Evening star., 1923-02-11

a colonial scene, and here were seen
ladies garbed in the finery of other
and bats. one for the spinning wheels
and the other for the thick. warm
comforts which grandfather wore in
the long ago. Spinning wheels
Tnred msrry thn amd the MRS LADIES SanR 1R
Green. wife of the present representa-
tive from ST. Adams and senator
elect from Vermont, wore gowns OF
homespun and kerchiefs crossed
hchu style and ample lacc-frilled
caps. Several were patching quilt
Of a most intricate pattern. Best of
all, every evening there was supper
OF the genuine New England kind,
prepared from recipes priced for gen
patronized most enthusiastically;
Needless to say. the war memorial
fund went over the top with rousing
echoes. So delightful was this fea-
ture that no doubt Newbury. VI.
will have many imitators in such IL
community week. A special feature
was the exhibition of silver, china
and pewter which has been in con-
tinuouS service in the same families
for more than two hundred years.
nent exhibit in the old school house.
Mrs. Francis King of Boston has
been awarded the gold medal for emil
by the Massachusetts Association for
Horticulture, and She is the first
woman to receive this honor. rms
Massachusetts society is the Oldest
body of it's kind in the western world
and for more than century has been
holding shows and awarding certifi-
Gates of merit all over the state. Mrs.
Kings medal is massive affair OF
gold, exquisitely chased and inscribed,
and is offered annually from fund
provided for that purpose by George
Robert White, one of the notable
members Of the society in the eighties
of the past century. The White medal
goes only for pre-eminent outstand-
ing merit, and in Mrs. Kings case
has been bestowed for her writings
and exhibitions of the possibilities of
the small garden, both urban and
suburban. BY her vivid portrayals
of the beauty of permanent planting
she has practically transformed many
parts of Boston in the same way that
the late lamented James L. Mann did
the arid places In South Chicago. For
more than five years now Mrs. King
has written and eXhorted in the per
Sonal sense that every ugly, neglect
ed spot in the entire United States
can. if there be a concerted effort. be
made into something useful and at
the same time beautiful. She is also
a pioneer of the competition for ia :
BILE decoration in the small home, and
recently n local branch in South Bos-
ton proved how useful winter ber-
ries from back yard may be in deck
ing the house even for a formal din
ner. The first prize of S. went to
a girls club which used bitter sweet,
the scarlet alder and the brownish-
black berries of Regeps privet with
gay bronze and red foliage of bcrbcris
to deck hall, living room aud refresh
ment table. all without one cent of
outlay from the funds to be used for
the entertainment.
Orlando Campbell. whose new school
of portraiture is creating a furore
here and abroad. is native Wash
ingtonian in whom the city may take
great pride. Mr.. Campbell studied
the Corcoran Art School as late as
1907. Since then he has swept the en-
tire artistic world in his zeal to ac-
complish the best. Even during the
bitter days of the war he managed
to do his military work in Paris and
at the same time to sketch and study
| the methods, which he now displays
| in the group OF portraits on exhibition
] in a private gallery of New York city
His portrait of Robert T. Nichols OF
| the Metropolitan Gallery of Art Is
deemed a master stroke and is one
Of the few which has pleased the New
York public. While Mr.. Campbell is
frankly of the new school and has
lightness and winsomeness about his
canvases wholly lacking in the i'm
pressionist, post-impressionist and al
the other novel ways of making &
portrait in oil. The head of his wife
is a wonderful study and also some
ideal heads of children and angels are
much praised. 1t is likely he viii
bring his exhibition to his home city
in the spring.
Albert of Belgium has the same
supreme confidence in his aircraft
skill as he displayed in his army
when the Germans were trampine
down his country. He has just re-
turned from an air trip to Megive. ir
the high Alps of the Chamounix re-
gions, and he made the trip both
ways with Queen Elizabeth. his
daughter and two sons. OF course
parliament fumed, as parliaments will
about this unnecessary risk Of the
entire royal family. but the king, who
ia master of his specially con-
structed plane. was convinced there
| was no more menace in placing al
his eggs in one basket on the aero
plane than in getting in the train al
Paris, riding to Sallamaches and ther
making the remainder of the dis