Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-06-11
Picked Up Here and There.

Picked Up Here and There
The proverbial something old" gown
that Miss Elizabeth Cole of st. Paul
Wedding Gown Quarter she became
Century Old. Dr. walter
Cal, was her mothers wedding COS
tune of soft, shimmery duchess lace.
With deft fingers the -to-date
modiste had transformed the beauti-
full lines of the bridal gown of more
than twenty five years ago into mod
ish creation. The skirt and bodice
were draped in duchess lace and the
bodice was finished with long sleeves
of tulle. The court train was of satin.
Pearls edged the bridal veil that hung
from a cap of lace. the lace extending
over the shoulders. She held a shower
Of orchids and lilies of the valley. runs
the interesting story of a gown in the
Minneapolis Journal.
An Atlanta belle proved herself an
expert this week in "frogging," when
she caught six
Unique Sport of brace OF e
-, finest. tenderest
q Georgia Belle. frogs imaginable,
or as Omar Ben" was taught to say by
"Ringtail Pete in the famous story,
"A Night Out" "frawgs." These par
ticular "frawgs' were from the "frawg
pond" otherwise known as the lake at
the Capital City Country Club.
Go fer de little ones, bo," was the
advice Omar Ben got. and that was
the advice followed by the Atlanta
was the reason the little frog legs the
. next morning were such a dainty bit
for the family breakfast, says the At
lanta Constitution.
One of the gayest parties of a gay
week was the dance given by Arthur
Meeker, James
A Feature Of Deerins and
Chicago Convention. Mccormick
jr.. Friday evening on board the S. S.
Commodore. Here was gathered, says
the Tribune, all the out of town nota-
bilities. among whom were the Mich
olas Longworths. the Cornelius Van
derbilts. the James Wadsworths, jr.;
the Brazilian ambassador and Nine. da
Cana, the Larz Andersons, the August
Belmonts, Senator and Mrs. Wetmore,
the Governor of New York and Mrs.
Whitman, the John Hays Hammonds.
Mrs. H. o. Havemeyer, Miss Anne
Morgan. the Frederick .Macmonnies.
Mrs. Louis Tiffany. the Adolph Bories,
Mrs Percy Morgan. Mrs. William As
the H. j. Whighams, the Peter DUNES.
the Chandler r. Andersons. Eugene V.
r. Fairs, the Peter Higginsons, and
Maj. Henry Higginson-in short, such
a galaxy as Chicago has not seen for
twenty-three years.
The Warehouses of Exeter, whose
noble husband is now in the fighting
line with the battery
The Woman and of which he is lieu
~, ~ tenant colonel, has
s"e AA0S' just been elected
chairman Of the county committee of
the Soke of Peterborough, which is to
organize woman labor on farms, is the
word from a foreign correspondent in
the Boston Post. The marchioness and
her husband have taken keen interest
in the practical details of farming ever
since their marriage. and the marchion-
ess told a friend recently that she had
for some time been engaged in hoeing
on three days a week. and also man
aged to do a little milking.
The marchioness. who is that un-
usual type. a blonde with black eyes,
and extremely good looking. was the
Hon. Myra Orde-Powlett. only daugh-
ter of Lord and Lady Bolton, and her
marriage took place in 1901.
The Marquis of Exeter. who. at forty,
is just within the military service age,
much fonder of country life than of
the gayeties of town" He is inter-
ested in dogs and horses. Is a master
of barriers and knows a good deal
about stock breeding.
Id-fashioned effects were carried
out in the floral decorations at the
wedding of Miss Marjorie
Decorations Thayer, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles E.
VI Ao0V' Thayer. to Frank Theo-
evening at o'clock at the home of the
brides parents. SIS Mount Curve ave-
nue., records a writer in the Minneap-
oils Journal In the living room. where
the ceremony was performed, the fire.
place was banked with apple blossoms
and poIypodium ferns. In the ingle-
nook were hung wall pockets filed
with bleeding hearts. snap-dragons and
other old-fashioned garden flowers
The stairway was festooned with apple
blossoms. Baskets and vases with iris
lilacs. snapdragons and bleeding hearts
were arranged in the rooms An or
chestra played the nuptial music The
bride entered alone. preceded by her
little niece, Frances Kelly Of Bangor.
Me. who was the flower girl. who wore
q froek Of white with blue ribbons and
held little French basket of pink
flowers.
The brides gown was built after an
old-fashioned model of heavy White
silk with a full pannier skirt. The
front panel was made of ruff1es of lace.
The tight bodice of silk was round
neck and finished with long sleeves
of lace. She held a shower bouquet of
orchids. white sweet peas and lilies
Of the valley.
In the dining room a Dutch effect
was carried out in the decorations, yell