Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-10

away. and Leonora of Mall cried: 81
| VIII forgive you all things but your
farewell Macmillan. The very birds
| are appalled, to see chivalry so low
in a man that he will take his lady's
| adieu lying down"
Her maid hated and yelled for
travelling, whispered to her ear:
Your grace. he is asleep
The time came when the young
duke awoke. Now the winds of the
sea were playing about him; the sun
was certainly not where he had left 1t.
''Ho!' cried the duke. Where is
the land-the land of Fran g? Ho
there. Capt. Upper. What have you
done With the fair land of F'rance?"
Your grace, we are making for
| Naples
Your obsession for Naples seems
to me singularly out of place on a
windy evening. / detest. deplore
! Naples. Put back to Nice, Capt. Tup-
per. | am for Parisv'
| X x x
| STUDENTS or sociology have made
~ strides in their alienation OF the
conditions prevailing among the poor;
but Is 1t not Il fact that, as a daily
paper lately asked the study of those
conditions appears to attract the in
terest of only the lighter sort of So
ciety people and the pens of only the
most ambitious novelistS2 And that
he benefits Of this study, at least to
JNeliStS, are not mean was proved
beyond all doubt only the other day.
when perhaps the WealthieSt cotem-
porary writer increased his fortune
by writing tale about Il miser in
q Slum. Nc one. on the other hand,
will deny that achievements of soci
III
compared with those of students of
hospitality. who. poor and unrewarded
though they remain. have of late
years done woman work In alternating
the conditions prevailing among the
rich. 1t is to the generous spade
work of men such as these that
American hostesses in Europe owe the
betterment of their lot, and it is by
the support of their merciful hands
that ladies burdened with great wealth
are prevented from sinking down in
the rareted atmosphere 10 which they
have been called.
Mere students of hospitality had
not, however. been strong enough TO
support the burden of Mrs. Omroy
Pont when that lady had first come
over from America at the call Of Ger
tain voices that had advised her that
her mission lay in European society.
II had needed graduates OF that
brotherhood. lean with endeavor in
bathrooms and Drowned with the suns
of the Riviera to prevent that ample
lady from succumbing TO the eXhaus-
ton of CARRYING her wealth through
the halls of her houses in London and
Paris among guests who had failed TO
catch her name on being introduced.
But the good SamaritanS had worked
increasingly on her behalf. and since
Mrs Omroy Pont had both great
wealth and infinite insenSibllity she
was soon in a position to give a ball
at which quite half the guests knew
her by sight.
The morning after the dukes ar
rival in Paris Mrs. Omroy Pont was
on the telephone. saying: My dear
duke, how do you do, how do you do;
am giving a party tomorrow night.
You must come you must come. Now
don't say you won't, because | can't
bear that And really | must say,
my dear duke, that your unfortunate
inability to accept any Of my invita-
lions so far has seemed almost
marked. whereas
Really this is too much the duke
muttered, saying out aloud: Dear
Mrs Omroy Pont. you do me great
honor. but l am afraid that an ex-
tremely previous and decidedly prior
engagement
Miss Ava Lamb, who wants to meet
YOU, my dear duke. She has just come
over to Paris. Dinner is at 9. Thank
you, thank YOU"
X
THE duke. as he acknowledged to
L himself the morning after Mrs
Omroy Points party. had been diverted
beyond all expectation by Miss Lamb
What. of course. had instantly I'M
pressed him was the amazing resem-
bIance between the sisters: since the
fact that twins are very frequently
as alike. as two peas never does seem
to prepare people for the likeness be-
tween the twins they actually meet.
Now between, Miss Lamb and the
Duchess of Mall there wasn't, you
dared swear, so much as shadow of
difference in grace of line and SYM
metry of feature. But why, as Alva
Lamb sensibly protested, why on earth
should there be or need there be or
could there be, since Leonora and she
had been twins as punctually to the
second as was possible?
nearer view. however. discovered
q deal of difference between the sis
tiers: in those small gestures of voice,
habits of expression. capacity for at