Evening star., 1915-04-18


the Chinese
Interesting Dinner munster and
at Chinese Legation. ona % nieht
last week. which was not made public,
included the names of a very interest
ing company, most of the guests be-
ing acquaintances and friends whom
the minister and Nine. Shah met in
China. In the party were DR.. and Mrs
Lewis Livingston Seaman of New
York. Mr.. and Mrs. j. Kingsley Oil.
Mr.. Williams of the State Department,
formerly first secretary of the Ameri-
can legation in China: Mr.. John Bar
| rett and Mr.. Ray. who has been the
editor of a magazine printed in China.
DR.. Seaman has found himself in all
sorts OF interesting situations at the
Russo Japanese war, the Boxer rebel
| lion in China and was just lately in
Antwerp when that place was be-
Sieged.
Nine. Shah and her daughter. both of
whom speak English perfectly. have
had European educations and they dress
in the manner affected by all the
Chinese women who have been thus
trained This dress is a modification
of the European and Chinese customs
They wear the skirts of European
womenwith the long kimono jackets
of the Chinese. Their jackets the other
night at the dinner were of neutral
shades of gray and very delicate pink.
Nine. Shah wearing the former and her
daughter the latter. They were simply
trimmed and fastened on the side as
real kimonos do.
The dinner table was decorated with
a profusion of flowers of all sorts and
colors-hyacinths. roses, jonquils. etc.
and the minister passed them to the
women present.
An interesting story is being told of
Miss Lemira Gillett-Hill, daughter of
Mrs. Gillett-
Miss Gillett-Hill Hill. who
Had Narrow Escape. stndvine 81 "a mu1 n
sic in New York for the past two
years. She started not long ago for
trip to Honolulu. where she has Wis
tied before. She was making the trip
on the yacht of friends from Boston,
which was, by the way, the first yacht
to pass through the Panama canal The
yacht was burned during the trip. AL
though the members Of the party were
all saved, they had thrilling time.
They were transferred to a second
ship, and then to a third. before finally
getting started again on their way to
Honolulu. Her friends are hoping that
nothing else happens before she ar
riveS there.
New Hampshire avenue. just at pres
ent is pretty garden spot as any
of the real gardens of Washington.
Senators and representatives under the
law are furnished. to send to home con-
stituents. with certain number of
plants each year, in an effort by the
National Botanic Garden to induce in
terest in the beautifying of towns by
the planting of individual gardens and
shrubs. the idea being that when one
person has an attractive yard or gar
den his or her neighbors are stimulat-
ed to emulation in that respect, with
the result that in short time whole
communities throughout the United
States get the planting fever.
One might almost think that some
such Village Improvement Society as
there are to be found in numbers
around Boston had been at work in
New Hampshire avenue. Not only the
famous Brookline, Mass, but every 9TH
er suburb of Boston has Village Inn
provement Society. and these organiza-
tions go a long way to making the
suburbs of Boston famous.
In recent years every one who has
hull IIap al