Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-16

fit of the Children's Memorial Hospital.
When all the donations have been re-
ceived by Mrs. Blair and Mrs. Runnells
a downtown space Will be selected TOR
the sale. says the Chicago Herald
There will be tables of articles priced
respectively at 81. so cents and 10 cents.
Many are the attics. bullying with
ones own mistakes and the esthetic
tactlessness of ones friends, which will
be cmptied in the name of sweet char
ity. The hand-painted bonbon dish
with anemic flowers on a nondescrpt
background and with all the beauty of
the neither side of a pie. will perchance
exchange its dusty shelf for a place of
honor on a 'parlor" table. The cut
glass vinegar cruet will be brought
forth. dazzling leader in its day, but
now a Rip Van Wrinkle among the
loop" rock crystal The garish table
spread. worked in ropelke floss. on
Which the .pensioned governess all but
put out her eyes in gratitude, will find
a purchaser TO whom it will seem cheap
at any price short of her soul.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles r Taft gave d
Christmas holt
Holiday Party on days their Texas
house party hav-
Aoo AsoHSh' ing been an I'M
qualified success. says the Cincinnati
Enquirer On the 10Th of December
they took down to their vast acres that
stretch for miles in the Lone Star
state Miss Louise Taft. Miss Mary Will
by; Messrs. W. +. Wiley. Russell Will
son and Joseph Garrison and Prof. ". F.
Senple of the University of Cincin-
natl. their generous hospitality extend
ing through the holidays until January
10, when the wanderers returned, it
must be confessed, rather reluctantly,
for one does not hunt the deer in pri-
vate preserve every day. nor often az
Christmas study the opalescent lights
of Corpus Christi bay. famed by balmy
December. All the party did not hunt,
but in the spacious and interesting
ranchhouse La Quinta, at Gregory,
where hundreds of acres lie along the
of cotton and pasture land. the idlers
of the party could find much to delight
them The outlook across the bay.
where Mr.. Taft's piers stretch into the
there has recently been built great
causeway from, Portland. which is on
the Taft estate, to Corpus Christi. Mr..
Taft's other ranch is in the interior
and quite eighteen hours from the Dor
ders of the bay.
Here the hunters of the party met and
mastered the king of the plains. each
bringing home a deer head and antlers
as a trophy of his experiences. Christ
mas day there was great outdoor
tournament, such as that part of the
world alone provides, and the returning
house party is enthusiastic over the
sunerb feats Of horsemanship. which
followed the field sports and the bar
becue at noon. One of the Sayest of
the episodes was the jeu de rose. where
the rider. grasping his. spear, PUSHES
full tilt for row of rings suspended
from an oaken bar, and, piercing one
each time, carries it off like a Knight
of old entered in the lists in honor of
his lady love- One of the Spaniards on
the place won first prize. and Mr.. w. F..
wiley captured the second
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There is succession of private
dances that are very smart and given
by rather
Think of Having oder set than
Thirty New Gowns! urins at the
dances given heretofore. At these
dances the social elect. who are not
Identical inevitably with the so-called
smart set, turn out in their best. And
the best this winter means most won