Evening star., 1924-08-10
maids and get pleasantly intoxicated. a
the o.d notion prevailed.

the o:d notion prevailed.
Mrs. James CorrIgan of San Fran
cisco. who early in May secured one
of the handsomest homes on Gros-
venor streets London. and who Is
among the leading hostesses OF the
present season, gave dinner last
week at which she had reproduced
Tor her guests genuine New York
cabaret of the best Greenwich VII
lage type. She had her artists
brought over for the month. for 1t Is
the intention of this ambitious young
American chatelaine to show London
an inner view of things gay and
festive in Gotham. Among the
guests at this first dining were Lord
and Lady Mountbatten, whom Mrs.
Corrigan had met during their
honeymoon trip to California;; Eng
lands cricket hero. Hon. Lionel
Tennyson. and Mrs. Tennyson: the
Countess Brecknock and Sir victor
and Lady Warrender, the former
being the member of Parliament from
the London district in which Gros-
venor street is situated. In between
times Mrs. Corrigan has hordes OF
her own country people in her big
mansion, for. despite all manner of
warning about how crowded the
British capital is and how risky II as
to enter without advance reserva-
tions, many do this same thing and
must for the nonce be sheltered by
their friends. Mrs. Corrigan has an
may se'ect that fine one in Lincoln
shire recently leased by Mrs. Burke
Roche and her son, Maurice Burke
Roche of New fork-the site which
critics claim is the original OF CheS-
neywold in BLEAK House"
A rage for that shade of blue which
is known as King. Tut is consuming
the home decorators of the leading
summer resorts, Newport. the Long
Island towns and all up and down
the coast near Boston. Mrs. Alfred
Herter. in behalf of the Maidstone
Club, in East Hampton. Long Island.
achieved a sudden reputation as an
amateur decorator and now her ideas
have taken fir mhold on other clubs
and homes Mrs. Herter's WIS a happy
thought in placing a balcony of King
Tut blue with woodwork that color
and d profusion of blue flowers IN the
window boxes, just over the 18th hole.
and has accomplished marvels for the
weary toiler up the course. She has,
however, lightened the blue with pink
shades and yellow drapings. all to the
end of the uplifting of courage by
por last year. under the leadership
Of Mrs. Sylvanus A. Stokes, jr.. adopt
ed many features of the ancient
Egyptian kings court, including the
square blue paper parasois which
were so handy on the beach and the
embroidered cotton gowns OF rlcn
azure with hues OF every design in
the needlework. This summer many
of the Newport houses might nave
looked down on the Nile when the
are they in hangings, in divans and
pottery after the ancient patterns
Blue and black rattan equipments
for many years have adorned The most
artistic verandas on the North shore
of Boston. but this summc" Egyptian
raiment predominates on the streets,
and the parasol of King TutS tine
fat and square and Of fine paper, no
longer cause, comment.
Mrs. John A. Carpenter, who is one
of Chicagos most enthusiastic club
women, has just performed a labor
of love for the new Racquet Club,
which opened it's doors first on July
25, in gathering from the ends or the.
world a number of rare old emma
and glass center pieces for the dining
and luncheon rooms. These take the
form of the lovely Venetian glass
swans, so popular a half century ago,
with a variation of pink and gold
dragons uprearing after the fashion
seen on the famous standards which
float above San Marco Square, in
Venice. These valuable pieces are
for the dining hall exclusively, the
breakfast and luncheon rooms having
less preteKtious designs in Japanese
and Chinese blue and gold and in
clusters of the we'll known Dresden
fgurettes. Mrs. Carpenter desired to
have the prandial events of the
Racquet Club marked by distinctive
ness and her choice of dinner service,
both in plate and in china, will tend
to make them so. Mr.. John A. Car
penter is the noted composer of music
and ranks high with the impre-
sarios of this and foreign lands. His
wife is a leader of artistic circles
in Chicago and has accomplished
some notable interior decorating, as
in The Three Little Clubs" on State
street. Decorating of nah jong ta-
bles. chairs and the implements for