Evening star., 1924-01-27
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
MhIte House Occupants, Past and Present
Minsling Pleasantly in Society Events
of Washington

i nuptials were celebrated three years
ago In the Lansing home on 18TH
| street. Mr.. Thomas was for several
years with famous tobacco firm and
was its manager in Peking and Toxic
as well as in the Australian CONT
ncnt, in London and various capitals
of Europe. He met his wife in the
American legation in Peking and the
romance brought him to Washington
as soon as he could procure leave of
absence. Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas re
turned to the capital Of China for
their honeymoon and have since been
living in London until last August.
birth of their first child. Mr.. Thomas $
comes of a distinguished family of
North Carolina and IS an author of
some note, being a frequent con
tributor to Asia and ether periodi-
calls relating to the east. Mrs.
ern countries. learned 10 do the most
exquisite embroidery and her gifts
at Christmas take the form of some
lovely article for table or toilet. She
made tn" entire layette for her young
3! SON and il shows marvellous talent
; In direction not often followed by
: the woman of today.
I Mrs. Edward r. stettinius. who is
the chairman OF the committee on
arrangements at the sessions of the
! International Garden Clubs, has pre-
sentcd for inspection one of the most
beautiful and complete assortments
of floral needlework ever seen in New
York. Mrs. Stettinius began some
years ago to gather especially fine
specimens of this .gentleSt of fem
' fninc arts and she placed her entire
stock on exhibition. Some historic
pieces were much admired, especially
grouping of field flowers on a
black background done in early CO.
. lcnial days in William Penn'S do
main. Mrs. IT. Coleman du Pont has
! also been an enthusiastic collector of
! floral needlework and she has from
various legacies left her husband,
! the former senator from Delaware.
: examples of the strong influence
which flowers eXtrted over feminine
handiwork. done in the opening nine
Pont. wife Of the immigrant in that
! iillustriouS family. One is single
pink rosebud done on black, pat
tern much affected in the court of
t Marie Antoinette and constantly re-
curing in her personal belongings.
! Mrs. du Pont has some exquisite
! tapestries for chair back and seats,
also the work of the ladies in the
du Pont family done when Whining
J ton was altogether A country village
! and the roads to social diversion. to
! Philadelphia and New York. were i'm
passablc about three-fourths of the
year.
! The late Mrs. c,yril Han Mccormick
was such an enthusiastic lover of nature
and cXerted her powerful influence so
widely to impress its beauty on the
multitude that the memorial volume
which her family and friends prize
most, Landscape Art. Past and Pres
ent. IS proving far and above the most
! valuable garden book issued In the past
year The volume is made up of papers
which Mrs. Mccormick read at the Car
den Club OF Chicago and of special
contributions addressed to the Ameri-
can Park and Outdoor Association. pub
ished originally IN pamphlet form and
the text is not only interesting and in
structive but shows fine literary style
and an Intense study of the subject in
the historical sense. 1t is Illustrated
by fifty handsome Photographic plates
devoted to the evolution of landsca ne
art ar, and gardening. beginning with an
mag IN mary presentation of the hanging
gardens OF Babylon. taken from an an
cient Italian flower book. possibly of the
| thirteenth century. Egyptian gardens
in the days Of the Pharoahs are of gen
ulne interest just now. and Persian
gardens when those peope We're stfr
fire worshipers are historically accurate
SO say the archeologiSts Pliny's
l1aurentian villa has, it is soon detected
been the keynote Of many a famous
modern house and garden and. coming
Ia ianoscapes In every age and cline. and
the last Illustrations are naturally those
OF Mrs. McCormlcks beautiful creation
en- Lake Michigan
Montgomery Roosevelt SCHUYLER. who
passed away a few days ago in his
home Out o Sight, a graystone man
! sion perched en- the crest of hill Just
Deyond Nyack, was frequent visitor
mere when his distinguished cousin oc-
cupled the White House. President
Roosevelt, whenever permitted. rested
few days at the top of the mountain
ana was his frequent visitor when pri-
vate life brought leisure hours. NIr
schuyler raises the famous Morgan
horses those sleek brown creatures
with ankles so slender they seem
ready 70 snap off with the least exer-
ton. he was also yachtsman and
was IN constant attendance at the races
and was familiar figure in the country
clubs. A man of large means and with
no immediate family his fortune has
gone almost intact to young Henry
roosevelt. the son of Samuel Roosevelt,
Hrst cousin OF the late President and
to his sister Virginia, who was SO fire.
quently the guest of Mr. and Mrs.
Franklin Roosevelt. Out O. Sight, one
Of the most beautiful and well stocked
farms about New York, will be kept
up in the same style which its founder
maintained. according to the provisions
OF his Will, and a number of relatives
are to be entertained each summer at
their own specified time.
The Countess of Granard. who sail
ed for her home in Dublin last week
after hurried visit to her parental
abode during the holidays. departs
most skilful "mah- jonger' New York
has entertained this season. The
countess. once fond of whist In its
popular forms. has entirely deserted
that beloved game and has gone en-
Enthusiastically over TO the Chinese
novelty, and she has reported that it
is very difficult to get up auction
games in London or on the continent
because of the rage which NAH jong
enjoys. OF course the countess has
in gold and ivory which a friend
travelling in the orient selected after
days spent in shops. She also has
dainty books into which have been
Chinese understand 1t, taken from the
original tongue and containing much
more information than the book of
instruction which has made its way
here. AS game for two in the quiet
OF home, mah-jong has points over
with cards or even the universally
beloved checkers, so the British have
round 1t, though such progress is not
TO be reported on this side of the
MateF Moolsn noSteSses at card
parties have mah-jong. but just as
many players cling to bridge while
the few chess players which the
Capital possesses scorn the idea of
anything superceding their favorite
pastime. But New York has made
mah-jong fashionable, and its vogue
there Is more firmly established than
in Washington, and a few days ago
the first club bearing the name was
announced in the younger. set.
Mrs. Henry Fairfield Osborn was
recently elected to the presidency of
the board which conducts the charity