Evening star., 1915-05-02

fashion how Mrs. McCormick's sense OF
good housekeeping got the better of
Russian tradition. and she had the
paupers and mendicants moved out of
the basement OF the castle occupied s
an embassy. a fact which for the mo-
ment created quite hubbub of criti
cism, g 1t Is a custom to have the re-
mote parts of the great houses thus oc
cupied. Her charities, while her hus-
band was ambassador, however, far
outreached the mere housing Of a few
poor folk and the embassy was far
more sanitary. Both Mrs. Mccormick
and Mrs. Patterson are devoutly at
tached to family tradition. and while
Countess Gizycka. the daughter of Mrs.
Patterson. and her little daughter. the
small countess, rock in chair in which
their grandmother. tn elate Mrs. Medill.
rocked, Mrs. Mccormick also treasures
many OF the household effects Of her
mother.
Mrs. John B. Henderson has again
come to the rescue of the diplomatic
| corps, and, since the
The Henderson European war has
Tennis Court. on aas ,n. gsehsior 1ss sen
mis- courts impossible. has established
diplomatic tennis court in the gener-
Gus grounds surrounding her home on
18th street. Mrs. Henderson is always
ready to receive her visitors, who drop
! ny quite Informally. but she does not
| play Her son, John B. Henderson. jr,
| takes up the honors of tho court at
thls point. Among the diplomats who
accepted Mrs. Henderson's invitation to
make use of her splendid courts are
the Swiss minister and Nine Ritter,
the latter a splendid player. and DR..
CHARLES Paul Hubscher, Swiss secre-
| tarv. Most active Of all the allied dip
| lomats who play there are the Rus
slan counselor and Nine. Scherbatskoy
ano several Of the bachelors Of the en-
| oassy stan Marquis Arrigo Tacoli,
nrst Italian secretary. and Marchioness
| iacon also put up a splendid game
mere tie marchioness being one Of the
most skillful players of the club. Mr.
ouarao aS t hacedo and Mr.. Carlos Acuna
1oined IN the game, and among
me american girls who play on Mrs
| Henderson's court are Miss Hill, daugh-
yer OF Dr: and Mrs. David Jayne Hill
nu hau. MISS KING. Many of the diplomats
nave nave gone up for single games on the
court. but Will not play regularly until
tne stress of business lets up in their
respective offices. Mrs. Henderson is
no. AFRAID of diplomatic clashes on the
court other than through the medium
or racket and ball. And for fact
none of the diplomats whose countries
are engaged in war play there but the
RUSSIAN diplomats, and they are very
general favorites.
| Chlnese minister and Nine. Shah who
accompanied her father to Tuskopee
Okla. last week, will give the women
OF e1;, rnat part pa OF the country their first
the women of New China. Nine shah
ana her daughter have both adnoted
the reform style, the principal feature
or which Is replacing the cunning little
trousers which showed for some deptl
below the kimono-like jacket with 2
plated skirt exactly like that in vogue
in America this spring. WinRroy Cook
who wrote Of China, The roses have
no odor and the women no petticoats,'
VIII nave TO revise his remarks, for
now both the roses and the women
have changed. Nine. Shah and her
daughter still wear the jacket-like up.
per garment. made with a high collar
ana for evening wear both skirt and
Jacket are made of the daintiest and
handsomest of silk or satin, and there
fs lace In the sleeves of the upper gar
ment and often the skirt is draped with
the rosettes SO much used by Chinese
women. Both mother and daughter
| wear American hats with plumes fow-
ers or other decorations, and they also
wear pretty imported coats such as
American women wear for visiting OF
| afternoon drives. Nine. Shah main
tains her original fashion Of dressine
her plenteous black hair over stifi
rolls, but Miss Shah has adopted a style
quite becoming to her. Of arranging
| three overlapping coils at the back
| of the head. From the fact that Nine
Shah and her daughter wear quite
n-looking coats. it is generally
| thought their costumes are entirely
American. but they are not. Just New
China fashions. with American styles
| thrown in