Evening star., 1924-05-04
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Gen. Pershing Enters Two Horses in Army Polo
Contest at Olympic Games-Mrs. Harold
Pratt of Boston Brief Visitor.

number of destitute women and chill
dren preferably of close descent from
former citizens of Great Britain. The
officers dispense a god sum of money
each year carrying out the traditions
of chivalry always associated with
gallant st. George. They keep an eye
on eminent Britons in this country
keep alive the old spirit which Is the
same expressed in the union of Eng
lish speaking people.
That was a gay frolic which the
descendants of trappers and the old
frontier adventurers held in Hotel
Plaza in New York on April 22. There
were some four or five hundred guests
present and all wore the. traditional
garb of the trappers or of Indians or
frontiersmen as guides, WoodSmen or
canoeists. Mrs. Pierpont Morgan who
'lwayS attends these frolicS had aided
he committee most wonderfully by
,ermitting it to select costumes from
| rare old manuscript of the French
missionaries, depicting Indian life in
The opening of the seventeenth CEN
tury. Mrs. John King Van Rensse-
.aer was chairman of the committee
and her aides were among several
other social leaders, Princess Elizab beth
of Hesse, formerly Elizabeth Reed
Rogers of this city; Mrs. Robert Cd
Miss Juliana Cutting. The ballroom
was transformed into a vast Indian
wigwam with gaudy totem poles and
many skins of animals hanging from
the tepees. The several fireplaces
in the great ballroom became camp
fires and there were Indian dances of
the Algonquin race and others which
were sacred to the Five Nations.
Miss Anne p. Morgan was among the
boxholders.
For the first time in almost six
years the American embassy on Lon
don street in the City of Mexico has
been reopened and prepared for the
usual social events which mark the
spring and summer in the former cap
ita1 of the AztecS. The ambassador.
Mr.. Charles BeeCher Warren. has
taken possession of the living quar-
ters and will soon completely refur-
nish and freshen up the picturesque
old building. The charge d'affaires,
Mr.. George 7. Summe Rim, has occu-
pied the chancelry, which is part of
the embassy building, but he preferred
less spacious living quarters in a
more lively section of the city. Mr..
Henry F'lather Fletcher was the last
envoy in Mexico City. and in strenu-
Gus times he and Mrs. Fletcher kept
up the social end of the mission
Summer is altogether a gay season
in Mexico City, and as it is always
the rainy period of the year, social
plans have been readjusted to meet
that condition. Formal receptions
often begin at 10 in the morning
and cakes. ices and such offerings
sacred to the afternoon in other cap
ltals are served and seemingly en-
joyed very much. After a time 1t is
not difficult to consume a fruit ice or
a dainty cake so soon after breakfast
though Mr.. Warren is finding this
custom one of the strange features of
his mission. However. as it teens
rain in the afternoon and often in
the evenings, this arrangement is al
together logical. President Obregon.
the members of the cabinet and the
world all give morning levees. and
they are enjoyed most enthuSias sticaIIv
by all who attend. The summer eli
mate of Mexico City is glorious ex-
cept. or course. the daily drenching
showers. But as they come systemat-
iGally, all prerare for them and are
thus not inconvenienced.
A serviceable observance of the
famous ride of Paul Revere was the
aeterminatlon OF the civic centers in
the older communities of Massa chu-
setts to widen the Post road to thirty
rect. The work began on the 149th
anniversary of the ride which was
me .ne prelude OF the battle of Lexing-
ton. The same venerable lanterns
which shone in the belfry of the an
cient North Church. in Boston. blazed
there the evening of the celebration
when descendant of Revere. on a
morse ldenttcally like that ridden on
grimage through every Middlesex
village and farm" Lanterns greeted
the rider along the historic ro,,ta
through Winter Hill. Sommerville
Medford Square. Arlington Centre
ana Lexington Green, and there was
next day began the work of widening
TINS part of the old road, as well . .
tne portions which lead direct TO New
YORK and thence south, the route
mHch sa4te vas Travelled by the Massachu-
setts statesmen for Fifty years and
more. gong to and from their homes
and the National Capital. Motorists
all over the country welcome tbiS
actIon, lot IN summer and autumn no
part of the United States is more at
tractive than New England and
hitherto the roads, though in excaI-
lent condition, have been periIonsIv
narrow.
Lady Diana Manners. who is n,.-
ing alternately the Madonna and TIC
nun IN THE Miracle" in New VIZ
Is an exceedingly well gowned Me-
son ans with an eye to minute de-
cans , "Hicn E rarely appeal to Ameri-
all distinctive and are apparentiv
made to order, since just below tha
stltchlng on the back, is T;adv
Dianas monogram done in the finest
way and of the same co1oring as the
silk needle work. For afternoon oee e
cas1ons. this charming young actress
wears suede gloves of the exact hue
OF her gown and from the wrist there
IS a dainty frill of old yellow lace
glove. On an evening gown Of
canary satin, three rows of old lace
depend from her gloves, giving a
chic and frilly look, not attained. by
any sort Of sleeve trimmings. AL
ways the tiny monogram peeps out
from the glove, even silk ones. for
warm afternoon on the drive are so
adorned. Lady Diana and her mother
the Duchess of Rutland. are sailing
from New York. the first week in
June, and will pass the summer rest,
ing at home. They will both return
this autumn and this brilliant young
Briton appears to have established
herself permanently on the American
stage.
Dr., Robert Bridges, the poet lau-
reate of Great Britain, who is filling
spring lecture course at the Uni-
versity of Michigan, WILL on it's con-
clusion,s make a visit to Washington,
thus rounding out the celebrities
coined since the world war. For DR..
Bridges, who like so many other IL
lustrious men of today, began life as
a physician. will be the very first
laureate of England to come to these
shores, though the office has flourish
ed since the days of Richard the
Lion-Hearted. The present laureate
cannot be said to take his honors and
duties very seriously for he has sung
no hymn of the soul-strring events
the world has seen since 1914, nor has
he noted the spiritual regeneration of
his own and other nations. The post
of laureate brings a tiny salary and
most tremendous court uniform.