Evening Star Newspaper, May 28, 1929, Page 25

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THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, MAY 28 i’fl‘:fl. 25 ——————————————————————— |Men’s 2-Pc. Tropical Suits Satan, and it is written with great|bobbed black hair is now streaked with | loops, and it makes a truly gorgeous firm believer in the effect of cnvlron-!Yoath: Rose, one of Sir Nigel's chorus ) Montevideo to Celebrate. gr Russell, the famous “Eliza- | arm of defense. | ment on one's work. He does most of | girls. seontevy " s vho is said to be re- | beth,” who has just come home from ‘The enterprise has the blessing of e 2 lontevideo, Uruguay, is making ex- lated {0 the Duke of St. Afbans, though | America, was present, too, her slight | Sir Frank Benson and Mr. J. C. Squire, | his writing in a long, low room at the| The little bar at the Lyrlc has Deen tensive preparations for fts centenary | Cleaned and Pressed, $1.00 she does not use this fact for publicity, | form clad in blue and her spirits more | back of his house It has a restful redecorated in highly modern style, 85| cejebrations to be held in July and | plor Seheme. andads ot on o he becomes u theate which devotes el August of mext year. ‘The municpa . Seeing London Silyer Exhibition at Seaford | |had her first printed story published in | lively than ever. ? French, She was trained to be a musi- SURNAE W S— | Cheeriest lawh in London. In the cen- | to revivals of ~period” plays. It has & | House Draws All cian. She has clear-cut features and | ¢ to Admi distinguished_elebs d w b e = | statuette, seen against a high :ilfi(i?\'fisb‘"’ e b e .t i Bobted bats sénfigfi'fl;‘a"‘mu? :‘gk:‘;er Preston Candover, a village in Hamp- | And so many of the young people In | grad | it Beauttiul ‘cr:ppe: ((,‘,‘;";""“ R oo e e, mm:fl',h::‘munh“' - ;:m:"::l:"l‘ The other young novelist is Mrs, |shire with a population under a hun- |soclety do something for a living they | sir Nigel Playfair has just revived (Copyright, 1929, by North American News- e it Conmtruc it 1o “‘ BY JOAN LITTLEFIELD. Lorna Rea, daughter of a GIaSgoW dred has become & miniature Ober- | 2%, inding it necessary to avold night| offenbach's “La Vie Parisienne” at his paper” Alllance.) new hotels at & cost of $1,250,000 and P 4 the | DOtable, wife of a Liverpool shipping| clubs and go early to bed. ; the erection of a lighthouse of granite aft Gorrespondent of The star and the | DOiEDle Ve O A O ey | ammergau. Some months ago the vil- | days, however, no one can bear to 1Ive o new and original “book” by A. P.| Electric heaters are being installed or marble at Punta Carretas to cost manager and play producer. The book |lagers told the vicar they wanted to | Without dancing. so the new idea is to Herbert. The show is colorful and | on upper decks of London street cars. | $120,000. Copyright, 192 - - NDO! . iy which has_brought her fame is called | gtq, thriller, 80 he selected “Mac- | Meet at somebody’s house at 7:30 am. | “mannered.” and very witty, as is| ol By Dinviat AnEmiseeiing | “The Six Mrs. Greenes” and concerns i | or even earlier. and dance for an hour usual at this theater. The scenery and | loan exhibition of silver is attracting three generations of women. beth,” and ever since then the liitle | before breakfast. | dresses _have been designed by Miss all London to Scaford House, the beau-} Mrs. Rea, who is fair and energetic, | community has been “living” its parts ! N tiful home of Lord and Lady Howard | distinguished herself at Cambridge.| -1 have been amazed,” says the vicar, de Walden. | SO “at the natural ease with which the vil- tions, played tennis for the university A. A. Mine's fanta MOHAIR SUITS | s Oniy English silver is shown, and |and edited the Newnham College maga- lagers, unread in Shakespeare, haveiDOo!’." has begun a su $ g there Is nothing which has been made | Zine. She says she felt her characters |discovered for themselves subtle, under- | at the Haymarket, with 18 Open acharge account. Easy Terms || i |so deeply that she sometimes wept as |lying suggestions in their lines. TheV|4ejoy and Francis Lister as the prince '? EISEMAN’S, 7th & F “Start the day with a dance!” is the iRt latest cry of Mayfair. e e “EXQUISITE DRY CLEANING ™ Corner 11th & H Sts. NW. Phone National 2704 In these | [jitle Theater in Hammersmith, wit Among the Theaters. ; | i since 1733, except a small modern sec- | ¢he wrote, use the speech of Shakespeare with 2 tion given over to the work of the incredible truth, and I believe this le‘:,?gh D e A lats craftsmen of 1929. There are 600 pieces | because he was essentially the people's | (Atirey HAmmoni i 2 oA in the exhibition, and each is being Heywards Are Honored. dramatist.” IV AiineWhoilives dnChélsen; 45 & shown on a background of sapphire velvet. The lighting has been so ar- ranged that the engravings and in-| scriptions can be distinguished easly. | The Queen has shown a personal | Interest in the exhibition, and has lent | three modern pieces of silver. These are | a steeple cup, a shagreen box and a bonbon dish in a poppy design, and | Woman novelists are much in evi- dence just now, and there was a great gathering of them at the farewell din- | ner party given to Mr. and Mrs. Du Bose Heyward by the publishers of Mr. Heyward's latest book. Clemence Dane was there, full of vi- tality, her dark hair drawn together in a chignon. So was Shefla Kaye-Smith, The play is to be performed early in May in a 300-year-old barn, where one of the players is building a Shakespear- ean stage, accurate in every detail. The villagers are making their cwn cos- tumes and seem to obtaining won- derfl effects at next to no cost. | Malcolm, for instance, has made his shield from the lid of a dustbin. This they are the work of Omar Ramsden, |her slim figure draped in beige and a | has been bronzed and decorated with | & young man of great promise. string of pearls around her slender | rosettes from disused harness, lined | Princess Sends Porringer. d fitted with two strap Princess Elizabeth, probably the | youngest lender, has sent her silver porringer with ivory handles and crown, and Princess Mary has lent a jeweled | casket decorated with Niello work, which was made at the Birmingham | School of Art. A number of sports cups are included, among them being the Wakefield ‘Trophy, designed by Mrs. Phoebe Stabler. It belongs to Maj. Seagrave. Old silver on view includes the Thomas A. Becket cup and the Cres- sener cup, lent by the Goldsmiths’ Co.; the 12-sided porringer given by Crom- well to his daughter as a wedding pres- ent, and the most imposing collection of wine cisterns ever got together in any country. These have been brought from some of the most famous houses in the kingdom, whose masters of long 8go liked their wine to be both “generous” and in gerrerous quantities. The Duke of Sutherland owns the biggest wine cistern in the world. This, which is, of course, on view at Seaford House, is 3 feet 21. inches long, 21 inches wide and 18 inches high. neck, and Miss G. B. Stern, whose ! with wood | i | | | 1 | | | For D(’('or_alion Day—Have a Pair of “Whoopee” Sandals $g-50 They’re the Rage in New York A Glorious New Felt Sports Hat to wear on the Holiday! Tt's a fine fur felt . . . mold it to your head . . . dip it down deep at one side or turn it up away from the face . . . it's the kind of hat that suits vour individuality. You decide how to wear it! You may look rakishly smart or as petite and feminine as a rosebud! ) . . . With 24-Hour Service! Knitbac Hosiery Repair A wonderful little machine that knits back the runs in stockings without using thread of any kind! 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