Evening Star Newspaper, August 24, 1930, Page 40

Tales of Well Known Folk | In Social and Official Life Duchess of Roxburghe. Classed High as American Woman, Is Fisher of Salmon North of the Tweed. BY MARGARET B. DOWNING. The New York-born Duchess of Rox- burghe, daughter of the late Ogden Goe- let, has been awarded the title of being the best fisherwoman of salmon north of the Tweed. Fishing has been called . the sport of duchesses, d some, at least, of that rank have achieved rec- ords which make masculine fishers look to their laurels. Until the past two years the most skillful fisherwoman was the Duchess of Fife, sister of the King. Early and late during the season this royal lady fished for salmon, and few of her relatives and friends were omitted when the distribution of her trophies went forth by trusty messen- ger, all snugly packed in ice. The Duchess of Bedford has fished for sal- mon since her girlhood, and so, too, has the Duchess of Northumberland. The Duchess of Roxburghe often has enter- tained the Duchess of Fife and other + ducal ladies, and they pitted their rec- . ords against each other in true sport- ing spirit. The young son of the duke . and_nis American lady, the Marquess © of Bowmont, Porn in 1913, when his parents had been married more than 20 years, frequently accompanies his mother on the fishing excursions. He * takes his title from the famous Bow- mont Forest, once the pride of the Rox- burghe estate, but many of the trees were cut down to furnish masts for ° Nelson's ships, and during the World War they were used to furnish oak needed by the British admiralty. : * kX % Hon. R. H. Bennett, new premier of Canada, is about to embark on a gigan- | tic project of bringing the capital of | the Dominion up to & high standard of municipal comeliness. But his pro- gram for doing this is through direct contribution from the federal govern- ment and not by taxing the citizens. This was one of the issues between the Conservatives and the Liberals, the lat- ter suffering defeat under their leader, Mr. Mackenzie King. All partles in On- tario were in favor of mammoth public . improvements, and especially in Ottawa, as a palliative for unemployment. The - Mackenzie King regime was strongly committed to raising the funds needed - through special taxes, the public ex- chequer having been considerably drained in previous enterprises. Making Ottawa a spacious, beautiful city was a ° dream in which the revered premier Sir Wilfrid Laurier indulged, but no deci- sion as to the scope and general tend- ency has been reached. Ottawa lost its splendid _group of governmental build- ings by fire and has been gradually re- building, the Houses of Parliament be- “ ing first erected. Extension of public rks and boulevards to the suburbs Pave been contemplated, but the major problem is to condemn a vast area in the city proper facing the Parliament * for a parkway and for municipal sports and for groups of public edifices in proper surroundings, aftér the plan in which this Government is now engaged in restoring Pennsylvania avenue after the L'Enfant plan. * X oK X When the pen with which President Hoover signed the naval pact became a much-sought historic trophy, 22 other pens were given to those who had made . & prior request or were distributed among friends. For that number of treaties have been signed by the Chief Magistrate since 1930 was ushered in, and of this formidable number nine have been signed with Great Britain. Souvenir pen hunters are a mighty le- glon, and let there be the barest rumor of a new treaty there come requests in oppressive numbers to become _the owner of the pen which marks the final event. As a rule, such a pen goes to an Ambassador or Minister from the land with which this Republic makes the pact. Sir Ronald Lindsay has one of the pens used in the final chapter | of the naval pact made in London, and %0, 100, has the Ambassador from Japan, M. Debuchi. Some recent covenants signed in the presidential office are minor affairs dealing with international vexations, like smuggling, principally in violation of the eighteenth amendment. Some are of the solemn promises made by the nations looking to the renuncia- tion of war and others of immediate « fmport, like the slavery convention signed in Geneva. But one of the de- tails is to provide a sufficient number of pens to be sent forth as souvenirs soon after the document is signed and sealed. Collections of pens used on_his- toric occasions are beginning to have & distinct commercial value and have figured in recent years in wills and in || court proceedings. * ok ok * Miss Gertrude Jekyll recently received the highest award of the Massachusetts | Horticultural Society, oldest and most influential organization devoted to this subject founded in the country. This ‘venerable gardener has reached 81 years and is still active among her flowers. Although, under the name of the easily cultivated “Miss Jekyll Phlox,” this . grand old lady of the flowers is as well known as though she were a native, she 18 London born. She lives at Waverly Hall, in Berkshire, and her garden is the pride of the countryside. For years she has been a member of the Massa- chusetts society and has sent from time to time the most valuable notes on floral culture and on the treatment of that dread disease, mildew, so prevalent in 80 damp a climate as that about Boston has been conferred on this devoted gar- dener in recognition of her unflagging efforts to inspire home cultivation, both by gnczpm and example. Her phlox is to be found in every country in the world and after more than 25 years it remains the most satisfactory and pro- lific of all the white varieties. It will be remembered how partial Mrs. Cool- idge is to white phlox and Miss Jekyll is her favorite. She frequently visited the bed on the north front lawn of the ‘White House, which was so glorious in the hot dry days of Midsummer. This bed was placed near Pennsylvania ave- nue and was so cool and fragrant that many a weary pedestrian, glancing through the iron fence, went on his way refreshed. * oK ok % As Mr. and Mrs. David Bruce have been prominent in the efforts of South- ampton to reproduce and unveil with proper ceremonies the new town flag, it is likely the Secretary of the Treasury will attend this interesting event, which is scheduled for early September. Southampton takes the greatest pride in its age and in its unchanged condition. It was a prosperous whaling port a century and a quarter before the Revo- lutionary War, and its gallant sailors went after the profitable sea beasts in every part of the world. Southampton received its charter as an_incorporated town from Gov. Thomas Dongan, who ruled the province for James II. The new flag will inclose the first municipal emblem, a man plowing a fleld with a team of horses precisely as may be seen today in rural Long Island, and this will be between alternate stripes of co- lonial buff and blue. On the top of the flag will be the date of the patent to Southampton, one of the most venerable in all New York and the oldest in Suf- folk County. Mr. Mellon and his son Paul will pass part of the heated term in Southampton and they have also in mind a brief trip to Europe on which Mrs. Bruce may be with them. * Kok % Mrs. Thomas A. Edison has been en- livening the controversies waging the world over as to whether woman's place is in the home and. whether in fulfill- ment of her traditional obligations she should remain there, eschewing all other actlvities. Strange to say, this rigid formula is announced very often even by women and from pulpits in many parts of the country. Mrs. Edison is evidently of the mind that women have forsaken their high estate and she is eloquently pleading with them to re- enter the dignified avocation of home- keeping and in larger numbers become producers instead as of at present con- sumers of the home. Mrs. Edison points proudly to her record of 44 years during which the fires of the modest hearth glowed with even, steady radiance, Mar- ried to one who is internationally famed | for irregularity in partaking of food and | securing the adequate amount of sleep and rest, she has met these axacting re- quirements serenely and, to her spouse, ith the highest degree of satisfaction. But many women protest that, not being married to geniuses, their hours for meals are fixed in the domestic firma~ ment and that the routine of the home- keeping leaves many empty hours of boredom 1if other interests were not evolved. Forty-four years ago, Mrs. Edison’s formula would have passed, but not now. Thousands of examples can be produced, say the advocates of the present state of womankind, to show that many who are perfect in the home also transact other important business for the state and for the general better- ment of humanity. * K ok % Gen. Grant was one of the few Chief Magistrates of the Nation who in sub- sequent years visited the Orlent, and when he and Mrs. Grant were enter- tained in the imperial palace in Tokio ng system—com- very 1's minutes OPPOSITE AMBASSADOR. 12:30 till 8:00 5.-Co SUNDAY DINNER $ 1 00 FRUIT COCKTAIL Choice of I. DUCKLING GATON VEGETABLES We Make All of Our Own lee Creams and Desserts Fresh Peach Pa: 1 Club Plates—Special Salads for Not Desiring Regular Dinner Columbia 5042 and practically all over England. But the Robert White medal of honor CREERON Gage Autumn Hats $5.00 Large and Medium Headsizes Gage nationally known hats this season are more THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, AUGUST RECENT BRIDE MRS. BERTRAM daughter of Mrs. Sophie Helphenstine, York, Who before her wedding some weeks ago w. P. INGRAHAM, Miss Olga Teresa Helphenstine, She is now making her home in New —Harris & Ewing Photo. they were invited to plant memorial| trees. A plcnic was planned in the | vast park and at its conclusion the trees were set—for the general a cypress and for Mrs. Grant a magnolia grandi- |fllora. This interesting event occurred on August 25, 1879, and on each recur- ring anniversary certain ceremonies are held under the trees, now of giant| Washington at the base of the statues of heroes in the public parks. will mark the day, and two attaches of | the Foreign Service who participated in | the planting have issued special \nvl-‘ tations. They are Viscount Eichi Shi-| busawa and Baron Takashi Masuda, both of whom served in minor roles in | the legation and embassy of Japan in| Washington. Practically the same pro- | gram will be repeated, and many citi-| zens of the Republic now in the Orient will be present. But there will be one notable change. When Gen. Grant took spade in hand the Japanese band played “Hail Columbia.” that being ac- cepted as a national air as good as any which offered. Now having a national anthem appointed as such by congres- sional enactment, it follows that after | the swelling notes of the Japanese hymn “The Star Spangled Banner” will | be redered. Stone monuments at the base of each tree tell their history. x % x % Mr. Joseph E. Widener is among the advocates of sports who is making im- | necessity of divorcing that element from commercialism. About Philadel- phia the oldest sporting clubs may be found and estates devoted to fox hunt- ing and kindred equine pleasures, but it looks as if their days are numbered. ‘The Radnor Country Club, senior of its kind about Philadelphia and boasting more than a century and a half of brilliant history, finds its area year by growth, after the manner observed in| year circumscribed by encroaching sub- | divisions. The same condition faces all This | the clubs which are near & growing | cousin of President Roosevelt and one month particularly solemn ceremonies | center of population unless, like several | of his closest personal advisers. Young favorite clubs about Washington, the directors had the foresight in the be- ginning to purchase all that would be needed at least for one generation. In a few instances those who own large country estates near prominent clubs have ylelded to the importunities to sell for homes rather than for enlarged golf fields or tennis courts. Meadowbrook, most famous polo club, already needs more space, but it is not to be had un- less the entire plant is removed from its present location to the less sparsely settled country about Montauk Point. Hunting clubs like those established in the Bahamas and the Bermudas, not to mention the numerous above the Cana- dian border, are having a far more sat- istactory development because of a strong sympathy felt by people at large | for the privileges of sport. * ok o* Mr. Spencer Penrose of Denver and Colorado Sgllnl! is not so well known to the Washington public as one would pressive utterances about the immediate | suppose a brother of Senator lilmse protest Penrose would be, but he is mo: ITH its rich, dull, copperish sheen— Bronze Kid introduces a new note of Modernism into the footwear that will grace smart Autumn costumes. pected, featured first in always original— “Hahn $ 24, pitable to all from this part of the world who remain for a sojourn in his marvelous Rocky Mountain home. His name always will be associated with the great run at Cripple Creek, but Mr. Penrose has become a part of his new home and most loyal to all its aspi- rations. It is to him the land where his dreams came true, and he has beautified a glorious peak overlooking Colorado Springs with a mansion which seems to spring from the rocks, and with a garden the like of which the Centennial State cannot show. In the few level spaces he has laid out a golf course, but it is only & miniature one, since even such a versatile engineer cannot compel qualities in the golf ball which pertain to goats, and when the owner really wishes prolonged games he salls for his favorite fleld near Cannes. He is spending the present Summer in the French riviera, that section where golf is best, having as fine a hot weather climate as it has in Winter. But his| home is open to friends from Washing-, ton, and his old home in Philadelphia, with a staff of retainers who reach per- fection in the matter of looking after chance guests. Mrs. Penrose was & member of the well known McMillan family of Detroit, long identified with the poliNical and social world here. DAVIS GETS NEW 19. TENNIS PARTNER Nicholas Roosevelt’s Ap- pointment as Vice Governor Brings Competition. NEW YORK (#)—Dwight W. Davis, Governor General of the Philippines, got a new tennis partner when Nich- olas Roosevelt was appointed Vice Go\- emor. Although not s tournament player, Roosevelt will offer a good foil to th thrusts of the donor of the Davis Cup, friends say. And after their tennis match, if something is wrong with the garden, Roosevelt can attend to that, too. His one real hobby is the garden and grounds on his Summer home at Hew- lett, on the south shore of Long Island. | Roosevelt, an editorfal writer on the | New York Times from 1923 until his | appointment, has long been a close student of Far Eastern affairs. He | was & great admirer of the policies of | Gen. Leonard Wood, who was Governor | of the Far Eastern possession for sev- | eral years. Born 37 years ago at Oyster Bay, | Long Island, his father was a first Nicholas grew up in an atmosphere of national and international affairs. He spent several months in Manila as Gen. Wood's guest and made an intensive study of the Philippines. Graduated from Harvard in 1914, Roosevelt was attached to the embassy at Paris when war was declared. He enlisted in the American Army, achiev- ing the rank of captain. During the Peace Conference he was military aide to President Wilson. He was only an average student, but rowed on his class crew, played s good game of squash and tennis and was | popular with his fellow students. | Unmarried, during the Winter he lives with his mother at the family estate at Oyster Bay. | Arabs Protest Mandate. JERUSALEM, August 23 (#).—Man; Arab shops were closed here today in against continuance of the Brit. sh mandate in Palestine. All was quiet. | As was to be ex- Specials” 30—PART THRERE. BRIDE OF A WEEK # MRS. ZSSE R. WALLACE, Who before her marriage Saturdpy, August 16, to Lieut. Wallace, U. §. Miss Meridee Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Taylor of L STARS FORECAST LONG FIGHT FOR GANDHIITES Astrological and Statistical Bu. reau Says Freedom Will Not Come Before 1042, DELHI, India (#).—The Universa Astrological and Statistical Bureay, forecasting India’s fight <for freedom. says indepepdence will not be achieved until May 18, 1942, 1 It is predicted that until that time the struggle will go on continuously. ‘The prediction says that Mahatma Gandhi will be released from prison about December 17 and that “an ad- verse aspect of the stars” indicates the downfall of the MacDonald cabinet and defeat of the Labor party in Great Brit- ain next October. Prince Launches Lifeboat. The Prince of Wales flew over Dover recently to launch the Sir Willlam Hil- lary, the biggest and fastest lifeboat in the world. 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