Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-07-09
Picked Up Here and There,

People are making serious allegations
, against the wartime manners of Eng
! lishwomen, says Lady
| Rams q Titled Mary in writing from
| London to the Pitts
sonally, 1 think that as time advances
! we as nation, are becoming much
| more tolerant. polite and good humor-
ed, but then, of course, a general aspect
of such a special form of intercourse
does not of necessity apply to individ-
ual cases.
But as to the bad manners" COM
plant, l am assured that many of our
titled ladies whose names loom largely
| on war charity programs organizers
aged to cultivate much charm of per-
sonal appeal when dealing with the
Clover order" of beings who are sup
posed to be assisting them.
One lady with a handle to her name,
who, 1 am afraid, is Of American origin.
has indeed made a considerable num-
Der of personal enemies by her some
what unfortunate way of dealing with
those individuals of whom she is max
| ing use. In fact, she is said to have
| brought rudeness to the point of fine
art
1t is told of this grand dame" that
one day recently she made an appoint
| ment at her own Mayfair mansion with
| very well known and sufficiently in
fluential theatrical manager who was
lending the services of his company.
theater, staff and other odds and ends
to do with his profession in aid of a
certain great national charity enter
tainment that was being organized.
He called upon Lady So-and-So at the
appointed hour and was ushered into
her drawing room where he found her
surrounded by friends who were all
| chatting in a comfortable circle. The
hostess took no notice of his arrival.
nor did she cease her conversation.
He. thinking that it was just a mat
ter of a few minutes delay before she
attended to the business matter on
which he had called, surveyed the view
from one of the windows. admired the
china and gazed vacantly at the ceiling.
Nothing happened, however! And ap-
parently he might have been provided
with magic cloak of invisibility as far
as any one in the room noticed his
presence.
After about twenty minutes he be-
came impatient and moved a chair
rather noisily on the parquet flooring.
The lady of the house started, raised
her tortoise shell lorgnette, stared at
him and then said:
Dear me. suppose this man must
be waiting to speak to me. I'd better
find out what he wants.
tainment has been postponed for a
week or two owing to the fact that the
arrangements concerning the loan of a
West End theater have been "unavoid-
ably postponed"
A garden party of exquisite appoint
ments was given Wednesday evening
by Miss Isabel Dodge in hon
A New or of her house guest, Miss
Elizabeth Good of Buffalo
Aueo' About 500 feet Of the gar
den. surrounding the tennis court, was
screened by a high vine-covered fence.
having been built especially for the oc-
casion. and in the Enclosure, beneath
rose -twined court of honor. Miss Dodge
and her guest received their friends.
White marble benches, covered with
pink satin cushions. were scattered
here and there. and around the tennis
court, where the young people tripped
the light fantastic, were arranged huge
white co1onnades, also covered with
pink rambler roses.
Dinner was served at o'clock, each
rose-bedecked table being covered with
a large garden umbrella, says the De-
troit Free Press.