Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-15

fashion which has become universal
in London this summer. nearly all
carried a sheath of Madonna lilies.
(Court trains among the elder women
!were in order, but of far less expen-
tsive material than was formerly re-
quired. and it was noted that few
wore cloth of gold or silver trains of
| the regulation length. six yards, ex-
icept recent brides who evidently
planned their nuptial finery with an
eye to the presentation at court i'm
mediately after.
| All the notable brides were present,
| and Lady Frederick Sykes wife of the
commander of the air service and
daughter of Bonar Law, received
| much attention. as did the daughters
Of Lord Curzon, who were present
with their husbands. Bishop Kim
solving went to London to attend the
Lambeth conference, and will remain
in England until autumn. when he
will sail for Brazil. He and his FAM
| lily have spent much time in Wash
ington. and Miss Lucy attended school
here for some years.
| Only the very old-fashioned and
prosaic have got out their knitting
this summer Instead, everywhere
| the needlewoman bends over a frame
| which holds genuine piece of
| French tapestry and she stitches bus
| lily designs which come straight from
| france OF the Hnluule elSnteentn CEN
| fury where tapestry reached the high
| wave of popularity. Few are more
! ambitious than the attempt to make
! a preSentable chair seat or a small
wall panel, but not doubt with prac-
| tice the fascination of stitching
| landscape may lead to the revival of
! the splendid canvasses of France and
of Flanders. A fine tapestry seat and
! back. in an ancient Flemish oak
| chair, lends an atmosphere to an
! apartment not to be obtained by ma
chine made brocade or even by the
gorgeous cloth of gold. and some of
| those who have long been skilful with
their needle and are now giving their
| attention to this new fad weave in
their coat of arms or a graceful
| monogram with telling effect.
1t is possible to obtain the famous
patterns which adorn chairs and car
pets in historic dwellings. For in
stance, Nine. Jusserand has re-
Gently made friend here very happy
| by set OF tapestry patterns with the
| needful silk and wool skeins, exactly
like those which give such a stately
look to the private rooms of Marie
Antoinette in Little Trianon. They
show basket of gay flowers circled
by thin ribbon looping into love
knots and the color of which is diff
| ferent for each chair. A circle of
pale blue flowers with vivid green
leaves on a background of gray is
| simply irresistible for boudoir chair,
while dragon with varied hued
scales against deep blue with leaves
| and gargoyles and fantastic twisting
creatures is superb looking in fire.
side or winged chair of oak or ma
hogany.
So ardent is the cult of the tapestry
workers that pretty young maid
whose fiancee is sailing the deep blue
sea and will be gone for the next two
years, has begun an entire dining
room set in tapestry, seats and backs,
and which, of course. means twelve
fair-sized pieces and four quite eIab-
crate and very large ones She has
selected the fantastic shapes in grays,
blues, browns and blacks and the
seat which she has completed is gain
ing converts among other brides-to-be
Washingronians are much interested
in the occupation of the stately old
homes of Baltimore, Evergreen-on-the-
Miss Alice Warder of Washington, who
is now Mrs John W. Garrett Ever
green was built by the earliest member
of the Garrett family to achieve fortune
the southern home of ante-bellum date.
1t has been occupied in recent days
by Mrs. T. Harrison Garrett, who kept
up the standards of conservative, though
abundant, hospitality. Mrs. Garrett
died recently and the mansion passed
to her son, and his wife becomes.
through this Inheritance, an important
parsonage in the social set of the Monu-
mental city.
Mrs John Garrett is one of the three
daughters of the late Benjamin Warder,
her sisters being Mrs. Harry Leonard
and Mrs. Ralph Ellis. Mrs. BENJAMIN
Warder resides in this city in a stately
house on K street near 18th, and
all her daughters were presented to
society there and later were married
from it. Mr.. Garrett entered the dip
lomatic service ten years ago and was
variously stationed in Europe and South
America He was recently minister to
The Hague and resigned from that post
because OF pressing private affairs
Mrs. Warner is artistic and musical
in taste. She enjoyed close friendship
during her European sojourns with many
distinguished musicians and painters
and both she and Mr.. Garrett are warm
admirers and friends of Baskt, who
leaped into renown through the costumes
for the Russian ballet. Baskts portrait
Of Mrs. Warner was placed on exhibi-
ton in New York last winter and caused
a very furore Of comment, In praise and
in condemnation. 1t is deemed mar
velous piece Of work, whether one
enjoys Baskt or not, and marks a de-
parture in portraiture which 10 said
! To ha Anal ShA will bring fhia non