Evening star., 1925-07-19
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Memories of Old-Time Washin ston Aroused by
Efforts Made to Preserve Beauty of the
White House

| one of the brilliant sport events OF the
year, and comparable with Ascot in
England and the equine races near
Paris, have finally bowed to the pop
ular demand, that the dates chosen
conform in some measure to the con-
venience of those who patronize IL in
any role. whether as spectators, eX-
hibitors or directors. The dates have
just been announced, and they are
from November % to 81, days which
will not conflict with the grand open
inR of the Metropolitan Opera Com
pany, nor with any conspicuous debut
party or charity events. Those
denizens of society who make the
horse show circuit from the Atlantic
to the Pacific and from Canada to
the Mexican border were all consulted
and these days have been pronounced
satisfactory. Though society in
Gotham rarely ever tears itself away
from mountain or sea during October,
the Metropolitan Opera Company has
decided TO try out new numbers on Its
score during the last two weeks of
that month when New York Is cram
med to the last inch with buyers from
the big wholesale houses and with
tourists returning from their Sum-
mer adventures. BoXholderS IN the
beautiful horseshoe will be able to
turn a pretty penny by permitting
the general renting of the empty
places until the owners feel disposed
to return to the city. On the whole
for once the national horse show, the
social wing and the opera manage
ment have worked together harmoni-
ously in the matter of the late Autumn
season.
Mrs John r. Pratt, who recently
Dl2ce
Board of Aldermen of New York and
who, according to her friends. Is as
Sured of success at the polls, has been
associated with her husband in civic
and political affairs of the big city
ever since her marriage, quarter
of a century ago. She was before her
marriage Miss Ruth Sears Baker and
she has been quietly and efficiently
prepa ring herself for an active polit
iCal career. Known in many ways in
New York. she stands out in the
memory of many for the several beau
tiful fetes given by her husband and
herself at the handsome estate, Manor
House, Glen Cove, Long Island, dur
ing the last visit of the Prince of
Wales. Her pretty young daughter
Virginia, then a sub-deb, but present
ed to society last Winter, received
much attention from the heir of the
most precious of her possessions
book of snapshots sent her after the
prince had returned to London. Mrs.
Pratt has always been solicitous about
the care of invalid children and she
has done yeoman service on the pub
lie milk fund. Her nomination to
place among the aldermen was, ac-
cording to Mr.. Samuel Berger,
member of that body, who placed her
name before the committee. IAN eff
fort to bring into active service
presence of grace and charm and the
refining influence which the board
sadly needs" Her campaign will be
in the nature of social event and
will call forth the best efforts of her
neiGhhors in Glen Cove and In New
York City.
Four bellies Of Beacon Hill. Boston.
Miss Betty Thorndyke, Miss Eleanor
Goodwin, Miss Eliza beth Lockwood
and Miss Charlotte Smith, who created
such a furore of applause when they
appeared I'm the Old Boston Days"
pa geant held in June. have decided
that the way the maidens Of the Civil
War period were gowned has many
points for grace and comeliness over
the present envelope frocks. sleeveless
and very often almost skirtless gowns.
These pretty girls in dainty Sun-bon-
nets with wide stiff skirts and the soft
yellow lace f1chus and cuffs often
Saunter about the lawns of their homes
to the admiration of the passersby.
This revival has caught the imagfna
ton in Boston and along the North
Shore, and thereabout many chari-
table fetes are designed to-. use the
same effect in tableaux which made the
Beacon Hill celebration so successful
Colonial garden parties are talked of
at Beverly, to be staged on some ex-
tensive estate and the hostess and her
aides all to be in powder and patches
and crinolines and the guests request
ed to appear similarly attired. Cool
breezes blow nightly along the North
Shore and on many days when Wash
ington is all but dissolved in the heat,
many of the householders who are
neighbors to President and Mrs. Cool
idse find a wood fire comfortable. So
that silks. satins and velvet in small
clothes for the gallants and elaborate
costumes for the bellies may not prove
as painful as they sound.
Miss Elizabeth Lee Hilles, who was
a charming little sprite of the pima
fore and ringlet age in the years
when her father, Mr.. Charles Dewey
Hilles, was First Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury and then private sec
retary to President Taft, is to be mar
ried August | to DIR. George Stoddard
Reynolds of New York City. The nup-
tiaI event is scheduled for the late
afternoon in the beautiful grounds of
Seatuck Lodge, the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Hilles on Long Island, and it