Evening Star Newspaper, September 9, 1928, Page 42

i i ' 1 1 . N i H H . H ' H 3 . i ' ' ' ' I - one gets & SOCIETY. PONPENHSBLSY * ORENTALCAPTAL Colorful - Sights. and Scenes WMake Cambodian Cap- ital Distinctive. A busy Oriental capital, where mod- ern French bufldings and ancient pa- godas form the skyline, whore gayly b €icck na- ade motor cars cp well under the speed limit on paved, . eleétrically lighted streets; and Whe¥e French ‘cojonists rub elbows with ige of Cambo- dians, Maln, Indians and half cas of all of thase. Such, acvording. bo.a bulletin from the National Geégraphic Society, is Ppompenh, capital of Cambodia, re- cently the scene of the elaborate fu- | neral processjon ot the late King Siso- | wath, who died Iast August, Refuge, from Mosquitoes, “Mogt trawelers Wi visiy Pnompenh are o their way to T, venerable <ity of Khmer culture, which lies far- morth. A brief stop at the caphtal leome, he for the little Cam- 3 Igfty palms and flowering i rostful to | the eyes of th passenzers | after ‘manotonous miles of rice ficids, | thick jungle growth and swamps that | border th> mfver bank nearly all th way from on. a relief to be out of cruising radius of persistent | M-konz mesquitoes. “Stevedores litcrally swarming. over cargo boats at the quay indicate that the capjtal important commercially. Situated at ‘the junction of a ‘branch from the ‘Great Lake of Cambodia and the maih channel of ‘the Mekong - from the Tibetan hills,- large quantities of fish, rice, indigo and cotton from upper Burma, portiops of Siam, Laos an nerthegn Cambpdia -Are brought hert for marketing, “while smaller_cargoes'| from ncarby farmé and paddy fields ar- | i = hundreds of sampans and | smaller eraft that dart about the tiny | like so many water beotles. & boat docks there is a rush i where “pers issions’ are granted to visit the King's palace. But those who expected to see | e richly adorned abode of an Eastern ' potentate are soon disillusioned. With- out, tha. several buildings called the| Ppalace ate .uanpretentious, and within | there is little that would attract more than ordinary attention-except a life- s1zed Buddha of solid gold studded with diamonds and a hallway floor laid with engraved silver tiles. Five or six hun- dred female retainers occupy the royal colony, among whom are the dancing girls. They, in- their goiden gowns, roval jewels an ! tiaras that resemble Miniature carvad steep have become famous for their charm and grace. | Khmet ‘Mustum. H “Nearby is the Khmer Muscum with a collection of sculptured stones, imple- ments of war and jewelry: the weather- beaten royal pagoda and an ancient temple approached by a long flight of steps with a stone railing representing Naga, thessacred seven-headed cobra. Tsl}s of the iacrcd reptile ;dommg the Toofs of . of Pnompenh’s buildings resemble sq:?ookcd lightning rods on American farmhouses. “The one thoreughfare that has a tight to be calle avenue leads from the palace to the public park. Two,_ ho- tels bordering it offers excellent accom- modations tfor a small Eastern city save for their orchestras that dispense im- possible nocturnal jazz. The rest. of the street s clutfered up with open- 1ront nafive shops, some of which make an attempt to duplicate French pastry. Now and then through a vacant space glimpse of a garden spot a block or two in the background where a French colonial officia; lives in a pa- latial home amid broad lawns and flow- ering trees. “A stroll along this ‘main street’ re- vedls a bit of life in the Cambodian capital. There are Frenchmen in white hnens and broad-brimmed sun hats; bronzed native worhen:with boyish bobs, attired in a buight-colored cloth: which 15 draped. to form loose-fitting breeches: Indian money changefs in plaids ready to ‘scalp’ an innocent victim, and un- kempt cooks with their ambulatory kitchens equipped to :serve a bowl of rice or an odoriferous fried fish. Other shopless séllers 9f sweetmzats and trin- kets cry out-their wares. In the confu- sion weird sfrains emanate from the instruments of the native musicians, while men and women, apparently en- joying the ‘music,’ keep time-with their Jaws chewing betel nut. < “The Mekong is a sort of Asiatic Mis- | Bissippl. Once a year it overflows its{ banks and drives the natives to the | high places,” but they display genuine | afiection for the stream. ‘When floods | come they put- away their ox carts, | ravel the old roads in boats and wait for the water to recede. Then they celebrate with boat races that attract | e Cambodian in ‘the vicinity from ‘the King to thelowliest native, Gon- | dolalike racing boats, ranging from 25 | to 45 feet long, are rowed by a score or | more men, scated two by two. If the throngs massed on the river bank are not thrilled by the competiton, they are amused by a_clown.who has his place in each craft INSULL IN ARMOUR DEAL. | CHICAGO September 8 (4).—Samuel Insull, public uuility. fipancier’’ and | d opera patron, was revealed today e head of a syndicate which re- purchased . Mellody Famps, the | ;Ml'. and Mrs. Joseph Weller at their THE SUNDAY STAR: WASHINGTON, D. C., SEPTEMBER 9, 1928—PART [Mrs. T: H. Rice Honors ! Louisiana Visitor . With Dinner Party |Chevy Chase Folk Returning 1 to Homes After Summer Vacation Trips. Mrs. Thomas H. Rice entertained at | dinner last evening at the Washington | Country Club in honor of Mrs. Mich- | inaud of Ngw Orleans. who was the house guest -of Mrs. ANin- V. Eckert of Massachusetis Park. . as E. Robertsan is spend- ith her mother, Mrs. Brackett, at Harpers Ferry. | Mrs. F. W. Brake entértained the | apron ‘committee of the “Chevy Chase Chaptér, Y. W."C. A., at lunchéon Friday. | _Mrs, Eugene H. Pitcher has returned |t her home. on: McKinley street after spending the Summer visiting in Louisi- ana, , TeXas, Oklahomd, Kanses, Mis- | | spurt, Ilinois and Pennsylvania. | | Mys. Donald Reed Mac and her chilren are again'in their home on Leland street after spending several weeks at Canandaigua Lake and Roch- ester, N. ¥. Mrs. MacLeod's mother, Mrs. J: 8. Hamlin, has returned after spending the Summer in Rochester, .- Y., with her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Chapin. ‘Di. Carleton Ball has completed a month's travel through . the Middle | West, - Mrs. Géorge W. Lewis and her family have returned to. thefr home on Ridge- wood avenue from theirsSummer hoine i Pennsylvania. . Mr. and Mrs. Arthur May and their daughter Marjorie have opened their home on Joceiyn street, afier spending ! eral wet s the house guests oi | Summer home at Buena Vista, Pa. 1 Mrs. Ciara A. Sasser spent the week end With Mrs. Mary Gheen in her Sum- ‘mer home at Washington Gtove, Md. Mr: and Mrs, Charles A. Jones were with Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Doyle in their Sumer home at Arundel-on-the Bay qver Labor day, Mr. and Mrs, George, Kane had as their guests for the week end, Mr. and | Mrs. yames Kane and their family of | Baltimore. i Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Lingamfelter and theiy son. Brown are spending several weeks at the Ark Haven Club on Ches- apeake Bay. , The Rev. Henry Wooding and his | daughter, Miss Beryl Wooding, have re- turned to, their home on 'Lnirty-third street 4fter motoring to Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Radcliffe enter- tained Wednesday in honor-of the birth- day anniversarty fo their daughter Helen, - Mf. George W. Stone and his son, Mr. Winchester Stone, motored to Ocean City, Md., for the week end. Mr. Winchester Stone entertained at dinner on Tuesday evening in honor of Mr. Norman J. Nelson, assistant principal of Central High School, and a‘group of Dartmouth College students. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Frank and their son and daughter have been the house guests of Mr. and: Mrs. S. H. Esch on srookville roaa. Mr. and Mrs, Roy F. Steward and their sons have returned to their home on Shepherd street after spending the Summer in New Hampshire. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Norcross and their family are again at their home on Raymond -street after spending the Summer,at North Beach, Md. lay to.theit fiome on Raymond straet after spending the Simmer at Cadmans | Neck, Mass. ' Mr. and Mrs. J. Hillman Hollister and | their family are back from a six weeks' rlslit in their camp at Ely Verm, On-‘ ario. Mrs. W. K. Goodney, accompanied by | her sister, Miss Sue Yancy, daughters of Mr.’and Mrs. G. E. Yancy, are spend- ing several weeks in Charleston, 8. C. oIr; James Barton Crane; son of :Dr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Crane, will leave Mrs. Henri de Sibour and her infant son, who have returned from New Jersey. | They were accompaniéd by Mrs. Lowry's mother, Mrs. Mary J. Beall. Mr. and Mrs. James C. Rogers and their family of -Brookeville road have returned from Ocecan City, N. J. Miss Dorothy: Devaux, who is a stu- dent at the New York Medical Center, {New York City, is spending her vacation with her Pnrchrs. Mr. and Mrs, Joseph Devaux o Brookeville road. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Colden Millex have returned from Europe, where they went on their wedding trip, and are. living in the St. Mihiel, Sixteenth street and Riggs place. Mr. Marshall Clark has returned to his home no - Woodbine street afte: spending his vacation at Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. Mr. and Mrs. James L. Richards wiil occupy their new home, Millwood, at Kentsdale, on the Bradley boulevard, at Cabin John Creck, about October 1, when they will give up their home on ‘Woodbine street. Chevy Chasé. Mr. John L. Weaver has gone to At- lantic City, N. J., for 10 days. Mr. and Mrs. E, L. MacLurin and their children and Miss Katie Brown of McComb, Miss., are the house guests o Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Fulton on Thirt; third street. Dr. Clyde W. Warburton left Sunday for a fortnight's official trip to Illinols. Mrs. Warburton is visiting in Mar- shall, Va. Mrs. Harry L. Selby and her daughter Dorothy have returned to their ho Dr, and Mrs. A.°M. Stimson feturned | fi today for Lexington, Va., to resume his | studies at Washington and Lee Uni- 1 versity. i Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Powell are motor- | ing for a month through the New Eng- | land States. Mrs. Herbert B. 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Whiteside have returned to their home on Chevy Chase Parkway after spending scveral days i with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Perry John- | son i their home at Maplewood. N. J. | _Mr. Donald Kline and Mr. Eugene | Sweeney motored to Cape Cod, Mass., to spend two weeks, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Seay and their family have gone to Atlanta, Ga., where | they will make their future home. Dr. and Mrs. D. G. Davis motored to Dayton, Ohio, to spend a week. Miss Anne Beach, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Charles H. Beach and Miss | Phyllis Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Walker will leave Tuesday for St. Mary's Seminary, St. Mary Mt d. i William E. Springer has returned | to his home on Lenox street after spend- ing his vacatior with his family at Bay | View, Mich. | Comdr. and Mrs. Garland Fuiton | have as their house guests Mrs. R. N. | Latture and her daughter, Roberta of | Lexington, Va. | Dr. and Mrs. Clinton Messner and their family have returned to their home on Thirty-third street after mo- | toring to Indiana. Mrs. Margaret Wallace of Philadel- phia, has been the house guest of her brother-in-law and her sister, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Holland on McKinley street. Mrs. J. D. Thompson has returned to her home on Ingomar street after spending two months at Monterey Inn, at Blue Ridge Summit. Mr. Trueman Campbell of %etmlt. is the house guest of his uncle and aunt, Mr, and Mrs. J. D. Thompson. Mr. and . Stephen Lyman Tabor have returned to their home on Chevy Chase Parkway after motoring to = land, Va. Mrs. Tabor’s nephews, Rich- ard and MacIntosh Hite, have returned from Sunny Bay Camp at Scotland Beach, Md. Mr. Frank Springs Westbrook, jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Westbrook is spfl\fllng:‘ week at Colonial Beach, Md. Miss ily Himrod of Chie has been the house guest of her brother-in- law and sister. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander ‘Wylie on Cedar Parkway. Mrs. Wylie's nephew, Mr. George North is spending several weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Wylie before resuming his studies in Cleve- land, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. W. Clark Dean and their children have returned to their home on Irving street, after spending several weeks in Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Julian Winnemore are in in their home on Rosemary street, after a visit to the Massachusetts coast. Their sons, Mr. Lawrence Winnemore and Mr. August Winne- more, have gone to Capon Springs, Va. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Clark, their daughter, Virginia, and Miss Myrtam Williams left Priday by motor for Lake N. H. to be gone two week: 2bb, son of Mr. and Mr: C. Bebb, is at Sunny Bay Camp, at_Scotland Beach, Md. Mr. Allan McDaniei has returned to his home on Grafton street from his Summer camp at Cazenovia, N. Y. Mrs, A. B. Reed and her children are SOCIETY, in in their home on Hesketh street, after spending several weeks at Blue Ridge Summit. Mr. and Mrs. Prank Pentz Wilcox and their son, Mr. Charles Wilsox, are spending several weeks at Ship Bot- tom. N. J. Miss Louise Hoover, Miss Catherine | Hoover and Miss Betty Hoover, daugh- | ters of Mr. and Mrs. George P. Hoover. returned Thursday, after spending the Summer at Friends' School Camp, at Colorado Springs. Miss Jane Parker and Mr. Stewart Parker. children of Mr. George H. Parker, returned to their home on Cedar Parkway yesterday from Camp Owais, N. Y., and Camp Kilkare. Vt. Mr. and Mrs. Parker have as their house guests, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Parker of St. Paul, Minn. Miss Elizabeth Miles and Miss Jeanne | Miles, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Wal- ter Miles, entertained at bridge and tea yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Taylor and their family have returned to ‘their home on Jocelyn street, after spending six waeks in their cottage at Cape May. 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