London, May 1.
'The College of Arms' is getting very" concerned about the lack of respect with which a growing number of important families in our country fare treating their historic names. In the hurry and bustle of modern life, careless usage will often reduce a two or three barrelled to a one word ame. Thus it was that the Duchess of Gloucester's maiden name, during the few weeks that it appeared constantly in every newspaper in the land, was by popular consent reduced from Lady Alice Montagu Douglas Scott to plain Lady Alice Scott.
'Members of Lord Londonderry's family are known to many by the name of Stewart, but it would be more correct. to' call them Vane-
Tempest-Stewart. But the shortening of names is not the only cause of trouble which the College of Arms fear will complicate still further the dificult business of tracing pedigrees. Hyphens, It is complained, are being added or omitted at whim and in some cases surnames are added to, marder that the memory of famous ancestor may be preserved.
In dropping hyphens, families are only reverting 10 old English practice, when hyphens were unknown. Changes of names, indeed, have been going on since the beginning of hi tory. The tracers of pedigrees may sider themselves fortunate in that ames are no longer spelt by their owners a different. way each time they put pen to paper. are either @ rope of flowers, a chou of flowers of the same tone as the evening dress, worn on the new lace cap, of a posy mounted on clastic and worn on top of the head, with the elastic tucked underneath.
With Coronation Year ahead, one wonders what new part flowers will be made to play in the Coronation scheme. Gardeners will not be out Gone by dress designers in the use of very kind of available blossom in purks and gardens. At the time of the Jubilee Celebrations of last year the Princess Royal, herself as" onthusiastic a gardener as Queen Mary, the King and the Duchess of York, ede a very effective contribution to Jubilee "floral decorations, in the Bardens of Harewood House, 'All the beds of her Italian garden were patterned out In the patriotic red, white and blue. This bedding, however, remained" down hardly Tonger than the trail of flowers, on the' dressmakers, summer. frocks, would be expected to remain fresh. Once the festivities were over, the plants were whisked out and a much plainer arrangement of flowers were ed instead. That the Princess Royal likes, above all others, simple gordon planning is evinced by the fact that, this year, the whole of her Italian garden on the South Terrace is to be bedded out with antirrhinums of one colour only. The one colour scheme of flame is her personal wish, The Mirror Glass Craze Coronation Flowers Flowers are all important in the fashion scheme this season; so much '20 that the florist and the dress designer are staging joint parades of owers and frocks in the West-End.
A recent floral contribution to the latest modes Include a long trail of flowers from neck to waist of an evening dress. A posy to slip in the sash of a suit, to match the blouse, another. The newest headdresses landers away. Then the next to go will be Miss Betty Cohen who leaves on Thursday, May 28, for London, via Siberia, Her parents, Mr. and. Mrs. 'Henry H, Cohen, who are' remaining in Shanghai, gave a farewell cock all for her last'night, most of the guests having known Miss Cohen for past 12 years. Among those present were members of the AD.C. and American Players with whom Miss Cohen has worked in various amateur 43, F, Freeman has set June 5 her departure for a summer in the French Alp:
Mrs. Charles W. Rayden gave delightful tea on Thursday afternoon for three of her friends who leaving in the inv. Victoria on Tue day. Sharing honours were Mrs. Bric B. Moller, Mme, clu Bus and Mrs.
While it Is high time some house wives were warned against the suieror-glass craze, which has taken 4 close a hold upon them that many London rooms are beginning to look like fun-fairs, others need to be a tle more venturesome. They should try out the effectiveness of this new Gecorative article, but try It out with Aiseretion.
'The latest development is the use of handbag mirrors in the hom 'Those are being bought by the gro and used to line bathroom wall Ploced close together. they make very unusual decoration, not only for the bathroom, but any' mantleplece oF alcove. A. large sheet of mirror Flaced behind a vase of flowers dupileates a beautiful picture and Greesing table sets also multiplied by mirroring shelves.
Now that glass Is made in sev tints, colour schemes can be evolved to harmonize with the metal tings of a room. With copper lacquered Axtures, peach glass is the accompaniment; bluish glass goes with satin silvered metal, and grey glass, treated with a gun metal finish goes with eromium.. 'Two separate mirrors are devised for the up-to-date dressing table. One, of the peach glass, to complete a' morning toilet, and an ater, of the blue gins, for ovening make-up
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