Evening star., 1921-08-14
DC. Woman on Tour Tells
Of Tax Systems Abroad
Landed Estates Drug on Market, Due to Oppres
sive veAssessments-Review of Social
Events Here and There.

long silk hose and sandals. fastened
as the private does his puttees.
A distinctly novel nuptial custom
exists on the Pacific coast, which
shows that eastern ways are not the
laws of the Medes and Persians. Every
large home has room called the sun
parlor. and usually 1t is the most
spacious and attractive in the home
and invariably leads out on YER
anda which opens into the garden. In
the sun parlor is staged the wedding.
and one in Seattle a few weeks ago
that of Miss Mary Helen Campbell
and Mr.. James Wilton Tague-was
unusually well planned. Only fam
lily party gathered in the sun room,
where under gay umbrella of sweet
peas stood the bridal couple. and be-
hind them a smallaltar blazed with
candles and decked with tall vases
Of bride roses and gold dbanded lilies
the vivid colors which are seen in
watermelon. the deep pink. the glow
ing green and the softer green of the
inner rind. After the ceremony the
entire party moved into the garden.
where, under a canopy of blooming
was held. Soon tiny tables appeared
on the lawn and the supper was
served in a delightfully."- informal way
just as the guests chose to seat them
selves. On the coast the gardens are
always so lovely that they make
ceremonial without the least effort
save to provide tables and chairs. and
the sun rooms are habitually filled
with growing vines and towering
shrubs and they are the ideal spot for
bridal scene.
1t is disappointing to those who
have lamented the absence OF large
and well-equipped pleasure boats
among the foreign craft at European
resorts to learn that the finest yacht
ever built IN American waters Is.
when summer is waning. about to
sail for the other side. This is the
Delphine. the superb boat which the
late Horace Dodge, automobile manu-
facturer. had designed prior to his
ttous affair put on the waters since
the construction Of the Mayf1ower.
Mr.. Dodge aimed to surpass that IA.
nous ship in it's two highest points.
speed and strength, and he almost
achieved distinct type from any
Gently sailed on her boat to join her
daughter. Mrs. James Cromwell, for
whom the yacht was named, and it is
possible she will remain in southern
waters with it all next winter. The
Delphine was built in Detroit. and her
the ones which the dead manufactur-
er designed for his motor cars. They
were among the last things which en-
gagged his attention. A crew of six
ty is required to manage the ship and
there is guest room for a hundred.
The interior decorations set a new
standard for ships. and among the
features of the yacht is one Of the
finest pipe organs in existence, spe-
cially built for the Delphine by a
well known firm Of manufacturers.
Despite the allurements from other
resorts. White Sulphur Springs continues
to attract Washington people. not only
through the spring and autumn but
through the summer as well. Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Stettinius have secured
that much-coveted guest, Gen. Pershing,
for several weeks after September l.
Though Mrs. George Vanderbilt and
Miss Cornelia Vanderbilt are sent over
the ocean almost every day or two by
rumors. they still linger at White Sui
phur and are having relays of guests
all the time. Senator David Walsh of
Massachusetts took a recent vacation
there to pick up a bit from the stren-
nous work which has engaged his side
Of the national legislature, and was
feted extensively by his host, Mr.. George
Dempsey, Of Boston and his other
friends. Mrs. Elkins visited her favorite
spa for some time in July, and the large
Elkins,Lss connection about Washing
ton and Elkins, w. Va, count that sum-
mer lost which does not contain a few
weeks at the historic old resort. Quite
coterie of distinguished Chicagoans
spent a few weeks there en- route from
the Curtis-CantacuZene wedding, among