Evening star., 1922-11-26
Tales of Well Known Folk :
In Social and Official Life
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Washington would attempt to regu-
late would be what we shall eat and
what we shall wear, not to mention
whether we shall smoke tobacco or
chew gum"
With the demolition of so many
ancient palaces and chateau of the
European continent some exquisite
bits Of bead work and embroidery
used Tor novel purposes are making
their way into American homes.
Countess Czechenyi. wife Of the Hun
customed to ceremonial trappings, has
obtained some of the heavy. richly
beaded strips which are set up in. old
palaces to hide the bell rope which
in the centuries before electricity was
installed was pulled to summon the
servitor in the rear buildings. These
strips are Of the genuine ruby colored
glasses with long fluting of golden
beads and fastened in grotesque
shapes on the silk or canvas they add
tmpressively to the window drapfngs.
The countess. who prefers bells on
the wires to bells rung from a button
in the wall, has several dozens of these
antique strips. and she is the envied
Of those who are making a fad Of this
new adornment. Lady Allan Johnston
brought few Of these strips as gifts
to special friends. They were taken
from the chateau which she recently
purchased In the French Riviera and
which were useless when she installed
electric equipment. Many are en-
broidered in folk tales. with faces and
figures wrought as carefully as in old
Dutch paintings. Many have fringe
of heavy beads and at a glance sug-
gest ecclessiatic uses rather than
hnnSohn1d L
ing the secondhand shops in London
and Paris for these bell rope covers,
but the demand far exceeds the supply.
Any owner Of an old castle who offers
these strips for sale is sure Of high
profit.
Mr. and Mrs. John Buchanan in pur-
chasing Jaquelin Farm, adjacent to
Warrenton, Va, come into possession
of famous estate situated in the
loveliest part of the hunting region
Of the Old Dominion. True to ira
royal governors. the farm will be de-
voted to rearing blooded stock,
equine and bovine, with some atten-
ton to aristocratic CANNES. Mr..
Buchanan is the son of Gen. James
A. Buchanan Of AYRSHIRE farms near
horse breeders in this country, and
established in the racing field as well.
Hrs John Buchanan was a recognized
belle Of the capital as Miss Ruth
Lester, and has since her, marriage
been q leader Of the young married
set in Warrenton and Richmond.
They have a home in Warrenton. one
Of those rambling yellow bricks with
wide veranda and the inevitable pill
lars supporting it's roof. surrounded
by a garden which was established
toward the end Of the eighteenth
Cantir1, The former nwnor NJ
Jaquelin Farms. Mr.. Courtney H.
Smith. has yielded to the lure of Long
Island and has removed his fine
stables there. The John Buchanans.
in addition to the 100 acres Of JaQue-
lin. have also acquired about 900
acres to the south. where they will
farm in the genuine old-fashioned
way, not only for the stock, but for
the family and for the market. which
is good for fine vegetables and fruits.
during the late autumn and winter.
A bud of New York city who will
be followed by sincere good wishes
Of many friends and relatives in
Washington is Miss Garcia Kip of
Tivoli. who is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Garret b. Kip. gra nddaugh-
ter of that Col. Johnston Livingston
de Peyster who resided in Washing
ton Tor many years during tHe
eighties and nineties of the last CEN
tury Miss Garcia de Peyster, a
slender. dark-haired maiden of the
Spanish type, was presented in the
group OF numerous and most attrac-
tive dehutantes during the first year
of the Mckinley administration and
was the bright particular star of the
resident set. Her daughter resem-
bles her strongly and already shows
signs of leadership in the coterie of
buds who come from the old Knicker-
booker families. The de Peysters
are among the most important of
these, and festivities for Miss Garcia
de Peyster Kip will be dotted all
through the little season of Gotham.