Evening star., 1922-11-12

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obtained from an English estate. he
takes a personal interest in his stock
and Is constantly about the farm.
City. Mr.. r. 4. Long has some blooded
Jerseys on his estate. Longview, which
overlooks the Missouri, and he seeks
recreation from his office duties. looking
them over, registering their records
fair within thousand miles. Nearby
lives his daughter. Mrs. Loula Long
Coombs. well known In Washington.
who became internationally celebrated
through her success In rearing blooded
horses and exhibiting them. Another
Heming of Lexington, Ky. who has
amassed fortune through her strain
OF Jerseys. the royal pedigreed Ra-
Weighs. She has more than five hun
dred on her estate and many blooded
horses as well. Mrs. Heming's daugh-
her guest this autumn. intends to in
troduce some Of her mothers cows
into the dairy business on her fine
estate on the Loire, within easy dis
tance of Paris.
The French capital has a new sem
sation. the ballet dancers of King
Sisowath of Cambodia. who, having
exhibited their grace and prowess
before specially invited company
In Paris. were lured away from the
harem and now perform for the
cafes. The king. who is one of the
principal potentates under the French
rule in ndo-China, not being inter-
ested in the diversions of western
civilization, took the precaution to
bring in his suite his own dancers
post-prandial entertainment in the
vast wing of the Hotel Majestic. in
Paris. which the French government
placed at his disposal
With regal hospitality. he invited
many guests to see his dancers and
the result was worthy of the most
enterprising theatrical manager on
Broadway. The kings ballet girls
were offered more for a nights en-
tertainment than the king paid them
in a year and they jumped at the
opportunity. Jazz has completely
lost favor before these eastern houris.
and even the opera ballet for the
Cambodia has not been disturbed. He
has hundreds of such dancers as he
has lost. in his own land, and musi-
clans also. For they. too. deserted
the royal standard and now play in
exclusive cafes on the boulevards and
autumn.
The young Kenneths O'Briens. after
an extended honeymoon on Gardi-
ners Island. have set up their own
establishment at Hampstead in rather
unpretentious style. in the home of
Horace R c. Allen. adjacent to the
Meadow Brook Club. Both MIR. and
Mrs O'Brien are devotees Of sport
and will take an active part in the
autumn meets of this famous coun-
try club. Mrs. o'Brien was Miss
such a partiality for life in Wash
ington that no one would be sur
prised to find that she had persuaded
her bridegroom to come here after
the season opens in January. She and
Mr.. O'Brien are weary of such tre-
maintained by their parents and have
decided on something small and snug.
and at Hampstead. rather than at
Rosslyn. where the magnificent estate
Of Clarence Mackay Is always chosen
by architects and artists to prove the
possibility of the environment.
Mr.. Mackey offered his son-in-law
home site near him: so. too. did Judge
Morgan O'Brien. who resides in tha
marvellous Florentine villa, an exact
replica of the famous structure erect
ed over the Arno by Cosimo de Medic;
ian for millions of flowers, was tn,
work of the late Allen Boardman
Judge OBrien'S law partner. and who
died before its completion
1t is the show place of Southampton
and is among the distinctive villas
of the western world and absolutely
perfect in it's Italian details. Th'
kenneths OBriens will. If possb!
purchase the house they are occu
pying. but if this proves impossible
they will build at the other side o!
the Meadow Brook Club grounds ant
erect a cottage of their own selec
ton.
Cafe life in New York is gradually
reaching a high mark Of perfection
and may be ssAid at last to compete
for 'honors with Paris. where cafes
and restaurants usurp the social
glory which in this country is given
only to home amenities or those held
In the most exclusive hotels. The
Cornelius Vanderbilts, jr.. have been
feting many friends recently. and a
few days ago Gen. Pershing Was
their guests OF honor. The hero of
TIE American expeditionary forces in
France is passing much Of the autumn
at the st. Regis. keeping an eye on
the repairs in progress at the home
in Long Island which he has leased
for the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry S. Balack gave
a notable dinner at fashionable
cafe last week for the former ambas-
sador to France and Mrs. Hugh Wal
lace and again a few days later for