The Washington times., 1916-02-06
A Chronicle a.
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as pied terre during their stay
in town, but they had so many things
TO attend to they were continuously
on the go.
| saw them once and Mrs. Irwin
showed me her wedding ring, one OF
the new circlets Of diamonds, set IN
platinum. She carried ~e tihieSt
muff ! have yet Seen, thing OF
vivid green plush which must nave
had It's excuse for being In the fact
that II matched the collar of the ladys
coat. Certainly it could not keep both
hands warm at once
IS.
The great question now Is which
OF these two clever people Will give
the most interesting account OF their
experiences They are both agreed
that for professional purposes wom-
an should not take her husbands
name when she has already made for
herself name which has certain
pr OCCASIONAL value Still she prefers
to drop the Gilmore, so hereafter Mrs.
Irwin expects to write under the name
Inez Haynes
Edythe Howard seems none the worse
for the two nasty spills she took at the
Riding Club entertainment-dear Inc. II
was a week ago. Her horse refused at
the Jumps. and once almost stepped on
her. which must have been peculiarly
exasperating, as she took him over In
fine stve earlier In the evening and
| again next morning. However. ] think
the lighting must have been bad. for the
performance of the best OF the Jump
ers was nothing to hraR Of. Even Ralph
Coffin's famous Rabbit. which has all
sorts of records to his credit and clears
the hod of an automobile for diversion,
brought down the bars each time. Lit
tie Mrs Thurber from Fort MNCr made
tn" only perfect score with Lieutenant
Thurber's old stagcr. Victor.
Edythe got pot Of applause for her
gameness. and. OF course. they gave
Mrs Thurber a hand when rode of with
the cup: but to young Mater Joseph
DeNercuX. on a wee mouse COlortd pony.
the credit must go for really ronsins
decidedly chilly audience. Did YOU ever
see them play Musical Chairs" y" 1t Is
simply good, old-fashiOned game Of
| Going to JerusaIem." save that each
player needs must dismount in order to
ge, to chair. And it was here Master
DevereuN shone.
| lie took the whole matter very ser1-
| ousiy. schooled his nag carefully. ana
| always managed to stop so that he
| could tumble OF the pony's back right
| into "A chair. There were rounds or ap-
| plause when he placed-third. think
and the audience fairly shrieked when
he cantered about the ring in the most
| approved horse show fashion to display
his ribbon. The youngster must be all
| OF six or seven. and his mount IL about
the size OF my collie dog. Gene.
| There were some good h ,rses IN the
| ring, notably Myra Morgans mount
' King Arthur. whi,h took blue in the
| chlldrens saddle class. and Winnie. tae
mare little Garry Morgan rode. This
! youngster is another mere baby, who
| handles horse passing well, ana ap
| Tears the roughly at home in the saddle
! | enjoyed the tandem riding and par
| ticularly tho double tandCnS. Heller
| buchanan and GEORGE oakley Tottcn
| jr, were the only entries In this class
! tut It was splendid to see Row skill
fully they executed all sorts OF diff!cult
! hgUres.
As | was riding the other day with q
| friend OF mine in his brute of racing
car, | noticed d curious looking cha rT
or his watch chain. That h" eN'
planned. lis my new coat-of-arms-
chauffeur Couchant. POLICEMAN rampant
Justice of the Iesce crpec:ant.' Id
give a good Ceal to have that bon mot
to my credit. Who is the man. Come
now. ! dent have to tell everything
know, do !?
Ion't YOU love "Dld HeidelberS?' p
Isn't II q perennial JOY: The play IS &c
br revived the wceK q! February Il oy
! the Poll Players. And those Who loN.
|: viii have Il tnC on ortunIty 10 cCm
line pleasure with philanthropy. fol
Tuesday, the l5th. is to be b' neht nigh
for the Junior Republic. Mrs. / au
" arburg has taken h box. likewise Mrs
William Kent and Mrs Thornburg oh
there's q long list # hoNholders anC
patronesses, Important people whose in
lcr"sl Is cnol gh t" assure the success
of any phllan;hropic undertaking,
=
DO you remember Ethel Camp-bu
of course. you do, II only for her lovely
age in musical circles here for severa
years preceding her marriage. She i.
now Madame Emil Hugh and from hel
ZONE at Bern, Switzerland. writes II
this fashion:
Let me begin with last week. Tea
! party" ParentheticHlly at the time OF
reading last week was several weeks
past, the malls being somewhat ecCen
tric these days. You know | had in
Vited the allies to hear me sing. Well
/. WAS great success, CNcspt that the
Italian minister had TO regretrully eA
Cuse himself by telephone, AS he was
to go to Milan to see his son. who was
"nNalescing from a wound he got a
the front. The English legation was
| there, and the French and American
and the rest; ana here let me digrcs'
to say that the Stovalls-thc American
minister ana his wife-are TIE nices
people YOU can imagine. They have
taken II furnished house near US anC
have been particularly courteous to us
The Grant Duffs were most kline
sbout my voice and also Mrs. Carfrae
| who in London was in the center o
things musical and knew ever so man!
famous people What did l sing? SOM
old Italian songs-everything by heart