Evening star., 1926-05-16
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
American Minister Returning With Crown Prince
of Sweden-Movement In British Circles to
Restore Archery to Social Favor.

cases their associates are totally uh-
aware - such connections. Inc
royal Russian eXiles furnish ny lar
the most picturesque and numerous
titled coterie in the great city, anu
some exalted youths from Austro-
Hungary seeking their fortune make
good use Of the titles which were
powers to open sesame anywhere be
fore 1914.
Mrs. George A. Mckinlock. VINO
had been entertaining Miss Murlel NC
Cormick all Winter and this far INTO
the Spring in her villa, Casa AleJah-
dro at Palm Beach, was averse 10 the
trying weather conditions in Lake
Forest. her usual home, and with ner
guest has remained in Florida until
a few davs ago Mrs. Mckinlock ana
Miss Mccormick have been greatly IN
terested in the patio garden. so tney
remained to have an ancient Spanish
fountain installed i'll the tiled court
and to watch the transformation OF
the interior from crude state INTO
an excellent reproduction of one OF the
smaller patio gardens in the Alham-
bra. Miss Mccormick has spent the
past two Winters in Florida with her
friend and now she has decided 10
erect a home somewhat above Palm
Beach and more accessible to her
grandfather, Mr.. John W. RocKefeller,
at Ormond Beach. For many accus'
toned to the more invigorating eli
mate of the North and West, Miami
and Palm Beach are just trlf1e too
warm and soft. Up the coast rev
hundred miles there is a decided tang
to the air and frequently mornings
and evenings which are almost chilly.
All offer the same glorious posslbllltleS
for Towering vines and shrubs. For a
lovely bougganvillea vine which Miss
Mccormick brought her friend just
two years ago from Santa Barbara
has already climbed to the second
verandah of Casa Alexandra and
drapes the iron railing with a profu-
sion of violet and pink blooms from
December until May.
Although Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Me
dill Patterson now claim New York as
their home and have established their
lares and penates in the upper part
of Fifth avenue, their younger daugh-
ters have no idea of abandoning their
lovely home in Lake Forest, where
both spent their early years. Mr. Pat
terson and his cousin, Col. K. X. Nc
Cormick. joint owner with him of the
Chicago Tribune, We're pioneers in de-
Velopins the greater part of Lake For
est that delightful suburb of Chicago.
Mr.. Patterson % years ago bought a
farm and erected a charming stone
house right in the center of the corn.
fields. For years he raised grain, then
gradually cleared the acres about the
house until now it has become one of
the most beautiful parks and gardens
in that neishborhood of marvellous
landscaping. Miss Josephine Patter-
son. the youngest of the trio of pretty
daughters. will make her debut next
Winter in New York. but this Summer
she will be among the feted maidens
in the bud class about Lake Forest.
The second daughter, Alicia, who has
been preparing for the concert stage
at famous school in New York, will
accompany her sister to the old home
and remain through the Summer,
Mrs. Patterson going there as often as
possible, and then leaving the girls in
the care of an elderly relative. Miss
Elinor Patterson. who has taken the
role OF the nun filled by Miss Rosa
mund Pinchot last season in The
Miracle" will spend nearly all of her
vacation resting in a Canadian camp
and will go on the road with the pro
duction the latter part of August.
Miss Josephine Patterson is showing
a literary turn and will prepare for
journalism in Il New York school next
Winter in between the debut func-
tions.
Lady Mary Amherst. q close friend
and associate of Princess Mary, vi
countess Lascalles and one of the
maids at her wedding, is the leader of
a. widespread movement TO restore
archery to its once proud position
among the sports of Britain. She is
trying to revive in all it's glory the
Grand Western Archery Society and
the Woodmen of Arden, and her eff,
forts are meeting with gratifying sue
cess. Princess Mary and her husband
will join the society when 1t has been
organized and both have already sign
ed as incorporators, provided such a
contingency arises. The last week of
May preliminaries will be staged at
the attract ctive club grounds at Meriden,
and those who have a working knowl-
edge of the fascinating sport are prac
ticing diligently with the bow and at
odd times are thumbing the pages of
the great classic on archery, Roger
Asham's "ToXophilus." written when
the knowledge of handling bow and
arrow was something much more i'm
y
is an inexpensive sport, for any lawn
can serve as a stage for 1t until tour
naments are given and trees and
bright colored wooden birds on stakes
are the best Of targets. Queen Mary's
mother, the late Duchess Of Cam
bridge, was fond of archery and was
among the last to practice it in the
royal park at Windsor. SO for this
reason Princess Mary, in behalf of
her mother. the present queen consolt
is anxious to have it restored to the
list Of outdoor exercises and amuse.
ments.
Mr.. Arthur Middleton Reeves Hughes,
whose marriage to Miss Sarah Living
ston Jay. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Clarkson Jay. occurred at ST.
James Church in New York about a
week ago, is the son of the genial rec
tor of Trinity at Newport. His bride
is the great granddaughter of John
Jay. first Chief Justice, and the we'd
ding called forth an unprecedented at
tendance in the historical as well as
the social way. The author of the
first treaty which this Nation signed
with Great Britain has many descend
ants who have perpetuated his name
in the judiciary of New York State
and in the far West. Rev. Stanley
Hughes, the popular rector Of Trinity
Church in Newport, an edifice which
enjoys the distinction Of being one of
the Oldest and most beautiful of the