Evening star., 1926-02-21

near the Metropolitan Museum. Mrs.
Bacon lives in Westbury. near her
son, Representative Robert Low Ba
con, the greater part OF the year. but
she maintains an active leader zip in
charities which call for triweekly
meetings in New York City. and she
is still laboring diligently for libraries
in the destroyed villages Of France.
During the harsher part OF Winter
! her home in Park avenue. right in the
center of things. was preferable to
| Westbury. with train journeys when
motoring became impossible.
Mayor Dever Of Chicago. with the
enthusiastic support of Mr.. Otto l..
Schmidt. president of the illinois His
torical Society, &nd Mr.. Charles II.
Wacker. chairman of the municipal
board, are beginning preparations to
celebrate the one hundredth birthday
anniversary of The Second City" with
al the world for its guests. Chicago
was Incorporated as village in 1888.
The idea now is to commemorate this
signal event in the annals of the West
ern republic. by world exposition
along the reconstructed lake front.
which is intended to releGate all other
such activities to a minor role Re
memt erinc all the veNatiouS DELAYS
in the Columbian world fair in 1892.
thicagoanS are giving themselves
abundant time. eight years. to build
thelr halls and collect their treasures.
OF course. ii remains TO he determined
what response will be given the idea
by the general public. Gotham's new
mayor. Jimmie Walker. as he seems
to be universally called. already has
made known that his big city would
like to stage world fair to commem-
hIn1ra1fh
of George Washington's birth. and
this would fall in 1884, just "A year
later. X will prove interesting to
observe which of the Western worlds
two Grea; est cities achieves her ambi-
ton. for aSsuredly two exhibitions will
rot he held in the same period. But
Chicago will celebrate her anniversary
with heftting ceremonial. no matter
how she fares on the question of the
worlds fair. The lake metropolis fur
niSheS a unique instance in her rise
To- pre-eminence in a period which may
be rated at less than so years. and to
note her progress from 1893 when the
Columbian exposition officially opened
IS in itself a lesson of municipal en-
terprise.
The versatile dramatic producer.
Vladimir Nemorovitch Dantchenko.
who is engaged in presenting that
subtle study of feminism carried TO an
extreme as the great Greek Aristo-
nhanes conceived it in Lysistrata cen
turies ago. is acknowledged to be the
"eriuS of the Moscow Art Theater.
which has 81 impressed New York and
its throngS of visitors. Time has
gone bv when the talented Russian
could be accused of acting in behalf
of the antisuffragists in selecting Ly
siStrata which shows the experiment
of Greek women to run the state to
the utter exclusion Of man and how
they Jared in the experiment. The
delicate satire directed against the
women in those long ago years before
the Christian era seems to fit neatly
into the situation now. or so the
critics say. and Jolson's. where the
Moscow Art Theater company is pro-
duCing Aristophanes' masterpiece, is
filed to capacity. 1t is alleged that
the play begun along the first OF the
new year continues spectacular and
ever-increasin success. The director
is receiving f1attering offers to take
his company travelling, but he finds
this difficult. since the stage settings
are costly and ornate and we'll ar
ranged for where they are and the
costumery marvels of Greek art in
the days of Athenian grandeur, have
10 be handled very carefully. But New
Workers find this Russian theatrical
II never-failing attraction TO visitors
and they would keep it at home.
Lady Chamberlain. wife of Sir Aus
tin Chamberlain, was invited TO " lnd-
sor bv King George and Queen Mary,
in spite of the court mourning for
Queen Alexandra. and this to express
personally their deep appreciation for
the aid which this lady gave to the
worthy cause during the negotiations
which resulted in the treaty of Lo-
carno. The son Of Joseph Chamber
lain accepted the title on the earnest
insistence of the King, because of his
tact. ratience and profound knowledge
OF existing conditions at Locarno. nut
all England knew that he became Sir
Austin rather reluctantly. None OF
the Chamberlains deemed writing
lord" or Sir before the name of
any Importance compared to the honor
reaped by them in the personal sense.
Rut Sir Austin did not wish to be
churlish and the King and Queen
feeling that there was no official honor
they could confer on his wife, took
the unique method of making her one
of the family during time when
no visitors could intrude on their many
tete-atetes. Lady Chamberlain is a
llolStl HOStcSS VI 1LOIlNoli- III I1oNni nv
quiet little village on the borders
of Italy and Switzerland, where there
We're few resources of a social nature.
she eXerted her talents most success
fully giving dinners, receptions and
dances tri-weekly. Turing musical
friends to pass week ends and always
calling attractive British matrons and
their daughters in Italy and SwitZer
land to her aid in the patriotic duty
of keeping the delegates amused and
in good humor. The Austin Cha mber-
lains have two sons, Joseph, who is
II. and Louis, who is 8.
Prince Alfred of Hohenlohe- Schill-
ingSfurst, who as secretary of the
Austro.Hungarian Embassy. married
Miss Catherine Britton. daughter of
Mr.. Alexander Britton of this city, has
never been able to heal the breach he
made with his family in marrying out
side what is called conformity with
the laws governing his ancient line
one which precedes the Hohenzolerns
in point of age and Importance and
which held royal rank in Wurtemburg,
Bavaria, and Prussia in the 11th CEN
tury. and in Austria since the 18th.
But the present law, which holds in
Austria. has sanctioned the marriage
and made the three sons in line of