Evening star., 1926-09-05
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Efforts Here and Abroad to Beautify Business
Localities the English Bank.
Enterprise of Chicago Junior League. Z

and he discovered in an old palace of
rural Eenetia this fifteenth-century
we'll and coping, elaborately carved
and with a, deep perforatioh in the
center. in which has been installed
the usual drinking fountain used in
this country. The we'll of fame is
placed at the end of the putting green
and is reached in four directions by
a tagged walk. The victor. of course,
has the first quaff at the fountain.
though there are no penalties for
crowding. Mr.. Taller controls this
course. as it is on his private grounds
and has been prepared entirely at his
expense, but he regulates all games
In the orthodox way and follows every
rule which holds at public or private
courses. Miss Collett gained her prac-
tice on this ocean drive, and it was
on it that she achieved the prowess
which has given her the feminine title
in this part of the world.
The Junior League of Chicago, un-
der the direction of Miss Harriet Nc
I4aughlin and Miss Laura Thompson,
is literally raking in the dollars for
next Winters activities by the sale of
flowers every Sunday morning in the
picturesque Market Square of the
Lake Forest Garden Club. Under
striped umbrellas sit the earnest
young workers from daybreak until
about ! O'Clock, selling great baskets
of blossoms donated by the owners OF
nearby gardens. Those of Il thrifty
turn who live in the city and have
not flower pots, motor out early to
get blooms for their homes over Sun
day and this they accomplish at a min
imum of what they would pay at the
nrsct TO- the nypPIIfiTp
committee has taken over the sale of
fresh vegetables, also contributed by
those in the colony who are in SYM
pathy with the league. and some
times that luxury known as double
cream and freshly churned butter and
buttermilll appear on the carts, pref
tily surrounded by flowers Miss
Thompson has also installed Il lunch
stand, called the BandBoX, and this
does such q rushing business that
great coffee percolator has been pur-
chased and Is kept bubbling all
through the morning for those who
hasten to the flower market before
having breakfast. Already the league
is in funds for several needed extern
sions planned at the last meeting in
the Spring. Some of the elders of
Lake Forest Club are planning book
stall in Market Square to raise funds
for some civic improvements, and Mrs.
A. B. Dick, jr., is chairman Of this
activity.
Lady Astor, who has been rather
on the jump since she returned to
her native heath, has taken time to
comment that at last the British
matron and her American cousin are
dressed alike through all the day
light hours From breakfast until
dinner demand a change of raiment.
The woman abroad wears the one
piece suit or the present variation, a
blouse over a pleated skirt and
long. loose coat. The tailored suit,
made any perceptible headway yet,
though it's return is predicted. Time
was when the English wore much
more ornate clothes on the streets
1ham Americans. but now silk gowns
in more subdued shades with tan,
navy blue or dark brown coats are
universal Few in England have the
opportunity to wear filmy clothes
such as prevailed in Washington
through the Summer-fiowered chif-
fons of the lghtest weight. tissues and
georgettes. Such material is reserved
exclusively for garden parties or eve
ming functions. Rain comes unex-
pectedly all through the Summer in
England, and few days are warm
enough for the flimsy stuff which
serves the Washington woman in the
morning hours as we'll as late after
noon. Lady Astor has never been
devotee of dress, giving only the nee
essary attention to her raiment and
no more. She favOrS tailOr-made
gowns. but, like all other women, she
has taken up the one e-piece gown as
convenient, easy to adjust and not
given to mussing, as the term goes.
She has been very plainly dressed in
the Commons, her one unfailing eX-
travagance being to appear every
morning in a spotless pair of elbow
length kid gloves. and very grlmy
indeed she became before the day
was over.
The Ambassador of Great Britain.
Sir Esme Howard. who visited North
Carolina for the first time when a few
weeks ago he attended the COM
memorative ceremonies of the birth
of Virginia Dare. the first white child
born in the British colonies of North
America. will retrace his steps at
some convenient time. for the country
made an instant appeal in the his
toric sense. The multiplication of
"F,lizabethtowns' and Elizabeth
Cities" all through Virginia and
North Carolina proclaims the loyalty
of Sir Walter Raleigh and his graft
tude to his royal patroness. What IS
now the county of Dare had its
Elizabethtown at the time when the
prosperity, and there was an Eliza
beth City in Albemarle. Elizabeth
City. opposite Norfolk. Va. possibly
owes it's name to the same sovereign,
and Norfolk. called for the family to
which the Ambassador belongs, has
always been a source of interest to
him, and he and Lady Isabella How
ard and perhaps their sons will visit
it some time this coming Spring. The
Ambassadors presence at the Roanoke
Island celebration shows how differ
emily foreign offices now regard
participation of their envoys in do
mestic affairs. Lord Pauncefote of
Preston. first British Ambassador to
this Capital, was willing to attend
ceremony in honor of the Braddock
expedition. but he was advised by
the minister of state that it would
be wiser not to do so, as his presence
and whatever he said might be liable
to miSconstruction.
Sir Frank Baines. the genial director
of public works in London. has recent
IL returned from a haSty visit to this
side. and one of the results of his trip
is that he is more in earnest than
ever about preserving the picturesque
and ancient cottages of England. Sir
Frank announced n lecture on his
American impressions at the Royal
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