Evening star., 1920-05-30
Stories of Well Known Folk.

! Lady Dorothy Cavendish. youngest
daughter of the Duke Of DeVonsnire
and former Governor General OF can
ada. was q frequent visitor to Wasn-
inpton when her cousin. Lady Spring
Rice. was chatelaine Of the BRUSH
embassy. and the news OF her recent
marriage at St. Margarets, west
minister. to Mr.. Harold Mcmillan was
received with much interest. Lady
Dorothv and her sister. Lady Anne
Mackintosh. then the bride OF Capt.
Angus Macintosh, were the guests
| Of the Spring -Rices just before tne
ambassador retired and departed 1or
home via the government mouse VI
Ottawa, where his sudden and Ia
mented death occurred. Capt Mack
intosh was one of the earliest VIC
| Tins of that dreadful scourge. the
Influenza, and succumbed to 1t In TINS
city in October. 1918. where he was
on special duty with the Canadian
mi ssion, and universal sympathy was
felt for his young widow. With her
small daughter Anne she was pres
ent at the nuptials OF her sister. ner
first appearance since her bereaVe-
! ment Lady Dorothy insisted that all
the Youngsters of the combined fami-
lies should either be present as spec.
tators or as attendants for the bridal
! party, ana consequently iioio JuN
. nile assemblage has not been seen in
the precincts of the abbey in many
Years Twenty pews were solidly
. lacked with children. All the attend
ants of Mr.. Mcmillan and his bride
we're youngsters under sixteen. and
! they were CARRIED in gay organdies
as for the maids and page costumes
/ for the youths. They were all cousins
Of the principals, and the maids in
cludcd Betty. the pretty young daugh-
l Y ND ho rim,
daughters of Lord and Lady Kerry,
recently visiting in Washington.
Queen Alexandra, godmother of the
| bride. was present. together with
many others of the royal family. The
queen mother. however. held special
court for the youngsters, since they
! were debarred from participating in
| the functions which followed the nup-
tials. A picnic had been arranged for
| the little folks and their nurses dur
| ing the time the bridal pair were re-
ceiving the congratulations of their
| friends. 1t was pronounced one of the
really unique wedding fetes of the
season and picturesque to the last
! degree. Lady Dorothy followed the
example of her sisters in marrying
| a commoner. The oldest of the fam
lily. Lady Blanche. married Capt. Cob
bold and, with her pretty group of
juvenile party. Lady Dorothy depart
ed from usual sartorial customs in
that her gown was pale blue and
green rose chiffon and tulle over
lustrous white satin. She wore
| big garden hat wreathed in roses.
Miss Betty Baker. in those dainty
and appealing dances of nymph
reveling in the woods. was an elo-
quent plea for the building OF an
opera house. on the one hand and also
for that all prevailing fad in Europe
known as eurhythmics. The graceful
daughter of the Secretary of War was
a star attraction at the fete of the
OF the music Of motion Of whom
more will undoubtedly be heard in the
future. Eurhythmics have taken a
firm hold on London society and not
alone Is it a favorite diversion at
balls and tea dansants, but IL is
70 heal almost every i'll that flesh is
heir TO. All the great ladies of Lon
don have formed classes and their
teachers are renowned ballet dancers
capitals. where the governments
formerly supported opera and the bal
let 1t is only glorifed course Of
physical culture and offered in the
most appetizing guise. What dumb
bell exercises can equal trying to act
like Apollo in the dance of the muses.
or tossing a disc like Roman wrest-
lerc All the familiar setting-up ex-
ercises are disguised under a classic
setting and man who will f1out a
doctor about the tedious perform
ances with touching the toes and
bending like a bow in every direction
will readily consent to the classic
poses. especially If his. admiring
family is looking on. All the great
men Of London. including the mighty
premier. Mr.. Lloyd George. go in for
eurhythmics. even though they do not
appear in the public tableaus. which
are the social rage at present. From
the simple form of making all mo-
tions rhythmic, which is the under
lying principle. even walking or per-
forming domestic tasks, the teacher
takes more complex motions, which
include dancing steps. Miss Betty
Baker. in her exquisite solo. proved
how little a real dancer needs a part
her. What bugbear Is removed II
the partnerless maid can spin at will
without an escort. No wall flowers
are possible. II any one wishes to keer
time to the music she simply does 90
whether with the arms and bendinge
OF the body or in the steps known
az dancing. Gloom IL banlshed and
the votary Of eurhythmics keeps slim
and comely by the exercise instead OF
getting soured and dabby sitting
against the wall. II the fad spreads
as rapidly over the world in the next
lYoar a. during this all the maids and