Evening star., 1917-02-18
Picked Up Here and There.

Look out, Norway, Beware. Sweden.
We've beaten you on skis; now look
to your skating laurels,
Women Toka The skating craze has
hit America Father
" .chdtcs. skates. Mother skates.
The kiddies skate. Yes. even grandma
skates. Having learned some seasons
back that she need not fear the waked
dance floors. she has progressed to the
infinitely more treacherous surface OF
the ice.
When New York goes skating it goes
TO lot of fuss and bother-and ex-
pense. says the Providence Tribune
Take the skates. for instance. They
must hs = the best, really they must
take to heart the advice of their in
structor. who assures them the very
best skates on the market can be had
for paltry SIS. These should be at
tached to pair of skating shoes, which
may be had in kangaroo for a trifling
sls-but they are going up, so buy
them quickly.
Then no lady skates nowadays with
out a costume. To the entranced spec
tator of either sex the latest fashions
appear to be mostly white silk hosiery.
occa casionally there is glimpse of a
fur-capped head or u face framed in a
sumes its normal sphere and two fash
ing steel blades strike the ice SIM
UNANIMOUSLY. The skirts are not par
ucuisTly short. even for this active
sport. and boomers are worn under the
unlincd skirts. but tights or something
resembling them are worn by the pro-
fessional mannikins from the stage.
adelaide Murray, one Of the best
known of American skaters. gives VAL
liable advice TO the beginner in the
following interview:
Ice skating is a matter of balance
and grace. and not of strength and
desirable recreation for women and
children.
ITO skate properly, or learn to skate.
the right equipment both as to skates
and dress is absolutely essential. The
skate. of course, should be the first
consideration One may skate we'll.
perhaps. with ordinary street shoes or
costume that prevents free action of
the body, but with the wrong kind of
skates il is quite impossible to become
even fairly efficient.
1t Is difficult to say that one lady of
great rank does more war work than
another. Every one
Miss Macdonald is engaged TO great
in War Times. and in 80.
multitude of tasks of varying kinds.
But there is one lady of famous family
who seems to hold the record. She is
Miss Celia Violet Macdonald of the
Isles. There are Macdonalds and Mac
donalds in Great Britain, as well as
everywhere else, says the Providence
Journal. and in order to distinguish
this clan from the others, members
OF 1t are known as Macdonald of
the Isles. the name coming from the
TACT that the old estate is composed of
a group of islands. In conversation it
suf1ces simply to say Miss Macyon-
aid" but officially-in Burke's Peerage,
in Debretts. in Who's Who and in the
Isles"
Miss Macdonald is the only daughter
OF Sir Alexander and Lady Macdonald
OF the Isles. who reside at Thorpe Hall. |
donald. who has had many tasks since
the war began, is running the Club for |
Girls of the Clerical Staff of the Royal |
Aircraft Factory at Farnborough Here |
are many girls doing office work. Most
or them are away from their own homes |
and so Miss Macdonald established a |
club for them Here they have a meet |
ing place and small comforts.
But Miss Macdonald has done far more |
interesting and much more unusual |
things. Some months ago, at the re- |
quest of the chief constable of East
Riding. she taught a number of police |
men Morse code and semaphore sig |
mailing. Most Of her pupils have passed |
two. test examinations and received
their flags. which comprise the reward |
OF efficiency.
AT her home in Yorkshire Miss Mac |
Oonald took a most active part in the
organization of Boy Scouts. She han
died the youngsters herself and create ed F,
an efficient body of these youths who |
have been performing invaluable sery- |
ices for king and country. Among other |
things she established a miniature rife |
range and has been teaching the Young
idea how to shoot.
Now Miss Macdonald is transferring
her attention to girls. A movement has |
been started, with Gen. Sir Robert Ba-
den-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts,
leading: to mobilize the girls Of the ma
ton The girls are to be called Girl
Guides" and the scheme has been
adopted at the suggestion of Sir Rob
e-t and Lady Baden-Powel. They have
named Miss Macdonald to be county
commissioner of the East Riding Of
Yorkshire, and after the first of the
year she will take up the work.
Miss Lolita Armour left Chicago last
week to take up her residence in the
beautiful W
Miss Armour's home she re-
California Home. p
Montecito. Her mother. Mrs J. ogden
Armour, will join her there few
weeks hence. after a trip to Havana
4 recent visitor to Montecito sent me
the following description of Riso
Eiyo the beaufiful home of Mise