The Washington herald., 1921-01-30
Mrs. Drexel
SetsNeuStyle
Lady RibbIesdaIe Enjoys
Winter Sports in Tight
fitting Serge Trousers.
By GERTRUDE LADY DECIEs.


Jacob Astor, who was drowned with
the sinking OF the Titanic, has
sprung to fame in Europe wearing
stylish pair of pants Wearing
tight-fitting serge garments with
padded knees, she is the most prom
inent figure in Swiss winter sports
this season.
Lady Ribblesdale IS enjoying her
daily toboggans on the famous
Cresta Run at st. Moritz. She also
wears thickly padded gloves and
earffaps with a wooden sweater and
mutTler. Thus attired for action the
American peeress is the most pho
tographed woman in Europe this
winter.
1t is learned that Mrs. John r.
DrexeI has discovered an entirely
new way of wearing pearls. Instead
OF clrCling the neck several times
or allowing the string to droop to
her COrsage, she is singing her
wonderful necklace over her right
shoulder the same way a racing
man carries his feldglasses or an
officer wears his Sam Brown belt
Mrs. Drexel introduced the style
at Cannes, where she Is now stop
ping. She attracts great attention
in the bathrooms and theaters every
evening.
The Duchess Of Manchester Is
winning the golden opinion OF Con-
nemOre peasants by her relief plans,
which she has just devised to help
the people who are suffering the
consequences Of military rule. AS a
result Of prohibition Of fairs and
the operation of the curfew law in
County Galway. the small farmers
are unable to market their produce
except at the risk Of being shot.
The duchess has instructed her
agent at her Connemara home,
Kylemore Castle, to distribute
money and foodstuf to the stricken
landowners and ordered that all
people who are homeless shall be
sheltered in the castle till new
places are provided.
Lord and Lady Barrymore, an
other couple who have deserted Ire
land in consequence Of the anarchie
conditions, have closed their Cork
home and removed their domestic
staff 10 Marbury Hall in Cheshire.
Lady Barrymore is a daughter OF
Gen. Wadsworth and was the widow
Of Arthur Post. of New York. She
is also seeking a London home
where she can entertain the coming
season.
Efforts are being made to induce
Lady Ashburn to return to the stage
for a short season. She was Fran
Ces DOnnelly. a New York actress,
She made a hit in London in Flora
dora twenty years ago. She does
not need money because her hus-
band is one OF the weaIthiest men
in England She has Stunned the
theater since her marriage in 1906,
taking up yachting as her prin-
ciDal pastime. Nevertheless her
stage admirers hope for her return
to hear her sing her famous song,
When Maggie DooIan Washed the
Floor. You Bet the Floor Was
Clean"
Sir Mortimer Singer. son of the
sewing machine manufacturer, who
in 1900 renounced his American
nationality. and was knighted last
year. has again taken up racing
He has sent a string of horses to
be trained at Beckhampton.
The engagement of Gladys High,
Of Lakeshore Drive. Chicago, to
Comdr. Cecil BUrney has aroused
deep interest in English society.
Burney who was awarded more
than $1,000. 900 for his invention for
the protection of battleships from
mines, was much in the eye of Eng
lish matrOns with eligible daugh-
ters. The announcement of his
A meTican match came as a complete
surprise. Burney's father was Ad-
niral Jellicoe's chief of stan at the
Battle of Jutland.
A report reached Mayfair this
week that Princess Christopher of
Greece, the former American, Mrs
Leeds, expended between $4,000, 900
and $4,000. 900 to bring about the
restoration to the throne of Greece
Of her brother-in-law, King Con-
stantine. 1t is common knowledge
that Mrs. Leeds backed Tino's cause
heavily. but this is the first time
that the exact figure has been men
toned
Lord Northclifte's niece. Dolly,
daughter OF Sir Leicester and Lady
Harmsworth, is engaged to Terry c.
Durham. Of AppOmattox, Va. 1t is
to be a quiet wedding in February.
Durham was an artillery lieutenant
in the war and is now a ost-grad-
uats student at Oxford University.