Evening star., 1922-07-23

criticism about the absence oi iouh-
.ains noted by the distinguished
French financier NJ. Jean Parmentier'
and the Canadian premier. the Honor
able Macke nzie king. caused little
surprise. Not that the genial French
man intended any rebuke. when he
asked when the fountains played. since
in mis- own country no summer could De
passed without the water fetes and their
gayety. That such a splendid fountain
as that which adorns Dupont Circle
could be lifeless all through the heated
term is inconceivabie to Parisian
Ottawa and all the larger Canadian
cities have fine fountains and they are
deemed just as essential to municipal
beauty and happiness as shade trees
and well clean pavements. AS useless
as a fountain in Washington City Will
soon become an idiom. if Congress does
not soon bestir itself about additional
as well as parks. The lovely white
marble fountain in Dupont Circle has
played but once during the present
summer. The Neptune before the lib
rary of Congress sends forth such a
pitiable attempt that II would be better
closed off entirely. while the. streams
about the White House fountains and
on its roof garden could be equaled in
any enterpriSing dental establishment.
Few large cities have a more generous
water supply right at their gates than
Washington and it seems as though
the municipal boards and citizens asso-
Citations might take up this feature OF
beauty and utility which is so lament
ably neglected by Congress.
OF course. there are few swimming
pools for the officially and diplomati-
Cally elect like that at Henderson Cas-
tie. the home of Mrs. John B. Hender-
son. with the fine new pool at Ward
man Park Hotel for a greater number.
place OF public fountains such as Wash
ington boasted in former years.
In the wake of the visit of the Chief
Justice to England comes Lord Shaw
OF Dumfermline, Scotland. one of the
eminent jurists of the United King
dom who has been chosen to repre-
sent its bar association in San Fran
Shaw will pass through Washington
to pay his respects to the President
and the Attorney General and viii
then continue his journey west. He
will also address tn Canadian Bar
Association at its September meeting
weeks in Ottawa and Toronto before
sailing for home in November.
Lord Shaw was an intimate friend
of Andrew Carnegie's and was fire.
QuenIN his guest IN Ne" 1oTk anu
at Skibo. On landing in New York.
Lord Shaw will be the guest of Mr..
John W. Davis. former ambassador
TO the court of st. James. who will
accompany him to California and
Canada The distinguished lawyer
will be accompanied by his daughter.
the Hon. Mrs. Vaughn Thompson.
whose husband. as captain of the
royal fusilers was killed in Belgium
during the first weeks of the world
war. Mrs; Thompson will be the
guest of Mrs. Davis at the Long
Island home and will be much feted
by the colony established there.
She will join her father in Canada
in early autumn. The close chum and
companion of her father. Mrs. Thomp
son has just completed charming
biography of him in the form of let
tiers addressed during her school days
and when she was performing hos
pital duties in France and Rumania.
Princess Mary's gowns always at
tract attention. and that worn at the
recent drawing room at Bucking CHAM
Palace has been described at length
not only in public print but in many
letters coming from those who were
fortunate enough to be present 1t
was very simple. of pleated silver
tuile over cream satin. with a plain
bodice of silver tissue. but a unique
feature was the bands of scarlet rose
buds which answered for sleeves ana
the garland of the same. which ex-
tended from the left shoulder across
the bodice and ended on the right IN
long festoons of flowers and loops OF
silver ribbons. 1t was most ehec-
tive. as were the rubies which the
royal bride wore as a circlet around
her head and as a necklace. A Few
flowers were tucked in her hair and
a splendid ostrich fan of vivid red
hung by chain OF rubies and dia-
monds from her belt
The Princess is partial to vivid hues.
like scarlet and greens. and as she
received a handsome fortune in these
two varieties of stones. ruhies and
emeralds. many of her evening gowns
have been planned to harmonlze with
them. She wears sapphires often
and usually with afternoon gowns OF
satin and cloth. and one of her dark
blue toques has an aigrette held by
priceless sapphires But rubies and
emeralds are her favorites and she
made her Snperstitious relatives shud-
der because she insisted on having
an emerald in her engagement ring
instead of the conventional diamond.
That Princess Mary shares none of
the old fashioned fears of her kindred
was obvious when she refused to take
issue with the thrifty master of the.
kings household, Lord Chesterfield.
who sold the handsome black horses
and the equipage which carried her
to Westminster Abbey for the nup-
tials to an undertaken The Wis
might be unhappy when this became
known. offered to buy back the
horses and the carriage. but the prin-
cess merely laughed. Jet black horses
have no vogue In London except for
funerals. and state carriages are as
obsolete as hoop skirts
The princess is quite in symnathy
with Lord Chesterfield in not wrshing
TO keep the useless things when he
cbuld deposit fat sum for them in
the treasury. She likewise thinks
that nothing so far removed as this
can effect her happiness or cast any
sort of shadow over her chosen life.
But other court officials are very
glum over the economical move
which allows funeral manager to
nuptial horses as those which will
draw his best hearse.
Although John Hancock. that stgner
Of the Declaration who wrote his
name so large and boldly that X
could be read by the most feeble
sighted at long range. was born in
Baintree. Mass. and died in Quincy.
Boston has just taken over his, well
known residence in that city and con-
verted IT into lasting memorial Of
the intrepid patriot. Hancock In
herited this old mansion from his
uncle, from whom he also received
vast fortune for those days. some
thing approximating $500, 900, and the
business which he was conducting SO
successfully when the wreck Of his
brig Liberty set afoot the flame of
revolution in the colonists.
Hancock was first president Of the
Continental Congress. and. as a man
Of means, he was an important social