Evening star., 1924-09-28
Tales of Well Known Folk
:, In Social and Official Life
eResgna alton of Caetani Deprives Capital Society
.> of One of the Distinguished Bachelors,
But Has Been Expected.


sides in Blue Ridge Summit. and many
are the gatherings of Washington
friends she has during the heated
term. DR. Walter Reed. the distin-
gu!shed military surgeon and bac-
teriologist, whose memory is per-
petuated in the general hospital on
the outskirts of Washington was
born in the pretty little town OF the
Shenandoah Valley, Harrisonburg. in
Rockingham County. and Mrs. Reed,
who was Miss Emile B. Lawrence.
is from the same section. Both lived
in Washington for many years dur
ing the military assignments or DIR.
Reed and after he had been appoint
ed curator of the Army Medical Mu-
scum. Mrs. Reed became identified
with many worthy crusadeS during
these protracted intervals. and since
her husbands death, which occurred
in their home in this city in Novem-
bcr 1902, she has redoubled her ef-
forts, especially in regard to the pa
tientS of Walter Reed Hospital.
Mrs. Reed is among the earnest
workers for the Monticello Memorial
fund and for other patriotic actlVl-
ties which center in Virginia.
Women who smoke. and certain
medical journals recently have been
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subject, must feel peeviSh when they
read the solemn warning which Herr
Doctor HofStatter. one or the most
brilliant members of the Vienna Med
ical College staff. has issued about
what the seductive cigarette does to
feminine comeliness. He asserts that
constant and habitual smoking OF
cigarettes by women dulls the skin
and finally robs il of all blomm, while
n ~ hnr Of
nose and chin, to develop hirsute ad-
ornment on the face and in many
instances to impair the sight and to
cause cross eyes. The doctor Tor
tifeS his dismal statements by the
testimony of victims and by the
records of other physicians. He for
bids all student nurses in the great
hospital which is affiliated with the
University of Vienaa, and which is
one of the greatest institutions of
its kind in the world, to indulge in
nicotine either on or off duty, and he
is waSinE war against smoking all
over Austria. Vienna was one OF
the first cities OF the old world to
make provision for woman smokers
and good ten years before France
or Germany had separate apartments
for this indulgence in travelling or in
clubs or hotels. such as was offered
in Austrian railroads and in Niennese
hostelries. Now. in every part of the
world. it is recognized that women
may smoke if they wish, and any
thing they wish. and in any vehicle.
pipe included. There are few femi-
nine clubs in Washington unprovided
with smoking room.
The Glen Cove section Of Long
Island. which will always be asso-
ciated with the recent visit of the
Prince of Wales, established a repu-
tation for good taste and simplicity
during the royal visit which will go
far in counterbalancinG the old idea
OF American elaborateness and desire
to spend a thousand dollars when one
hundred would be sufficient. At the
al fresco luncheon given at Welwyn
by Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Irving Pratt
the surroundings were SO simple and
natural that the prince, who is ac
customed to pomp and ceremony, took
occasion to congratulate the hostess,
for ii was obvious that the luncheon
had been served exactly as it was all
through the Summer when the
weather permitted. The table was
laid at the end of the water and rose
garden, on lower level than the
house, and formal flower plots, with
the soft tapping Of the sound quite
wide pergola covered the table and
from it depended great clusters Of
purple grapeS-just about to ripen and
their odor was delightful, while the
LEAKAGE afforded a welcome shade.
To carry out this effective scheme,
the center piece was a deep green
glass bowl piled high with punches
of grapes surrounded by their leaves.
Not a flower candle or formal deco
all the ladies were just those they
would wear to any al fresco affair in
balmy weather. Pomp and gorgeous
ceremonial marked the dinner dance
at the Mackay home, but Mr.. Mackay
entertained formally in his capacity
as first vice president of the Piping
Rock Club, whose guest the royal
heir was. But all the other fetes.
breakfasts, dinners and evening
levees given for the prince were in
formal.
All Americans who were within
riding distance of the old church at
Creich, near Balmoral, Scotland, were
on hand on the first Sunday of Sep
tember, when memorial window was
unveiled to commemorate the long at
tendance and the princely gifts Of the
late Andrew Carnegie. Mrs. Carne-
gle and her daughter, who remained
at Skibo for this service, had about
20 house guests, who motored over to
Ba lmoral in the early afternoon. Mr..
Carnegie's friend, Sir George Adam
Smith, the present principal of the
University at Aberdeen, performed
the service and preached the sermon
acclaiming that the renowned steel
man was at once and in every way a
great Scotchman and great Ameri-
can, and q friend and benefactor of
other nations as we'll as the two he
called his own, man of enormous
faculty and of powerful spiritual
stimulus. Mr.. Carnegie gave liber-
ally toward restoring this old chapel
of Creich, in which parish Skibo is
located, and he was known to the
entire countryside for his interest in
the work, sending across seas for ma
terial and engaging skilled labor at
his own expense. Creich was the viii
lage in which the immigrant lad had
been reared and where he felt bitter
poverty before turning to the new
world to retarieve his fortunes. Mrs
Carnegie has invited a large party of
American friends to remain for the
grouse shooting, which began in her
region on September 1.
Mrs Edward Louis Spiers, wife OF
Brig. Gen. Splers OF the British army
and well known in the social and
I literary world of Chicago and Lon
don as Mary, Borden, has just tried
an experiment in her beautiful home
No. Little College street in the
latter city, which will be watch ed
with the keenest interest In the
great ballroom, which extends along
the entire west side of her mansion, she
has had fine polished steel floor
placed, and artistically, at least. it is
! a marvellous success. The silvery
effect of lights and shadows on this
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