Evening star., 1924-09-07
Tales of We'll Known Folk
In Social and Official Life

Wonen's City Club in developing and
organizing civic charities and in per-
fecting various hygienic1an sanitary
measures which have long been
pending. Prague is among the beau
tiful cities of the world and that
many Washingtonians have this year
included it in their motor tours is
due in a large part to this energetic
wife of the former commercial coun-
Selor. During her residence in Wash
lhgton Nine. Stangler frequently ap-
peared before women's clubs and ad-
dressed them on Prague and it's
splendid possibilities. explaining what
part women had taken in the restora-
tion of ancient liberties and in its
general rehabilitation. Nine. StanGler
studied at the venerable University
OF Prague, one of the oldest and
most revered in eastern Europe, and
she took special courses in Paris and
Dresden. Her home, on one of the
noble hills which encircle the city
of Prague, has been favorite
rendezvous for visiting Americans
all through the past Summer. DR.
Stangler one of the experts on COM
merctal relations and the representa-
tive of the Czechoslovak republic at
Versailles in 1919, is now attached
| to the department of commerce in
the Czechoslovak capital.
Washington will, of course. bios
som forth as to its masculine head
gear into "toppers," just as soon as
the weather is more complaisant. For
| the Capital City was well represented
| in the Bar ASSociationg which met in
London and was entertained in Paris,
and it is estimated that not one-tenth
of the lawyers who gayly sailed for
Europe had taken the precaution of
| laying in what the American irrev-
| erently dubs "stove-pipes" The
American consulate in London reports
| that Piccadilly and Bond street hab-
| erdashers did a land-offic business
during the invansion of Uncle Sans S
| legal lights, and those convenient
| establishments which hired "toppers"
| and dress suits by the hour, simply
! coined the cash and then deeply re-
| GREETED that their stock was exhaust
ed. But most of the lawyers bought
their hats, and Sunday afternoons and
other leisure days will. no doubt, see
their owners sauntering along the
| Washington boulevards with the big
| yellow stick and yellow gloves indis-
| penSibly connected with high silk
| hats. Time was when tall silk hats
| appeared at all ceremonial events
but that was long before the recent
war. When the genial DR.. Heubrecht
| gave Il reception IdSl summer TO
! honor the tWenty-tifth anniversary of
! Queen Wilhelmina's ascending the
| throne, the most auStere diplomats
! appeared in Palm Beach regalia. with
! the inevitable canvas shoes and Pan
anna hat But ceremonial garb may
| be more popular now that so many
denizens of Washington have provided
| themselves with it.
Lord Chalmers, who spent nearly
! four months in Washington about
| four years ago with Lady Chalmers
and his only daughter, Miss Gwendo-
lin Chalmers. negotiating Great Brit
aims war demand notes into long
time payments. has. in the interim.
! the New College in oxford and as
such devoteS more of his time to
scholastic problems than to financial.
| Lord Chalmers has been the chief
| host of the large body of Americans
| who entered the history course at the
| oxford Summer School and which in
| cludes many local teachers and uni
| versity professors. New College,
which would be deemed exceedingly
old in these parts, was founded in the
sixteenth century by the illuStrious
| Bishop William Wykeham of Win
| chester. History has always been a
strong point ard for two years past,
| Summer courses have been offered
| students who have not the time to
devote 70 IFS Study during the regular