Evening star., 1916-10-22
Picked Up Here and There.

In the days Of our sreat-grandmoth-
ers quilting bees were quito the rage
and the
Milady of the Pacific Coast matrons
Takes to Knitting. maids OF
the community gathered together every
autumn to quilt as regularly as they
prepared the winter supply of mince
meat and pickles for which the New
England matron was famed. AS the
autumn days advance a new fad. pre-
diets the Salt Lake Herald-Republican.
promises to be the latest hobby OF
smart society. 1t will be of the bee"
family, but not of the quilting variety.
Along the Pacific coast the knitting
bees have been buzzing for weeks.
From the knitting of socks they have
developed into the knitting of sweaters
of the lightness of thfstledown. Dozens
OF pairs of socks have been knitted
by fair fingers and hurried away to the
war-torn districts of Europe.
The golfers, too, have developed a
mania for them and today the price of
knitted wool socks of the white de
luxe variety have advanced to $40 a
pair in Del Monte, the mecca of golf en-
thusiasts. And even at that price they
cannot be knitted fast enough to supply
the demand In knitting circles the
smart thing is the Red Cross bag to
hold 'milady's" knitting. The bag is
of heavy scarlet silk in the shape of q
Red Cross. The ball occupies the lower
section. the big knitting needles the
cross section and the socks the square
in between.
y.
up-to-date bride. has no superstitions.
Choosing Friday,
Superstitious Brides the 18th. for the
n.n wedding day. de-
Wv VI Oote' Hberately select
ing Saturday or bravins matrimony in
the face of rainstorm are Of no conse-
quence whatever. and therefore not to
be taken into consideration. So may 1t
also be said about the old adage. three
times a bridesmaid. never q BRIDE" q
superstition that has been disproved SO
Chronicle, that 1t hardly seems worth
mentioning as something to be avoided.
The American ambulance field service
hlm, "Our American Boys in the Euro.
pean War;" which
Mrs. Stotesbury to the French gov
~. ernment present.
Give Film Party. ed to Mr. Piatt
Andrew and the American field corps In
recognition Of heroic service. will be
shown at Philadelphia next month, says
the Philadelphia Ledger. for the benefit
Of the ambulance field corps. With her
usual generosity when public service
is concerned. Mrs Edward T. Stotes-
bury has engaged the film for q private
view at her own house. This will be
The occasion Of a private entertain
ment for her guests in November,
after which arrangements are being
made for two other exhibitions In that
city for the benefit OF the corps when
the public will be given an oppoztuntty
to see with their own eyes tina WORK Of
their young countrymen in action. The
remarkable interest Of this d1m appears
from q letter recetved recently from
Jack McFadden. who fast month went
to pay q visit to section !. when the
nght at verdun was at its hottest. He
.,After seeing the extraordinary work
these boys are doings I felt 4 would
Ike to write and tell you allabout It"
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Judging from the number Of younger
daughters who are to be introduced to
1ew York Debutantes to this sea-
Have a Record Season, tSa M 49,
selected thus far for entertainments to
start them properly upon their careers.
tbs winter IL TO pass the record Of last
In the size Of the debutante coterfe and
the activities Of this important branch
Of fashionable life in New York, says
the New York Herald. 49,
Mothers have announced dates for
various introductions fully two months
In advance OF these parties for the
FIRST weeks of the winter. Thus, hav-
ing had first say, they keep those
nights and afternoons free from large
conflicting parties. Other mothers Will
avoid those days until the days and
nights Of the latter part Of November
and all Of December will be filed with
Eayety.
In addition to more than twenty sub
ecrtption dances already announced,
many debutante parties have been ar
ranged.