Evening Star Newspaper, September 7, 1930, Page 44

Tales of Well Known Folk ‘ In Social and Official Life Notea of General and Specin] Interest Relatind to Men and Women ‘of Prominece in World Circles. BY MARGARET B. DOWNING. | 2 Senora Ferrara, wife of the Cuban | , is one of the powers of the | musical world of Havana and recently | Bhe has been making a search of the | records regarding the origin of the so- | ealled Mexican song “La Paloma.” It is entirely against the protest of Mexico | that “La Paloma” has become fastened | in the minds of musicians in this and | other lands as a plaintive air which had | 1ts origin in the Aztec country, and offi- | cials from that republic are always| amused when it is rendered in their | honor. Senora Ferrara has -gathered | some interesting data regarding “La | and its author, Sebastiano Spaniard of Vittoria, who died in 1865. He offered his song to | Bizet when that famous composer was engaged on the score of “Carmen,” but | mle the tuneful melody was not em- | lied in the opera proper there are hints of it in the ballet music. There is an extensive literature around the song, but Senora Ferrara has but to re- call the words of the opening stanza, | *Cuanda sali de la Havana” (“When I depart from Havana”) to prove her case. Yradier visited the Pear] of the | Antilles and he composed an equally Eopul-r song in the Spanish countries, | Ay Chiquita” and the music for the | graceful and intricate dance Habanera colloquially known as contradanza criolla. But he gave .credit for the foundations of these typical melodies to Negroes who had brought them | from Africa. Senora Ferrara has made | charming studies of what might be called the folk music of Cuba, the ma- | Jority of the production being credited to some other country. “La Paloma” has such a hold on the affections of | people of the United States, that its| authentic history and the story of its | composer will be cordially welcomed. * ok * % ‘The late Gen. Horace Porter and that veteran ambassador to Germany, Dr. Andrew J. White, have penned whim- sical descriptions in personal corre- | spondence of the various songs played | in their honor on official occasions. | ‘When Gen. Porter represented the land of Uncle Sam in the Prench Republic | he accepted an invitation to attend a | flower fiesta on the Riviera. His advent | was heralded by a prolonged sounding of trumpets and then the local band, convinced that its leader had mastered the last word in American patriotic | musie, struck up “There Will Be a Hot ‘Time in the Old Town Tonight.” That rollicking tune had gone to Paris during the exposition of 1900 with an itinerant band from New York and had taken the French by storm. A most accomplished scholar was Andrew J. White, but he | was rather an indifferent judge of | music. However, he instantly recog- nized that “Old Folks at Home” could not pass muster as the National Anthem of his country and he suggested “Yan- kee Doodle.” But invariably he found the bandmaster favoring “Dixie” and on occasion “My Old Kentucky Home.” ‘The World War, however, had brought universal acceptance of “The Star led Banner” in foreign lands even before Congress officially desig- nated this anthem as the national * kX % Senator Tydings' purchase of Pop- lar, Cobblers and Coaches Islands, be- tween Kent and Tilghman Islands, south of Easton, Md., as a democratic rendezvous during the open season re- vives interest in that lovely section of the lower counties, where history was made in lengthy chapters during the seventeenth century. Poplar Island, the Jargest of the group, was originally the-patrimony of Gov. Thomas Greene, who'was named in the will of Leonard Calvert to become his successor as chief executive of the province, and ‘who, on June 10, 1643, became second governor of Lord Baltimore's Palati- nate. One of the lineal descendants | of Gov. Greene is Mrs. John J. Ras- kob, who was before her marriage Miss Helena Springer Greene of Cecil Coun- ty. The n of the Democratic is one of the financiers of Senator Tydings' project to unite the islands in a sporting club where mem- bers of the Jeffersonian school of poli- tics who may be kept in this section during sultry weather may find a pleas- ant retreat. About 10 years ago Mr. Raskob bullt a spacious Summer home near Centerville, in Cecil County, and on land which had once formed part of Gov. Thomas Greene’s domain in northern Maryland. * % x x ‘The Ambassador to London and Mrs. Dawes, who have been passing a brief | wvacation in Spain, have fulfilled a de- | sire of many years in visiting the a chives of the Indies in Seville. N: urally they were deeply interested in the of Ferdinand and Isabella to Columbus and in the collection of state papers relating to the earliest attempts at colonization in the New World. One of the able assistants in the splendid Ybrary of the Indles in Seville is Miss Irene Wright of Pennsylvania, who had | randa of documents pertaining to the !in the library of the State Department | visiting many points not hitherto in- |1is true frequently added to Gen. Dawes' memo- lost continent, Atlantis, a subject which has fascinated him from his youth. Miss Wright worked for several years and in the various great libraries of Washington and other cities in the re- searches in which she specialized, the voyages of Columbus and the coloniza- tion of the Western Hemisphere. She then went to Seville to pursue her in- quiries at the source, and so valuable did she prove that she was engaged by the Spanish governmental authori- ties to assist her fellow country peo- ple, who arrive in Seville in vast num- bers purposely to consult the archives of the Indies. With her mother as companion, Miss Wright maintains a pleasant home not far from the famous palace of the Aleazar and is especially hospitable to visitors from this part of the world. After the brief visit to Spain, the Ambassador and Mrs. Dawes went to Rome to examine the docu- ments listed In the Vatican Library | relating to the lost Atlantis. e Mr. and Mrs. Addison E. Southard. the former resident minister at Addis Abeba, capital of Abyssinia, are Ken- tuckians, and therefore of hospitable trend, and they will feel entirely in their element in entertaining the dis-, tinguished delegation which will be dispatched from this country to attend the coronation of the emperor, Ras Tafarl. Addis Abeba is a pretentious town for East Africa, but its resources will be heavilv drawn on by the native nopulation. There are two hotels of fair size, but every inch has been booked for the visitors who will come from Ethiovia. Egvpt and the adjacent colonies of Great Britain, Italy lndi France, and the picturesque petty rulers of the Sudan. Mr. and Mrs. Southard | lived in Washington during the forma- tive days when the Department of Commerce was creating linison officers with ihe Department of State, and as| thev are exceedingly good looking, so- clable and witty, they made many friends. Their home in Louisville tracted many of their Washington as- soclates from 1923 until 1926, when the Minister was appointed as resident in Singapore, and & year later was trans- ferred to the ancient country of East Africa. The residence of Mr. and Mrs. | Southard. after the manner of the Javish ways of Africa, is almost a vil- lage, with many detached houses and space available for retinues more nu- merous than will mark the delegation from this republic. The British resi- dent Minister will entertain the Duke of Gloucester and the special delega- tion sent by Great Britain. * ok ok x Mrs. Harriet Chalmers Adams, well known traveler and lecturer, will make a lengthy visit to Mr. and Mrs. South- ard, and is sailing on the Alfonso XIII September 9. and after visiting friends in Spain will continue her journey via the Barbary States down through the Great Desert to Ethiopia. The corona- tion ceremonies of Ras Tafari, Emperor of Abyssinia, will consume about 15 days and will furnish some of the most colorful functions known in modern times. Ethiopia, in which Abyssinia is included, according to tradition took over portions of the Mosaie law, and its rulers, claiming direct descent from Solomon and Makedda. who was Queen of Sheba, became Christians in the apostolic area. A picturesque commin- gling of the ancient Coptic rite marks the rel ceremonial. with various introduetions of the old Nestorian ideas of pomp. Mr. Adams, after a detailed study of Abyssinia and its chief citles, will resume her travels in Fast Africa, cluded in her exploitation of the Lybian | Desert, underiaken a year ago. She will return to Spain in January to re- main until next Spring. She will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Stewart, the former consul general in Barcelona, and later of Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Norton, very well known here, who are now residing in Malaga. * k ox ¥ His Honor Charles T. Bateman. mayor of Guildford, once the seat of the Plantagenet Kings of Britain, has been conferring & mournful pleasure on Uncle Sam’s children now visiting London in opening for inspection the oldest and best preserved wine cellars in that ancient realm. The mayor, it , asks a stipend for the inspec- tion, for he has heavy demands for municij improvements, but then he has lighted these venerable passages bright as day and repaired all breaks and eliminated danger spots. The most recent of these subterranean pas- sages date from the first decade of the 1200's and the oldest stretch back to the unrecorded ages. Henry II lived in state in Gulldford and he bullt ex- | tensive additions to the cellars and quadrupled the number of casks which held hundreds of gallons of wine. This monarch, it will be remembered, wed | Eleanor of Aquitaine, the lady who | Have your furs remodeled repaired now at low summer rates. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C. lew her rival, the fair Rosamund, and from this rich domain of France came the rarest and tastiest wine of the era. Many the cask from Agqui- taine was stored in the miles of cellars under the ruyal palaces of Guildford and just as many came from the ports of Spain and Portugal and from the southern districts of Italy. For near- ly 400 years the stern old castle of the Plantagenet Kings has lain in ruins, a victim of the succession of civil wars and as wine was not so highly prized in those times, the cellars remained untouched _until the reign of the Georges. It is said that once in a while, casks containing age-old wines are still discovered and sent, according to the law, to the domicile where their majesties George and Mary may be holding court. *ox % ox Mr. James Drummond Hay is in charge of the Nascopie, that intrepid ship of the Hudson Bay Co. which makes an annual trip to various out- posts carrying medicines and supplies and receiving for the return vovage the year's collection of furs. Mr. Hay is taking his bride on the mext trip |and a few friends who relish the un- usual. The Hon. Mrs. Drummond Hay was Lady Mary Hamilton, daughter of the Duke of Hamilton and Brandon, premier peer of Scotland and keeper of the historic castle, Holyrood. The marriage occurred in the early Spring and several months were passed in England, where the general manager had been called for consultation. Lady Hamilton is an intimate friend of Princess Mary Lascelles and she was among the bridesmaids at the royal wedding. 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He 'ml Sir ?n;rycolmter‘ nm:m| m) - g tly finished | general of Grea n in New Yorl 3?“ i!?fl'fn '.!:emh mt:ll::‘c; :( ;’;hmm?n‘: | City and a froquent visitor to his friend. and nurses to equip this also will be | Sir Esme Howard, when the Ambas- included among the gers, This | sador was resident in Washington, has trip, scheduled for sailing September |to the regret of his scores of friends 20, 'will be the last until next June. |decided to retire before January 1. Sir Mr. Drummond Hay and Lady Mary |Harry, as he is internationally known, will spend the Winter in Montreal and |is one of the picturesque members of Ottawa, with & visit to New York and | the British Foreign Service and 1s called other cities on the Atlantic seaboard |its “grand old man.” It is nine years soon after Christmas. SEPTEMBER 7. 1930—PART THREE. on the retired list. But year after year his term has been ertended, until now, |past 70, be is rea to lay down the burden. The genial consular officer began life in the Irish Fusiliers, and he breathed the smoke of battle for 20 years, from the seventies to the nine- ties, when, having won much fame in private theatricals, he yielded to the lure of the footlights and 10 beyond the time when, according ‘o years as an acic: of Shakespeareanin Washington. e et e et e —eroremo , consul | British law, he should have been placed |roles in the famous Haymarket play| Mr. Warwick Deeping’s home, Eagj~ house in London, which has been dedi-|lands, near the village of Waybridge, in cated to the memory of the Bard of | Surrey, is the latest literary shrine { Avon. Since the twentieth century |Which makes a wide appeal to the scores opened he has been in the L-omuln}“": TS tow e 4 ma::; Foftging R R o S St e et Bing s seinodeled an slieteck. ks, be the present ol general in San|and with most satisfactory results. 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