The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1922-12-01
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BY r. A wRAY
INTERNATIONAL NEWS sERyIcgl

INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICEl
LONDON. Dec--F. anAng reos and
browns. 1nterningled with every
shade of falling leaf, are the nre.
Val4lng hues worn by every we'll
dressed woman In London Just now
never before have the milllners ana
Hoalstes let themselves loose IN
such IN such riot OF color, and
Brighter London" has today be-
CONS a fact instead of a phrase.
N contrast, colors for dance
oance frocks are taking their tones
from precious stones this winter
hose tinted Jade, peridot green and
iapis lazuli are prominent among
some OF the wonderful opa4escent
oance fabrics which go to make so
many Of the new evening frocks.
sort and sinuaus crepe, with A
s4IKen sheen. is the material for
Nnese jewel frocks Their lines are
mainly OF the simple order, the lon .
INES OF the fifteenth century. ex-
cept where the hem IS concerned
Then there creeps into the dress
scaeme, in festoons and points, all
the complexity of today.
Central London Is undergoing a
oo''oinS Doom such as II never has
SHOWN before. Establishments are
occurring with the utmost rapidtty
IN a.! the shopping centers. and the
city Is promised a series OF archi-
tectural jewels in place Of the old
time structures. Already the IA
nous quadrant at Oxford Circus is
practically completed, with some O.
the finest buildings London has
yet seen, while in the course OF a
year the world-renouned PIccadily
Circus viii have undergone COM
plete recon truction. Regent street,
the great shopping rendezvous. is
20 De completely rebuilt. and dur
Ing the last month contracts
amounting to S75.000.CoO have been
handed out In connection with the
big scheme to beautify London.
The Prince OF Wales IS sperdtnS
all his spare time at Easton Grey
Malmesbu-y. the little country
house he has acquired for the hunt
ing season. During the last couple
OF weeks he has been spending his
days schooling his hunters
He intends 20 hunt with the Duke
of Beaufort's hounds. and in conse-
Quence OF his arrival the cost Of &C
comndation in the neighborhood
has increased fivefeld. The coun-
try roundabout is the largest area
OF fox-hunting land in England and
contains going Of every possible
character. It Is evidence of the ex-
cellent spirit prevailing that all the
farmers near. whether hunters OF
not, have decided to take down
every scrap Of barbed wire in their
territory. out OF compliment 10 the
Prince
One characteristic OF the Duke o.
Beaufort's meet IS that its follow
erS instead OF wearing the tradi-
tional English pink coats. veal
blue. with buff facings.
Lady Rhondda's admission thai
she is not a prohibitionist has
aroused general surprise. because
her family has always been regard
ed as among the strictest adherent:
OF total abstinence. But Lady
Rhondda has since been careful tc
explain that her drinking is Of {
ve-y occasional order and is con
els6 10 drinking healths at wed
6!.Es AID social functions
SIZE declares. however. that pro
k!o,t.or would never stand an,
chance IN England and that tn
only legislation ever likely TO b.
accepted would be on the lines o
Lady Astors bill. which aims a
giving local option to localities.
Women should smoke pipes, !
they must smoke" IS the lates
medical dic1um which has sta-te'
London. 1t comes from famou
physicion, DR.. E. c. Greenw ooc
who has BEEN investigating tn
case of a woman who had been Il
the habit OF smoking sixty cigar
cites a day.
Smoking Tuts far too nue.
strain on wonens hearts" declare
DR.. Greenwood and, In addition
nearly every woman smoker IN
laleS This means that the nico