Evening star., 1924-10-05
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Rumors Current That Ambassador Jusserand
Veteran Diplomat Soon Will Retire--Per-
sonal Notes of Others Prominent.
SOCIETY,"

into the stupendous task associated
with the management of Bi1tmore.
The Oyster Bay section of Long
Island was not in the least demoral-
ICED by the social and athletic up
heavals of the Locust Valley con-
tingent and has gone about the even
tenor of it's ways and right on the
heels of the departure of the royal
guest opened its annu5l horticultural
show, in the Parish Hall of Christ
Church. This fine exhibit Is held to
raise funds for the Visiting Nurses
Association and it is always gen
erouSly patroniZed. All manner of
prizes are awarded in the hall and
on contiguous estates. and great
mounds of vegetables are sold in bulk
to the thrifty folks from the cities
who come down to stock the Winter
cellar. Mrs. Egerton l.. Winthrop.
whose splendid home in SyoSset was
adjacent to the Burdens, where
Wales" was entertained. received
three grand prizes for cut flowers in
the hall and for the best display of
peony dahlias in her gardens. Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt, her daughter-in-
law, wife of the Republican nominee
for Governor of New York. and Mrs.
Richard Derby all figured in the
pantry displays, rich preserves and
d tidy price because of the name at
tached to the label. The oyster Bay
horticultural Society is the Oldest and
most important of the several Situat-
ed in Long Island and it's membership
looks like pages shipped from the
Social Register or its own Blue Book.
Mr.. Albert Strauss and Mrs William
A. Greer displayed a marvellous new
dahlia, the Arum- Ra, which is a
trin a
the prize specimens measured 10
inches across
Former Gov. Cole Blease whose
election to the senatorship in South
Carolina is already an accomplished
fact. since he is the Democratic
nominee, sends into retirement two
other South Carolina families who
have been more than usually promi-
nent. Senator Dial who lost the
nomination in the primaries has a
large and buoyant group of children,
and their activities added much to
official amenities. Two of the daugh-
tiers. Emily and Rebecca,' made their
debut III Washington, and the former
was married year ago in her
fathers home. Miss Rebecca Dial
has gone in for literature with "A
leaning towards being a playwright.
She has received a fair measure of
success and her drawing-room dra-
mas have been enthusiastically re-
Ceived in her home State and in the
| Capital. Representative James +.
Byrncs declined nomination at the
hands of his constituents in Aiken
and tried for higher honors in the
Senate. with the result that he has
lost his position in Congress for the
next two years, at least. He had
been the member from South Caro-
| lna's most exclusive resort for Is
Years and Mrs. Byrnes has achieved
wide reputation for social charm
and experience. She was chosen
president of the Congressional Club
at the election almost two wears ago,
and, as the wife of an ex-legislator, she
will preside over this large and i'm
portant club during the last lap of
| her term Mrs. Byrnes is d trained
| politician and can make Il forcible
| political speech and in fact she helped
| her husband to stump the State, as
the phrase goes, during the past
! Spring.
Mrs. Robert Ogden Bacon, whose
| husband is a cousin of the Represent
ative in Congress from Westbury,
Long Island, started something when
she donned in a dinner parade frock
| of deep cream damask linen, none
! less than a tablecloth which had be-
| come thin and seedy, so to speak, but
| which. aided with deep silk fringe
and patches of old yellow lace. be-
| came an adorable afternoon frock of
| the one-piece sort. The richness of
| linen damaSk when it has attained a
| certain age is not to be equaled by
| the manufactures of mere dress
goods. Not only did Mrs. Bacon's
| idea spread like a prairie fire, but
| this Summer has seen the fine old
! silk and satin bed coverlets and table
| spreads pressed into service as eve
/ ming gowns. Fussy tables and beds
! are all out of date, anyway, and the
! present fad to lay one of grand
| mothers old patchwork quilts over
| the beds and strips of lace and linen
! over the dining table has release
! any number of the most taking arti-
cles for the bedecking of the younger
! generation. There is no doubt that
many of the bellies of this Summer and
Autumn whirled with the Prince of
! Wales in gown made of a silk table
cover which might have adorned the
prandial board when his grandfather
was feted in New York in 1860. Next
comes the making of gorgeous eve
! ming wraps out of the damaSk por-
| tiers which have been replaced by
| simpler and less formal looking fab