The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-08-12
SPORT SHIRT NOW TN AGAIN." WORD
 FROM OTHER SIDE
Sir Cecil Spring Rice Wears Elm and Lady Spring Rice
 Doesn't Mind

shirt with its laydown collar and broad V effect has chance to come back. It is now "in" in the best diplomatic society," or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that 1t never went out. It suits Sir Cecil Spring-Ri and Lady Spring-Rice doesn't care.
 Sir Cecil, according to a domestic description traced to Lady Spring Rice is "careless man." So Lady Spring Rice accompanies her husband back to Washington from Woods Hole when the Ambassador spends his alternate fortnight at the capital. Sir Cecil might neglect to see to his own com forts. He might carelessly don stiff shirt and high choker.
 The sport shirt with the wide aper- ture. which for the first time gave the wishbone free play and a chance to get tanned-the wishbone's place in the sun-appeared in Washington about two years ago. It had wide vogue. It became popular among those of high and low degree, especially with the negro population. And the sport shirt fell into disrepute.
 But social distinctions in summer attire have nowadays no firm criterion and there is distinguished precedent for wearing the sport shirt. It may be presumed that the British Embas- sy knows something of precedent and conventions. Then here is a style that the fashion paragraphers-and that vigilant observer, the Haberdash- CT correspondent and clothes critic| has overlooked. A call at the Brit f.In Rice in white shoes, white socks, white trousers and white sport shirt of extreme decollete cut. The shirt is almst without sleeves, as the Ha- berdasher correspondent would be free to observe, because the Ambas- sador wears no coat. Comment on the Ambassadorial attire recently drew from Sir Cecil the comment, Why not dress for the climate?"
 Lady Spring-Rice approves the in- formality. Her favorite hot weather apparel is a plain gown of seersuck- CT, which she wears on the evening automobile ride with the Ambassador when they take the coNling air of the suburbs and Rock Creek Park. Then the Ambassador wears a coat whether from deference to the con- ventions or Jas they are wondering way out on the Pacific coast, where the latest news of cosmopolitan dress swiftly penetrates, to a susceptibility to colds.
 One may see in this modest chron- icle the assurance Z that the British Embassy is family, simple manner cd and democratic. Sir Cecil has the courage of his convictions and has demonstrated that the presence of a beard is no effective barrier to the sport shirt. One can stand the tickle. The question has been raised as to wether the sport shirt will not adorn the campaign circuit this fall if 1t stays hot. Charles B. Hughes need not fear it, nor Senator Jim Ham Lewis, who has been preparing to trail his course. And if the Presi- dent of the United States dons the false whiskers for which he has ex- pressed a longing that is no reason why he cannot also become discit pie of the sport shirt, which is gem uine as far as 1t goes. The fact that it doesn't go very far is not unbear- able.
 The German Embassy. with the end or temporary a1leviation of the sub marine dispute, went away bag and baggage to it's summer camp at Rye. The British diplomats have had to stick at their posts, their stay in Washington being relieved by vaca- tions each alternating fortnight. The British Embassy is a headquarters of hard work at most times because of the many important trade questions coming up. There has been no change in the usual routine this summer un- less it is there iS . little stricter at- tention to the regular hour for the regimen of tea.
 Sir Cecil and Lady Spring-Rice's summer home is the Fahye place at woods Hole, where they spend their while away fortnights and where the children remain. When the Ambas- sador is at Woods Hole Colville Bar clay, counsellor of the British Elm bassy, is in charge in Washington. When the Ambassador. with Lady Spring Rice to see that he Is comfort able and to offset his careless ways, comes back to Washington MT. Bar clay hies him to Newport
 The Fahye place at Woods Hole with its famous rose garden. lying at tHe tlp 0A tIic 8ut Oh SoPc NON' WY looks Nantucket and Martha's Vine yard.
 Would they be drinking tea in the trenches at this hour?" some one que- ried of the Ambassador the other day.
 It was tea time at the embassy. The questioner was wondering wheth- CT 'cease Airing" is sounded in the trenches at 5 o'clock so that the Eng lishmen might have their tea. Sir Cecil didn't know. but he hoped so, and assumed that Tommy in any case would find some way to steep nectar from the leaves.
 The embassy may be busy. pressed on all fronts at once with negotfa- lions and duties concerned with many British interests, but the tea ceremo- nial is not overlooked. When the clock strikes the laborers quit. Tea is served in the big, formal old first drawing room, now the Ambassadors private office; in his former once. now the office of Sir Richard Craw- ford, who has charge of trade re1a- tions; in the great ballroom, now and since the war an office, where the hive of clerks and stenographers are busy. In the chancellery the sev- eral secretaries. attaches and clerks have tea. It is good tea, not always spoiled with. milk and sugar.
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