Evening star., 1921-04-03

tHeTe Is q ueHnlte nope tHat ne Will
fellow the example of the early Presi-
dents and spend part of the warm
weather in the roomy and comfortable
cottage at Soldiers Home. President
Grant was the last occupant of the
White House to spend any considera-
BILE part of the summer there. though
both Presidents Hayes and Arthur
! emained there for a few days
President Cleveland started the
ia shion of summer homes for the
chief magistrate and he may also be
| said to be the pioneer of the villa
life which has developed ;no ID So O.. largely rely
Capital City folks feel bit ag-
grieved that every section Of the
couptry is trying to lure the -Presl-
| dent away when he can be so com
Portable within it's suburbs. With
small chance for the President to do
more than spend week ends in home
at all remote. and Mrs. Harding has
mover taken holiday unless her hus-
band was ready to take one, too.
Some Of the new legislators. who
have been looking about, say that the
summer home which the government
should provide for it's executive head
should be on the splendid palisades of
1 the Potomac. to which one of the
contiguous to the fine bridges would
be accessible by land and water. and
all within an hour or less of the
1 White House. 1t makes a pleasant
certainty if the more energetic are
|given free rein in the matter.
WashingtOnians were numerous in the
dress parade on the Boardwalk at At
iantic City Easter Sunday and the days
following. and according to one of the
! pedestrians who has returned one Of
the most attractive gowns was on
maid who haS recently returned from
Paris. She wore one of those much
advertised ''peg-top" gowns in tan tri-
cotine. Everywhere these peculiarly
shaped skirts are to be seen in Europe.
but few figure in the modes on this side
! of the ocean. This gown clung about
| few inches below this point. and then
seemed to circle the body like the string
of top until it made bouffant eff.
feet above the shoulders. bolero
jacket is part of the costume. made al
/ most entirely of tan embroidery. but the
! weather Easter Sunday precluded the
use of any wrap. so that this possibly
popular new style was to be seen in full
form.
All the new French suits are called
the two-piece SORT but the pieces are
! a jacket or cape to be worn with a
princess or peg-top gown. Senorita
1 Manuela Lloveras. who orders all her
gowns from Paris. has one example of
this variety. golden brown satin af-
fair, very plainly made. with deep hem
| effect and an overdress perfectly un-
draped, which is ideal for afternoon
! wear in the house or on the street. But
with this difference. that draped heavy
satin cape is part Of the costume and a
| weather Of a washington spring.
Paris has topped off the coat suit as
we know it. which means separate
bodice, and rather complicated toilet
effect. which thus provides walking
! costume and an afternoon or matinee
/; gown all at one stroke.
| Many of the flower lovers of
Washington took run over to New
| York last week to attend the show
at the Grand Central Palace. the
| proceeds of which went to the Social
| Center of Bellevue Hospital Every
! one sighed to remember what splen-
! did gardens are about washington.
| with no place provided in which to
| exhibit their triumphs. There were
| some marvellous camelias at the New
1 York show from the w. r. Coe place
on Oyster Bay. near Sycamore Hill,
| and a display OF acacias from Mrs. F.
/ A. Constable's gardens. Mrs. Charles
/; Sabin, who was formerly Miss Polly
/ Morton. a cabinet belle in the first
| Roosevelt administration. exhibited
i some rare azaleas. and Mrs. Harry
| Payne Whitney had a collection Of
old fashioned garden blooms. snap
! dragons. delphinium and larkspur
All were hothouse offerings and not
as tempting to the gardener as those
raised in the open. but they made a
sumptuous exhibition.
| Mrs Harry Payne Whitney has re-
1 Gently designed a dainty statue, to
mark. off the street of roses which
opens into the tea garden. where
! collation. was served by number OF
women who are weH known IN wash
| ington. Mrs. Paul Morton had charge
| Of sandwich booth. and Mrs George
w. Wickersham was pouring tea all
afternoon of the first day of the
show, with Mrs. Willard Straight.
! MRS. Charles Dana Gibson and Mrs.
James w. Gerard as assistants
It is probable that the Secretary OF
State will not prove the robust foe OF
| Cupid when he attacks young men
| connected with the foreign service
| that former Secretary Colby was. The
\ former head of the State Department
made it quite plain that when a man
| sought honors in the diplomatic or
l consular service. he would be wise to
place no handicaps in his way as
| marriage to a foreigner might prove
| Mr.. Richard L. Pennoyer OF the Amer
| lean embassy in London was wed
| about three years ago to a lady in ex-
alted circles. the widow of viscount,
| the mother of prospective earl and
:ahe daughter of a marquis. all OF
which gave her precedence wherever
court etiquette is observed and proved
! embarrassing to the other members of
the embassy staff. Mr.. Pennoyer is a
i Californian, with a handsome fortune
and undeniable talents of statecraft.
/ but he will probably resign from the
E! service. unless he wishes to pass all
| Of his years in the Latin American
! states or in thes republican countries
| of Europe.
Mr. Hughes has not yet taken the
matter under advisement and will
1 probably make no definite rule. but
will treat each Individual case as 1t
\ comes up for. revision.
| Argentina has recently made dras-
| tic rule about her diplomats. To pro-
vide against divided allegiance, so un-
| happily apparent during the late war.
she makes it imperative that all the
| men in her foreign service marry ell
| ther those of their own country or. Of
the western world. Maids from .Eu-
| rope, the orient or Canada or any
other British possession are barred.
| Germany long ago placed heavy PEN
| alties on a diplomat wedding any save
! a German woman. But neither states
men nor philosophers have been ex-
| traordinariIy successful when med
| ding in the activities of Cupid. and
| IT is likely that so wise man as Mr..
Hughes will not attempt to curtail
! them There is no discounting that the
Younger members of the Washington
| corps will lose much of their social
prominence If the rule which Mr.. Col
! by laid down is universally adopted.
Mrs. william Astor Chanler. the
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