Evening star., 1922-10-08
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Sir Charles Cheers and Lady Wakefield to Visit
Here This Week; Sir Leigh and Lady
i Pemberton Later This Month.

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lSulgrave Institution and the presen-
tation of the Edmund Burke statue
/ Hundreds Of Americans and many
residents Of this city have been en-
| tertained at Eassett House, Hythe, In
Kent, where the former Lord Mayor
of London maintains. a shospitable
| home. AS the director of the power
full, firm of old retiners, c. c. Wake
| field & Company. Sir Charles held In
innate relations WIN the American
ARMY in Europe, and he is on special
lIy chummy terms with Gen. Tasker
Bliss. Gen. Clarence Edwards and
many of the outstanding martial
! figures from this part of the world:
Sir Charles and Lady Wakefield.
! of AN illustrious Scotch family, have
always been among the leaders of So
| cial reform and for the amelioration
of the condition of Londons poor
| They almost impoverished themselves
| during the mayoral terms. and still
continue to hold positions which mean
I a constant tug at their pursestr'ngs.
! Sir Charles is the present alderman
| from the Breadstreet ward. and Lady
! Wakefield is director of play
grounds. president OF the League OF
| Mercy and constant hostess at
neighborhood houses. Both have been
f! decorated by many European govern
ments for their devotion to the poor.
| and their successful efforts In muntc-
| ipal reform. Sir Charles wears the
| broad sash Of the Legion of Honor.
| and his wife has the smaller decora-
ton. the rosette. King Albert and
| Queen Elizabeth honored them both
in the comforting of the orders of
Leopold II and the crown of Belgium
! Another eminent Englishman and
his wife. Sir Leigh and Lady Pember-
: ton of Abbottsleigh. in Shropshire,
will pass a week or two in Washing
ton toward the end OF october. Sir
Leigh and Lady Pemberton take high
! rank as globe trotters. since they
live half the year in their fine Tudor
Gothic castle in the English rnidlands
and the other half at a handsome es-
ago at Beverly Hills. one of the ex-
, elusive and most ornate suburbs of
! Los Angeles.
! Sometimes they pass winter in
England. as they did during the last
year, and arrive in Beverly Hills with
they vary this routine and Join the
! extensive British group habitually
found in southern California from
/ November to May. Frequently they
canal and from the far east and again
! they land in New York and take the
fastest train across the continent
Having passed the entire spring. sum-
mer and a few weeks of autumn in
California. Sir Leigh and Lady Penn
berton are homebound and have been
aw aiting more settled railroad condi-
tions before beginning their journey.
Lady Pemberton was Miss Violet Hope
! Howard. daughter of distinguished
! barrister of New Brunswick.
Those who pass through the vast
mark which surrounds the numerous
buildings of the Smithsonian 1nsti-
tuition mark the beauty of the Freer
Gallery of art. classic temple OF
| white marble. designed according to
the most modern concepts for hous-
ing and lighting fine canvases and
other works of art There is well
come sign which tells that the work
of transferring the contents OF the
gallery from the second floor OF the
! Museum of Natural History is already
; in progress and that the gallery will
be open to the public within a few
months.
1t will make notable addition to
the attractions which the National
! it will contain the largest number of
hibited under one roof. it will be
regular pilgrimage point. az 1t were
for those who are making an exhaust-
United States holds in the art world.
The late Charles B. Freer of De-
| troit, whose memory Will be perpet-
, uated in this exquisite classic tenn
i Pile. had hoped that when a proper
place was prepared for the notable
canvases of Americans. owned abroad,
gradually public spirited citizens would
proyide a fund to repurchase them. or
in less stringent times. the government
| might from time to time buy SO some TSuse out
| who own historic paintings viii f1nd a
place where they will be wortniiy cared
| for and kept in perpetuity..
Mr.. Freer had a broad vision ana
| the opening Of the gallery dedicated
to him and filled with the rare treas
ures which he spent lifetime In
| collecting will give his ideas wide
significance. Next to Mr.: Freers
collection. that Of the late Mrs. Har,
most attention. and for the first time
| it will be exhibited completely and In
| a proper environment.
Situated so centrally. the new gal
lery Of art will play its part in the
social program Of the winter. Mrs
! HardinEs fragile health has turned
many minds from frivols to the pos
stbilities offered by the several fine
galleries of Washington and the other
governmental buildings which con-
jiain curios. The late Mrs. James
Pinchot frequently. with the cordial
approval of the authorities. enter
tanned groups of ladies in the new
museum to examine the lace collec-
ton which she had so skillfully and
painstakingly labeled
Certain groups of women are con-
sidering plans to have afternoons set
apart for a few hostesses to receive
visitors in the F'reer gallery and to
give the affair the aspect so familiar
in London and Paris. whore these
small receptions to take a leisurely
view Of pictures, and perhaps to
hear some explanation of them by
an erudita critic, make one Of the
most acceptable of the winters ac-
tivities. The board Of regents for the
Smithsonian Institution, under which
the Freer gallery is listed. makes up
a most important wing Of ohioial
society, with the Chief Justice as
chairman, and any amenity planned
under it's auspices could not fail
to be Of Importance.
Unlike the more. ancient capital
cities Of Europe, Washington has no
churches which take on a. foreign