Evening star., 1926-10-31

members pine to eat on the premises
unless of urgent necessity or for the
snatch.and-grab luncheon which pre-.
walls. No one denies that the cafes OF
both Senate and House might be I'M
proved, but apparently no one THINKS
seriously of setting up hotel, in the
big-domed building.
New Workers. are agitating serving
dinner at the opera, in order tnaI
patrons may partake Of their FOOD IN
grace and hear the performance IN
it's entirety. The thought is abhor-
rent to real music lovers and 1t Is not
gaining much headway with the man.
| ayers of the Metropolitan. A good
restaurant in the building and one
long intermission instead Of several
short ones might help and some such
| compromise may occur. But TO serve
| a meal in the boxes or in the stalls
would be wide leap from customs IN
Europe, when opera are rendered. IN
| Munich, the first act begins at IN
the afternoon and lasts until $50, the
audience has until o'clock to get
dinner on the premises or to go home
for the purpose, but nothing is served
In the opera house proper. At con-
certs it is different and the popping
of corkS and the orders to the waiter
do not add to the enjoyment of the
American guests who like to have re-
freshment before or after the music.
Mrs. Medill Mccormick. has leased
her apartment in Chicago to Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles B. Pike and as they
have already taken possession, Mrs.
Mccormick and her children cemain
at the famous stock farm at Byron,
on the Mississippi River, from which
! comes so much of the fresh pure milk
| distributed at infants homes and
dietary kitchens. Though she has not
announced her plans, her close friends
here say that Mark Hanna's capable
daughter will spend the Winter in
! Washington and that several agents
are engaged in locating suitable'(
domicile. A warm friendship has eX-
| listed for years between Mrs. McCOr-
mick and Mrs. Longworth and their
| intimacy has taken on semi-politl-
| cal complexion, for the wife of the late
| Senator from Illinois. Medill McCor
mick, is one of the ablest and most ac
tive women in public life. She pos
Sesses Il fine stage appearance and
| she has few peers in the art OF max
| ing a brief, clear and powerful appeal
| to the voters.
| Every one conceded that she and
her committee carried the cause of
equal suffrage to victory against the
| most stubborn opposition in the Hi
nois Legislature and their campaign,
| entirely planned by their leader, con-
sisted of seeing each legislator sepa-
rately and painstakingly explaining
| the purpose of their activities. Mrs.
| Mccormick is at present chairman of
| the women's committee of the ma
! tional Republican executive commit |
| tee. and the way she has brought out
| the feminine vote in Illinois is the OBJ !
| ject lesson often held up for the emu !
| lation of less active leaders. There are
three children of the late Senator and
Mrs. Mccormick, Katrina, quite a lit |
tie miss and we'll known in Washing |
ton; John and Ruth Elizabeth, who !
are and T. and still in the hands of |
| governeSSeS.
Mrs. Mccormick, to the deep regret |
Of lovers of rich cream and milk, is |
| the last survivor of half dozen mem |
berS of Chicago society, who con- |
Quoted model dairies. The late Nh. |
Granger Farwell, who had many !
friends and relatives in Washington !
and frequently visited the city, had |
a stock farm at Knollwood, which |
created enthusiastic praise even from !
British visitors, accustomed as they |
pastures and lowlying, picturesque |
buildings. But dairy farms rarely |
yield a profit, and Mr.. Farwell's heirs |
sold the estate to the knolwood Coun- |
try Club. Mrs. Scott S. Durand. one !
of the lake city'S social leaders, tried |
her hand at producing the best grade !
of milk, but last Summer she sold |
her entire stock at auction.
Mr.. Arthur Meeker and George Hig- |
ginson, jr., created wonderful stock |
and dairy farms, but neither could !
make expenses. Mr.. Meeker promptly
sold to a commercial dairy firm and |
Mr. Higgingson has deserted Chicago |
and established a permanent home |
in the Berkshires near Lenox and |
the only stock which now engages his |
attention is a fine Guernsey for family !
use and two or three farm horses. All /
of these owners lived on the farm and |
managed things themselves and yet |
they made no profits. Mrs. Mccormick |
has never divulged whether her dairy |
pays for itself, but she counts 1t big |
asset that she and her children spend |
the Summer at Byron every season |
and get toned up for the year.
Mr.. Frederick H. Prince of Boston
has recently been chosen executive
! officer Of the famous hunt club at
Pau, that lovely resort of southern
France, so close to Biarritz that the |
residents Of both are as one. This
club hunts wild boar, and it is among
the few to which such a privilege is
given or for which the porcines are
sacredly guarded by a selected corps
of guardians and directors. The hunt
| club at Pau counts 112 years of exist
ence and its founder was the Iron
"a 10 y; Sc
| headquarters at Pau and was likely
! to stay there for some time, sent for
his hounds and began hunting what
ever he could find.
| The Duke of Wellington found boars
to such an extent that he sought and
| obtained concessions from the BASQUE
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