Evening journal., 1915-04-03

at once. No less interesting is
her romance. IL seems while
playing abroad she had suffered
a setback and as she walked
from the theatre tears flowed
down her beautiful checks. by
chance George Gould saw her
and asked il he could be of as
sistancc to her and that proved
the inception of a romance that
had its ending at the altar. This
winter the Goulds have divided
their time between the town
house on Fifth avenue and
Georgian Court at Lakewood,
n. j.
In one of the hotels, I met
Lady Ross, who as you know is
an American, having been Patti
l1llyson of Louisville, Ky. She
told me she had been nursing in
the Duchess of Sutherland Hos
pital and that her own Castle
Balnagoun is now sheltcring a
great many soldiers. She left
for Canada to join Sir Charles.
VINO makes the Ross rife. used
by the Canadian army. She has
administered the Lady Ross Ca
madam and Canadian sholling
funds amounting to S20,00Os Ac-
companying her was her niece.
Miss Gladys Adams also of
Louisville, who will so to Bal
nagOun as a nurse. Lady Ross
has grown plump and even
prettier than when she was Pat
ii lIllyson. a slim young girl.
She has imbibed the English
accent and one forgets that she
is an American.
Even in heartless New York
one encounters sentiment. With
a friend. / attended funeral
at the Little Church Around the
Corner. really the Church OF
TRANSPORTATION. This eXtraordi-
airy name puzzled me and it
was explained that an actor
had died and it was difficult
to find a minister TO Of
ficiate. One minister, who re-
fused. said, 60 to the little
church around the corner" The
funeral took place at this
church which has since been
known as tho Little Church
Around the Corner" The
incident so ondoared it to the
profession that most OF its mem
hers arc married or buried from
the ediiice. I attended the fu-
neral OF a singer and writer
whom / had known, and al
though Il was merely reported
through the press the little
chapel was we'll filled. II was
different from any other funor-
al I had seen as there were no
relatives in mourning raiment.
While many arc leaving here
for the Pacific Coast | meet frc-
Quentlv Californians in New
York. | recently saw Mrs. Fran
els Carolan. formerly Florence
Pullman. the daughter OF the
sleeping car magnate. who di-
vides her time between Berlin
game, Cal, and Chicago. With
Mary Letter. later Lady Cur
zon. she was always a source
of admiration at the Chicago
Horse Shows. She is a gifted
musician in addition to her So
cial charms.
] took shoot up in the Wool
worth, the 52-story skyscraper.
Although have scared in aero
planes il gave me a sensation 10
look down upon Manhattan,
which looked like a miniature
display. I was told in planning
such buildings it is figured that
at least one life may be sacri-
feed for each story. | am afraid
I am a little old fashioned and
cannot quite appreciate this
entcrprising spirit. When there
is so much ground il does seem
a pity people should want to
stack up in this fashion. Would
il not be more comfortable and
better to spread out. But here
in America. one seems TO think
only Of dollars and strife is so
keen that one feels il IN the
very air.
My dear Duchess, you will
forgive me. but these details Of
American life, | am sure will
interest you and you can UNDER
stand my inclination to gossip.
With esteem.
ELISE.