Evening star., 1915-04-11

to the Washington spectators, an altar
with icons being erected in the large
dining room. The prieses were in full
canonicals and the wedding procession
marched around the altar three times,
to the great CONSERVATION of those un-
acquainted with the ceremony. who
would set on fire the voluminous veil OF
the bride and the scarf which Countess
Marguerite wore as bridesmaid.
one OF the young pages. son OF one
of the secretaries of the embassy per-
sonnet, at the most impressive moment
of the ceremony set up wall.
Miss Constance Gardner has promised
a silver cup as prize for the best
Pekingese at the dog
Miss Gardner show to be held at
n;u r.. Friendship, Mr.. John
uiVeS Cup. r. McLean's country
place. upon the occasion of the country
fair to be held there in May
There is great interest in this dog
show. and as it is to be of only a few
hours duration. the owners of dogs are
not worrying about what might hap
pen to their pets while being exhibited.
1t is not to be formal affair. and any
one who wishes to enter an animal may
take him or her and "chaperon" per-
sonally. 1t is to be an exhibition
among friends, SO to speak, and the
judging will therefore probably be not
quite as severe as in the real dog show
TO take place next week on Connecti-
cut avenue. There is a chance of
every dog having his day" or. at least,
his hour. and applications are coming
In very steadily to Miss Hinkle, who
has the matter in charge.
Ihe zee of 81 will be one of the many
aoilars tnat the women interested in
the Washington Diet Kitchen wish to
raise for this smart charity,
The sum needed this year is $4,000. to
take care of the babies of Washington
to feed them and to teach their
mothers how to feed and care for them.
AS Mrs. George Deering cannot an
swer the call of spring and get out
in the open
How Mrs. Deering with the other
Enjoys the Spring. enjoying the
warm, sunshiny days that make almost
every one devotee of nature, she calls
the spring and nature to her.
Her sitting room in the apartment
she has occupied with her daughter,
Mrs. Ridgely. through the winter over
looks the garden of Mr. and Mrs
Thropp. and she sees the garden and
its sun dial and marble benches
through network of green caused by
the growing ivy and the flowers which
fill the room.
Mrs. Deering usually has her chair
drawn up close to the window, on the
sill of which are two decorative Flor
entine flower pots filled with ivy, which
runs up the window curtains and be-
tween which is an aquarium filled with
goldfish.
At one side of the window hangs a
pretty round gilt bird cage, in which
a very companionable canary lives and
at home" when he sleeps and when he
eats, and during such times he insists
upon the door of his home and his cas-
tie being closed.
At other times he is flying about the
room and also out into the halls and
other apartments, and from various
vantage points he whistles and trills in
answer to a friendly human whistle.
He flies back and forth from window
to window. flirting with the English
sparrows without, and when he takes
his bath his glass tub must be bal
anced on one end of the aquarium, so
with the goldfish, who no doubt, in the
language of fishes, say, The water is
fine. come on in
Altogether the little feathered chap
is very good fun and very good com
pany, and many another "shut-in could
take leaf from Mrs Deering's book
and profit thereby.