Evening star., 1921-08-14

A Washington woman who Is tour
ing in England writes that so op-
pressive are the taxes and other ex-
actions on landed estates that one
may rent a great castle in the Mid
lands for $25 a week. She occupied
one during July for this sum and she
bad banquet hall. great as any to be
found in a Washington hotel, ball
room larger than any she knows, ana
at least fifty guest rooms superoiy
furnished. with suites of craving
rooms and lesser apartments and CEN
. tury-old gardens acres in extent. All
much cheaper than the rate she PAID
for q small and Indifferent apartment
in one of London's back streets. Coun-
try estates are a drug on the market.
and though wealthy Americans pur-
chased with avid!ty in the early sum-
mer. week after week the sale OF the
famous Stowe House, that splendid
pile of stone built in the Ionic style.
has been announced without one pur-
chaser appearing in response. Stowe
House is the principal seat OF the
ducaI house of Buckingham. the
manor proper being more than 200
feet long. with about half that depth.
west down to the terraced gardens.
The duke already has broken up the
vast estate into portions. Keeping
only one hundred acres for the manor
and offering this at the lowest pos
sible price. all in vain. 1t is now
proposed to destroy the house with
dynamite and sell the separated stone
to tie county for road repairs. tho
duke retaining only a lodge for his
cke during the summer.
An engagement of peculiar signif-
canoe to Washington Is that of Mr..
Benjamin Rush. jr.. and Miss Muriel
Bishop, daughter of Mr.. James Cum
who was Miss Hancock OF this city
and sister of Mrs. William r. Mer-
Ram, Mrs Frank P. Mitchell and Mrs.
Reeves Russell. Young Mr.. Rush is
a grandson five times removed from
the signer and also descendant OF
Benjamin, who built one of the finest
mansions in the new capital. DIR.
Richard Rush was one of the first
ministers sent to the court OF st.
James. and tn ough far on in years, he
went as special envoy Of President
Jackson to collect the legacy left by
James Smithson. a task he accom-
plished in the teeth of the scorn and
hostility which the British govern
ment felt for the hero of Chalmette.
suffered the usual fate Of the historic
mansions of the capital. but it has
been immortalized by Thackeray as
the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. Hamil-
ton Fish. where he was entertained
IN 1853. and for the first time tasted
the frozen dainty known as ice cream
1t is on H street a few doors below
18th street. and among the ignominies
which time has heaped upon it is its
proximity to a curio dealer. two
sion into a luncheon resort Mr..
James Cunningham Bishop belongs to
the illustrious New York family which
includes the Heber Bishops. and his
two eId.r daughters. Augusta AMI
Nathalie. are now Mesdames David r.
Sigourney and Charles F. Choate. both
Of Boston. He resides at Torresdale.
near Philadelphia, with his unmar-
ried daughters. Muriel and Abigail.
The wedding will take place there
possibly early in October.
Bathing suits are naturally one of
the live themes Of fashionable at
tire. and the one worn recently by
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney at
ly eclipsed all previous efforts record
ed even at that Eayest beach of the
world. Trouville. in France, or the
Lido, not far from Venice. Mrs. Whit
ney is an artist Of recognized ability.
and she has built her costume for the
briny with An eye to erect after it
drips with salt water. II is a one
piece affair. though rather full from
the waist. Of pale gray panne velvet
edged in cerise braid. There is a hood
lined with cerise which Is pulled up
for bathing cap and which is jaunty
and useful Both sleeves and bodice
are brief. but the effect of the hood
is startling and unique. Countess
Ssechenyi, sister OF Mrs. Whitney.
wears a plain black silk bathing suit
made in the old way, "knickers" COW
cred by rather long, full skirt, with