Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-24
Picked Up Here and There.

Picked Up Here and There.
It was a yeritable khaki tea-dance
at the Piedmont Driving Club Wednes-
day afternoon, and the
Khak; occasion one which made
every young woman
Aea-Oance. present belle for the
afternoon. probably precipitating more
than one disagreement between the
fair dancers and their civilian admirers.
THAT Is all very we'll" one of the
latter is quoted as saying to de-
butante he escorted to the dance. "but
when these uniformed men go to the
front. you will be glad to see US
again." says the Atlanta Constitution.
II am not afraid of what you say,
she replied. coquettishly. for they tel
me when these men go, others will
come for the same training. and this
may go on for ten years. l am in
state of preparedness"
Then she became very serious in
her ideas about patriotism, and de-
clared that she was going to give up
much of the time when she was not
entertaining the boys preparing to
fight for their country to doing Red
Cross work and social service work
for them.
There has been an openly expressed
regret among the more frivolously In
clined who have heard that among the
recent orders from the War Depart
are to be worn by all officers on social
as well as other occasions. What
is lovelier,' commented one. than those
white uniforms trimmed in gold, or
those of blue and black with the
trimmings-the uniforms the men of
the army and navy wear on official or
semi-of1cial occasions?'
The order is due to the fact that so
many of the officers so recently COM
ing into the service are equipped only
with the field uniform. This means
continuation of khaki summer when
the soldier beaux will wear only the
What colors will best harmonic
with the khaki?" may be the question
the modtste will have to answer in
fashioning the frocks for now and
lanta girls are going to neglect their
patriotic duty at home for the present
their hospitality. toward the soldier
within the gate"
L really don't know what London.s
younger feminine generation would do
for amusement this
Farm Life Too summer If they did
cA not have the excuse
for taking out
wounded soldiers to tea parties and
theaters and other innocuous entertain
ments that are not frowned upon by the
powers that be, says the Pittsburgh
Gazette-Times. Slowly but surely the
energetic, but physically frail. young
spring to work ION the land" are re-
turning to the peace and comforts of
home life. They found blowing fields,
sowing grain. planting vegetables and
looking after cattle just little bit
more strenuous than they had bargain
ed for. They discovered. also, that the
decorative side Of the industry as sug-
gested by the advertisements, lavishly
printed and pictured in expensive la
dies papers. did not stand the test of
practical usage "A smart smocx suit
able for farm work" looks charming
when you see the illustration-a per
fectly tidy and well shaped damsel,
wearing garment Of exquisite cut and
has to be donned at o'clock in the
morning. and then has to go through
various processes of pig feeding and
COW tending. 1t is apt TO lose the I'M
maculate hang" and set" that made it
originally so desirable
1t is the survival of the fittest among
me girls VINO have gone ION the land"
since since the call for their service came
thing that is only to be expected from
movement of the kind, and pretty
soon the tneligibles will be sifted
.nrougn the mesh and only those wom-
strain of real hard physical toll.
Lake crest never has looked loyeIier
IMAM at the present time. The recent
heavy rains have
Lake Forest a made the suburb
Bower of Bloom. ~. , a, pne emo 10
tinuous bower of bloom, and every one
of It's winding drives is edged with
hedges OF lilies. pink syringa and
masses of bridal wreath such as has
never been seen there before. while the
gardens themselves are a riot Of bloom
and beauty, says the Chicago Herald.
Mrs Harold Mccormick. who SO often
used to bewail the ugliness of the main
street in Lake Forest. which she COM
pared to that Of frontier town, really
should see 1t now. It's so artistic and
and the row of little
shops. with = sort Of campanile at
either end. that are grouped about the
The square itself has many vari-coIored
flower beds and quaint fountain at
one end.
Every one In the suburb has masses
of tulips this summer, and they are OF
every color ever dreamed of, and beds
of valley lilies and early June roses
and. OF course. iris. which Is used to
fringe the pools and sunken gardens
The handsomest bed of tulips in ali the
town IL in the little town square. They
are pale lavender and bright pink and
deep purple and Haunting scarlet and
blush rose and yellow. all massed to-
gether.
But there are many other kinds Of
growing things in Lake Forest gardens
this summer besides flowers. There are
acres and acres devoted to potatoes and
corn and many other kinds of vegeta-
bles- David B. Jones. who has one Of
the largest places there lit is also one
OF the oldesO has had great meadow
plowed up. where flowers used to bloom
in great luxuriance. and this is now a
huge potato field. William c. Niblack
has done the same thing with a great
part OF his country place, and so has
Frank Hubbard. while great potato
the gardens at knollwood. the Granger
Farwell estate.
II society shows through the summer
display energy equal TO that which it ex-
pended recently
Macdougal Alley humanitarian side
WILL, nj Of the war, the
financial results
will astound even the experienced pro-
jectors Of entertainments arranged to