friday for Blowing Rock, N. C. to visit their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and_Mrs. Charles Calvert Smoot, ird. of North Wilkesboro, N. (', who has a Summer home at Blowing Roc Mrs. Clayton Bowman is- visiting relatives in Marion, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Hunt Roberts re again in their home in Rosemont after a visit at Nantucket. Miss Fanny Dixon has returned from Europe, where she has been traveling for the past six weeks. 2 Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert C. 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Mise Winifred Snyder of Philadel- phla, Mrs. . P. Griggsby and Miss Virginia Ashton of King George County, Va., were guests laxt week of Mr. and Mrs. George Reunolds at their home In Glendale avenue. Dr. and Mrs. Neville Roberts re- turned last week from a visit in Tappal k., Va. % Mrs. L. Jackson and her chil- | dren, Master Leonard and Miss Vir- ginia Jackson, and Mrs. Jackson's sis- ter, Mes. Harry Adams, with her son, | Master Harry Adams, jr. started last week for a motor trip to Charleston, W. Va. where they aro the guests of Mrs. Jackson's and Mrs. Adams’ brother-in-law and sister, Commander Willlam Greethan, U. 8. 'N., and Mrs Greethan. Miss Susan Hook and Miss Marian Hook of Lynchburg, Va., are visiting their aunt, Mrs. ( Baggett, at her home on South Fatrfax street, Mrs. R Lo and her daughter, Miss Hildegarde Ross, of Braddock Helghts, were guests last week of Mrs. Russell Gregs at her home at Hamilton, Va Miss Meta G, Tanner of Rosemont | is visiting in Orange, Va Mr. and Mrs. Courtland and their son of Rosemont tyrned from a motor trip the North, along the Hudson and a visit at Atlantic City Mr. Irving Lindsey is spending sev- eral weeks at Pen Mar, Pa Mrs. J. 8. Blackwell and her sons, Joseph and Howard lackwell, are visiting relatives in South Carolina Mr. and Mrs. K. A. Sweeley and Miss Helen Sweoley left last week for a motor trip through the West Mrs. Charles Hancock and her little daughter, Miss Anna Virg - cock, are visiting relatives in West- moreland county, Miss Barbara ss Paft at Point | . Davis | have re- throngh River, mainder of Midsummer unequalled. 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