Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1928, Page 67

Tales of Well In Social a_ind Official Life Collector of Medieval Exquisitely Illuminated Volume of Papal State papers to Congres's Library. BY MARGARET B. DOWNING. Mr. William Voynich, the celebrated collector of medieval manuscripts, has recently presented to the Library of Congress an exquisitely illuminated vol- ume of the papal state papers during the fourteenth century. It is of vellum, and is a striking example of the splen- did work of that era. Dr. Putnam in- wited some friends in to examine this waluable addition to the manuscript division, and to state that coincidently with the volume of papal decretals had been received from an anonymous donor | copy of the printed text of the papers published in 1514 and accompanying the rescript of the buils issued from the Vatican press. In this assortment of papal pronouncements was the valuable one by Pope Boniface VIII of the Gae- tanl family on the subject then very acute in Italy over the newly estab- lished medical usage ®f dissecting the Puman body. The art of surgery as applied to anator » had come to Italy vis Louvain and Paris, and at once the question became a matter of civil and eoclesiastical probing. That so precious s heritage as the fourteenth century manuscript containing the edict of Pope Boniface need not be placed be- fore even the most erudite of research- ers is a matter on which the autho:i- tles of the Library are heartily con- ulating themselves. The printed st 18 Targe and plain, and accompanied ¥ many notes of historical importance. Since #1 writers of medical history, and ially students seeking the de- ! gres doetor, frequently hark back to ®e Dbeginnings of suigery and anatomy, the Library of Congress in offering this source of information will inaugurate a pilgrimage for the future profession. . * ok Kok Dr. and Mrs. Roy Chapman Andrews are relating to their friends an expe. rience which is without parallel in mar- tial warfare. Mr. Andrews, scholarly explorer of the New York City Museum of Natural History. was passing from the Gobi Desert with his wife, formerly Miss Yvette Bozup, and a scientist her- *self, with some priceless photographs and soecimens when he came upon a flerce baitle between the armies strug- gling for the possession of Peking. He w2s in anguished haste, so to speak, to communicate certain information by eable, s0 he risked asking the permis- slon to pass the lines in safety and pro- eeed on his way. Immediately the com- manding general, on hearing the re- quest of the messenger, halted proceed- | ings, communicated with the general of the opposing side and the battle ccased Tong enough for “the great American the incomparable Andrews” as an- nounced by the gun salute, to cross with his train of attendants and continue his way to the sea. Then the battle re- commenced with greater fury. Dr. An- drews has fotused world attention on the Gobi Desert, where he believes was situated the Garden of Eden since the human remains proclaim greater ag: than those excavated in Western Asia. He is to lecture bafore the Geographi- eal Society Muring the coming season and is to relate something of these ad- ‘ventures. * ¥ % x Dr. David Grandisen -Fairchild, emi- negt botanist of the Depgritment of Agficulture, recently returned.from a trd to Florida, where he spoke before th?® Third Annual Convention of the State Federation-of Garden Clubs held at Winter Garden.” Dr. Fairchild is an intense advocate of perpetuatingethe floral charm of each separaie environ- ment in the family of States and made an eloguent appeal for the preserva- tion of the graceful cocoa palms which line the Eastern seaboard and make Florida so reminiscent of Tahiti or Samoa. In many places plans are afoot to chop down these trees, and also the Ln‘mm’el with their queerly distorted and branches and those superb lofty pines of the Caribbean, in order to extend a seawall straicht down the ocean -front, Dr. Fairchild hopes the members of the garden clubs will take this matter in hand. Seawalls, like boardwalks, are merely utilitarian con- siderations and shoquld have no place except, in Isolated spots for convenience of crowds in centers of population. Dr. Pairchild's country home, In the ‘Woods, at Chevy Chase, Md., is an| eloquent plea for the ideas which he is - seeking to instill into the hearts of all those who plan gardens, large or small. He has used every hatural, feature to sdvantage and planted each tree and shrub with an eye to its presentation in years hence. A glorious Japanese cherry tree is the pride of his flower plot, and, after the Oriental custom, he has named the tree Naden, “beloved,” and it towers over younger growths of the same variety planted some years later. - Mrs. Fairchild was Marian -Hub- bard Bell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Entire Building Devoted Vietrolas— Radios and Fu Known Folk Manuscripts Presents Alexander Graham Bell and sister of | Mrs. Gilbert H. Grosvenor. | * k * ¥ 1 Emily Roosevelt, who made such an | outstanding success in “Alda," presented last month by the Philadelphia Civic | Opera Company, is the daughter of the | late George Washington velt, A lineal descendant in the major line of that Claes Martensen van Rosenfelt who emigrated from Holland to New Amsterdam in the middle seventeenth century and founded on New York the family now known as Roosevelt. Miss Roosevelt proves that the gifts of this dominant family in the annals of this Republic have been placed along many lines. She studied in New York, Milan and Paris, and is evidently endowed with talents distinctive enough to place her permanently with the native and imported prima donnas of grand opera. | Natur¢lly the professional debut of this charming young singer was marked by brilliant social activity. During her engagement in the Quaker City, Miss | Roosevelt was entertained by Mrs. Her- { man V. Hilprecht, formerly Miss Sallie Crozer, and one. of the gealous patron- | esses of good music in her home city. |1t was through Mrs. Hilprecht's en- | deavors that the Metropolitan Opera | Company made its first visit to Phila- delphia and she was a generous sub- scriber to the Oscar ~Hammerstein | Opera Troupe. She is at present chair- man of the executive committee of the | Philadelphia Orchestra’s general board | of patrons. | * K X Xk Princess Francoise d'Orleans, daugh-+ ter of the Duke of Guise, pretender to the throne of France, who soon is to wed Princess Christopher of Greece, it | & cousin of that Prince Charles Philippe. | Duke de Nemours, who last Spring so | romantically married Miss Marguer Watson of this city. Charles and his | | their unconventional interpretation of | ths cast-iron customs of the Bourbor family and they do mot mingle with others in the circle. But they enjoy life with the in Paris and London Possibly Francoise i manying the | wer of the former Mrs. William | Leeds, and who has profited so graatly by her fortune, may take a broader | view of her relative’s gallant conduct in marrying a dowerless bride unrelated to royaity of present or past dynasties Anna Helene, a younger daughter of the Duke of Guise, last year, under daz- Pingly brilliant auspices, married in Naples a member of the Italian royal line, Prince Amedeo of Savoy, ‘Duke of Apulia. Al these various branches of the exiled Bourbons have resided in | TLondon for the past three generations. The Duke of Guise is a son of the late Prince Louis Philippe, Duke of Char- tres, who died in 1910 at his home at Kingston on the Thames. He had mar- ried his cousin, Princess Francolse, of the Orleans branch, and he left & tre- mendous fortune to his five children, the elder son being the Duke of Guise. The oldest daughter married a lineal descendant - of _Marchal MacMahon, Patrice, second Duke of Magenta. * ok ok x London's new lord mayor, Sir John Edward Kynaston Studd. inducted into office recently with all the ceremonial dear to British hearts, has brought into the post of fiist Jady of that vast munic- | ipality a distinguished Russian, Prin-| | cess Alexandra Lieven. She 4s the| | second wife of the octogenarian, mayor | and_was married to him less than four {'years-ago. * & ~daughter ° of the ldte | Prince Paul Lieven, master of cere- monies at the court of Osar Nicholas | II, she fled from the' terrors of the revolution as a nursing sister, and | found refuge in Londun, where 80 many | | aristocratic Russians have been hospi- | tabiy received. Two Russian nieces of | the lady mayoress, Prine Ima Lieven | and Princess Mary Lieven, were among her nine maids-of-hohor at the grand ball given in Mansion House the eve- ning of the mayor's installation and | many courtiers from Petrogead- in the \.days of the Romanoffs attendsd. Lady Studd has a heroic career back of her | social triumphs in London., She was given the medal of St. George for | bravery in rescuing Britons and Anzacs {in the fateful Turkish campaign and | after the failure of the Britons to seize the Bosporus she joined the nursing corps in Mesopotamia and was { with the armies of Gen. Allenby when | he entered Jerusalem. The mayor of | | Lefidon is & man of vast wealth and, | | with such an accomplished wife, Lon- | don m its municipal Mile Square is | anticipating a regime of unparalleled brilliancy. * Kk ko Miss Elizabeth Houghton, * second | daughter of the Ambassador to London, | | astonished her friends during her re- | | cent visit to her Corning, N. 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From a long low door the occupant emerged to step on the ground. While all loyal Amerioans be- | lieve the best, most elegant and com- | fortable of motor cars are home pro- | ductions, the automobile, however, which has eliminated the running board, a combined British and French patent, is gaining wide popularity in | England and on ihe continent. These low seats, longer windows and lo doors, seem to result in more come fort in riding. But since no,.chenge | ever suits all varieties of patrons, tall men and women complain of lack of | space for their lower extremities. A | mammoth motor show is now in Dmx-i ress at Wembley, London, and a| large proportion of the show features are this innovation of no running | boards and a tendency to use brighter colors In painting the bodies. Brighter | colors than may be seen on Washington | streets now add a splash of gayety to | British roads and to the crowded | thoroughfares in the cities. 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