Evening star., 1927-08-28
RY MARGARET B. DOWNING.

RY MARGARET B. DOWNING.
Mrs. Thomas j. Preston, who was
Mrs. Grover Cleveland, has recently
been elected to her tenth term as pres
ident of the Needlewomen' Guild. AS
mistress of the White House she
showed a tendency toward fine needle
work. and especially in hand-embrold.
cred garments for her little girls and
in making pretty presents for her per-
sonal friends. Her mother, Mrs. Fol
Ann. was a famous sewer, ana won
many prizes in church bazaars and
county fairs. When mistress OF the
historic mansion in Washington, Mrs
Preston often showed a beautiful gold
thimble, given by her father in recoS-
milton of his young daughters prov
ess with a needle. Mrs. Iheodore
Roosevelt is a member of the Needle
women's Guild of which Mrs. Preston
is the president, but she also ls the
chief influence of a similar guild es-
tablished on Long Island. Mrs. Rlch-
ard Derby, who was Ethel Roosevelt,
ia vice president of this association,
and takes charge during the frequent
absences of her mother. Young Mrs.
Theodore Roosevelt is likewise a men,
her. The wives of the other two sons,
Mrs. Kermit and Mrs. Archibald, also
hold membership in the Long Island
as well as in the local sewing actlVl-
ties about their homes. Mrs. Cleve-
land and Mrs. Roosevelt stand out for
fine needlework among those who
have in recent years presided over
the White House, as Mrs. Taft does
for her advocacy Of good music and
her insistence that Washington should
have it. Mrs. Coolidge is the cham
pion knitter of the first ladies', al
though Mrs. Roosevelt could be named
as a close rival. Everybody remem-
bers how indefatigably Mrs. Roose-
welt knit a sweater apiece for her flve
children (Alice, her step-daughter, ana
now Mrs. Longworth, being beyond
the sweater age) every Winter that
she lived in the presidential mansion.
But, says a close friend of the present
First Lady, if the total number of
socks and neckties which she knits
annually were given, the public would
gasp.
Sir Harold Snagge, one of Britain $
eminent barriSters and member OF
the American Bar Association as well,
is coming to New York next week.
He will he the guest of Mr.. Charles
Evans Hughes, whom he entertained
in London when, as Secretary of State
and leading legal light of the Nation,
Mr. Hughes addressed the Bar Asso-
citation gathered in London three years
ago. Sir Harold was admitted to prac-
tice before the bar of the United
States and in any State because of his
tremendous victory for this country
gained in a suit brought by the Brit
iSh Government in behalf of its trans
continental lines running from Canada
into various Commonwealths. Sir
Harold will be accompanied by Lord
and Lady Cowdray and their two
children. After accepting the hospi-
tality of the Meadowbrook Club in
September and witnessing the polo
games, the party will proceed South
ward by leisurely stages and will
spend most of November in Charles
ton, S. c. Lady Snagge, wife of the
harrister, is the former IneZ Alfredo
Lubbock, who is often portrayed in
the pages of her uncle's classic book.
THE Pleasures of Life" Sir Alfred
Lubbock was the brother of Sir John,
the author, who later became Baron
Avebury. She has acknowledged lit
erary talent and writes constantly for
British magazines. She will not ac-
company her husband.
Senator and Mrs. Walter Evans
part of the Summer visiting Mrs.
Edges relatives at Bath, Me. In order
to participate more actively in the
aquatic pleasures of that region, Sena-
tor Edge has leased yacht. the Fay
anne, from Mr.. Eugene Hale, jr., of
New York. With guests from about
Bath, Senator and Mrs. Edge and
their small daughter have been cruis
ing along the Maine coast. going to
Bar Harbor and adjoining resorts,
where they have many friends in resi-
dence. The Senator proposes to make
the journey aboard the Fayanne to
Ventnor, where he has a splendid
Spanish villa. He will keep the boat
in commission for the pleasure of
friends who will visit Mrs Edge after
the grand rush is over with Labor
day. Though both Senator and Mrs.
Edge are much attached to their home
in Ventnor, a charming outskirt of
Atlantic City. this most popular resort
on the Atlantic coast becomes some
what overcrowded and noisy during
the Summer, but its appeal during
September and October is almost ire
sistible. The Edge home in Ventnor
lies on a shelving beach, with spacious
grounds and surrounded by a lovely
garden in the Spanish style, in har-
sories. A tempietto with a graceful
colonnade leading to the surf is the
private bathhouse. There is also a
dainty little teahouse, placed where it
gets a superb view of the ocean and
its invigorating breezes.
Mrs. Howard Lynn of Lake Forest
has set new fashion in equestrian
costuming, for she has always advo-
kn cid nd hn
graceful habit which this mode of rid
ing requires. She has been riding a
fine gray mare this season, and her
habit Of mouse color serge, with
deeper shades of gray in collar, cuffs
and gloves, makes a marvellous har-
mony. Mrs. Lynn wears a hat which
appears to have figured in famous
equestrian pictures of the Gainsbor-
ough era-black velvet with dropping
plumes Of gray. Her shining top
boots of patent leather with gay tas-
sells of red make her a notable figure
when she joins the Lake Forest Hunt
Club How to ride ia an acute uues
ton with Chicago horsewomen. There
are just as ardent champions Of rid
ing astride as there are for The old
fashioned method and its more femi
nine and graceful accouterments. Mrs
Noble Brandon Judah, formerly Miss
Dorothy Patterson. one of Chicago's
active leaders in the younger set, was
one Of the hostesses at the tea given
after the Onwentsia Horse Show. In
which she rode. Her habit made the
spectators gasp, for IL was .lanle-, oil
oved chiffon cloth with p.pings of
black satin. over her patent leather
slippers she wore leggings of the same
vivid red. while her hat was of scarlet
straw, sailor shaped, with n black and
red cockade. Mrs. r. r. Mccormick
one of the organizers Of the Onwent.
sia Club, had her famous horse. named
for the club and now % years old in