Evening star., 1927-05-08
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
President and Mrs Coolidge, as Circus Devotees
Follow White House Precedent of Nearly
Century Ago

talized in his plays and sonnets. The
hunters gather in the inner court,
where quaint designs for flower beds
are outlined in box and privet. Gay
red coaches, with four horses and
position in a long scarlet coat and
buckskin trousers. still run from War
wick to Stratford, thence to Lean
ington and Kenilworth, and the fan
fare of the bugler sounds merrily
several times a day. Motoring has
not invaded this section of rural
England, in the commercial sense.
Queen Mary, so say the gossips of
London, is determined to have Eu-
ropes handsomest royalties pass in
review before her obdurate eldest son,
'and for this reason the 1nfanta Beat
rice of Spain will again be her guest
at the court season and will remain
the entire month of June. Princess
Beatrice is, like Ileana of Rumania,
rarely lovely girl who would attract
attention in any company by her looks
alone She is tall and dark, very
slender, measuring head to head with
her august father, whom she strongly
resembles. Beatrice delights in Span
ish attire and habitually appears in
covering her abundant hair, which is,
of course, held in place by a glorious
comb, almost a foot in height. Queen
Victoria of Spain is handsome blonde
and her hair is still gloriously golden
and shows a soft ripple when fastened
at the nape of the neck. The Queen
will accompany her daughter to Lon
don and will stay through the festal
month. June % Beatrice will be is,
legal age and the marriageable one in
Spain, and four royal hearts are said
to beat high with hopes of what may
happen on this auspicious occasion.
But this time last year, some of the
critics recall the lovely little Princess
Ingrer of Sweden. daughter of the
crown prince of that realm, and also
cousin of Wales. was in London for
the court, and she was thrown into
the company of her cousin all to no
avail.
The Earl of Lathom, who is first
cousin of the former Italian Ambassa-
dor, Prince Gelasio Caetani, and fire.
quently his guest, is an enthusiastic
member of the Royal Photographic So
ciety of Great Britain. This asSocia-
tion has recently commissioned Mr.
Stephen Tying of New York City to
be its representative. Mr.. Byng has
the cause of pictorial photography
much at heart, and he has created a
fund, the income of which is to be
used each year to purchase the best
photographs executed on this side of
the Atlantic to be exchanged for simi.
lar ones done in England. The Earl
of Lathom, who is we'll known in anna
teur theatrical circles and also is a
member of the Royal Institute of Brit
ish architects, recently opened an art
shop in Bond street and has been
offering the best pictorial results of
the camera to a discriminating Glen
tele. But one result which his col
leagues call the most impressive illus
tration of the application of art to
civil life was his recent and unan-
nounced marriage TO the lady who
had charge of the store, Mrs. Zenia
Morrison. talented artist and some
time designer of theatrical apparel.
The earl, who is head of the family
of Bootes- Wilbraham, has an impos-
ing mansion in London and a coun-
try seat in Cumberland, but he and
MS bride live in small apartment
near the shop and both regard their
work as a vocation as we'll as a means
or livelihood. Belonging to the So
SAoiASb cSiiOoI OIL pOItlcS, the earl is
an Intimate friend of the Moseleys.
and Lady Cynthia Moseley, daughter
OF the late Marques of Curzon. is a
liberal patron of art as presented in
his establishment.
Mrs. Herbert T. Pratt has registered
an important victory when, after
years of endeavor, she has received an
appointment as a directing member of
the New York State Board of Regents.
the nrst woman ever to receive the
nonor. This board is all important in
the plans of many brilliant young
women who take college course with
the idea of receiving the diploma
from New York State and NAV thus
become eligible for positions on high
schooI faculties i'll every part of the
country. As women apply for these
posts In ratio of more than two
thirds the number of men, Mrs. Pratt
has contended that there should be
women among the regents, but the
masculine element has fought this in
novation most stubbornly Mrs. Pratt
has done excellent work for educa-
tion at Glen Cove, where for MANY
years she has been chairman of the
board of that section of Long Island.
She was formerly Miss Florence Glib
of New York City, and took the B, A.
degree at Barnard and later several
special courses in Columbia Univer-