Evening star., 1915-02-07
Picked Up Here and There.

at a London theater recently both on
the stage and off to the appeal of the
Grand Duke Michael on behalf Of his
fund for providing British soldiers in
the trenches with wooden gloves and
mittens.
Queen Alexandra, for whose accom-
mediation the matinee was postponed
from the previous day, was present in
a box, with other members of the royal
family.
Among the ladies who assisted in SELL
inS buttonholes and picture postcards.
and who wore on their arms numbers
by which they could easily be identified
In the program, were the Duchess OF
Sutherland the CountesseS Drogheda,
Portarlington and Lisburne, Viscountess
Curzon, Lady Mary Stuart Wortley and
Miss Bettina Stuart Wortley. Lady Chi
chester, Miss Joan Ashley. Miss Violet
keppel. Miss Elizabeth Asquith. Miss
Nancy Cunard and Miss Muriel Wilson.
Turns" in great number and variety
flowed on increasingly from o'clock to
8. and were contributed. fittingly enough,
by members of that lighter stage which
in these dark days are SO much in re-
quest.
AS London society has little else than
events of this kind to bring it together,
it was greatly enjoyed and patronized.
There was a hint of the spring fash
ions in wedding finery at the ceremony
in New York last
Seen at q New Wednesday unit
W.. ,u,, ing Miss Kather-
YORK wedding. inc Duane and Mr..
William Strother Jones. jr.
The brides white satin gown had a
farins skirt with the hem turned back
and caught at intervals with clusters OF
orange blossoms, and a long square
train. The corsage was largely old point
lace. and was cut low and square with
transparent sleeves. Her wide and
spreading tulle veil fell from a point
lace cap held with clusters Of orange
blossoms, the edge of the cap being
brought forward in frill that shaded
her coiffure. She carried a rather small
bouquet of lilies of the valley and white
orchids.
The attendants were Mrs. Stanton
Whitney (Miss Eleanor Duane), sister
of the bride; Miss Virginia Duane,
cousin, and Misses Eleanor Rodman
Townsend and Mary Z. B. Jones. SIS
ter of the bridegroom. They wore april
cot-colored satin frocks of quaint old
time design; the full skirts. fitted at the
waist line. fell in full folds to the ankle,
and each was trimmed with a narrow
ruff1e of the satin outlining an over
skirt and running up each side the CEN
ter front to the knees. where 1t ended
in a quaint little nosegay effect in tiny
roses and forget-me-nots. The lace cor
sages with V-shaped necks and long
close lace sleeves were partially covered
with sleeveless jackets of the satin
bound to match. the edges meeting In
the center back and front. Their black
hats were of rough straw with mush-
room brimS bent into a point in the
front and had tiny dull tinted yellow
the low crowns and black streamers at
the back. Each carried a small old-time.
paper-frilled nosegay in apricot. yellow
and blue old fashioned flowers.
Princess de Lucinge, who was Mrs.
Stickney of New York, writes most in
tereSting letters to her friends in this
country. She is serving as an infer,
marian in a French military hopital
of 1900 beds and is in charge of
eighteen. Her husband is lieuten-
be sent to the front. At the present
moment he is occupied in recruiting
and drilling in the same town. She
has been there three months. working
nine hours a day, seven days in the
week. and the greater part of the time
in the operating room. 1t is the hard
est and most heart-rending work of
her life.
Princess de Lucinge says:
I'VE had at first much tetanus in
the fifty-five hospitals in our town,
which the winter seems to halt. Now
il is typhoid pneumonia and frozen
feet / regret to say that no anes
thetic is given in many caSes-there
isn't time and 1t takes SO long to get
over it, So the suffering is great; but
it is wonderful how few complaints
we have.
1--WE have no orderlies, just men taken
from the barnyard to carry the Stretchers
from the different rooms to the opeating
room, and they pretend to sweep once
day and wash the dishes We do every
thing else-in other words, we are
servants as we'll nurses.
II was in Paris for a couple of days
on business on the first Of December. and
| visited the American ambulance. When
the rector OF the American church asked
me what 1 thought of it. I said that my
heart rejoiced at the generosity of the
Americans but my head said l wished
they could spend one-haH the amount
there and give the other half to the hos
pitfalls which had no luxuries at all. and
barely the necessities. l was really filled
with envy. Eight francs $50 per ca pita
for food-with us ! franc so centmes
(36 cents). More than 1000 people to
| care for $50 patients when l was there
and l am responsible for eighteen beds
besides my extra work in the operating
ROOM"
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