Evening star., 1916-09-24

| the New York Herald.
The dinner was well under way
when there arrived at Highlawn House
the band which was admitted by
prearrangement and marched to the
dining room playing the most discord-
| ant German airs probably ever perpe-
trated. The women wore the regular
| German band uniform and on each
| cap was motto representing some
well known German phrase. like "Gott
| Strafe the Allies This was joke
| because Mr.. Field is supposed to SYM
pathiZe with the Teutons.
The women who composed the mot
ley band wore blond wigs and mus
| taches and their identity was not re-
vealed. The entrance of the band
| broke up the dinner party. To all
questioning the band leader replied in
| excellent German that the band had
been sent by the kaiser to present his
compliments to Mr.. Field. After more
music" furnished by a bass drum,
German flag and having drunk Mr..
| Fields health and been photographed
| by fiashlight exposure, the band"
| departed.
| appeared at Mrs. William D. Sloane's
| after dinner bridge party and per-
| formed, and from Elm Court went to
| the Bellefontaine and serenaded Mr..
and Mrs. Giraud Foster. In spite Of
efforts to keep the identity of the band
| unknown. 1t leaked out that in
| the band were Mrs. Carlos NJ. de Here
dia. Mrs. William E. S. Griswold. Miss
Meyer.
| Lady Cunard, the wife of Sir Bache
Edward Cunard, who was Miss Maude
Alice Burke
American Woman Lon OF califor-
don's Musical Arbiter. York has
Before the war her position in this re-
spect was second to that of the Mar
chioness of Ripon, who had been for
Ia long time the divinity of Covent
Garden Opera.
Lady Cunard was the social sponsor
for the Beecham Orchestra, in those
days playing second fiddle in matters
musical to the Royal Opera of Covent
Garden, according to a writer in the
Boston Globe. The war has done away
with grand opera and Beecham has
remained the outstanding figure in the
musical world, keeping up his pro-
grams persistently regardless Of the
war.
Lady Cunard always has at her dis
posal box off the stage belonging to
the management. She takes her place
| the Marchioness of Ripon had the priv
ilege of doing at Covent Garden Opera.
She has won patronage for Reecham
from the women who set the fashion in
clothes and dinners as well as in con-
certs, and whose presence at Beecham'S
concerts mas brought following to the
boz Office and made them a financial as
well as social success. Beecham on
his part has lent his orchestra to Lady
Cunard's charity affairs to raise money
for the soldiers.
| 1t is not generally known that Sir
Bache Cunard, the third baronet Of the
title created in 1859. is a descendant of
an American who went over from Phil
| adelphia TO Scotland, won fame and for
| tune as merchant and shipbuilder and
| was created baronet by the British
sovereign.
| That was Samuel Cunard (son of
Abraham Cunard) of Phpadelphia, who
apprentfced his son to Scotch ship
builder. The boy spent his spare mo-
| ments In whiting out models of boats.
rigging them with sails and masts. He
| began to experiment upon models diff
| ferent from those about him. In that
| way was evolved the long ocean grey
hound of the Cunard line, established
| by Samuel Cunard,
He took an English wife, but his son
the second baronet, married Miss Mary
McEvers, the daughter of Bache NC
Evers. New York merchant. Their
son, the present baronet, married Miss
| ndduuc AliCc DuThc III new Ork tWeQ-
lty-one years ago. short time, after her
engagement had been broken with
I Prince Andre Poniatowski. grandson
of the last King of Poland
The prince is now the husband Of the
former Miss Elizabeth Sperry, a CAL
ifornia heiress.
Il
The blinds have been drawn and the
doors closed at the publicity depart
| ment. central re-
Posters Recruit cruittng depot.
British Army tbns nus'eeaa eane = nGna0n, d, J.
what was, perhaps. the greatest post
er and advertising campaign in his
tory.
| How many bundles Of these war
posters have reached America 1t would
be impossible to say. for one of the
Joys Of the souvenir hunter in London
has been the collecting of these post
ers to sell in America, big sums being
asked for complete sets, says the Bos-
| ton Globe.
From the humble origin Of one small
poster. Lord Kitchener's appeal for
| 100. 900 men for the war. more than 500
I different kinds have been issued since:
One popular poster showed an assort-
ment Of headgear. with the query.
which will you wearT' tho khaki cap
! stuck outside q hatter's shop IN the
st End andsfhA eyf Arnr4afuR traAaa.