Evening star., 1921-10-02
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Washington Regrets Lloyd George and Lord
Curzon Will Not Attend Arms Conference.
Proper Dancing Question in England.
Encroachment of Newly .s.a
Rich Bewailed sfE&

Though Washington must resign
itself to the absence of Premier
Lloyd George and of Lord Curzon
during the coming conference on
Limitation of armaments. there is no
discounting the interest felt in the
return of Mr.. Balfour as head Of
another British commission and in
the first visit Of the distinguished
man from New Brunswick. who Is
accredited equally with his Welsh
friend. with saving the British en-
pire, Mr.. Andrew Bonar Law. MIR.
Law appeals to the popular imagina-
ton as having hewed his way from
humble beginnings to paramount i'm
portance in the empire. and besides
he Is native of the American con-
tinent and luminous example of a
brilliant colonist climbing right over
the heads OF the peers and great men
OF the British Isles. He is exceedingly
he will share the home of some of
the secretaries OF the British embassy.
who have taken time by the forelock
and secured houses. Mr.. Balfour
Will. however. require a large es-
tablishment and Sir Auckland Geddes
him the proper sort of residence.
There is some rumor of the Perry
Belmonts being requisitioned. as the
owners are still abroad and plan to
remain there all winter. With the
exception of Lord Lee of Fareham.
the British delegates will be accom-
panied by the ladies of their family.
After the question of clothes and
lyh An
modest apparel, the English social
world Is more absorbed in the problem
OF what is proper and improper dane
ing. Mothers of important buds to
be presented this season. among them
the Countesss of Leicester. chatelaine
London. Holland House. have Joined
a coalition against the excesses re-
ported from Paris and other con-
tinental cities. The countess will pre-
sent her only daughter, Lady Mary
Fox strangeways. and the event in
of what the great hostesses es-
TEEN as decorous and CONNIE endable.
Waltzes and quick steps as of yore,
waltz quadrilles and stately minuets.
few of the slow military two-steps
are to be permitted, but nothing ap-
preaching jazz. cake walks or shim-
mics. Queen Mary has at last placed
this matter as we'll as that of raiment
into capable hands and henceforth all
those who desire invitations to court
FOR themselves or their friends must
follow the rules laid down by the
chamberlain. These regulations apply
to all manner of entertainment,
whether staged in prominent homes
In London or in the secluded country
seats. Those who like thrills and ex-
citement must cross the channel to
crafty their wishes and then they
f,rn f0r
clothes, every woman of Importance
| in Great Britain has the queens die
tum about the length Of skirts and
| the height of bodices and of what
! material all these may be fashioned
Though Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Van.
| derbilt, jr.. have established the vogue
of the northwest by their overwhelm-
ing enthusiasm for the shores washed
by the Pacific. the Astors had discov.
| cred these parts at least $50 years be
fore. On the palisades of the Colum
bia river. just where it pours into the
western ocean, is the picturesque lit.
| tie city Of Astoria, first trading post
OF the first Astor, who dealt in pelts
He had amassed quite a fortune be.
croached on his territory and finally
absorbed all his privileges. This
caused him to cross the continent
again to New York and build up his
business there. a decision which has
made his descendants the richest land
owners on the American continent.
Astoria is SO proud OF it's first citizen
and honors his memory in so many
ways that it seems a pity that some
of the members OF the family are not
cognizant of this and establish homes
on the superb mountain ranges which
overlook the sea. Their best tradi-
tions are established there. and the
climate is marvelously soft and balmy
even in winter. The young Wander
bilts seem more partial to British CO.
lumbia than to American territory
and spend much time at Uplands Park
outside Of Victoria. Mr.. Vanderbilt
has. however, purchased a fine apple
orchard in the state of Washington
and some sheep-grasing land in Ore
gon. His success in presenting the
favorable side Of life on the western
coast has made him an important citi-
zen of the section.
A memorial of touching love story
Is told in granite and in lovely gar