Evening star., 1915-11-07
Picked Up Here and There,

Picked Up Here and There.
A Boston girl, Miss 'vivi Power. now
Mrs. Wilkinson. now living in London mas
Just had the happy satisfaction OF being
wooed and won amid the most 1alry-hAe
surroundings in all England.
It's another romance of the war.
The peaceful Avon river, tower oulit
by Ethelfrida, sister Of Alfred the Great
a picture gallery containing works OF
such mas ers as Van Dyck, Rubens ana
tIolbein. and the lordly Warwick Castle
situated near the Shakespearean section
of old Essex, all figure in this romance.
It's the story of how Capt. Wilkinson
of the English army. tall, handsome ana
a hero, was invited down by MIR. ana MRS.
Marsh. brother-in-law and sister of MISS
Power to their home, Warwick Caslle'
from London, and Immediately fell mead
over-heels in love with the young lady.
whose pictures proclaim her d peauty VI
the first rank.
Mrs. Wilkinson was born in Boston
little more than twenty years ago. out
she has been living in London OF late
years. and since her "comtng-out' has
been a favorite in society. On more than
one occasion royalty has had her as an
honored guest.
Besides contributing generously to vari-
ous funds Mr. Marsh has given over
Warwick Castle to war work. Every day
scores of English women gather there
and, under the direction of Mrs Marsh
and others, they work on clothes for their
husbands and sons in the trenches. AND
what is more, they are pald OUT OF tne
private purse of Mr.. Marsh
The marriage of the couple took place
two months ago and the young wife
will remain at Warwick Castle until
her husband returns from the war.
Ice skating promises to become the
fad of the season for New York soci-
ETY., which has
Ice Skating de Luxe grown tired Of
for War Relief. the the. a n c n g
A skating club composed Of well known
society women is to be formed. which
will meet at an outdoor rink. The or
Ranization is to be known as the SecourS
National Skating Club. and the pro-
ceeds are to be devoted to the RELIEF
of French women and children and
Belgian refugees. also the Lafayette
fund which looks after the immediate
relief of the men in the trenches
The rink will be in the Italian gardens
of hotel two stories above the ground
floor, and the pond will be so hv IS feet,
edged with pine trees. On a terrace,
overlooking the pond there will be tea
room. heated and inclosed in glass. The
ice for the rink Will be frozen Dy tne
hotels ice plant.
To be the youngest grandmother, In
appearance as well as in years. Of
group of wom-
Ranks Young Among en- as large as
the Grandmothers. comnosss Chi
cago society is the enviable achieve
ment that has come to Mrs. Hobart
Chatfeld-Taylor of Fairlawn. Lake
Forest When Miss Adelaide Chatf1eld-
Taylor was married to Hendr1cks
Whitman of Boston, Mrs. Taylor was
congratulated on her youth and beauty,
a., was the bride herself. and when the
first Whitman baby came west one
year ago last summer, to cut her first
tooth at Fairlawn, there was great re-
joicing throughout the entire relation
ship. Since September there has been
a tiny sister for Rose Farwe1 Whit
man, who bears the name of her beauti-
full grandmother The sister has been
named Nancy, and both small maidens
are coming west with their parents to
spend Christmas at Fairlawn.
1t is nowadays much more interesting
and chic to take an old house and build
1t over than
Getting Back to to put up
English Easements. one MIS-
George II. Taylor has done this with
great success TO two or three houses in
Chicago.
The Kellogg Fairbanks are in process
of throwing together and remodeling
two old-fashioned white stone houses
in North Stete street. They are
changing the quondam high stopped (to
use Dutch word) front doors into the
modern ground floor entrance SO much
in vogue. The George Paysons will
also do this to the house at 1858 North
State street, which they have recently
bought.
This enables the occupants to have a
small reception room on the entrance
floor and large drawing room on the
floor above. This arrangement Sc
cures privacy for this general ga'h-
ering place not possible in the ordinary
city house. where front doors open al
ing room. English city houses are al
most always built with this English
basement and upstairs salon" effect.
Why we ever departed from this mode
of house construction it is hard to un-
derstand.
Dates announced for the assembly
dances are Friday, December 10, and
Friday, January
Giving Older Girls 10 The member
Their Chance. sncp snn rs 10 .'inisea l0, 20
whose society experience IS less than
three seasons may be invited. The
hostesses for the first affaiz. will in
clude Mrs. Potter Palmer. Mrs. w. W.
Kimball. Mrs. George NJ. Pullman Mrs
Bryan Lothrop, Mrs. Stanley Field, Mrs.
Watson Blair. Mrs. Morris Johnston,
Mrs Howard Gillette, Mrs. Bertram
Winston, Mrs. w. r. O'Dell. Mrs. Ho-
more Palmer. Mrs. William TcBlair.
Mrs. John A. Stevenson, Mrs Watson
Blair and Mrs. Joseph G. Coleman.
A debut ball. given in Portland, Oreg..
by Mrs. Helen Ladd Corbett for Miss
Pratt and
Folly Brought Hundreds Miss Laid.
of Balloons. s. week
the most talked-of event of the west
this year.