Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1926, Page 48

12 New York Society Leaders Ready for Easter Holiday Many Turning Attention to “Evening of Reminis- cence An Annual NEW YORK, April 3.—With Eas- ter holiday ar ements completed many of the society leaders here are turning their attention to “an_even ing of reminizcence,” which the Wash fngton Square Ass: the Hotel Brevo celebration has been held annually for many vears, and is a tribute to the Knickerbocker families who helped in the upbuilding of the famou gquare and Fifth avenue bhelow Four- street. In the early days. when Forty-second street was a far- north wilderness, a band of stately folks decided to tarn the thinly set tled Washington Square area into an abode for the ultrafashionable, Next Tuesday thelr descendents will pay tribute at the shrine they founded Among the guest= will be: those whose names are writ large on social of Europe and America. The en tertainment has been planned to bring the past Into the present, and the stately minuet will be danced by those whose ancestors drove up in coach and four to the doors of houses which remain as landmarks, teenth ol Founder of Wash ton Sq Chief recognition will be given to Mrs. Robert W. de Forest, who lives 1 the mahsion at No. 7 Washington The edifice was erected more 90 vears ago by her grand and has heen the tainment for many characters in the history of the N. on was the real founder and the develop borhood into of the e: e st cmaiury W ment in which he took 1,( A group of well known New York ers of the period joined with Mr, Johnson in the enterprise, and built the 13 original houses which formed 5 At a later day, Johnson, a son of My Johnson, built the first marble house in New . which stands today at the southwest corner of Fifth avenue and Eighth street, and is occupied by # daughter. Mrs. Pierre Mali. An- ther daughter of Mr. Johnson hesides Mrs. Mali, dwells in the vicin ity is Mrs. Henry K. Coe. A son J. Herbert Johnson. has another of the houses a few doors away Johnson who, | e Tuesday, at Hotel Brevoort, Celebration. | Tt 1s expected that Elihu Root, who once taught in the famous school at 1 Fifth avenue, will be among the honored guests of the evening. Others, whom it is hoped will be at the unique affair, are Willlam Rhine lander Stewert, Lispenard Stewert, Mrs. Frank Witherbee, dward H. Peaslee and Mrs. Harry ayne Whitney. Her presence will b.. doubly welcome as she is a des cendent of Commodore Vanderbilt, who buflt his first extensive town house on Washington Square which is nearby. A belated good-bye to Winter, as far as society is concerned, will be given by the New York Skaflng Club in collaboration with the United Fig ure Skating Association -at a well known Ice skating rink here on April 12 This is the fourth annual enter tainment held, and many of the fea tures offered wiil be replicas of the tractions at the Adirondacks and Canadian resorts. Historical legend: episodes will be portray . while amateur and professional skaters will offer exhibitions of thelr best work \e committee in charge of the af- fair is working under the directien of Paul Armitage. Bride-Elect Chooses Artendants. Miss Ma ret Olivia Flint, daugh ter of My . Mo .\'h"l'n\!l) i whose marr Thomas or. 2d, will take place in \\.|\|| n April 10, has chosen her bridal ndani Mrs, Au; tus Bradhurst Fiela, jr.. of 114 Eighty-fourth street. will be matron of honor. The | bridesmaids wiil be Miss (€ Van | Miss Marie L. Bird, Miss Mary s Sophie B. Duer Miss Mary . Proctor of Miss Adeline Oxnard of | of this city on and Finia. Mugustus Bradhurst Field, fr., will be the best man. The ushers wiil he Amory L. tlaskell of this clty, Ralph B. Jenkins of Washington, James B. Hovt of M: George M. | Appleton of William M. Ran | dall and John C. nd John R reon Proctor F | Bishop Freen | perform the e | Rev. Willlam Chureh, Islip. Long Island. AROUND THE CITY BY NANNIE swarmed with peo- that wouldn't was mad to hopping. The platform ple walting for a car come. And evervbody the extent known as One woman broadeast a wail that she had to lose three- qv ters of an hour every day, regular, nting mornings and after-office waits “It wouldn't be so bad in the afternoons” — the amendment came from an ample sized man —*if only they w put on a diner.” Which is a good suggestion with no stridg to it. * % ok A FPOTTY man had hought a Star | a boy. As he was pocketing dime fell to the flaggin, from the change and the bov the man covered the money with his foot. “Hold on, precipitancy. and let me see head. e hoy his cap. “Well, sir, son, T don't like vour Take off vour hat, sir, the shape of vour grinned and whipped off ature has done a good part by you, as far as your cranfum woes, and 1 like that blue spark in \ hut | have my suspicions vour fingers: they are too read the Now, young man, 1 « practical demon- stoop down to o I'll just move and ‘watch re- heud oing 1o make stration. 1 couldn’t pick up a fortune, my foot off this dime ults. If you live up to vour vou will hand it over iike a g hike off wit eall it takin narket, and one day vou a president of a cor- Now then two for ready and man. If vou will pro thit ha for the to make no soul money ed his foot: the bov dived n oand ran off as fast as uld take You blanked litt blinkety-blank little God bless you. kid ) vou, siv—keep it L 1 honor vou all the son—won't more for shiv fine bov, sir. with a widening unstudied laugh mouth gver ful teeth.” was the, newshoy grin into rich, showed a white, “tush from his run man his dime In his diaznosing 1 and hands the man had en to reckon with the impishness of & fun- loving street tacker potty " grip on an iin lighted cigar. 1lis obvious wife was ¢ ik #um, Between them, they bandied pleasantries ik “You might have the oy to take that thing out of mouth while 'you are in the car, any how! ™ IS What about resting up the gum? “Gum is healthy, while tobacco is a vile weed that ruins you. body and wonl. Yes, and you men spend more money on tobaceo than you do for bread for your wives and childven. “Have you had any difficulty, so far ahout bread for you and the ki “Shut up, while I'm talking! T for get the exact figures, but Mre. George Plank said at the club last night MAN kept his your = My memory is better. This coun- {ry spent over thirty millions on chew- ing gum last year— not that I'm kick- ing gum, understapd A “Don't’ believe a word of it, ‘how, it makes no diffevence! man who sells or uses tobacco in any <hape or form will have to suffer for it when the time comes to be judged- And, as to the vile creatures who raise the stuff - Without knowing it, the lady had dealt a back-blow to a passenger just behind, who had been listening in. And, as it is adage-doctrine that list- never hear any good of them e, she would have had no excuse whatever, for landing another sort of blow on the speaker's fair back and had already set her upfor Spring in a gray coat with a collay of silve fur Besides, the listener-in wasn't of a military turn, And be. sldes, again, she had heard other Ligoted ladies assume the same re sponsibility for heavenly judgments 0 she lost interest in the little dia- logue for the reason that the scrap- pers vanished—in a way that all of us dreamers know about -and there “she was, back to childhood land: | the yellow ro swooped for it. But| 1 | bobbed-haired and handing the | LANCASTER. In an outdoor world of broad-leaved green pyramids, topped with bloomy pink; each pyramid a sylvan soldier— countless ranks and files of them lined straight and splendid, from the ahead hill, and on top of the hill an-ancient house all over gray, except for the green of vines and the gold of climbing roses < with tiny leaves of dark, shiny green that you never see any more. Memory had brought the roses and coral honevsuckle so near the woman could almost—almost —whiff the sweetness of them, and al- most—almost—see farmhands, brown and jovial, toiling by the sweat of their brows as their Bible bade them, to make a crop that would mean peace and plenty to as good people—white and colored—as God ever put on earth or took from it—her home—her peo ple—their tobacco. Which s just to suggest that no Mrs. George Blank—counting in, also the misters—can ever hope to cut human nature out of a pattern of her own designing. Because the pattern could not possibly be a general fit. She 1s only building on sand. * k ok X E was so old that his face was crinkled like a cabbage leaf, and so unshackled as to conventionality that he could hump himeelf on a step of a business bullding deserted in the dusk and smoke a pipe while he talked, between puffs, to the couple of newsboys beside him The man's whole sonl was In his story, and the boys were eagerly in tent Lights were bright and crowds on the street were coming and golng, but for the man a Pennsylvania avenue was a Sahara of silence—and they had it all to themselves. One passerby who knows a good yarn when she sees it loftered by, near | enoush, in passing, to get a line on the talk: “So they with soldier: | sneaked out It wasn't Sahara, the sieze of Troy. ok oK HIS is a gift from a friend of the filled the wpoden , horse and that night they he city.” after all. s there's going to be a party mewhere, Uncle Sam's bobbed ! | haired heauties seem to be stringing vellow flower in their hair, all ready for the event,” said the smiling old man as he sauntered along Fifteenth street with that privilege age of not having to hurry. | "“Why, don’t you know Uncle Sam's beauties? And here vou travel up and down this street | regularly? ‘Well, you just come along »wn_ here to the south side of the reasury and 1'll*show you.” he southeast corner of the Treas: was reached, and the-old man ane and pointed into the greenswarded inclosure helonging to the building. “See them all in a row up there by the wall,” he said, “two | rows of them, in fact Most of them hgve the stralght Dutch cut; guess Moth Nature or Uncle Sam, one or the other of them, wouldn’t let them | have the boyish by There's one that seems to be trying to let her hair | &row, it's getting a little long and | seraggiy.” Sure enough, there they wera, two | rows of bobhed-haired bushes string- |ing vellow flowers among their brown locks. “Flapper bushes, all vight.” chuckled the old man after we had had a good laugh and were turning away. “It's no use to talk about ‘the hob zoing out of style when Uncle Sam’s gardeners give even some of their bushes the Dutch ont.” FIXES DATE OF HEARING L C. C. to Take Up Rallway Freight Rates May 19. The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion vesterday set May 19 for oral arguments here in the general investi- gation of the country’s freight rate structure and the application of Western roads for higher rates. { The two proceedings will be heard ! together, and in view of the great | number. of witnessés expected the commission has asked counsel to con fine their oral arguments to vital is. sues. The general rate inguiry asked hy Congr Allots $70,000,000 for Defense. | CONSTANTINOPLE, April 3 (#).— | ity r . or_approximately budget for will ‘be spent for national de- THE SUNDAY STAR. WASHINGT( Spring Arrives on Smart Verandas As much with brilliant cretonnes and colorful, cool furniture as with bright sunshine One of many new cool suites for in or out of doors Cretonne-Covered 3-Piece Fiber Suite $59.75 Your home, must dress according to the weather. And Spring is here. in the cretonne upholstery in this rever ible spring-filled cushioned suite in the new type of fiber. fortable 60-inch settee, the easy chair and large rocker that make up this suite. The present vogue for stripes is seen Notice the com- (Fourth Floor.) Suites and Odd Pieces—wid ely varied in style and price Natural Willow St. Natural Willow $7.95 Natural Willow $8.95 Natural Willow $18.95 Natural Willow $179.00 Natural Willow .$19.75 3-piece Fiber .$17.95 60 St. George Armchairs in natural willow Reversible Cushioned Fiber Chairs and Rockers. Lawn Settee, slat seat and back, 4 feet long.. Lawn Settee, slat seat and back, 5 feet lon Fiber Tables, oval shaped with wood tops 3-piece Kidney-shaped Suite, reversible cus hions. Natural Willow Chaise l.ongue. Natural Willow Bayside Settee. .$16.95 George Settee. ... 72-inch “Chesterfield” Chair to match. .. Rocker to match.... Round Table. Wing Back ( hdn’. o Suite, upholstered back. Chairs and Rockers of fiber, reversible spring mhhmn: $24.75 X E XX EXE XXX XEXE XX EXEXEXEREREXERERXEN " Lovely Lamp Shades for Your Summer Home We teach you how to make them—free B Crystalline shades from bright patterns of crepe paber cut out, and shades of parchment and glaced’ chintz. Also, we make and. decorate parchment shades to order. tea rooms. Estimates given hotels and (Sixth Floor.) X Ltz oSttt sttt t ottt sttt ot oty There’s no end to the Uses of Cretonnes for Decorating the Summer Home Shades of s night—for the lamp—and shades of day—for.the window. Pillows and curtains, smocks and spreads—in- genious fingers can make a fairyland of the vivid fabrics now shown for the Sum- mer home. Ten vatieties at 850 (1. vard k Prints"—a cretonne distinctly original. Bold and bright. 36 inches wide for'.. “Black Background” cretonne. Its bril- liant patterns espec mlh good when u:ed with wicker furniture.. “Markwood Chintz"—patterns and col- ors inspired by early American decora- tions ..85¢ yd. Reversible Terry Cloth. A wide range of patterns and colors... ..85¢ yd. Its silk-like finish .85¢ yd. Glazed Chintz—so smart for lamp shades and ;nq as smart for window shade® s o £ .85¢c yd. Lustrous Rayon. found in every shade Flowered Voifes—cream backgrounds embellished with flowered designs, 85¢c yd. Rayon Marquisette—in rose, gold, blue and natural . 85¢ yd. Fancy Denim—for. reuphol«crmg and slip covers .. ...85¢c yd. Striped Linen—S50 inches wide. Plain colors and fancy colored stripes. .85 yd. (Sixth Floor.) HecHTCor Store Hours, 9:15 to 6 P.M. N¥ P e Ve o Je N ZX % o .$19.75 .$39.75 .$12.95 .$12.95 $6.95 $17.95 $69.75 Settee. (Fourth Floor.) The Summer Rug It must clean easily. It must be cool. It must stand sun and dust and a sprinkle of rain. All these thi and inexpensive, too—it will be if it is a— “Kimlark” Fiber Rug $20 Fifteen mew patterns in size feet in this nationally known Ome pattern sketched above. orl2 make. A glance at the advertise- ments in your favorite maga- zine will show you this widely used rug illustrated in colors. The Kimlark has always pleased. And you will be pleased with any rug you select from this group. Room size— 9x12 ft. (Sixth Floor.) “Newart”—a Wool and Fiber Rug, $15 In bright colors, woven through, it.will find a welcome on any floor that needs a 9x12- ft. Summer covering. (Sixth Floor.) “Marie Antoinette” Rug $18.75 Size 9x12 ft. and of imported fiber. A’ very heavy rug closely woven. Patterns show new motifs. (Sixth Floor.) “Rattania” Ovals and Oblongs, $16.50 Old favorites in new Spring patterns. Rugs 912 ft., in the twa most-sought-after con- tours, oval and oblong. (Sixth Floor.) EXEXEXRXLIXRXEK & Who doesn’t love a Hammock? Made up as they are this sea- son in colorful fabrics to blend with porch and sun parlor fur- nishings. The Hecht Co. has a fine array of couch hammocks and da\»rnport gliders. Very surprising in patterns, very reasonable in prices. Couch Hammock in Bright Colors, $14.95 Its padded mattress and wp- holstered back covered sn du rable duck wmaterial. Sketched on the porch. The back is adjustable and ives another of added com- fort to what seemed complete before. A pocket for maga- zines, books and what-nots Sturdy chains to suspend the hammock from the porch if the standard (which is $8.95 extra) is not wanted. (Fourth Floar) New Hammocks and Hammock Accessories Loose-back Couch Hammock. $7.95 Hammock with oval back...$19.75 De Luxe Couch Hammock $24.75 to $49.75 Davenport Glider Hammocks .$29.75 Luxurious Canopied Ham- R . Reed Ends, Loose-cushioned Glider Hammocks . S0 Collapsible Hammock Stand. $5.95 Striped Hammock Canopies. $8.95 Attachable Head Rests $1.95 Striped Hood Covers $3.95 (Fourth Floor.) Cretonne Pillows $1.00 Ttwo Styles Sketched om Porch Round. oval, square, and tri- angular in shape. Every new and vivid kind of cretonne that the season knows. (Sixth Fleer.) Rayon Taffeta Bed Sets $10.95 Rose, blue, gold and lavender —in a novelty jacquard weave that gives the effect of lustrous taffeta. An 81x90 cut-cornered spread and bolster throw com- prise the set. Matching scarfs for bureau and vanity—priced from 39¢ to $1.69 (Sixth Floor.) “Bar Harbor” Cushions $1.00 Covered in high-grade cre- tonne. Tufted with 20 buttons and filled with fluffy white cot- ton. (Sixth Floor.) Ruffled Curtains, $1.49 pr. White voile with colored ruf- fies and double valance. Ready to hang. (Sixth Floor ) Tennessee Cedar Chests $12.95 Genuine mothproof, dust- proof red cedar from the heart of the tree. Each chest fitted with lock and key. (Sixth Floor.) Cretonne Overdrapes $2.95 The smart Spring colorings and patterns of cretonne with ruffles, in solid colors of rose, blue, gold and orchid. (Sixth Floor.) “De Luxe” Crex Rugs T $21.50 More than a baker's dozen of new designs in this famous grass rug. The heaviest and longest wearing rug of its family. Size 9x12 ft. (Stxth Floor.) IRXEXEZXEXEXEXEXEX N 3-Piece Suite Slip Covers $39 b M E Made to order of best E Ve N b o X quality Belgian linen, fancy stripes or plain, or in cretonne. For 3-piece suites with 5 separate cushions. (Sixth Floor.) jtes st tatat ot