Evening star., 1916-11-12

Schwartz of New Orleans. Mr.. Burnett |
will have for his best man his brother' |
Mr.. George Hall Burnett of Southooro. |;
The ushers are honorary. for it is not eA-
pected that they will be present at the
marriage on account of the distance from !
New Orleans of their places of residence |
however. to the following to assist in this |,
capacity at the wedding: Mr.. Jennings F.
Sutor Of Portland. Ore. Mr.: Griscom Bet
tie of Lockney. Tex. Mr.. Addison L. Bliss
Pepper, jr, of Philadelphia, Mr.. Donald |
Clark Cottrell of Westerly, r. L.; Mr.. !
Frederick S. Bradlee of Boston; Mr.. A. |
d. R. Sullivant of New York and Mr.. Wal !
ter Stauffer of New Orleans. Mr.. Burnett |
and his bride will reside at Deerfoot |
Farm, Southboro, where they will be 'at |
home" after January l. The engagement |
of Miss Stauffer and Mr. Burnett was an |
nounced last January.
I went down to AldeEshot to see a |
hospital that had been opened recently, |
and on my return |
Empress Eugene journey in motor
Aids Wounded. pssrs,inn pa ,r'1as ,ann ' Of
Marlborough. 1t is celebrated. writes |
a London correspondent in the Pitts !
burgh Gazette, as the place in which |
the ex-Empress Eugene built the |,
Benedictine monastery and the Abbey |
of st. Michael in which repose the NOR |
tai remains of her son, the Prince Inn |
perial. who was killed when fighting |
for the British in the Zulu war. and
also the tomb raised to the memory of |
Napoleon Ill Also at Marlborough |
there used to be d beautiful school for !
girls called Hillside convent, which the |
aoad of French had hpeO
instrumental in founding. The history |
of Hillside convent dates from the time
Of Eugenie's first flight to England, !
during the revolution. With her in !,
that sad pilgrimage came several
French nuns of the Order of the Sacred
Heart. AS these ladies are often train |
ed as teachers. the empress started
them with classes close to her own
English home at Chislehurst. near
Marlborough.
As L passed by the big red brick
building, with it's private chapel at
tached and the beautiful grounds,
fringed by pine forest, it was curious
to notice out of the windows that for |
merly framed girls heads and the for
NAL outline of the sisters black wells
and Snowwhite caps, there were gray
shirts and mems boots and various arti-
cles of military equipment. that showed
that this building also had passed over
to war uses. AS in the days when Hill
side convent was full of wholesome
hearty girlish students. the wonderful
old empress. who has passed her nine
tieth year. makes regular visits to the
building, and always is bringing flow
ers and comforts of various kinds to
cheer them. ] caught glimpse of her
in the grounds as we passed one of the
gates. She was seated in the autumn
sunshine beside a soldier stretched in
an invalid chair. The old lady was lean
Ing forward. talking ahimatedly. She
had a cloak of beautiful sables around
her shoulders and her bonnet of quaint.
yet not inelegant. style had a long
black lace veil falling from it over her
ivory-White face, from which the sill
yer hair was brushed in severe fashion
A fame that is all its own will dis
tinguish the 1917 Sewing Circle from
those of past
Sewing Circle years, for never
Becomes Famous. tho orssn,za,;on
of Boston debutantes have SO many of its
members followed serious pursuits as dur
ing the present season. In addition to
the list of eight or nine members, ac-
cording to the Boston Globe, who are
attending college, others are pursuing the
study of art and devoting the greater part
of their time to this interesting diversion
are SO completely absorbing the greater
portion of the younger set. One of the
most interesting of the group of Sewing
Circle girls engaged in the pursuit of art
is Miss Jeanette Kilham. daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter II. Kilham of
love of art both from her mother and
father, for Mrs Kilham is a portrait