Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-19


LAS J. FOX.
trict.
The wedding probably will take place
| soon after Christmas. Miss Ryerson will
have the satisfaction of living part Of the
er's place. Ringwood, is across the lake
from Hyde Hall, the Clarks' residence.
Miss Roberta Willard. called the pref
test girl at Newport. has introduced
fad. She goes those
Carries Her Bird one better who
,.l r.. H. carry cane for the
"Au Ats oaSe. sake of having
something in the hand" On her wrist
she wears a small, willow bird cage and
in 1t lives bird. She looks young and
whimsical as she appears at afternoon
fetes and morning musicals and tennis
matches at the casino with this little
pet on her wrist. He seems to enjoy
his lob" no less than she, and some
times justifies himself by setting up
private musical of his own. which when
competing with Mr.. Conrad and his or
tinct disadvantage. Nobody has an ear
for it when pretty Miss Roberta Will
lard's little bird chooses to sing.
The fad is too new as yet to justify a
report on whether 1t will be popular.
Perhaps it will always be rather re-
stricted, for NOBODY less young and
| scarcely less charming than Miss Will
lard could propose such thing and ap-
pear any way but ridiculous.
Even in everyday life a saint or
| martyr is not altogether uncommon,
usually being
Home Saints Are found in the
Seldom Recognized. , pnss1a pf some some
an who is perfectly unconscious that
she Is SO regarded. Indeed, IL such
women were conscious they would, in
our opinion, be neither saints nor mar
tyrs.
| There has been no need for women to
! contend with the other sex for saint
hood or martyrdom. Those are distinc-
lions to which they are heartily well
I come, so far as men are concerned In
fact, men will even go so far as to ad-
] nit freely that many woman deserves
to be called a saint, although it is rare
| indeed that man considers that there
| may be good reasons for bestowing
such name upon his wife. Haven't
you yourself heard more than one man
refer to some other mans wife as "a
| perfect saint" just because she hap
pened to be patient in regard to GER
tain little foibles in her husbands
the other hand. most impatient with
him? Affection casts a glamour even
over crankiness and a woman may
| n. ma
well that he Is not exactly a At caudi-
date for sainthood.
/ Apropos Of clubs and their manage.
ment. there Is club near Providence,
r. L, which I
Something New on think is unique
Squantum Club. IN IN T., Its me. mstho ID.
| Sauantum Club and is on the seq, its
I principal "raison d'etre" being its peer
| less clambakes and beach plcnics. The
| members and guests are seated COM
fortably on chairs at tables and served
by perfectly trained stewards. The
principal dish is this utterly American
connection, better than boullabasse or
any other foreign culinary triumph.
| Champagne in unstinted measure
washes the chowder down-and no
charge Is made any one; no member
or guest ever pays for anything at
this club. Everything is supposed to
| be covered by the membership dues A
curious thing about this seemingly rash
| liberauty Is that instead Of resulting in
| abuse Of. for instance. the wine priv
ilege. 1t tends greatly to restrict
drinking. There Is no possibility OF
treating where everything is free, go
| that one of the main impulses to over
Indulgence Is eliminated. Where no
| one comes up and says. Have some-
thing with me-" the incentive is lack
ing. ut gives to think"
1t is probably the one club in the
country where membership Is heredi-
tary. New blood is only introduced
| into this exclusive organization when
some family dies out or passes Oft the
| Providence horizon, and few people die
| there and fewer leave there.
| sometimes Chicago society shows a
| striking kinship to the society of
Crawford. We have not yet acquired q
sufficient cosmopolitanism to receive
visiting foreigners carelessly and let
| them go as carelessly, merely accept
ing the moments message from them
| We either are overenthusiastic about
| them, make too much of them, or we
| are overly suspicious and attribute to
them dark designs Of which they are
quite innocent.
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