Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-06-24

ingham Palace when the king and
queen are in residence
"Nice-Spoken does not seem to make
any specially emphatic
Lady, note upon the sky now
adays. and their majesties drive about
the streets and appear at various nos
pitfalls and munition factories IN
highly inconspicuous and oeHocr~eie
way. Queen Mary was serving out soup
the other day at one of the COMM haA
kitchens that have been starteo recsne
ly in various poor districts OIL 80 nhii
OF course, all the men, women aliu -. -.
dren who came to receive their 4,een.
plates of meat, or their 2-cent po"ls
soup from the royal hands, Wele srsa
fed. They took it matter OF couhaT
that the royal lady should pc $500
maid for the occasion. ana a"a - ber
more or less f1ippant remarks 10 NJ
with that amazing glibness OF ,oi.s
that is a popularity of the coeknsy,
says a correspondent in the littso 90
Gazette-Times. an.
quite a nice-spoken lady, one
woman in a rusty crepe bonnet anu a
most inartistic shawl remarked u
curious group who questioned het o
her experience. She says to me, ~
YOU a son fighting in the war! anu -!
says to 'er, I ave, your majesty. and
likewise my husband; 'e's guarding o.
tunnel in England and glad am l INA
e is too old to go over and nsht 'iI i
dirty Germans, and the queen, sau
laughs quite 'earty and gave me ali
extra dollop of vegetables with 'er own
and"
But. although it is Interesting and
amusing for others to have queens anu
princesses coming to help at can.tsn en-
and kitchens, it is not an unmlNea
blessing to the actual workers behlho
the counters These poor ladies have
not only to keep the business OF tne
place in order. but they also have 10
see that the royal ladies are in no way
Inconvenience by extra crowding or
indiscreet comments, and the eftort 10
maintain discipline and good humor
calls for the exercise of considerable
tact and careful discretion. However,
easy to cope with under these circum-
stances than are many OF the prlh-
cesses. who are more on their dlgnlty
than the first lady of the land Queen
fidences of humber mortals than her
self, and I have heard 1t said that she
is thoroughly amused and entertained
by the various quaint episodes that oc-
cur during her progresses In poorer
London.
*
What are you doing, Nine Hostess.
for the boys in khaki-the boys who
are giving up every
Hosn;talitu tho thing they have been
preparing for to go
Aeynote. and protect you and
their country in the call now made?
asks the Atlanta Constitution.
Every mothers son of them should be
made to feel when his day off comes
a welcome, home dinner or supper
with the kind of pie he Will tell you
mother makes" or the dessert ne re-
members having each Sunday at home.
Now the boys ask nothing. They are
enthusia stically happy at their work
and ready to court danger on foreign
shores any moment-yes longing TOT IT.
RGt they are not averse to the gao
life, and what a Joy it would be to the
mothers from whom they are separated
to know that somebody is welcoming
her boy in a hospitable home:
Though there are many Atlanta boys
in the camp who are making their
friends among the boys from other
places, and groups are being Hospitality
entertained every Saturday and SUNDAY,
there are still many who have not been
met, who have not entered an A.laHoa
lust q touch of the welcome a motner-
~ woman can give boy away from
home. -. $780,
II you are from some state away from
here, but now living in Atlanta, invite
the boys who come from your state. and
YOU will find among them maybe. some
one the son Of an old friend, an old
you will have as much |
happiness as you give. |
President Wilson's declaration OF war i
upon Germany has had a decided eject
on Asheville. n. c.. so
no;nr rh.;r ciety far bevond pre-
scribing that the smart |
BIZ. est frocks for women |
are now of military cut and sugges-
ton, says the correspondent OF the
Richmond Times-Dispatch. Instead of
card parties, society women Of the. city |
hold sewing parties for the soldiers
and sailors; instead Of the usual con-
yersation while waiting in an automo-
keen knitting needles of wood or cellu-
ioid are brought into play. forming |
something useful for soldier or tar.
Even between the dances the big Knit
ting needles can ,p Do seen n, s" Red cross ross
classes are being eagerly attended by
the society girls of the city, ana there
are several private first-ald classes
which meet weekly and have competent
The war is making a decided i'm
preston. All former charitable plans
have been discarded in favor OF doing |
their bit" for Uncle Sam. and the
women have proved themselves adopts !
in aiding recruiting. raising money or
securing ambulances to SEND to the
front. The latest ambulance destined !
for the American Ambulance Corps in |
France which is to be known as the
Kiffin Rockwell ambulance. was the
gift Of a woman. who refuses to let
her name be published. The. Colonial
Danes have given an ambulance. Sc
curing most Of the money by an exhi- |
b,tion OF war films at Grove Park Inn |
Dr. and Mrs. Charles L. Minor have
also given an ambulance to the corps |
An old-fashioned Quaker wedding.
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