Evening star., 1922-08-20

ended. large and brilliant coterie OF
the social wing continues to gather in
the cafe chantants and to entertain
frequently at al fresco dinners and
garden fetes. That the political sit
uation is SO acute and keeps the en-
tire political world at the French cap
ital is one explanation. The Hugh
Wallaces, who were among the fire.
quent entertainers during the races.
are still in their apartment and will
remain continuously until November.
Mr.. and Mrs. Perry Belmont have been
in Paris since May and their depar-
, ture is uncertain. The John r. Drex-
els and the Harry Lehrs linger.
villas in the Pyrenees. Mr.. and Mrs.
George Jay Gould, who have been
| honeymooning at Aix-les-Bains. are
back in Paris and were recently joined
/ in their Bois de Boulogne mansion by
Lord and Lady Decies and their
pretty group Of children, and this
past week by Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Gould
of New York. Mr.. Otto c. Kahn and
! Miss Maude Kahn have taken place
Capt and Mrs. Marriott and their In
FAINT daughter will be their guests un-
iii September. Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence
w. Benet. the latter formerly Miss
Margaret Cox OF this city, remain IN
town and are conspicuous IN the so
cial realm. But weather in Paris, like
| in the rest Of the world, has been
cold and damp. and. though many out
side parties have been spoiied, II al
| ways has been possible to be comfort
| able in the house.
| washington was profoundly inter
| ested in the wedding in Paris few
weeks ago Of Mrs. Peter Cooper Hew-
lit of New York and Baron Robert
d,Erlanger: the great.granaason 1ais n,a gro nd dl
son of the vivacious belle Of the early
! sixties Miss Mathilde Siidell. his
| elder daughter. Mathiide Is accred-
! tied with having attacked the re-
| doubtable Admiral Farragut with her
fists as reprisal for the occurrences on
Mobile bay. But her principal claim
| is that she won the friendship and
| patronage Of the lovely young Eu,
genie. empress of the French. and
! through her became one OF the most
aged woman. Mathilde. Dowager Ba-
roness d'Erlanger. still remains an IN
| fuence not to be fouted by the amoi-
| tious American who seeks alliance IN
| the Faubourg st. German famiiies.
| The Slidells scorned to return 10 this
l
tSomph thew were not OF southern ex-
! traction on either side. The father of
the senator from Louisiana. OF inter.
| national celebrity. was natiNe OF
New York, and his wife. Mathiioa
! Perry, was niece of the great al :
miraj. Mrs. Hewitt. the widow OF the
we'll known New York clubman, mas
resided in the French capital Tor some
time. The marriage was quietly sol
emnized; in the Madeleine and was
lnf
friends. The young Count de St. Ro,
man. grandson of Rosita Slideil: ana
his sisters were the only attendants.
! Raron d'Erlanger. after passing rev
| weeks in Normandy. will bring his
bride home to venerable manson Nm IN
the old quarter. where ne mas oee'
established for some time.
| with crowded New York deVlslng
garden apartments and making str'n-
gent rules about the frontage OF houses
which must shelter many famliles, II
| would seem incredible that no sucn
step has been taken by Congress In be-
half of its neglected step-chhd, the
| District of Columbia. With the outcry
| about weeds in vacant lots. and the
j vast number Of such in the very near.
Of the city it appears hgn shnnld 5n1 'nS Se
| passed about covering an entire resi-
dence SQUARE with brick and mortar and
| leaving not an inch for grass or movers.
jackson Heights, New York, can snow
one of the loveliest garden apartment
serve as an example for municipal ac-
| ton Between ten houses Of five stories
there Is an ample lawn with mass OF
cannas and scarlet sage as centrai
attraction and along the division hedges
are petunias, asters, sweet alyssum ana
painted daisies, with some excellently
! chosen Towering shrubs like snow
balls, hydrangaes and mock orange. AS
accurately as the floor space IS iald on
into apartments so are these plots al
loted to each family ana oesloes tnis, ms.
at the back is a place where a rev
| green vegetables may be raised-toma-
toes, lettuce. radishes. onions, parsley
and carrots. If anything could human
ize apartment life. 1t is this sort OF ex-
pertinent. and it IS proving % a tremen1 :,
the District of Columbia Commissioners
would take a hand in such crusade
as this, one problem would be solved;
an economic one, and one which wouid
add rs per cent to the beauty OF the
city and the happiness Of its inhabi-
tants.
With the second annual horse show Of
the Babylon Post Of the Loyal Legion
an unqualified success, this feature will
be a permanent one in Babylon. N. Y.
and Mai. August Belmont, who is the
president Of the equine exhibit. Is tax
ing steps to enlarge the possibilities OF
this acceptable feature Of the post ac-
tivities. Gen. Pershing, who was MAJ.
Belmont's guest at the last day Of the
show, is much impressed and the var
ious posts about Washington may
organize a similar exhibition next
spring. Friends and admirers OF the
New York legion we're numerously rep
sent his entire string of horses: and his
daughter-in-law. young Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, tried out many for the
spectators. Col. Robert Guggenheim had
some fine hacks and so. too. did Mrs: f. G.
ochs Polo ponies w;a, were Sc seans,,y Pr.h snoTn
ing. would make legion show accept
able in Washington. From the nearby
Army posts. polo ponies may be OBJ
tanned by the score and can be exhibited
in the game Of polo on the Mall.
ing card. The legion has SO many calls
for funds that this annual horse show
offers revenue of untold proportion. be-
sides its excellent effect in focusing the
interest of all the adjacent posts in one
chief interest in horses now is in get
| ting good mounts for the polo players,
and such a show with generous prizes
attached would accomplish this in
shorter time.
With the passing of Alton Farm.
| SO long a social center under the late
Crosby s. Noyes and his sons and its
division into building lots, comes a
notable urban encroachment on the
! companion of Gen. Washington in the
! disastrous retreat after the death of
| Braddock. This extensive grant made
! to the Gists, Christopher and Nathan
!! iel, because Of services in the Brad
| dock expedition and later in the rev.
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