Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-04-25

celebrated Carrara marble works of
Italy were disabled during the war
and Will not, in the future, be strong
enough to perform the heavy labors
required in group statuary. So this
| new fashion has sprung into being
and every effort is being made to in
| terest American hostesses. A lovely
American girl. formerly Margaretta
Drexel of Philadelphia, now the Wis
countess Maidstone. has taken, over
the industry for her section OF Lon
don society and her dinner the other
evening at the Regent Park mansion
was in reality an exhibition of these
winSome elfs in marble. The center
| piece was a mass OF feathery green,
and on slender bronze pedestals dance
| five nymphs in dazzling white mar
Bile. and a mirrored lake presented
! wonderful effects as the fronds Of the
| ferns were gently moved bysa hidden
electric device. These figures are
genuine works of art Every sort of
| effect is possible with them. Some
show Japanese maidens indescribably
attractive in a miniature garden, 9TH
ers illustrate group of Dresden la
dies. bowling in all directions to the
lguests and very radiant against vivid
flowers.
/ The viscountess had number OF
various sets for sale, and not one re-
manned when her guests departed. 1t
seems a charming way TO provide
!
the same time to render the sacrifice
! which the artists made in fighting
not too costly. 1t may be the Wis.
countess Maidstone will come to this
charity. She has not been here since
her marriage in 1910. She is the
daughter of Col. and Mrs. Anthony ].
Drexel and has two children, a tiny
son, Guy Montagu Finch Hatton. who
will eventually be the Earl of Win
chelsea. and an infant daughter. the
Honorable Daphne Margaretta Drexel
Finch Hatton. The Viscount Maid
stone is the eldest son of the thir-
teenth Earl Of Winchelsea and the
eighth earl of Nottingham. The Wis.,
count and his American wife, who is
one OF the most beautiful of pc crosses,
| have a splendid seat at Wye. and a
fine London mansion. They are con-
spicuous in all the more digniied
forms of amenities.
Mr.. William Corcoran Eustis has
recently presented to Mr.. Putnam, the
Librarian of Congress, all the pri-
vate papers of his distinguished
grandfather. Washington's beloved
philanthropist. William w. Corcoran.
These letters and papers. excellently
catalogued and fitted into neat VOL
umes. have been delivered to the
librarian and occupy a conspicuous
place in the documentary history of
Washington, which will be such
boon to historians and writer's of the
Capital city. For some reason Mr.
Eustis has focused the attention OF
the historian OF the ten miles square
only in outline, whereas he is con-
nected with some remarkable chap
ters of financial development and in
dustrial progress. Reviewing his busy
life, it would not seem possible that
the banker and art patron could find
much time for epistolary effort, yet
fat volumes to the number of eight
cen contain his letters. pasted in
Il chronological order. His various en-
tries about real estate will have i'm
mense value as the years go by. Mr..
Eustis. who proposes to live in his
country seat near Leesburg. Va, de-
cided to present these papers rather
than remove them from the District
of Columbia.
The Library of Congress is gradual
ly coming into possession Of all the
original documents relating to the
founding of the Capital city or the
most signal chapters of it's develop
ment. There are more than 100 vol
unles of original papers and letters
which passed between President
Washington and the various men who
were associated with him in the up
building of the federal city. These
may be consulted in the original by
those with proper credentials, or in
the annotated copies which the library
prepares for the hurried writer The
Corcoran papers mark a valuable
addition to the civil war history
which is gradually becoming com
plete. The documents relating to the
founding Of the art gallery are an
other section Of the Corcoran papers
which will be consulted in the fu-
ture. as they give a complete record
of the project from the first mention
Of 1t until the erection OF the edifce
on Pennsylvania avenue, where ths
first municipal collection was housaa
Mrs. Henry Thomas Rainey. wife a,
the member OF Congress from Illinois
has profound faith in the ability of
most of the vexations of the homa e
the housekeepers really co-oner.,.
A clever scheme has been evolves !.
take hold Of the servant question anS
from that every point from, tha
- nlnlmum to tho maximum wage