The Washington herald., 1922-05-07

Mr.. and Mrs. H. NJ. Sonner.
Prince of Wales. Miss Hanna does
not share her fathers enthusiasm
for horses or for reviving the old
coaching industry and she is not
partial to country life at ALL Mrs.
Mccormick could not accompany her
on prolonged visits to Rriarcliff. SO
the result has been to place the
estatSon the market.
When President Mckinley was in
office and Senator and Mrs. Marcus
A. Hanna used to live in Lafayette
Square near the White House, the
President used often TO slip out and
dine with THE King Maker at
Cameron House. Mrs. Hanna enter
tained in a brilliant and generous
manner. and her dinner parties were
much discussed, but when she re-
fused to talk about one it was
always an open secret that the
President was the chief guest. and
sometimes the only one. when he
and his henchman had something of
Importance to discuss.
Senator Hanna was fond of carry
ing things across by clinching them
over the table. and his Sunday morn
ing breakfasts will go down in his
tory as among the greatest of his
political assets. The menu was corn
| beef hash, buckwheat cakes and
| maple syrup. but the conversations
were more delectable yet.
Here's a bit of interesting news
that drifted my way from New
York:
The marriage of Cary T. Hutch
inson. a consulting engineer of New
I IINh rf.
Comas. of that city, too. is to take
place next Tuesday. The first news
of the approaching wedding came
when the pair obtained a marriage
license at the Municipal Building.
MIR. Hutchinson and his former wife.
Mrs. Susan Dimock Hutchinson. a
daughter of Mrs. Henry F. Dinrock.
of New York and Washington, were
divorced in 1912. having been mar
ried in 1901. Mrs. Hutchinson has
since married Giuseppe Catalani, an
Italian diplomat.
Mr.. Hutchinson Is 56 years old.
while Mrs. McComas, who has been
| twice a widow, is as. as stated in
their license. Among his clubs are
the University. Sons of the Revo-
luton. Down Town and the Society
of Colonial Wars
A charming textile exhibition, in
| Guiding Aztec aura, a new art, dis
covered by Robert Randolph Wal
| ters, will be held at the Arts Club
I from May to Is This new fabric
/ is an attempt to realize the won
1 drous beauty of an Aztec mantle.
woven from the plumage of hum
ming birds, exhibited in the Brit
ish Museum. Mr.. walters began his
/ experiments in London and con-
| tinued and brought his work to its
| present development in the art COL
ony of Woodstock. N Y, where 1t
! was hailed as a new art. The aim
{ of his work is to realize the lus-
/ trous, evanescent, fieeting effect of
/ the Aztec weave with the design
| merely suggested.
Robert Chandler. Mrs. Payne
| Whitney and Mrs. willard Straight
were the first to appreciate and
acquire some of these truly
exquisite things. and Mr.. Com
| fort Tiffany placed studio
and all means for further ex-
| perimentation at Mr.. walters dis
posal. He considered it the nearest
approach to his stained glass of
anything he had seen. The textiles
seem especially adapted for brilliant
interior decorations and would
make gorgeous artistic costumes
the possibilities seem endless and
the appreciation also seems ade-
quate, to judge from the many in
vitations to exhibit received by Mr..
| Walters.
Now that I've told you what I
| think of these fabrics I'll tell you
what some authorities on art say
| of them. Birge Harrison said:
81 cannot say too much in praise
| of the Aztec aura work. To me
IL seems by far the most beautiful
of all the modern work of its kind.
In the Aztec aura the color and the
| textile play together to produce a
semi-magfc evanescent and illusive
charm which could be attained in
no other way"
Frederick MacMonnies dsclared:
"A poet painter musicians ver-
sion of color, adapted TO dainty
| fabrics.
| Glitter and simmer and sheen of
dragon flies wings and pale sun
risinss and storm-blown gardens
a riot of harmony in varied sugges-
\ tiveness
or sheaths for beautiful humans or
house furnishings or theatrical ef-
fects, as decorations or framed as
pictures-they are Infinitely precious
in potential values, and surely have
an inspiring role to play"
Henry r. Poore, author of 'The
Conception of Art" etc. stated:
Here we have suggestion, one of
the strongest forces in art. raised
to its supreme power. One does not
! inquire the subject of these crea-
tions; they stand awaiting our hand
tc lead us into the dreamland of
ina gination and revelry."
What more can be sad.