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blossomed forth in full glory after
the empire mode. Mrs. Bryce, now
Viscountess Bryce. lost no time when
she became chatelaine of the British
embassy in having the paint removed
and the mahogany restored, as ~
may be seen now. Lady Herbert was
the aunt of young Cornelius Wander
bilt and of Miss Grace Vanderbilt,
who have been winter residents here
for the past four years.
Queen Marie Of Rumania. who is
always spoken of as the most beautl-
full ROY al lady in the world today, has
prover that she is brainy as Well as
lovely, for the most popular fairy tale
OF the season has just come from her
pen. 1t is called THE Story of
Naughty Kildeen," and the pretty
crimson gold cover with the royal
Rumanian arms blazoned across the
cover is getting to be a familiar orna-
ment on diplomatic reading tables
Queen Marie has told very cleverly
some of her own experiences as
royal child and. incidentally, that OF
almost every other younSster born 10
the purple. She has illustrated as
we'll as written her tale and the
caricatures of kildeen'S parents,
carefully laying their crowns on the
counterpane to give her the usual
evening chastisement. is irresistibly
can be relished by the small child
proves interesting reading to the
grown-ups too. The proceeds from
the sale of the books go to the
children's hospital in bucharest and
hundreds of copies of the books have
already been sold in all the royal
circles of Europe and as many more
are finding a ready market in this
country. The tale is in the queens
native tongue, English, and was pub
lished by well known firm of
London Professional critics who do
not care a tallow candle whether
book is written by prince or peasant.
speak of Naughty kildeen as worthy
TO rank with that famous story by
Mrs. Molesworth. THE Cuckoo Clock"
and THE Princess and the Goblin"
which are deemed the Juvenile
classics now.
Those brilliant pageants of fash
ion. which may be admired any
pleasant Sunday in the quieter of the
uptown streets when the churches
are dismisSing their yotaries are full
of life. color and novelties, but the
most observant cannot claim that the
Washington modes run to any par
ticular shade In New York there
IS a decided inclination for the FASH
ionable to take over Russian green,
a color rarely seen In Washington.
where, as last year, black costumes
still prevail. with a few browns,
blues and darker shades of red and
gray. Russian green is worn in
Nariahiy in the afternoon. though Mrs.
H. III. Rogers, in Difference to her
being the chairman of the After the
Opera Supper Club" has several eve
ming frocks in this rich tint. These
suppers are served by a committee
of highly placed ladies for the bene-
tit Of the Russian refugee fund, and
Russian green is the official hue used
by all the attendants. Naturally varf-
Gus materials are used and different
sort of accessories, so that Mrs.
Rogers. though always wearing the
color selected. never seems to be
wearing the same gown. Mrs. Harry
Payne Whitney has a few robes of
this green. but she is wearing deep
yellow this winter almost as a uni
form. with the only note of con-
traSting color found in her splendid
amethysts and corsage bouquet of
lady-slipper orchids.
Mrs. William j. Starr, whose beau
tiful home, Hope House. neau Easton,
IN Talbot county, Md, is one of the
show places of the eastern shore, has
been visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. w.
Belt, in Cleveland Park. and has re-
Gently returned to her estate for the
winter. Hope House and Mrs. Starr
are equally illustrious in the annals
of horticulture in this rich section of
Maryland for the venerable estate,
which has for many generations been
the home of the Starr family. is noted
for it's splendid forests and box
hedges. and Mrs. Starr, since she sue
ceeded on the death of her husband
to the management of the place, has
gained the reputation of having
planted more fine trees and box
hedges than perhaps any woman in
this country. There are literally
miles of box about the imposing CO.
lonial mansion. surrounding the for
NAL Garden which approaches the
house by winding road from the
back, cutting off the kitchen garden
from the pleasure grounds. Box
hedges lend a touch of dignity to the
barnyard and the extensive premises
wi are nlumn hens scratch and where