Evening star., 1915-01-24

unDTOhen rOunQ OF lunCHeOnS, QlnnefS
and dances. The air is so pure and has
such an exhilarating tang to 1t that for
the first few hours you have delicious
consciousness of every breath you draw.
The snow, which in the city so soon
becomes an unsightly, dirty garment,
clothes the fields. groves. gardens and
lawns with glistening loveliness.
There Is much coasting and toboggan-
ing when the snow admits of 1t in the
north shore suburbs. A favorite stunt
to stand up on a sled that Is hitched to
motor or sleigh. or to coast standing
erect. Experience on Norwegian skis
aids in performing this feat.
Skiing itself is a fine sport. We don't
have quite enough snow in this part of
the world to give skiing its full scope
You should be able to go for miles and
miles uphill and down dale over deep
For novice the bane Of skiing is
tumbling and foundering in the snow
Entire helplessness Is his lot until some
adept comes along and sets him up on
his pins once more. The long skis
have horrible way of getting mixed
up with one another and utterly destroy
ing any liberty of action-though free
dom Of speech, fortunately. is left.
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The other night there was a small din
ner party. 1t was sort Of reform affair,
and the guests were so
A New Kind OF imbued with charity
n;,,,p, and unselfshness and
goodness when they
got up from the table they felt as though
they had been made over" On every
hand there were articles to remind the
guests Of those more unfortunate than
themselves. The embroidered table linen
had been made in France and brought
over by the hostess several seasons ago.
and many of the handsome pieces Of
china and silver had been brought from
foreign lands where war now is being
waged. At each plate there was q little
contribution box into which the guests
were asked to put at least a nickel to aid
needy family the hostess had found
few days before Also at each plate there
was wide band of pink satin ribbon.
Lettered on 1t were these words:
DO not keep the alabaster boxes of
your love and tenderness sealed up until
your friends are dead. Fill their lives
with sweetness. Speak approving, cheer
ing words while their ears can hear them
and while their hearts can be thrilled
and made happier. The kind things you
meant to say when they are gone say
before they go. The flowers you meant
to send for their coffins send to brighten
and sweeten their homes before they
leave them"
The statement that in future High
land regiments are to wear a khaki
kilt instead of
Last Word in the familiar tar
Highland Kilties .an armsn, ano ina sha1 the he
composed OF two yards less material
than at present used. has "set the
heather on fire." Highlanders are hilari-
Gus over samples of the attenuated
kilt. which. they say. Is too reminiscent
Of the "hobble" skirt, according to q
Paris paper.
Mrs. John W. Mackay, whose London
house on Carlton Terrace has been
closed to society for the past three
years, is about to relinquish the care
or the mansion. her health requiring a
more genial climate than the British
No other American woman has had
the position Mrs. Mackay has held for
thirty-odd years at the English court,
in the exclusive circles of the Fau-
brilliant coteries of royalty on the
Riviera. says the New York Herald.
Her witticisms were for decades re-
peated from London to Nice. and her
dressed women Of Paris. who could
never wear them with the regal sim
plicity which was Mrs. Mackays pecu-
liar gift
When she went to Paris, the young
wife Of one Of the wealthiest men in
the world, accompanied by her unmar-
rfed sister. the two women took the
French capital by storm. They spoke
French like natives. having learned 1t
from their French mother. who was
Evaline Visera Of Paris; and they rode
in the Bois with an ease OF horseman-
ship. learned in California and Nevada,
which duchesses could not excel. Their
father. Col. Hungerford, belonged to a
New York family related to the Brit
ish nobility. and he was an officer in
both the Mexican and civil wars.
The Mackay residence In Paris, near
the Arch Of Triumph, was sold more
than twenty years ago. and Mrs. Mac
kay went to London to live, at the In
vitation Of the Prince Of Wales, after
ward King Edward. He is said to
have remarked that this was the only
way he had of securing frequent serv-