Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-28

of Karpurthala, to train his corps of
native dancers, and she also gave les
sons in physical culture to the mem
| bers of his household. Nine. Laurka
has been invited by the German Re-
public, the Commonwealth of Aus
tralia and the President of Switzer.
land, to found national school OF
physical culture, to be placed under
governmental control But she has
refused these alluring offers, and aftel
long rest and series of visits t.
kinspeople and friends in Charleston
she is going to Miami, Fla. and tr,
her fortune along professional lines.
London has two perennial bache-
lorS-William Gillett, Sc years old and
retired balri5ter, and Sir Harry
Poland. who is So. both members of
the bachelors Club-and plans are
a1oot to honor them and their achieve
ments on their birthdays in March,
which fall quite close together. Like
the late Marques Curzon, Mr.. Gill
lette's hobby is to preserve the Gus
toms and traditions of a past day, par
tlcularIy those pretty attentions which
relate to sending flowers and candies
and such gifts to every feminine
friend who has entertained him dur
Ing the year. He has been heard to
comment very caustically that the
younger generation rarely make calls
or courtesy, still less remember their
hostess by gift Of any kind Sir
Henry Poland, who bids fair to cele.
brate his centenary, is still strong
enough to visit his favorite club-the
Carlton-at times. He takes a great
interest in social events, but in re-
cent years he has been unable to go
70 the levees at Buckingham Palace,
though he receives an invitation, to-
gether with other courtesies, from the
royal family. Queen Victoria was
young and very lovely when Sir Harry
nrst donned wig and gown in the
courts, and he has known every Brit
ISM sovereign since. and all it's great
men and women as we'll One of his
early social activities, which he still
keeps up, is to prepare a list of elisi-
Die young men whom harraSsed host
esses may invite to balls.
Mrs. Arthur Meeker and Mrs.
arthur Ryerson of Chicago have dis
covered that it requires some origi-
manly TO coax dollars out of the
pockets or even the opulenr citizens
The vanishing luncheon which Mrs.
Meeker devised to raise funds to care
for host of poor and discouraged
marvellous success, for naturally
every one was curious to know just
what this form of entertainment
would be. 1t proved a delectable
feast given by Mrs Meeker to 20
friends and at the end she extracted
dollar from each and the promise
that all would invite 20 others, collect
the dollar and bind them over to this
continual performance. Begun in
late November the vanishing lunch
con still Is going strong and
the fund swelling like a Spring
torrent. Mrs. Ryersons idea for
raising money for her country home
for poor children was to give a fancy
bali in her big barn in Lake Forest
and have each guest come in the
character real or fictional. of some
one they have in secret pined to be
There were George Washingtons
galore among the younger men and
Alexander Hamiltons and Thomas
Jeffersons and old Ben Franklins,
with martial heroes galore. The
girls liked Cinderella, perhaps for the
thrill which they would feel riding
in the white chariot, but some pre-
ferred the role of the fairy godmother.
There were Florence Nighingales and
Barbara Fritchies and on the whole
cal in Mrs. Ryersons idea, that sew
eral of her aids will carry on in the
same cause by giving another such
ball In each month until Summer.
The Countess Of oxford and Lady
Parsons, two of London's cleverest
women, are amusing the populace
but irritating the military authori-
ties by their published onslaughts on
the several war memorials distributed
about the British capital. The mas
sive monument to the British artil
lery which, according to these writer's,
disfigures the corner of HYDE Park
where it stands has especially aroused
their wrath and they denounce in
scathing terms the hidious symbol
of vengence. the howitzer which is
the chief object to be seen in the
incongruous group and to which both
ladies register an artistic as we'll an