Evening star., 1916-11-19

napol1S, Md., ana the Diu Oh MISS Mdr
jorie A. Curtis for fame as a sculptress
with older artists at public exhibition
of American sculpture are incidents.
says the New York Herald. quite in line
with the intention of young men OF
wealth to enter the public service and
of young women of fashionable circles
to establish careers in the professions.
The pace quickens; society is on its
first lap of the winters race and is run
ming already in fine
Chicago Gets form
Election night at Chi
AS. cago was gala occa-
sion. There was hardly any one left
quietly at home. Those who did not
give dinners in their own menages,
says the Chicago Tribune. We're enter
tanning or being entertained at their
clubs or at restaurants. 1t was more
like a Mardi Gras festival at New Or
leans than a fateful national struggle.
The loop streets were packed with people
footing horns, f1icking teasers, whirling
rattles. roaring, shouting and carrying on
like college crowds at a foot ball match.
Dense and noisy as the throngs were.
good naJured. An American crowd is the
most decent, aniable assemblase of hu-
imam beings i'll the world
II is 4 matter that occasions no sur
prise nowadays when one hears that ::
belle of the smart set is
Belle Forsakes forsaking its sayeties
for the time being to
ooye'ioS' devote few months,
study that will prove of more use than
the mere social activities 1t seems to
be the general trend first to discover jus.
what is the particular talent for which
one is fitted. and. having determined that
important point, to pursue its study TO
success. or. at least. to mastery.
1t was, therefore, scarcely a matter OF
comment when Miss Lillian Whitney of
San Francisco. who left recently for the
east, announced on her departure her in
tention of taking course in interior dec
Grating. says the San Francisco Chronicle.
She has gone TO New York. where she
will pass the winter as the guest of her
sister and brother-in-law. MIR. and Mrs.
Ernest Stillman, and where she has de-
termined that not even the pleasures of
enviable popularity, will distract her from
her chosen purpose.
Miss Whitney has always shown a
marked bent for interior decorating. even
from the days when she arran nged and re-
arranged her toys and dolls house to
meet her idea of the artistic and for the
past year or two she has frequently de-
ciared her intention of taking up its study
in earnest Just to what purpose she
will put her knowledge has not yet been
determined. Like others of the smart set.
she may elect to take 1t up as a perma-
nent interest in life. or she may merely
make use of it in her own home and in
designing the homes of her friends
Thomas Beecham has come into
fortune of about s13O,0o0. 900 through
the death of his
Beecham father. Sir Joseph
Music Patron. fsme T,a ~, has @
always been much interested in music, |
says the Oregonian. and with his !
fathers money he established an opera |
company in England and conducted it
for several seasons there. At one
time he planned to bring an opera
company here. It is likely that music |
will profit largely by his great for
tune.
*
Mrs. Alfred G. Vanderbilt has pur-
chased a game preserve in South Caro-
lima. d j n ing
Thanksgiving on the place at Ar
Farm Preserve. on.d hv
father. Capt. Isaac f. Emerson. A
lodge on the property is nearing com
pletion, says the New York Herald and
there Mrs. Vanderbilt will have sew
eral guests over Thanksgiving. 1t isl