Evening star., 1930-03-30
aTes=o Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
ambassador and Mrs. Edge Occupying Hand
somely Equipped Embassy Home Established
by Predecessor In French Capital.

/ statement that his brother offlcial in
Mexico's Lower California has set up q
genuine Monte Carlo right on his bor-
| ders. Aqua Caliente is the name OF
| the budding rival of the famous
throne of the Goddess Chance on
the rocky shores of the Mediterranean.
AS the equipment in all such estab-
lishments is practically the same,
whether in the superb setting of Monte
| Carlo or its many modest imitators
along the French and Italian Riviera
l-or the kurSaals of the German re-
sorts, Aqua Caliente-SpaniSh for hot
waterway pass for the same thing
in the western world, place to win or
lose with immense percentages in favor
of the house. There, all resemblance
ends, for there is q noisy, joyous air
about Aqua Caliente, with cowboys ar
irving on their champing horses, gay
parties from Hollywood coming In
motor cars, laughing and chatting
within the sacred confines of the gam
ing tables, something which would
cause their election in Monte Carlo.
But there are the same sleek coupiers,
the same flambouyant decorations, the
same setting, but in California no air
of mystery is achieved and the players
are out for fun and not for tragedy.
The Mexicans patronize the casino but
little. and then they play cautiously
and seem aware of the danger Of too
many efforts. Retired business men
who haunt Southern California while
away some hours at Aqua Caliente
every week and they win or lose philo-
Sophically and without the tenseness of
the gamesters in the Monaco resort.
Mr.. Albert M Read Of Pawtucket,
r. l., noted collector of Colonial fur
niture and keen judge of its authen-
ticity, has Just made discovery which
Is proving of intense interest in study
ing conditions as the War of the Revo-
luton opened. In q maplewood sec
retary purchased from an ancient
domicile of the Rhode Island planta-
tons he came on a secret drawer, and
in it brace Of tiny but perfect pistols
--flapper pistols, he described them.
But looking up the records of firearms
made in London in It'll by D. Egg.
he learned that such toy affairs were
called muff pistols Though small
dainty and exQuisitely chased, they
could hold q lethal bullet and the sur
mise was that the young women going
abroad when George III was King had
need to protect themselves from ruff
fans. But no pair exactly like Mr..
Reads have been found in this coun-
in London Tower Egg was the most
famous maker of firearms during the
1770s and it was he who manufactured
the Ferguson rife used by the British
army throughout the Revolutionary
struggle, hoping to Offset the deadly
work of the Kentucky rifles used by the
patriots.
Mrs. Muriel Vanderbilt Church, elder
daughter of Mr. william K Vanderbilt
and his former wife, Mrs. Virginia Fair
Vanderbilt, has accomplished in reality
what so many fiction writer's essay to
do, namely, to transplant q genuine
dyed-in-the-w cowboy into the effete
society Of the Atlantic Coast. Mrs.
Church rears thoroughbred Steeds very
extensively on the farm near Newport
she recently bought from her cousin,
william H. Vanderbilt, and some of
her colts have proved beyond the con-
troll of regular horse trainers So she
has brought to Newport Mr.. John Scott
Of Wyoming, rodeo champion and the
most tllustrious knight of the lariat
and tanner of lbroncoS in the vast open
spaces. Mr.. Scott can wear more medals
than q World War general and he can
I'LL good shelf with silver. cups. In
addition he answers all the expectations
raised by those who write of dude
ranches and travel sketches in the land
of scenic wonders and the social ele-
ment awaits with keen interest the dew
astating effect he may have on the
cut and dried pleasures of this Nations
most ariStocratic Summer resort. For
it IS known that Mrs Church is to lend
Western tinge to the coming Newport
season by having private rodeos, so to
speak, on her race course. This farm
G q Vryl1i We
Ibilt brought to q lofty degree of per-
'fection and where he trained his
famous coach horses. : His eldest son.
William H. Vanderbilt, Is not so
enthusiastic sportsman and has select
ed a political career, now being in the
Rhode Island Legislature.
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Mrs. Whitelaw Reid, although passing
less time each year in her handsome
home at 451 Madison avenue, in New
York City, declines to yield to en-
croaching business and clings to her
big house, and what is still more Of a
rarity In central Gotham of today, q
sizable back and side yard. Not half
dozen yards of . any description are
found in this section of New York. the
splendid mansion of the late Henry C.
Prick being a notable exception, as 1t
retains all the space originally allotted
some 80 years ago, whereas Mrs Reid's
home is one of four built on the grounds
surrounding the Henry Willard mansion
1t was an L-Shaped piece of land and
the edges were used for the four houses
and the space was a common court, but
cieverly designed so that each owner
had his own garden surrounded by a
box hedge, and there is besides a pri-
vate yard opening from the garage and
as secluded as need be. This architec-
tural unit was the work of the late
Stanford White and has excited the
admiration of architects from al
countries. 1t was in q way the fore
runner of the now popular Tudor group
/ style, of which the new British embassy
on Massachusetts, avenue is so out
! standing an example.
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Mr.. and Mrs Alexander NJ McCrea
| the former a grandson in the sixth