Evening star., 1918-01-20

knowledge of the technical side Of mu-
sic. They are to be subscription at
fairs and all money received in excesl
of expenses will be given to the Red
Cross. The members of the club are
requested to bring their knitting &C
that the afternoon will be spent use
fully as well as enjoyably.
Visitors are beginning to arrive al
Miami by motor, yacht, aeroplane and
the usual methods OF
Arriv;no hv locomotion. Most Of the
cottages are filled, and
AeIVpIane. preparations are be-
ing made for a gala social season.
Incidentally, it is quite the thing
these days for cottagers to fly over
from Palm Beach to enjoy the delights
of Miami. Mrs. E. r. Thomas of New
York, who has been visiting friends at
the Urmey. returned to Palm Beach in
her aeroplane early last week. Later
in the season a meet will be held be-
tween members of the government
aviation station and the Curtiss Avia-
tion School, when spectators will wit
ness some real thrills in aerial racing
and fancy maneuvers.
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1 am not quite quite sure that 1 am in
love with the fashion Of gowns worn
by women in
The Bustle Still Only a the United
States. /
Rumor at London. wou1d NOT
have believed that such differences in
style could be between two nations as
between England and America, writes an
English visitor in the Pittsburgh Gazette
Times. In London the women have re-
turned to an extreme slimness of out
line and economy in skirt width that is
occasioned, we are told. by the shortage
of wooden materials and the difficulty ex-
perienced in obtaining large quantities Of
materials. The simplest and most rigid
tailor-made suits are therefore general
among all women who have not adopted
khaki or dark blue uniforms. The skirts
are cut ankle deep and show no expanse
of stocking such as is to be observed for
instance. on 5th avenue. Here a couple
of bead chains over the shoulders at
tached to a three-cornered piece of bro
cade, cunningly adjusted. seem to be the
chief requirements of an evening costume
that otherwise is plentifully endowed with
a large and bouffante hustle" and q
long, narrow section Of material that
serves no reasonable purpose except to
trip the unobservant passer by.
Among the sixty-eight students who
received graduation certificates from a
Philadelphia auto school
Learn to Fix are several women who
are prominent in the So
AAeAf Cals. cial circles Of that city.
months ago, and, with an eight-inch
screwdriver. pair Of automobile pliers,
overalls and an instructor, got right down
to it and qualified to become their own
mechanics, should James," the chauffeur.
be called 10 war
These graduates spent two mornings
each week at their instruction, two hours
to a morning. and the course consists of
seven lectures on the principles OF con-
struction, operation and maintenance.
Interest was aroused in this country
by the announcement coming from Lon
don that
Mrs. Drexel Marries Man ofMrs. Mar
Military Distinction. m :
on May Is from Col. Anthony J. Drexel,
formerly of Philadelphia, had been mar
ried to Lieut.. Col. Brins1ey Fitzgerald.
private secretary to Lord French. COM
mander-in-chief Of the British home
forces.
Col Drexel is a son Of the founder Of
the banking house OF Drexel & Co. He
has lived abroad twenty years. He and
his wife formerly lived at Philadelphia
The divorce was granted on statutory
grounds and on the allegation Of cruelty.
The hearing in London, supplemental to
proceedings in Philadelphia, lasted only
few hours, but ended case that fur
nished gossip for half Of Europe just be-
fore the outbreak OF the war, says the
Philadelphia Record.
Col. Fitzgerald is widely known. He
will be flfty-nine next September rs. He
is the fourth son Of the late Sir Peter
Fitzgerald. baronet, and Charlotte Honor
MacAdam,, eldest daughter of the late
Lieut.. Col. 7. 8. MacAdam.
Col. Fitzgerald was educated at Rugby
and University College, Oxford He was
land agent in Ireland seven years and
was head working parntre Of the bank
ing firm of Basil Montgomery, Fitzger-
aid & Co. He is a member of the Lon
don Stock Exchange.
His military career in which he has
won high honors in the present war
began in South Africa, where he served
with the West Somerset Yeomanry
Afterward he was an aid on the stan Of
Gen. French. In the Boer war he was
mentioned in dispatches and received the
queens medal with six clasps
When the present war began he again
Joined Gen. French as private secretary,
receiving the decorations of Legion
dHonneur and Order of Leopold
His home is No. 63 Duke street, Gros-
venor square, w. London. and he is
member of the Whites and Brooks
clubs. Mrs. Fitzgerald's home is in Port
land place. London.
Mrs. Fitzgerald. member of a promi-
nent family of Baltimore and a sister
Of Mrs. st. Cyr. formerly the wife of
J. H (Silent) Smith, New York mil
lfonafre. was married to Col. Drexel in
1885. Suits and counter-suits have kept
the gossips busy since 1911 when Mrs.
Drexel left her husband while they were
residing in London.
separation agreement was drawn up
in Philadelphia in 1913, according to
testimony. and suit for divorce on be-
half of Mrs. Drexel subsequently was
begun In England Mr.. DrexeI entered
a counter-suit in Paris in 1915. alleging
that as he was then a resident Of France
he could not be sued in England.
His wife combated this suit. averring