Evening star., 1924-06-22

Fontainebleau. Miss Klumpke is con-
Sidered the authoritative biographer
of her illuStriouS patron and teacher.
| Her Life and Works of Rosa Bon
heur," in French and in English, has
| gone through many editions. She
will be the recorder of this latest
honor paid to the painter of The
purchased by the Metropolitan Mu-
| scum of Art "The Horse Fair" was
| the most expensive picture which had
ever come to this country.
Mrs Curtis Brown. president of the
| American Woman's Club in London.
has been passing busy times since
the invasion of her country people
| to attend the British empire exposi-
| tion. This club has recently moved
| into the handsome new building
which Mrs. Brown and her board of
| managers had bought some five years
ago and had enlarged and remodeled
| by the eminent architect Sir Edgar
! Speyer. 1t is now the most spacious
and beautifully appointed woman's
club in Europe. 1t offers every op-
portunity for the American perma-
nently domiciled or those passing
| through, who may be placed on its
! roles If they are provided with the
! proper credentials from the home
| club. From the street. and it is sit
uated in the heart of Mayfair and is
No. 5S Grosvenor square. it resembles
a Florentine palace and from the
stately entrance hall to the fine
cloistered garden. this effect is main
tanned. There are suites of rooms
which may serve for any purpose,
social, literary or patriotic, and the
music room, with a seating capacity
of 500, is a model for such apart
ments. Mrs. Brown has served as
president for five years and has
proven an excellent executive. Mrs.
! Kellogg is honorary president. but
she also serves on several committees
and is a most generous patron of the
clubs activities.
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney's troupe
| of trained parrots created a furore at
the studio pageant conducted for
| charity in New York city, last week,
| the talented artist, Malvina Hoffman,
| having charge of the unique affair.
! AS the curtain rose the parrots t1ut-
| tered into the studio of Miss Hof-
man, as she is known professionally,
though she has been for some years
the wife of Mr.. Samuel B. Garrison
of Wall street. Like Poe's Raven.
with many a fiirt and f1utter," they
settled on various pieces of furniture
and formed the major part of the
decoration for the tableau which
were entirely tropic. and where the
brilliant plumage of the birds was
wonderfully effective. Mrs. Whitney
some years ago corrected neT parrots
very carefully, and after they had
been trained by experts. She likes
them in her studio and there are
many perches for them and an abun-
dance of the food they crave. Many
hop down and sit beside their mis-
tress as she works in clay and some
times they give a laugh which in
forms her that this critical audience
is not pleased with her efforts. Mrs.
Whitney. it will be remembered. de-
l .cpr,r
in the Pan-American building, and
1t was she who suggested some par
rots to Mr.. John Barrett, and it was
indeed n happy idea to have these
gorgeous adjuncts in the patio where
they have since become famous But
Mr.. Barrett found two of these talka-
tive birds sufficient for the color
scheme of the peace palace. though
Mrs. Whitney has more than a dozen
and can never resist adding a new
bird of specially gay plumage and
versatile talents to her collection.
Tallulah Bankhead, the pretty and
successful granddaughter of the late
Senator Bankhead and daughter OF
the present member from the tenth
district of Alabama is one of the
group of the daughters of Dixie who
have chosen the stage for a career
now playing in London and to most
enthusiastic audiences. Associated
with Miss Bankhead in an excellent
farce. The Dancers" is Miss Auriol
Lee, the great-grandniece of the Con-
federate leader, Robert e. Lee, and
the two have been the object of many
pleasant attentions from Lady Astor.
who is herself a daughter of Dixie
and always ready to seek her sisters
when they come to London on any
mission whatsoever. Miss Frances
Starr, who has been in the British
capital since the late winter playing
the major part in Tiger. Tiger" is
also frequently entertained by Lady
Astor and has with her sister act
resses from the domain of Uncle Sam
been house guest at Cliveden. Miss
Bankhead spent so much time in
Washington that she is regarded as a
native product. Her father. Repre-
sentative William H. Bankhead OF
Jasper. Ala. served as his fathers
secretary for many years and Tallulah
received most of her education in
local schools and began the study of
dramatic art in a we'll known school
of oratory of this city.
The Colonial Danes of MasSachu-
setts have recently acquired from
the metropolitan park commission