Evening star., 1916-02-13

mIS. VluCSuL AbtVI
the discussion OF
bad mind. you know. which carries
nothing to anybody. The war has
brought this favor to him, People are
investigating his reception into our
country and the conditions that sur
rounds him during the period Of his as
similation Of our ideals. (What are
they. anyway 1 have been hearing a
great deal about them lately. but do
hot seem to recall anyO At any rate
the boarding house of the immigrant is
ini the public eye, says the Chicago
Tribune.
Mrs. Vincent Astor gave luncheon
stWeek for the discussion of it. and
incidentally she gave $2.1O0 to fund
for getting 1t changed. Somebody had
previously taken her to see how the
foreigners lived during their early
residence in our country. with the
above result. The boarding houses into
which they are herded provide them
with lodging and food for. $3.50 a
self what these places are like.
Mrs. Astor, who is an earnest minded
young woman-in spite of the disad-
vantages of her fashionable bringing
up-bestirred herself to do something.
to start an agitation. AS ] say. she
gave luncheon at her handsome
residence, to which she invited Vincent,
as well as Col. Roosevelt and her step
mother-in-law. Mrs. John Jacob Astor.
There were besides these Mrs. Harry
Payne Whitney and Miss Ida Tarbell,
among others.
Miss Elizabeth Mccormick tbetter
1rvH
Cormick), second
Ancient Embroidery daughter OF Mr.,
and Mrs. r. Hall
veloping an entirely new industry at her
Chicago home, says the Tribune of that
city, one most interesting and worth while.
She is reviving the ancient art of em-
broidery.
She herself is 2 most expert needle
woman and has made a collection Of pat
terms of all kinds and representing all
pcriods-patterns which she has coDied
ing needle. in petit point cross stitch.
Kensington. Florentine and many other
intricate stitches. She is reviving the
early Victorian and mid-Victorian pat
signs Of that period. Chair covers. couch
backs. sofa pillows. bell cords. foot
rests. screens, samplers. table strips.
everything one can think of that will
carry embroidery. comes within her
scope.
It's curious to have the wheel Of time
bring back for our delectation that gay
colored parrot that screeched silently from
mass Of brilliant flowers on the fire
screen in our grandmother's parlor and
to see once more on the sofa pillow that
woolly dog that used to feel so soft on
the otherwise rather harsh cross stitch
Of her best sofa pillow.
Miss McCormick's industry is untiring
and she has learned the value of giving
Sews Herself Three stipulated time
every day to
Hours Day. work. Although
she leads a gay and active social life
she is one Of the best bridge players in
ing from $50 until 1880 o'clock. Even
so, it is amazing how much she per-
sonally has accomplished in this line.
In her own charming, sunny sitting
room in the third story of her fathers S
house she has chests Of drawers full OF
exquisite samples Of her handiwork.
The collection is unique and Of great
value historically. as in it are repre-
sented ecclesiastical, medieval. Floren-
tine, early English. French and Flemish
embroideries.
The Hall Mccormick house is sort
of shrine Of art from top to bottom.
Mr.. McCormicks collection of great
English portrait painters from Van
Dyke down to Sir Peter Lely, Romney
and Gainsborough is one of the most
noted ones in this country. Nor has he
confined himself entirely to portrait
painters, as he has most interesting
and unusual Turner and some Con-
stables and other English landscapists.
The Mccormick dining room is the
most beautiful room of its kind in Chi
cago, suggesting as it does an English
dining room in some ancient and his
toric mansion. 1t is large, high ceiling
ed, and hung to the top with richly
glowing. delightful old portraits. Mrs.
Mccormick has a great taste for rare
china and has some of the most beauti-
full examples of old Leeds ware and
Wedgewood to be found in Chicago,
which, with an artistic and rich serv-
ice in gold. makes the Mccormick din
ner table one Of the most sumptuous
and effective in this part of the world.