Evening star., 1928-01-08

, stone. as Ia already the case at the
Italian embassy. and the chancelry
of the Polish legation at sixteenth
and Fuller streets. where the ancient
| insignia OF Poland. the white knight.
| is galiantly astride the arms OF the
republic. At others than these diplo'
matte establishments the foreign
shields are temporary, often OF WOOD
painted with the colors of the flag.
Mrs. Frank A. Vanderlip, who was
chairman of the committee which ar.
ranged the ball for the building fund
of the demolished Tsuda College for
Women in Toxic. succeeded in max
ins the opening OF the new Sherry.
Netherland Hotel In New York City
an epochal affair. This function pre-
ceded the public opening of the hos.
tlery. which is to revive the memories
of a famous restaurant and popular
hotel of Gotham in the last decade OF
the nineteenth century. and was at.
tended by vast crowd of old timers
who had patronized both in the 1S90s
and many of whom Mrs. Eanderlip in.
duced to appear i'm what was the fash
ionable garments of those days
Hearty laughter greeted the full long
skirts and befiowered ample bonnets
OF the elderly ladies'. the full coats
and strange.looking hats of the gal
lants. The tables were decorated as
would have been considered the prop
err way and the dances were decorus
waltzes. schottishes and polkas of
yesterycar. In the opening days Of
1900. fashions were apparently
strange. especially in regard 10 eve
ming garments, the pageant before the
dinner being In hats and cloaks. which
-. fz,.s E.,G
tivities. Mrs. Charles l.. Scrihner was
Mrs. Vanderlip's able assistant and
invaluable aid in marking of the
proper fashions for each year until
the sartorial revolution of the 1917.
1919. when tight short skirts began
to gain a vogue. The revelations since
were faithfully depicted. to the great
merriment of the galleries ranged
along the vast ballroom on four sides
and packed into the tiers above.
The Ambassador to Londan. Mr.
Houghton. a recent White House
guest. is among the several members
of the diplomatic establishment who
has not adopted the British fashion
of wearing the bowler hat. He ap-
parently finds this kind of head piece
uncomfortable and he clings to his
derby. or oftener soft brown fedora.
Mr.. John w. Davis wore sthe bowler
quite easily. but Mr.. Kellogg. being
a Westerner, adhered tenaciously to
the wide. soft felt hat except on state
occasions, when he appeared in the
customary silk hat. But keen.eyed
correspondents note that a ma ajority
of the several thousand citizens of the
United States who are domiciled i'm
London for business or professional
reasons wear the bowler because the
King and other royalties have set the
fashion, and the American does not
like to lag behind. The energetic
made the bowler hat the Official head
gear of his faithful adherents. so with
a large contingent OF Turkish dlplo-
mats I'm Washington ii is not surpris-
ing that such shapes may be seen oc-
casionaiiy in the modish shops for
men. The young Britons. however.
attached TO the local embassy seldom
wear the bowler, but, like other men.
have fedoras or felt hats OF varying
shapes. Many foreigners wear felts
of the styles common in their country.
The fez. which has been condemned
by the Turk. continues popular with
the Egyptians and with the Persians.
the former wearing red and the latter
uiAtA ott ah AEtCHAVui0t O1IhsioiS.
Mrs. Cosmo Hamilton. wife of the
well known essayist. dramatist and
| critic. during the several years she
lived in London, was among the lead.
fng American hostesses of the lite.
rary contingent. She was before her
marriage Miss Julia Currey. and her
father and grandfather were among
the legal lights OF San Francisco. the
latter having achieved much fame
during the quarter of the century that
he presided over the Supreme Court
OF California. Mr.. and Mrs. Hamii.
ton now reside permanently In New
York City and both are associated
with the great colony of writer's.
dramatists and actors. British and
American alike. Mrs. Hamilton is OF
handsome presence and sometimes has
| turned hher brush to good account In
| illustrating her husbands work Al
the time of her marriage 10 the Their
| actor, for Coamo Hamilton. as he
whimsicaiIy felates i'm his memoirs
| parsed some years Of transforming
before he renounced the masaue and
| mines for the pen. she was In Lon.
don thinking of an artistic career
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