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functions: in short. that the willie
Lumiere" Is in eclipse through ,fear
of the latest word in German fright
fulness. Had Hindenburg and Lu-
dendorfr been able to take peep in
side the Petit Palais the other day
they would have rubbed their eyes
and wondered.
There the first spring salon held
since the outbreak of the war was
the Societe des Artistes Francois ana
the Societe Rationale des Beau1 Arts:
The showing made was excellent, anu
the rooms were crowded all Gay Win
a throng of notables and fashionaoleS
come to set the seal of their approval
on the proof that artistic France is
far from moribund.
One was struck by the preponder-
ance of uniforms. many OF them worn
by the painters of this years canvases,
who had been relieved from their
military duties to attend the "vernis-
sage" One did not find the cosmo-
politan crowds that attended the YER
nissages of before the war; the at
tendance was almost completely
French, with the addition of some OF
the many Americans who are now In
Paris.
And, speaking Of Americans. one OF
the most interesting canvases OF the
salon is that by Ridgway Knight. the
veteran American artist. VINO mas
reached the ripe age of eighty years
His picture is called September, 1914.
After the Battle of the Marne,' and
will probably rank as the painters
masterpiece.
In some of the frocks at the salon
there was an attempt to revive the
redingote. navy blue D1ersador
was noted, cut in the long redingote
lines. the coat lined with soft f1owered
cotton wolfe. A touch Of gold en-
and gilt buttons fastening the waist
coat and the lower part Of the skirt
gave the necessary high lights to
what otherwise would have been too
somber costume.
Commodore Arthur Curtiss James.
whose gardens at Newport before the
war were among
Potatoes Replace the most elabo-
rate in the coun-
3Ao"eAs. try, now are no
longer chiefly ornamental but consist
of acres upon acres of potatoes and
corn. The wide lawns in front of the
house have also been planted with
vegetables. and expert gardeners now
give as much attention to the cultiva-
tion of the potatoes as they formerly
did to the rarest and most delicate
imported flowers.
The war garden idea has been taken
up extensively throughout the colony
this season, and besides Commodore
James, others who have turned their
lawns into gardens are Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Frederick Hoffman. Mrs. c.
Iorillard Spencer, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
A. c. Taylor. Mr.. and Mrs. Edward J.
Berwind. Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart Duncan
and Mrs. George S. Scott.
II there's one class of creatures on
eartN for whom the Speaker of the
House enter
Speakers Hospitalities tains gen.
to the Lone Men. sch,ne svu
pathy. says a Washington correspond
ent in the New Orleans Times-Pica-
yune, it is for spinster gentlemen and
widow men and all others who are
desolate and oppressed through lack
of matrimonial entanglements. So the
Speaker. who has been conjugally
and comfortably bossed by his Miss
Gene" for more years than maybe it's
exactly convenient for him to remem-
Der. gives consolation parties for the
congressionally minated. which go far
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lonely fate.
The humane Speaker estimated dur
ing single period of the present
congressional session that there were
on the roster about forty-six bache-
1ors and widowers. But even before
he got through counting. SO mutuable
fs the mind of marriageable man. the
statistical result had veered. So the
dna1 analysis is merely a matter of
general average. The bachelor or the
wtdower standeth up. brave and brash
today. Tomorrow he is cut down like
flower and by the heavy hand of
Hymen. So why should the spirit of
common lot of all. Into each life
some mate must fall. But up to the
hour of their matrimonally going to
press the Speaker of the House has
entertained at meat every femtnently
unclaimed colleague who sits daily
Capitol.
Mr.. Clark has left no unwed con-
gresham unhonored at his board this
year. And what a jolly lot of old fell
lows they have been! And not SO ter
rtbly old, either. There's Uncle Joe
Cannon. to begin with, eligible
widower for many years. in good and
regular standing, ex-czar of the House
and oily 81 years young, the life of any
funeral
Mrs. Houston Johnston Of Atlanta,
who Is cousin Of Thomas Nelson
Page. the distinguished
Our Bows writer and now our am
:; r..1. bassador to Italy, received
An a letter recently from Mr.
Page in which were related many in
cidents relative to the war as It
touches Italy and our boys in the
aviation there. says the Atlanta Con-
stitution. Extracts from the letter
are:
We do not wish the men at our
aviation camp at Foggia, Just oppo-