Evening star., 1922-03-26
yales Of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
CONTINUED from Eighth pase.>

Leslie began to appear under the
patronage of the British ambassador
N Paris and his. daughter. the Hon.
iiamond Hardynge. and they leaped
.hto tho tame overnight Since then
tney have toured the winter resorts
Sario: According to enthusiastic
friends. they have taken over the
glory OF the late Vernon Castle and
MS wife, who Is now remarked, and
nave nave elevated the dignity Of dancing
into a tine art far removed from
Iaddism. They retain all the advan-
tages of the social station to which
they belong by, birth. and their. in
terpretations will add new chapters
70 this Oldest and most popular OF
Washington is much impressed by
the wisdom OF the Philadelphia ses-
= qui-centennial committee in endeav-
the director of this memorable inter
national celebration. For one thing.
with Mr.. Barrett in charge it is easy
to see what a splendid panorama the
public buildings will make and how
wrought out In relation to the whole
exhibit. Mr.. Barrett showed a
genius for fine> building in the Pan
American hall, and it is doubtful it
a more perfect edifice. considering
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Mr.. Barrett is endowed with enthusi>
asm and can make any topic he dis
cusses bristle with interest. and this
centennial coming fifty years after
the first attempt in this country. held
In the same spot. is an opportunity
to arouse his zeal. Philadelphia. one
Of the oldest and most conservative
OF American cities. intends to make
record in dignity. beauty and gem
eral utility and to show how the fine
he irln ri
progress. The former director of
the Pan-American Union has recov-
cred his health during these months
OF leisure and is In good shape to
take over even such exacting duties
as those which await him in the
Quaker City.
In Miss Jessie Aitchison Walker
NAL sketching and painting who may
later reach the fame of Rosa Bonheur.
At present Miss Walker etches her
wild beasts. and her bold strokes in
black and white are the wonder of
the art world of London. a native
sketches at the Art Students League.
and when her family departed for
London she soon secured occupation
as an illustrator for juvenile maSa-
had made speciality Of the wild
beasts in the London Zoo and those
on the continent and of those brought
from far countries and landed at
Liverpool, Havre or the North Sea
ports. Her lions are declared by the
artists of London to exceed in power
and correctness of outline any in this
field. She passes much time in the
Jardin des Plantes in Paris, where the
hommes of the felines are especially
adapted for sketching. She became
SO friendly with the big CATS as
the keepers call them, that she was
permitted to enter the cages, to feed
and pet them and to coax them into
the attitudes which she desired to
sketch. A study called "A White
Night" shows two leopards in the
moonlight of winter. one on the limb
of an old tree watching through the
paths adjacent. and the mate grace
fully poised below. 1t is marvelously
clear and forceful and gives the on
locker rather gruesome feeling.
Miss Walker is member of the
American Etchers' Society and holds
an active role in that of Chicago.
since she received its highest award