Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-02

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whenever possible and attending to
some details of the toilet which were
| In her charge in the lean years when
! she was in her fathers home in
| Cettinje Montenegro did not support
! its rulers. IN royal state and the palace
was a famshackle affair badly in need
| of equipment and sometimes the inner
qualities of food. With her numerous
sisters, Victor Enlmanuel's consort made
| her gowns, mended her lace and washed
| her best gloves. It Is limited that the
| Queen still delights in this last accom-
| plishment and once in while she cares
| for all the Kings riding gloves and,
until his recent marriage, those OF the
Prince of Piedmont. Some Of the
guides about the Quirinal would sur
reptitiously take strangers to 6acK
portion of the park and show whole
row of white kid gloves drying on a
line stretched across a small verandah
of the Queens private suite. There
are fewer attendants in the Quirinal,
considering it's vast size, than there are
in the White House, and neither the
King nor the Queen will have other
than the most imperative personal at
tendants.
Mrs Graham Fair Vanderbilt's pres
ence in IN auction room is of such i'm
portance to those who are in search OF
the genuine and unique that 1t is tele-
phoned about and brings recruits In
numbers. Mrs. Vanderbilt and her
younger daughter, Mrs. Earl Smith,
rarely miss q sale of period furniture
nor of certain household accessories
made so years ago and which often get
to auction rooms quite remote from
modish New York. Mrs. Vanderbilt,
who was Miss Virginia Graham Fair,
It a1rT1 fcl1
after she became the wife of William
K. Vanderbilt. jr., and she has con-
tinued this with zeal all these years
and recently she has dipped into cabi-
net making and repairing, an activity
which appeals to her daughters likewise.
Sometimes a desk acquired shows too
much wear and tear to fit into well
appointed house, then likely as not Mrs.
| Vanderbilt will take 1t apart and If too
much technical skill is demanded she
will engage some well known person in
| the business But for minor repairs
| and changes she and Mrs. Smith can
) manage very WELL and they spend many
| hours over this fascinating work. Mrs.
Vanderbilt since her daughters married
/ no longer maintains large home, but
has taken an apartment which is per-
feet jewel in the matter of furniture,
drapings and rugs. Besides an eye for
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and the elder daughter, Mrs. Vanderbilt
! Church, have what Is deemed an I'M
canny eye in sizing up good horse flesh
on the auction block, and many of the
inmates in their stables have been so
acquired.
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The late Senator George Peabody
Wetmore's beautiful memorial, the Sea-
mans Church Institute in Newport, was
dedicated during the past week before
a distinguished group of Newport peo-
| pie and friends from every part Of
Rhode Island and many from other
| States. The Seaman's Church and
| institute for recreation of an intellec-
tual order. such as reading and lectures,
was the gift of Miss Edith Wetmore and
her sister, Miss Maude Wetmore, who
| have personally supervised all the build
| ing and equipment. A central location
| was selected for the gray granite struc-
ture, which Is Of graceful lines, with a
| roomy basement and adjoining library,
and 1t fronts directly on Central Square,
around which many chapters Of munich
| pal history has been written. Miss
Edith Wetmore and her sister propose
to overlook the library and reading
rooms not only in Summer, but to spend
a part Of the Winter In Newport at
tending to details. They maintain an
apartment in New York City, where
they have recently passed the coolest
| part OF the season. The late Senator
| Wetmore and his wife were among the
founders Of Newport in the sense Of its
importance as a resort, and their first
home is now marked with q tablet. In
later years new house was built farther
out on the water front, and in this the
two daughters, now the only surviving
members OF the family, reside.
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Mrs. Robert N. Cram, who resides on
the fringe Of what is called Capitoline
Hill, in Beacon street, Boston, has
called on the architectural genius of
her eminent kinSman, Ralph Adams
Cram, In turning what has been about
six stable back gardens and private
| grounds into . common park of I'M
usual extent and beauty. Such wonders
have been wrought in London and
Paris, but In this country It Is an in
novation. A perfectly private stretch be-
longs to each householder, in which is
conferred q pergola, which serves for
al fresco amenities during the short
season along Massachusetts Bay when
| feasting in the open is really enjoyable.
But leading from the private spaces is
large park, in the middle Of which is
swimming pool, charmingly lighted
| and bright as day, If so desired. Then
all about are squares or circles edged
with box, sheltered as though In a room,
where small dinings may be given or
where, in the case Of a garden party,
different varieties Of refreshment may
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