Evening star., 1925-12-06
Tales of Well Known Folk
. In Social and Official Life
City of Lilliput, Peopled by Real Dwarfs, Will Be
Striking Feature of Philadelph phia Celebration.
(. Coolidges Taking Much Interest IN
Sesquicentennial Plans.

ago the princess was the leader of an
equestrian exhibition in Strosa and
secured blue ribbons both for her
mounts and for her riding. Rome is
suffering acutely from the housing
problem and palaces which stood ten
antleSs for years are now crowded to
the last inch. Many Americans are
finding excellent homes in Florence,
Mrs. Mary Longstreet has a charming
villa on the Po and nearby is the IA
nous Villa Palmieri one of the show
places of Europe. 1t was bought by
the late James W. Ellsworth and
most beautifully restored. His son
James jr, now lives there and is a
gracious host to hundreds of Ameri-
cans now seeking homes in the Arno.
Mrs. Lucy Work Hewitt, whose
beautiful home in Rue de la Faisan-
derie in Paris is one of the centerS
for American philanthropic endeavor,
has recently been awarded the Cross
Of the Legion of Honor for her sue
cessful management of the Phare de
France or the lighthouse for the
blind. that quaint institution which
is pitifully filed with victims of the
World War. Mrs. Hewitt, who is a
cousin of Mrs. Burke Roche of New
York and "A niece Of the late Frank
Il. Work. married into the Hewitt
Cooper family of Gotham and has ad-
hered to its lofty standards of phil
anthropy. She was in Paris with the
scores of others of Uncle Sans sons
and daughters when August. 1914.
caught her in its mesh and she imme-
diately signed over for hospital work
and has been a resident of the French
Capital ever since. Mrs. Hewitt
spends most of the cold season in her
villa at Biarritz but she remains at
her post in the Phare in Paris just as
long as she can do so without risk Of
her health, for coal is not plentiful in
France nor as moderately priced as
most other commodities are. BiarritZ
claims several hundred other Ameri-
can villa owners. besides several
thousands who rent homes or live at
the hotels. Being in the Basque
country. these Americans have become
absorbed in the national game. which
is called pelota and is 4 hand ban
game with more intricate rules than
those which prevail here. The ball
goes against a high wall. whereon are
strips of metal of rubber and of stone
and the score is made by sound only
and by the rebound. But as the rules
admit of no argument and there is no
need of an umpire. those Americans
who indulge in pelota among the
RasQues and with vast enjoyment
say it will achieve not even the par
tial success mah-jonG in this land.
Mrs. Samuel sloan, chairman of the
committee of the Garden Club of Amer
lea. which is making an exhibit of al
freSco furniture in the Arden Gallery
of New York City. hopes, if enough
interest is shown in other sections to
take this exceedingly interesting col
lection travelling. Al freSco life is
-,
twenty years ago and the use Of
garden porches and ingle hooks for
refectory purposes holds in the mod
est cottage as we'll as on the eXten-
Sive estate. 50 that Mrs. Sloan and
her committee composed of Mrs. Fair
fax HarriScn' from this city. Mrs
Walter Brewster from Baltimore. Mrs
Quincy \. SHAW Of Boston and Mrs.
Harold /. Pratt of Glen Cove. Long
Island. believe that standards should
prevail in the open as in interiors and
in the gardens proper. The most
fascinating array of furniture FOR
porcheS is shown and much of it is
made by invalid soldiers. Walter Reed
having contributed a part There iS
in addition 4 separate grouping of OBJ
jectS used for flowers and in gardens
in various foreign countries and this
is designed to aid those who select =
special type Of garden. like the Italian.
the Japanese. the Spanish, the Dutch
or the old English. Pictures and dia-
grams may be secured for Il triting
sum which will greatly aid an amateur
beginning a formal effect either of
verandas, terraces or in the flower
spaces.
The Duke of Richmond has been
deeply annoyed over the enterprise