Evening star., 1916-08-27

he takes his afternoon siesta- The
white mans burden has at last fallen
upon his careless shoulders and wary
indeed is the mere feline who escapes
the onrush Of an invading style.
The east this summer has developed
passion for the display of pets in the
most novel and unusual ways and his
| majesty the cat is the favorite by
many lengths. His old enemy, the toy
dog. is fast giving way to the newer
fad and the very smart girls Of New
York and Washington are really quite
| out of it these days If they do not carry
a purring kitten in their strolls down
the avenue or the boardwalk, as the
case may be.
One Of the young favorites in Wash
ington society who has been numbered
among the students at the Harvard
summer school really is the sponsor of
she marched gayly down the college
thoroughfare with her favorite, a tiny
two-week-old white kitten nesting in
the bend of her right arm. It created
such a furore that Immediately there
after, rumor has 1t, half the students
were to be seen every day accompanied
by kittens, until the supply of all but
the commonest Of black fence felines
threatened to give out. Likewise there
were as many inconsolable dogs Of
every description left pining at home
when their owners went out for a jaunt
with the new favorite.
Mrs. William Cumming Story, presi-
dent general of the National Society
of the Daughters of
ReceDtiOn for the American RevoIu-
a6.z ST. ton, was the distin-
guished house guest
of Mrs. Eliza Ferry Leary at Seattle.
Wash. during her brief stay in that
city.
At reception in her honor the spa
cious rooms were attractively deco
rated with an abundance of summer
blossoms and potted plants. The hall
was bright with clusters of marguer-
ties. the flowers suggestive of the
honor guest, who is affectionately
| called by her $4,000 daughters SDaisy
story" The drawing room and library
were adorned with golden glow and
snapdrasons, arranged in tall vases
| In the dining room mound of carna-
| tfons and larkspur practically repeated
| the colors of red, white and blue. Here
| during the first hour the urns were
| presided over by Mrs. Walter j. Reed
past state regent, of North Yakima
and Mrs. Steven B. L. Penrose. state
| chaplain. the second hour by Mrs
Henry McCleary, past regent, of Nc
| regent. of Tacoma.
During the receiving hours there
| were in attendance several hundred
| daughters of the local and state chap
| ters, with their husbands, the Sons OF
| the American Revolution and their
wives, and the Sons of the Revolution
| and their wives
| Another step has been taken. in thf
advance of millinery. The first stel
| Curious Hat in this decoration was
ormnaments taken, says the Chi
| cago H d, when
| bird lovers said: "Thou
shalt not kill the birds to get fine plum
age" Now plantlike animals are to be
used in place of flowers and ribbons, II
the fishery bureau at Washington has
anything to say. By mere accident il
came across an immense quantity OF
| this millinery supply. For several years
past the big wholesale millinery houses
| have been making study of the jelly
fish plant In our waters. The stuff has
been found in immense beds all along the
Atlantic coast from Maine to Florida. 1t
Is everywhere superior to the article that
the big wholesale milliners have been
importing from Germany sort of green
stuff commonly called "sea weed" Re
cent studies made by the fisheries bureau
show tnat other species of Jelly fish"
plants can be used for the same purpose
~
The other night a jolly bunch of
young people were at a porch party;
it happened that
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