Evening star., 1922-07-23

nearest neighbor of the Mackays on
one side. as Judge O'Brien Is on the
other. has cards out for garden
fete for Miss Mackay and Mr. o'Brien.:
In August for the New York city
Recreation Club. and Mr.. Mackay and
his daughters will temporarily take
possession of Rosslyn In order to
entertain the various committees.
Miss Katherine Mackay is chairman
aides include Miss Ailsa Mellon. Miss
Sheila Burden. Miss Evelyn Wads-
worth, who Is visiting her aunt. Mrs.
Payne Whitney; Miss Joan Whitney
and Miss Muriel Vanderbilt. Mr.. and
Mrs. George Eustis Corcoran. who
will go to Great Plains for a few
weeks in August
One excellent result of the world
war and the close view which Ameri-
cans obtained Of the inner life of
other people. is that the nursery suite
is now planned with as much solici-
tude as the drawing room or dining
hall. In all the up-to-date furniture
shops the nursery is as conspicuous as
every other portion of the> home. and
the offerings are as dainty and allur-
ing. The nursery idea seems carried
to rare perfection in and about Will
mingtOn. where so many Of the more
opulent families are of French origin,
like the puponts and Bayards. and
where traditions of many centuries
are observed. Not only are the walls
and furnishings treated with special
care. but the dining room and kitch-
enette all show the pains expended ITO
make the places appeal to their small
occupants.
found in the British embassy, the
greater portion of the thru floor
being given over to the juveniles. The
walls are painted in ,erotesques OF
fairy tales of the :. other Goose
rhymes and display familiar scenes
in the most cheerful colorings, while
IL d'ido of gay field flowers circles the
rooms. The nursery at the Argentina
embassy during the regime. of DR.
Rumulo S. Naon was delightful
spot, with deep window embrasures.
each fitted up like doll house
plants aid quaint drapings. In many
English estates there are outdoor
nurseries, small houses completely
equipped to take care of the young
sters at play and at meal and sleepy
time. and this custom is also gaining
many advocates in this country.
Mr.. and Mrs Cornelius Vanderbilt.
jr., are tireless in their efforts at
Great Neck. Long Island, and on their
sloop the Comet, which was entered
in the recent races. Usually the long
rambling home on Vancouver Island.
lust off from Victoria. claims the
young Vanderbilts. but this year they
will remain east until late autumn.
Meantime. their fetes iE the evening
are unusually acceptable. since they
offer several novel features. An ex-
tensive terrace to the rear of their
house and raised above the veraEdo
offers a stage for the marionette per-
formanceS which are so popular this
summer in London and Paris, but
which are just making their appear
ance in this country The three little
figures, Columbine. Pierrot and Har-
lequin never lose their attraction even
for grown-up audiences and IL the
puppets act with delightful garden
as background and the soft swish of
lazy waves against rock shore as
orchestral accompa niment. the effect
is admirable for the end or the long
warm days.
Mrs Vanderbilt times her dinings so
that darkness falls just at the end and
the coffee is served with the advent
of Columbine and her attendant
swains. Along the north shore. sew
Mrs. Vanderbilt's excellent innovation
and the puppet show in the garden
with ices first and then coffee is an
established routine for the more
formal sort of dinings
Although the Treasury Department
is too practical and prosaic an insti-
tuition to regard any sort of anniver-
sary except as an event eNtraneous
to its activities. it is to be hoped that
Secretary Mellon and his aides will
pause long enough on August II to
congratulate MIR. John a. Stewart. the
New York banker. who will then pass
his hundredth mile stone. Mr.. Stew
art was one of the brisk young men
whom President Lincoln called to his
aid during the trying days of 1864.