Evening star., 1922-07-16
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Political Life
Wideners Of Philadelphia Revive Lanthorn Gus
tom-Baron Charnwood, Lincoln Biosrapher. .x
to Revisit America.


in the Jersey resorts as this summer.
That marvellous plot CT Mrs. Frederic
Frelinghuysen, at Elberon attracts
motor parties every pleasant after
noon and the hotel guides Invariably
counsel the visitor to see it. 1t is
| planned In blue and white flowers and
| has all the lure of deep azure sky
touched with snowy clouds. The
principal object is to lead in fiowery
paths from the low white house, to
the sun dial. where the deep cream
polyanthus roses tumble over each
other and bloom riotously from May
| until November.
Then tall white phlox tipped with
crimson made their circle, and then
+, come the rich blues of the Del
| phinumn mixed with sweet lavender
and blue sage. Soft-tinted heliotrope
| and ageratum In borders come close
to the veI Ianda. And the delicate per-
fume is not the least of the Joys of
spending IAN hour or two as the guest
! OF Mrs. Frelinghuysen.
A garden patterned after the intri-
| cate color schemes of Bast is attract
ing hundreds of admirers to Mrs. Cor
| don Abbott's in West Manchester,
| Mass. So perfect is this floral plot
| that 1t seems more like a huge piece of
Chinese brocade than of living flow :
| ers. Very cunningly small bushes of
cherry tomatoes have been introduced
among the blossoms for their unusual
| flaming tint. The bushy sweet pep
pers have been placed skilfUly among
| deep purple flags and glorious heads
| Of crimson phlox. This flower plot
| lies in two diamond shaped beds link
| ed by a tiny grass path and it shows
|
green on one side and a pool on the
other.
To meet the whiting heat of summer
with distinction Is performance
which makes the modish woman care
full in the choice of. fabrics and the
fad noted for two years past in Eu-
ropean resorts of being lace arrayed
is popular on this side of the water.
At the various garden fetes which
have marked social intercourse In
summer homes entire costumes OF
lace have been seen, and of such
unusual shades as jade green. coral
pink, lemon and burnt orange. In
that marvellous July flower exhibit
just held at Mrs. Henry c. Martins s
hostess was gowned in lovely French
net. tinted an orchid shade with
deeper tones in ribbons and accesso
| ries. Miss katherine Mackay wore
all-lace in coral pink over cream
, satin, and her sister was in henna
Several lace gowns showed all the
tones of a pansy and pansy-shaped
hat carried out the scheme, while
every costume of this variety showed
the velvet flower for thought tucked
in the belt or tied in clusters on the
sun shade. Quite a beautiful lace
dress is that worn at al fresco fetes
| by Mrs Biddle Duke and which dis
plays all the hues which deck a sun
flower.
Glenveigh Castle in Donegal, Ire
land, has been a victim of the guerilla
| warfare In progress there. and many
Americans who have been entertained
by the late Mrs. Cornelia wadsworth
Adair regret its destruction. Mrs.
Adair was one of the noted social
leaders of London and her home in
Portman Square was a meeting place
of political, social and intellectual
celebrities. In the Donegal country
estate she frequently entertained roy
atty. King Edward having been her
guest for few days in the last year
of his reign. and in connection with
the celebrated Prince of Wales coach
ing routes. of which he had been the
chief patron some ten years previous.
Mrs. Adair was the sister of Gen.
w dOS"OTtn OIL IeHeSee, VINO was KILL
ed in the civil war. the grandfather
of the present senator from New
York. She died about a year ago and
the fine Irish seat has been on the
market for some time. But the trou-
bled state of Ireland at the present
time has driven off several prospec-
tive purchasers, among whom was MIR.
Bernard Baruch. who passed a few
days there in May.
The George Wideners Of Philadel-
phia have set fashion in their
suburban home by rescuing from the
garret one of those brass bound Ian
terms, called lanthorns in the old
days. and familiar in every picture
of rollicking coaches dashing into inn
yards and on the posts of gates lead
into private estates. The older the
lanthorn the better adapted for the
uses to which it is put That of the
Wideners is one Of hand-wrougnt
iron. so generally used in the colonial
era. and for all the world like the one