Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-27
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
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to Help Traffic During Stnke-Personal
Side of Life in Various Regions.

don, is a well known Anglo American
social center. He and Mrs. Roberts
also entertain extensively at their
country place, Easton Hall, in Grant
ham.
Senator and Mrs. Key Pittman of
Nevada are occupying their beautiful
home, Ridge Hall, on the Ridge road
in the vicinity of handsome country
places, among them MISSIONER, where
the elder Charles c. Glovers reside.
Mrs. Pittman has not been in Wash
inGton for the past two seasons, and
during her travels in Europe and the
Orient she purchased some marvellous
home equipment, and to see this In
the stately rooms of Ridge Hall is a
pleasure equal to that of slipping cool
drinks on the veranda and admirlng
an incompatible view Of the distant
hazy hills beyond the lawn, fringed
with trees, and the lovely wild gar
den. Venice remains the home OF fine
furniture, and among the treasures
which Mrs. Pittman collected is
complete bedchamber set of carved
wood, painted most artistically after
the manner of decorating the ancient
Italian porcelain, green's. ambers and
yellows being skilfully mingled to
form bouquets of old-fashioned flow
ers painted with the sure touch of a
master. In Difference to modern ideas
of sanitation and comfort the maGnifi-
cent bed of the Venetian has given
place to twin affairs, which make
harmonious whole, but with complete
separation. The bureau is a replica
of an ancient piece such as may have
reflected a. lovely lady when the doges
held court and which still are found
in the older Venetian palaces. Mrs.
pittman intends to reproduce one or
these bedchambers in her drapings,
her floor covering and the mural ell
feet when she can prevail on the
necessary artisans to assist her. she
has a collection of East Indian rugs
and embroideries which impart a de-
lightful atmosphere to a favorite sit
ting room on the second floor, which
overlooks a superb landscape of roll
ing hills and smiling valleys.
Social leaders in Montreal are al
ready deep in plans for the several
buds from the most exalted famliies,
who are soon to be presented. Among
these are the lovely twin daughters
of Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Herbert S.
Nelson of Montreal, Miss Dorothy and
Miss Betty Nelson; Miss Gladys
Rogers and Miss MacGillhcudy Stoker.
both of whom are daughters or Of
ficials in Ottowa, but who spend the
Arden Stead, a relative of the re-
nowned British publisher, will be
bud for whom there will be much en-
pertaining, and there will be for Miss
Cecile Desbarats, who is the. dauEh-
ter Of a member of Parliament from
Quebec. Miss Louise Barclay, daugh-
ter of Mrs. James Barclay, formerly
of Boston; Miss Jessica de Sofa and
Miss Naomi Lyman, all of whom fig
ure in the social life of Chicago, will
be among those presented to society
during the next six weeks. Montreal
has a delightful Summer climate and
has as large a transient population
as has Washington in Winter, and
buds who are presented during July
and August enjoy all the delights of
the Winter in Ottowa, and many have
friends and relatives in New York and
other American cities. Montreal in
Summer specializes in motor parties,
when large companies are transported
to some high point beyond the city,
where q pavilion provides place for
dancing and tepees furnish a setting
for dining. These alfresco amenities
have proved so delightful that the
usual setting for dinner dances in
country club and suburban hotels is
declining in favor.
Lady Beatty, who is the wife of
Earl Beatty, the fleet admiral of the
British navy, and who was Miss Ethel
Field of Chicago, is another American
who has laid low a much cherished
ghost which has figured in folk lore
for several hundred years.
The earl received many substantial
proofs of the gratitude of his country
and sum sufficient for him to sell his
modest establishment, Brooksby Hall,
in Leicester and to acquire a country
seat after his own heart. Lady Beat
tvs choice fell on the fine old Queen
Anne manor. Reigate Priory, in Kent,
with it's ancient garden and tagged
monks walk, with memories and trIdi-
tons which reach back to the War of
the Roses. But the ghost of an out
ragged abbot, dispossessed in the time
OF Henry VIII, made life unbearable
for tenants of Reigate Manor, and so
it was on the market for years, and
no lessee was known to pass more
than one year in the place, and no one
seemed willing to purchase. Added to
the very tales Of the mitred ghost,
Conan Doyle environed one Of his
most creepy Sherlock Holmes tales,
one dealing with trained and venom
Gus snakes, right under the famous
copper beeches where the abbot kept
his nocturnal vigil. and this made it
difficult to employ gardeners and
other outdoor workers. None of these