Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-09-10
Picked Up Here and There.

lCACU Up llcIC dllu AI0iS'
Mr.. and Mrs. William Tudor sent out
cards to announce the marriage, in
Dublin, n. H.,
Married in the on Monday. Of
Woods at Sunset. comtsssads
Pierrefeu, formerly Miss Elsa Tudor.
widow of Comte Dedons de Pierrefeu,
and Mr. Joseph Daniels Leland of Bos-
ton. The wedding quickly followed the
announcement of their engagement last
month.
The ceremony was performed at sun
set in the Cathedral woods by the Rev.
Malcolm Peabody. an intimate friend.
Present at the wedding were Mrs.
Tudor, Mrs. Joseph D. Leland, mother
Of the bridegroom; the children of the
Comtesse, Yam Tudor de Pierrefeu. and
his sisters, Dolores, Leonora and Kath-
crime de Pierrefeu. and Miss Elizabeth
Thatcher, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis B. Thatcher. Mrs. James Lowell
Little played violin selections written
especially for the occasion.
The Cathedral woods are beautiful
and dark, a primeyal forest with moss
under foot. The bride passed through
lane lighted by 200 or more candles,
in standards, up to a little pool In the
center of the forest. and there the cere
rnony took place. The bride and all Of
the children were dressed in green and
the children bore wreaths of wild
greenery which they had made The
younger children were in bare feet.
which helped to lend picturesQueneSs to
the scene.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland will live in Con-
cord and they will go there about No
Miss Tudor and Comte de Pierrefeu of
France were married in Boston in 1904.
He was killed in action soon after the
war started in Europe, where he had
gone to serve his country. The comtesse
devoted herself to relief work among
the soldiers, and had charge of hospi
tai at Dinard- After her husbands
death she returned to America, and
since has done much good work in rails
ing funds for the relief of soldiers in
France.
/ went down to Hampton Court the
other day, writes the author of Lady
Marys London
A Royal Court and Gossip in the
Pittsburgh Ga
80 cnsiAoAS' zette, which is
the most lovely of royal residences.
Exactly why in these days Of swift
motors and smooth roads King George
and Queen Mary do not revive some of
the ancient glories of this superb pail
ace is beyond comprehension. At pres
ent it is public holiday show place.
and its splendid apartments and sepa-
rate residences are called humorously
The Royal Almshouse," because they
are given up entirely to aristocratic
dependents on royal bounty, who live in
luxury, rent free, in the midst of sur
roundings that are historic and splen-
did.
The palace of Hampton Court is even
more beautiful than the palace of YER
sailles. 1t is smaller and less preten-
tious, but it has an austere beauty and
natural grace that set 1t far above
the rather artificial fripperies and frivo-
lous decorative qualities of the French
home of kings.
Opposite Hampton Court palace. along
the river bank extends long line OF
houseboats, charmingly decorated with
pink and white and red flowers and
gayly painted in delicate colors that
harmonic with the beauty of waving
trees and ripping waters.
as if it should be the summer home of
youth and beauty, love and laughter. IT
is called Sweetheart" The name Is
emblazoned in large gold letters upon
the white paint. In the shade OF
green awning fringed with pink gera-
NUNS q canary in gold cage was
singing sweetly; a Peckingese puppy
was summing itself upon pale blue
satin cushion and a Persian kitten was
playing with a ball of string. The hu-
man element was curiously disenchant-
ing A very fat and rubicund gentle
man with no hair on his head and
great deal on his face was snoring
loudly in long deck chair, while IN
another chair heaped with cushions In
mink and blue gray reposed a red-faced,
xolden-haired lady, who also evldentiy
was sleeping of the effects OF heaVy
midday meal Probably they mad Deeh
and still were "sweethearts, but some
how | could only think of breweries
when / looked at them.
A unique birthday party at White
SULPHUR Springs, W. Va, last week,
was given by Mr..
rryl a&, George W. Stevens
of Ri ch m n for
Were Chefs. Lady williams Tay-
Tor of Montreal, Que.
Mr.. Stevens took 100 friends to the
banks Of a stream about two miles
distant from the Greenbrfer Hotel
Fires were lighted in various parts OF
the grounds, at which different guests
presided Mrs. Garrett B. Wall had
charge of the oven where the cheese
was toasted. Mr. and Mrs. John E C.
Kohlsaat, Mrs. William White and MI
Muller Try had charge of the roasted
corn, and Mr.. and Mrs Thornton Lewis
presided over the Cornish pastry
There were six negroes who kept the
party merry with their songs. The day
was concluded by a song, "A Perfect
Day"
We have turned In clothes, as In art
TO the old Chinese colorings, and the
French designers
nr;.,t., rolor, IN have led us to use
bit Of Chinese
Autumn Toilets. .mbro,dsry IN lieu
Of a solid color. where color 10 required.
ssys a writer In tho Chicago Herald.
A bit of brocade at the waist line, a
bow of IT on the hat. a hem OF 1t on
the skirt, is strongly commended by
the highest authorities.
The odd. apparently vague in out