Evening star., 1915-07-25

He made the bombs.
Hours did not count with him--night
was as day. Work was his hobby and
Research" was his middle name.
Many night have 1 seen him, after
the dinner hour was over and when he
could with courtesy. separate himself
to the second floor. whoreon was the
work shop and the,, with that
CHEEKY. quiet voice. o how we'll liked,
remark, We'll. boys, let's get to work., -
summon the crew of "understrappers''
to his bidding.
And there was no tagging; all were
ready to follow the quiet, handsome,
self-contained fellow to a night of hard
work. They liked him. They liked his
way of going at things.
Minus coat-with that stub pencil
held firmly and the inevitable briar
pipe doing good service. he would start,
and the boys" would be with him.
And this case which. he worked on so
hard-and why should Gloucester take
such an interest in him? 1t was the IA
nous north Atlantic fisheries arbitra-
tion before The Hague tribunal in the
summer of 1910, the greatest bloodless
battle ever fought between two great
nations, wherein the case of the
Gloucester fisheries was presented and
wherein the flower of Britain's legal
talent, twenty-five in number, was ar
rayed against seven from this country,
and one of these latter was Lansing.
That the American contentious were
sustained in the main, almost entirely
in fact, is now world history.
Mr.. Lansing will probably never for
get on the night after the reading of
the decision of the tribunal, the social
call of Great Britain's attorney general.
a splendid man. at the Des 1ndes, when,
the outcome of the legal struggle.
which lasted over three months. he re-
marked, after being complimented on
the forceful way in which he had ex-
Yes, gentlemen, l know; you got the
substance and we got the froth.''
And among those who helped to win
that Substance" who did his full
share. yes. and more. was Lansing:
Robert Lansing, now our Secretary of
State.
How do 1 know all this. you ask?
20. I was there with him. 1 saw him
labor. I am proud to think i was a
helper: I was one of the "understrap-
pers.'"
In Chicago there is a generous and
public-spirited woman who has made
II possible for
Gives Pleasure on those who love
a.. music to enjoy
tHe ~uAet' weekly recital
within the calm and beautiful interior
of that lovely gray stone pile, the
Fourth Presbyterian Church. There is
music on the organ every Thursday
afternoon free for any one to enjoy.
The church authorities are pledged
not to tell who the woman Is who has
SO generously paid for the services of
the organist and arranged for this
weekly recital That she is woman
and enjoys music so much herself that
she wishes others to enjoy it, too, and
without cost, is all that the public may
know. Her one stipulation is that,
whether there is one person or 100 in
the church at o'clock on Thursdays,
the music is to be given.
Mrs. Emmons Blaine, whose benefac-
tions are so numerous and so widely
known, has been spoken of as the one
most likely to do so kindly thing,
but neither she nor those in the
know" will tell.
Weddings these days are of the quiet
est and il possible in the country, ac-
cording to a ca
A Recent Wedding BILE letter from
London to the
IN ouIIey. New York World.
One last week of Anglo-American In
terest had several novelties to distin-
guish it. The pretty bride. Harriet
Sproul. the only daughter of F. PEN
rose Sproul of Pittsburgh. was mar
ried to an officer in the Suffolk regf-
ment. Darcy st. Clair Boul,on. The
whole affair, wedding and reception.
took place in the lovely Surrey home
of Mr.. and Mrs. George Pinckard.
Combe Court. and most of the big folk
from the neighborhood came over for
It. The private chapel was mass of
lovely red and white roses tthe ia
vorite flower of the bride) and the tiny
bridesmaid, Coral Pinckard, was
dressed in pink and white with rose
wreath and carrying a basket of rose
petals which she strewed on the aisle
on the departure of the married couple.
All the way to the house the American
and English flags fioated from the trees
and standards, and the wedding cake
was decorated with sugared roses and
a complete chime of silver bells under
the domed sugar roof above which
fioated the Stars and Stripes one side
and the Union Jack the other. Miss
Sproul received beautiful jewelry. in
cluding a number of beautiful ruby or
naments and a collar of pearls. Lady
Ripon came over. Mrs. Hwfa Williams.
Lady Cunard and her girl, Lady Rid
ley. Lady Lanesborough and many
more.
The dinner, dance. entertainment ana
supper given by Mr.. and Mrs. Carlos
NJ de Heredia OF
Smart Party in Wheatleigh. Mass
the Berkshires. naoon.,,. IN e .,as 49,
most brilliant of all the big entertain
ments thus far.
The dinner was served In the music
room. There was a beautiful arrange
a
The choicest roses and sweet peas OF
the Wheatleigh gardens, bushels OF
roses and thousands of sweet peas
were used in the decorations. There
were table centerpieces of roses and
ooas apd For the arranRement before