Evening star., 1916-06-04
Gossip Of Society.

| Those who pass along street Or
| down 18th street where the TWO thor
oughfsres come together at the corner,
, find this summer something they never
| saw before at that particular spot. and
| that is a neat. trig. little garden. boa st
| ing tomato plants and other veseta bic
seedlings. just "peeping up as the old
! darky man said. with quantities of
| other Interesting green things lifting
! their young heads above the brown
earth. things which when they mature
| viii be poppies. daisies and other
| posies. and they have all been planted
| by little Miss Betty and Master An
| thouy Spring-RiCe. the children Of the
| British amba ssador and Lady Spring
/ Rice
A space some ten by twenty feet has
been fenced off with wire and beds dug
| with little narrow paths between them.
and there these little Britishers true 10
| the characteristics Of their country
| men and women in love for gardens
and the things that grow therein. have
| planted themselves a garden any one
/ child or growu-up, could be proud of
/ The Youngsters find plenty to occupy
! them to keep the weeds out and the
garden trig. and j. is Il never-ending
source of pleasure and profit, and
| much more interesting game than many
| other sports. Nearby is good sized
/ ten. to which the young argiculturists
| can repair when weary from their toll.
and possibly, being English, have their
| tea there.
Many socially prominent people
| went to court to see and hear what
| they could of the Riggs Bank trial,
| among them Mr.. Charles J. Bell! the
president of one of the city's largest
( financial institutions. Mr.. Bell appear
| cd originally witness to the high
| character and standing in the CON-
munity of his old friend. Mr. Glover,
and when he was through testifyin r.
| he was so intensely Interested that he
| desired to remain.
| This situation brought about one of
the amusing things that happened dur
| ing the trial. little incident which
clearly brought out the fact that no
matter what station in life one occupies,
all men are equal when the hour ap-
proa ches for the luncheon bell to ring.
AS the hour for the noon recess tand
luncheon) approached, Mr.. Bell began
| to search through his pockets. and, ap-
| parently, did not find what he was
locking for. The luncheon recess dur
ing the trial was short. not long
enough TO permit of a trip uptown. and
many prominent men and women salts
fed their hunger at nearby dairy lunch
! rooms. Suddenly Mr.. Bell seized a
| scrap of paper. penciled II note, ana had
il pa assed along TO Mr.. Glover. The lat
ter chuckled and chuckled and chuckled
cached into his pocket, got out "A dol
lar note and had It pa ssed along TO Mr
Bell. 1t developed that the latter presi-
dent of big financial institution had
| been marooued al the courthouse. faI
| from the money centerS of the town
and the thousands of dollars at his
| command. without his purse.
Most feminine house X eepers puz-
Zled az warm weather approaches. by
the question of how to make open fire
. places appear attractive, WI hen there is
no need for open fires, and when the
mere. suggestion of fire brings out
the perSpiratiou. In some houses the
logs are removed from the hrepla ces
and flowers or shrubs or potted palms
are plac crd in attractive manner; IN
others the firepIaces are left vacant.
At the French emb ssN. however. q
decorative scheme is III eHect along
this line which proves attractive Grea'
sashes of red satin ribbon are tieo
around the logs in the fireplace of the
=. reception room on the second moor. fur
nishine q striking bit of color which
relieves the duh appearance of logs
If Il cold. rainy day should come. the
ribbon Sashes can he twitched OFF IN 2
twinkling and the match applied. thus
making a fire possible without the
necessity of carrying off palms, sending
! for logs of wood. etc