Evening star., 1923-03-11
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Mrs Hoover Is Interested Spectator at Boy Scout
Presentation-Mrs. Gorgas Completing Book
on Life of Noted Husband

tulle and fell in irregular lengths below
the hem of her skirt. Miss Joan Whit
ney. who recently was here, showed
partiality for susanna crepe and she
had several gowns of this exquisite ma
terial, one in coral pink dotted in. en-
broidered white daisies with slender
stems of green winding in and out on
the skirt and over the bodice. Pistache
green is having rage In New York in
the younger set. and no less than sixty
gowns of this shade enlivened the last
assembly. At this same dance the
mothers of the bellies or an attending
duenna wore white satin or velvet or
some combination of white in silk or
tulle on chiffon so numerously that it
almost amounted to a uniform. We'd
ding parties reported from London and
the continent show gayer selection of
costumes. both for the bride and her
Sprftes, than could have been considered
possible five years ago A Shrove Tues
day bride in Paris wore a gown of
canary-colored velvet and her ten maids
wore gowns in what is known as parrot
tulip colors.
While the Sulgrave Institute and the
associated bodies continue to provide ex-
cellent quarters for American artists
who desire to paint the rural scenes
of England. distinguished artists of all
nationalities have come to this coun-
try and are making it's principal fea-
lures familiar to the old world. Will
liam Walcott, the London painter
etcher. spent months in New York. and
his exhibition of skyscrapers envel-
oped in the mists of early morning or of
sunset created a furore of imitators
The result is that New York in many
guises,. especially, it's water front, is as
frequently presented to the art-loving
Londoners as the Thames. along the
embankment at the tower and in the
mysterious regions Of the Limehouse
districts. Many British, French and
Slavic artists have found inspiration on
the Potomac, and as a setting for quiet
landscapes, for combined beauty of land,
sky and water. the classic river of the
National Capital is becoming rival on
canvas of the Rhine, the Danube, the
Loire and the Cherwell, Cam and
Thames. Three eminent artists of
eastern Europe-LaSzlo. Warshawslsy
and Curlionis-who are, respectively,
Hungarian. Polish and Lithuanian, have
established American studios and intend
to reproduce the types of people, as
we'll as landscapes. No one could i'm
agine the Potomac so mystical and en-
ticing as glimpses of it caught on the
canvases of Curlionis, to be admired in
the Lithuanian legation.
Those hundreds of public spirited d
men and women who have been try
ing to awaken a sense of art in toy
land rejoice at several innovations
apparent during the recent Christmas
season. Hand looms easily managed
by a girl of six were presented by
the score in families of all conditions.
and now several art centers in New
York display the result of rugs and
hangings. mostly for dolihouses. done
by children under ten. There are
several such exhibitions now in prog
ress in New York under the patron
age of well known philanthropic
leaders like Mrs. John II. Hammond
Miss Elizabeth Marbury and the dl-
rectors of juvenile art in the pub
lie schools. Instead of such dreary
things as plain boards and geometric
figures. the boy in the technical