Evening star., 1921-05-22

others. like Booth Tarkington. have
been bitten by the fad and spend all
| leisure and all available cash on
| up in the living room. Representa-
tive LonEWorth has some old fishing
| boat models along the North Shore.
| and Mrs. Longworth some exquisite
| designs of ships that sail the south
ern seas. But since the various art mu-
seums of the country have likewise
taken to collecting ships models. the
/ private purchaser has to be up and
doing besides being ready to offer
a mighty good price.
So little is heard of the exalted Off
| Gals obtaining summer homes out
side OF Washington's environment
that 1t may be accepted that the sum-
OF the cabinet chatelaines. among
! them Mrs. Hoover. have been COM
PEELED to grasp few weeks in order
to NIL long-deferred engagements at
the other side Of the continent. But
Mrs. Hoover will be gone less than a
fortnight. and Mrs. Wallace. who is
also trying to get away. does not
| count on more than week. Once on
time. July 1 meant the passing of
! officialdom. on it's feminine side, at
least. to the cooler resorts in the
mountains or along the adjacent sea-
shore. The British ambassador and
! Lady Geddes are the only ones. so far.
! 10 announce a permanent summer
Geddes has quite young children un-
used to the heat, and even at that
| she does not expect to get off until
July is well under way. Nearly all
the Latins seek quarters nearby. in
| West Virginia and Maryland, and
! some at the Jersey sea resorts. The
President and Mrs. Harding, like the
! Vice President and Mrs. Coolidge. or
the Speaker and Mrs. Gillette, have
no plans except to await the develop
| legislature. Wives of senators and
members. except those with young
children or in ill health, never dream
of departing from the capital until
| Of which is altogether a departure
! from accepted customs of twenty
| years ago.
w..hiHgt9n Mss%a,ds is hop hopeful J.; I'll that M: Mr.
of the new art of designing artistic
business signs. will turn his atten-
ton to the city of his adoption. For
two years past, Mr.. MacVeagh. with
his father, Mr.. Franklin Macveagh
President Taft. has been counted
among Washington's permanent win
ter colonists. Mr.. MacVeagh makes an
eloquent plea for artistic signs and
has addressed several art associations
on the subject recently. He points
to the superior methods pursued in
Great Britain to relieve the country
side of the bare post glaringly white
with the prosaic black letters telling
that such a town or village is so
many miles distant. The King of
England. while Prince of Wales,
gan the crusade by offering prizes
for artistic signs along the Duke of
York old coaching road. So enthu-
siastically was the project received
that now more than $4,000 is offered
annually in prizes and the United
Kingdom is an Inspiration to the ma
tions which wish to do likewise. Mr..
MacVeagh believes that the time is
ripe for this country to fall into the
ranks and to have Decorative signs on
cross roads. on inns and in villages.
He sees a fine and profitable field for
the artist who gathers local data,
studies nomenclature and heraldry,
who puts punch into his picture. to-
gether with graceful lettering and an
authentic historical background.
Miss Mabel T. Boardman. form her
Commissioner of the District. has
been drawing attention to some
needed reforms in the esthetic sense.
especially in the scarcity of really
attractive flower plots in the best
residential sections of Washington.