Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-03
Picked Up Here and There.

Roman society women have been as
Jealous in Red Cross work since I'aiH
entercd the
Changes Wrought by war as their
sisters of the
War in Rome ,ristocracv in
any of the other countries. ana nave
followed the example of queen Helena
In submitting to a thorough pfepafa-
tion. The queen has become the mothef
of , ..var daughter" Il small princess
whose .-odfathcrs and Godmothers VIII
not be chosen until after the war Is
over and royal folk i'll the different
countries are allowed once more 10 ne
friends. but her majesty has. neverthe-
less. managed to superintend the very
large hospital established in wing OF
the Ouiriual Palace, says the New Y orh
World
The Pope has done a gfacious and
Couciliatory act in lifting the oali OF
accommodation from the old fapai
chanel of the Quirinal. where the ropes
celebrated their private mass before
the grandfather of the present KING
drove them out of the Quirlhal, ana
now this chapel. hitherto never used
by the royal family. is part OF the
aucen's Red Cross hospital. Her chief
assistant is thoroughly experienced
nurse Helene countess Rochefort. who
nursed in the Balkan wars. having 400
Bulgarian soldiers under her charge at
one time.
The Princess Beatrice of Maas!mo, a
Bourbon by birth and related to the
King of Spain and the wife of Prince
Fabrizio Massimo. is nursing at the
hospital of the Order of St. Martha. i'll
Rome The eldest of her four dauch-
ters Princess MargheritJ, a pretty girl
OF seventeen and Il goddaughter of the
queen dowager, is assisting he: mother.
Nine. Melba has been staying with the
Crockers off and on out at their Cali
fornia
Crockers Trying to ranch
Have Shakespeare Garden har nv
rival from Australia ten days ago. She
Is much interested i'll Mrs Crocker's
ambition to have in the SPACIOUS gar
dens of New Place every plant aud
flower mentioned by Sha kespeare. Sew
eral attempts have been made to carry
out this idea i'll famous old English
gardens, but ing to the climatic con-
ditions and lack of persistence only a
small proportion of the flowers We're
in evidence New Place being the name
of Shakespeare's historic home at STRAIT
FORD -on-Avon. ii seems especially fit
ting that a Shakespeare garden should
be cultivated.
Mrs. Crocker has an exhaustive list of
the trees and plants mentioned by the
great poet and some Illuminating books
on the garden craft of Shakespeare
These. with her genuine sinterest in
plant lore and her love for everything
mat "cometh up as Il flower" will sure
y enable her to carry out this wonder
Iul scheme to perfection.
The engagement of the pasi week in
Philadelphia was that of Miss Ella
Brock, daugh-
Have Matched Their ter of Mrs. Ar
S<ons for 1;fa thur Brock, and
Mr.. Joe" Du
Barry. Sd For several Years these two
young people nave delighted Philadel-
phia social audiences with their re-
markable dancing. Together. they
hold the record for social coryphees
They have no equal as couple And
so much in dancing, You know. de-
Ponds upon hitting it off. Well, they
seem to have hit it off with a ven-
geance. have they not? When Miss Ella
first went out into society sne carried
the world before her, with a charming
1awniike grace, her vivacity and a pc
euliarly alluring devil-rnay-care atti-
tude toward life which lent her a pi-
Guancy that was quite irresistible
Many time at formal dances others
stopped to make ring around her and
Mr.. Du Barry when they danced to-
gether. Even at the great and mag
nificently crowded ball which Mr.. and
Mrs. Tower gave when their daughter
Helen first was launched upon society
this occurred, the crowd left a space
for the young people TO dance At
first two or three other couples shared
the open space Then one by one
each stopped. dropping out to look on
and finally the thing turned into an
exhibition.
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Associated with the Haven estate
at Beverly Farms, Mass, are two of
the most eminent
associated With men which this
the Immortals. d Uuns'y mas pro.
Webster and DIR. Oliver Wendell
Holmes. In the center of one of the
garden squares on the estate is an
immense oak tree which was sent BY
Webster from his home in Marshfeld
after visit that he had enjoyed at
the Havens. Another interesting SPOT
on the place is at the side of the road
which leads to Mrs. Franklin Haven's