Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1935, Page 54

E—4 sOoC IETY. Tales of Well-Known Folk In Literature, Art, Politics President Roosevelt, Dame Crowdey, Robert Anthony Eden Make Good Print—Chinese His- tory at Congressional—Mrs. Owen's Book. BY ROBERT CRAWFORD, The tang of the salt was in his nostrils, and the blood of those sea- faring ancestors just would not down, 50 President Roosevelt, after being essured by the physicians in attend- ance that his beloved friend, Col. Louis McHenry Howe, was on the mend, ordered his cherished old sweater, pants and hat packed and was-away for a cruise in Southern waters. The distinguished skipper was in his glory. The understanding friendship for 25 years between the President and Col. Howe has been beautiful, each being a compliment to the other. The colonel calls himself “Franklin’s ‘no’- lected from Charleston and its im- mediate vicinity, except the 70 in the association’s permanent collection and | the 90 from the collection of Mr. Her- | bert Lawton of Boston. He adds, “Had | there been funds for express and in- | surance beyond the limits of the | county an equal number of merit could | have been gathered within the State.” | Mr. Whitelaw speaks of the very high | and artistic standard of the work, which ranges from the early seven- | teenth century to the year 1860. A | seventeenth century enamel of Peter the Great, given as a present by the Czar to the ancestor of a Charles- tonian, is in this collection, which in- | cludes Englehart, Smart, Sicardi, Isa- man” and enjoys telling how they | b€y and Davis, and a superb Cosway first met, and as he expresses it, when | Of 1792/ which was never before at- they first started in politics. That | tributed or exhibited, but when opened was when the President ran the first | Was found to be signed and dated. time for the Assembly in New York.| Henry Benbridge has the largest When some one asked him whether | ET0UD in the exhibit, and next is the THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO TO MARRY IN JUN they called each other by the first name. Col. Howe answered: “Yes, and sometimes worse than that,” and then added: “Just the same as any {riends do.” Washington is always glad to wel- come that delightfully interesting Englishwoman, Dame Rachel Eleanor Crowdey, who was recently at the ‘White House for a cup of tea with the President and Mrs. Roosevelt. Lloyd's could safely take the wager that the President and she talked about boats, sails and other nauti- cal gadgets instead of the opium traffic and the League of Nations— the two things which she combines| of Chinese wood or bamboo, and on | that he was to do the decorating. Mr. | Farms was hostess to about 50 mem- She was in | the backs the titles are lettered in red | Roberts glories in this magnificent | bers of the Woman's Board of Mont- the opium traffic section. League of or yellow—Ilooks as if a chicken had | decoration in her public activities. Nations, from 1919 until 1931, and had not long returned from an air trip over China when she was here On one occasion when Dame Crow- | of the Division of Orientalia, in the | ridiculous, dey was asked what her favorite rec- Teations were after a hard season's work. she said, “Saing a boat, plenty of Far Eastern affairs and traveling She is an aviation fan. During or shortly after the World War she came to the States with Mrs. Lloyd George, and again in 1926 when she was made honorary doctor of laws at Smith College. Dame Crowdey was most enthusi about her Chinese trip and especially her flight over Jehol, that beautiful city, once the Summer residence of the Chinese emperors, and spoke of it “as a loveliness seen for the first time from the air.” She described the country all around Jehol as beflow- ered with primroses, harebells and wild violets in the Spring, and birds of all kinds: Pheasants, partridges, snipe and woodcock. The singing birds were a delight to her—especially the Mongolian lark. English people like larks—that is those “blithe spir- its” the poet Shelley wrote so charm- ingly about—skylarks. ‘That much-misused metaphor, the four horses of the Apocalypse and wars and rumors of war, has been | working overtime of late, so England takes her visiting cards and goes call- ing. Perhaps Capt. Anthony Eden, British lord privy seal, clever, hand- some and brilliant and right-hand man of Sir John Simon, British for- eign secretary, would say they are Just seeing places in the “sun”—he wrote an informing book about the British dominions which he called “Places in _the Sun” En route to Germany Sir John and Capt. Eden stopped to see Foreign Minister Pierre Laval in Paris and then hurried on to Berlin, where, upon arrival. Der Fuehrer did not keep them waiting a moment. After Berlin, Capt. Eden was to go on to Moscow, Warsaw and Praha. To be more exact it’s the Right Hon. Robert Anthony Eden, who has had a most distinguished and active career for a man of 38; con- | servative member of Parliament since | his 26th year: parliamentary pri- vate secretary to Sir Austen Cham- berlain when he was secretary of state for foreign affairs, and from 1931-3 he was parliamentary under- secretary, foreign office. Besides all of this he took honors at Christ Church College, Oxford, in Oriental languages, distinguished himself in the World War and was a newspaper correspondent—and what have you? Capt. Eden wrote his book, “Places in the Sun,” after attending the Im- perial Press Conference in Melbourne in 1925. He says of Canada: “It's a big country, a generous country, a country in which a man may stretch his legs”—would it be polite to add, without falling off into the North Sea or the Atlantic Ocean? Some one asked the other day if they had heard Mr. Herbert Hoover's | call to arms, and was it Senator Bark- ley of Kentucky or Senator Pat Har- rison of Mississippi who asked “Whose arms?” Mr. Robert N. S. Whitelaw, director of Gibbes Galiery, Charleston, S. says the largest collection of minia tures ever assembled in America is being shown by the Art Association of that gallery. Five hundred miniatures, all col DROOP’S | | | 15 ivories by Pierre Henri, Paris. Malibone has 10 fine ivories, Fraser |26 and Trumbull 2. There are two | miniatures of George Washington. | One after Smart; one enamel by | Birch, dated 1797, which was a gift by Gen. Washington to Gov. Edward Rutledge of South Carolina. There also is listed a miniature of Lafayette, painted by Fraser when the marguis visited Charleston in 1825. It gives one an awfully dopey feel- ing to wander around in a Chinese ! library where there are rows and rows | of curiously looking books done up in | black cardboard cartons, which are | held shut by funny little gadgets made stepped in a pot of paint. It does not, however, seem at all queer to Dr. Arthur W. Hummel, chiet Library of Congress, because he spends hours a day wandering around n the stacks and thinks nothing of taking down a volume a thousand or iwo years old and reading a few pages. There may be five or six unbound volumes in one of these cartons—they rcsemble large pamphlets, are printed on beautiful rice paper and are fas- cinating to look at. Dr. Hummel is so used to ancient tomes, manuscripts, Chinese art and dynasties that he quite naturally speaks in cycles of a thousand or two years and an illuminated manuscript of the early Christian era, or an edi- tion de luxe of the 14 or 15 centuries would seem to him like the latest best seller. and the Chinese “just as if they were his next-door neighbors—he lived for i5 years in the Celestial Empire, speaks their language and seems to understand their psychology. of Congress, of which Dr. Hummel has charge, is a collection of 163,000 volumes printed wholly in the Chi- nese language and is the largest out- side of China and Japan. Dr. Hum- | mel says that the year around it is the gathering place for students of all nationalities who wish to do authori- | tative research on the politics, lan- guage, literature and history of the oldest extant civilization of the earth. | The largest encyclopedia in the world is in this library; it was printed some time in the eighteenth century. It's awfully interesting to know that the Library of Congress sells annually more of its printed catalogue cards to China than to any other country of the world “Yu Hai Chu Yuan,” that means “A Sea of Jade an Ocean of Pearls"— and that means “A Vast Repository of Precious Things”; Dr. Hummel, ex- | plains that this metaphor, which is | on the gorgeous plaque one sees from the reading desk in the reading room ;or the Library of Congress, is bor- rowed from the storehouse of Chinese literary allusions; is one employed by | men of letters when they wish to refer | |to a great library filled with rare | items—in this particular instance | the Library of Congress. | The plaque hangs in Mr. Martin A. Roberts’ office on the wall facing the reading room of the Library and is plainly seen through the middle arch of the alcove. It is over 8 feet long and 35 inches wide and is decorated with four large characters in gold 18 inches high on a back- ground of dark blue; these characters read from right to left Chinese fash- fon, mean “Jade Sea Pearl Ocean.” The plaque is the gift of the great national library of Chine to the great national library of the United | States. { The characters were made by one |of the finest calligraphers of the Chinese Republic—no less a person The Original Self-Setting PERMANENTS, $7.50 Requires No Finger Wave Ruth Vitale “Devoted to Beauty” 1106 Vermont Ave. Met. 6326 Stratfield Model A Quality Leader Among Popular-Priced Pianos IN WALNUT OR MAHOGANY *4 GULBRANSEN 75 BABY GRAND Where economy of space is an objective, this dainty piano, with its sweet tone and artistic exterior, is an creation. Its parentage is established—as it is built by Gulbransen in the Gulbransen factory—and is fully warfanted. E. F. Droop & Sons Co., 1300 G éTE]NWAY AND OTHER LEADING PIANOS He talks about China | | This Chinese library in the Library ’ Daughter of Mr. Ernest P. Heil of | uate of Providence University. MISS EVELYN HEL McLoughlin, announces her engagement to Mr. Laurence Paul Wheeler, son of Mrs. Frank M. Wheeler of Newport, R. I. The wedding will take place in June. this city, whose aunt. Mrs. James Mr. Wheeler is a grad- | | than ex-President Hsu Shih-ch'ang, | | now past 82 years of age. Mr. Hsu | is one of the grand men of the old literary tradition, and Dr. Hummel | felt it a great honor when he found on his office wall—just there temporarily—and even appre- ‘ clates being joshed ebout his Chinese | laundry sign—from the sublime to the | with apologies to Dr. { Hummel. The appointment of Mr. John | Buchan, Scottish author and pnrll--‘ mentarian, to succeed Lord Bessbor- ough as governor general of Canada, | will meet with hearty approval in the | United States, where he is well known | and has many friends. He was a | | guest at the British Embassy last Fall | when he came over to make the prin- jcipal address at the dedication of South Hall, Columbia University. At that time he was engaged in writing | a rather different life of King Georgpi V, from those which had preceded it. | | It was to be a survey of the King's | | reign up to the present time and was | | to have the charming title of “The | King's Grace.” Mr. Buchan's “Oliver | Cromwell,” a biography, and his | novel, “The Three Fishers,” have been | popular in this country. It is hoped | the “King's Grace” will be ready for | the jubilee in May. | Inunguak, United States Minister to Denmark, daughter of the some- | time Secretary of State William Jen- | |nings Bryan, saw her Greenland Eskimo baby issued from the presses | | last Tuesday. “Leaves From a Green- | |land Diary.” Inunguak, meaning “dear little woman,” was the name |given to Minister Owen, when in| | Greenland last Summer. Recently | ]she gave a regular Greenland Eskimo | | party at the legation in Copenhagen, which was the sensation of the season. That must be a handsome portait | medal of President Roosevelt, which the French government mint issued | recently. It was designed by the| English medalist, Mr. Theodore Spicer- Simson, whose home, by the way, is in Cocoanut Grove, Fla., but who also |has a studio at Bourron, near | Fountainebleau. Mr. Spicer-Simson’s | !medn!s are exhibited at the Metro- politan Museum, New York, and in ! many of the museums of Europe. | | He executed medals of the late Pres- | |ident Taft, Alexander Graham Bell !and Henry Ford. | Dr. Mann to Speak Before | A.A.U.W.Club Tomorrow Dr. William M. Mann, director of the National Zoological Park, will be the guest speaker at the tea of the American Association of University | Women tomorrow at 4 o'clock at the | club house, 1634 I street northwest. He will talk on “Zoos.” Mrs. E. C. Wells will be the hostess, | assisted by Miss Mary Agnes Brown, Miss Ruth Denham, Miss Arline Du| Four, Miss Charlotte Farrington, Miss Grace Johnson, Miss Daisie Lasier, | Miss Florence Moyer and Mrs. C. E. Phillips. | arrived as guest of her mother, Mrs. Maryland County Hosp;tal Luncheon Held Monday Mrs. Lionel C. Probert of Homeland gomery County General Hospital for luncheon at 1 o'clock on Mohday. In the afternoon Mrs. Probert pre- sided over a business meeting of the board, the principal subject being arrangements for the advertising pamphlet of the hospital, which is issued annually to raise funds Ior| this county institution. | Mrs. Knox Taylor of Sante Fe, N. Mex., and Clinton, N. J., has arrived | as guest of her sisters, Mrs. Stanton | Smith and Miss Amy P. Miller, where | F! she is spending a week. Mr. Wheeler Bird has been spend- ing his Spring vacation from Yale at the home of his father, Dr. Jacob W. Bird. Mr. and Mrs. Addison G. Foster, who have been guests of Mr. and | Mrs. Mahlon Kirk, 4th, the past month have reopened the bungalow on Mag- nolia Farm. Mr. and Mrs. Lionel C. Probert have issued invitations for an evening | bride party on Saturday, April 6, in honor of Dr. and Mrs. Jacob W. Bird. Mrs. Frederick Klutey of Wilming- | ton, Del,, has, with her small daughter, | Washington B. Chichester. | Miss Edith Hallowell gave a de- lightfully informal little party Tues- day afternoon, having as her guests Mrs. Frederick Klutey and small daughter, Mrs. Ridgely Chichester and daughter, Mrs. Francis Kirk and little girl, Mrs. Elgar Stabler and children and Mrs. Robert Barnes and children. Mrs. Milton Bancroft, Mrs. Joseph Tilton and Miss Estelle T. Moore have all returned from New York, where they were called by the sud- den death of Mrs. Bancroft’s and Mrs. Tilton's brother, Mr. George H. Moore. Gloria @ Mitzi Is Having a Special CLEARANCE SALE Monday and Tuesday EVENING DRESSES Formerly $12.35. $15.75 and $18.33. Now $7.7s We also to view C, MARCH 31, 1935—PART THREE. . Democratic Women's Banquet April 6 At the dinner next Saturday night at the Washington Hotel, given for the delegates to the Conference of Democratic Women’s Clubs, many of- ficial wives of Washington will act as hostesses. Each hostess is to preside at a table of eight guests, Among those who will serve are Mrs, Cordell Hull, Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, jr.; Mrs. George H. Dern, Mrs. Harold L. Ickes, Mrs. Burton K. Wheeler, Mrs. Edward P. Costigan, Mrs. Bennet Champ Clark, Mrs. Emily Newell Blair, Mrs. Charles S. Hamlin, Mrs. Basil Manley, Miss Mary E. Bakewell, Mrs. W. L. Beale, Mrs, Huston Thomp- son, Mrs, Charles Warren, Mrs. Bates Warren, Miss Ruth Oberly, Miss Por- tia Oberly, Mrs. Julien Friant, Miss Eleanor Connolly, Mrs. George Eckels, Mrs. Ellis Meredith, Mrs. Edward Keating, Mrs. W. W. Hubbard, Mrs. Samuel Herrick, Mrs. H. E. C. Bryant, Mrs. David Tucker Brown, Mrs. Frank Bright, Mrs. C. J. Brand, Mrs. W. J. Bulow, Mrs. Glen Griswold, Mrs. C. C. Hendrickson, Mrs. Florence B. Liv- ingston, Mrs. Louise Ludlow, Mrs. Guy Mason, Mrs, W. B. Mason, Mrs. W. H. O. McGeehee, Mrs. Robert Nelson, Mrs. C. J. Colden, Mrs, Ernest Dan- ile, Miss Edith Coulson, Mrs. W. K. Dowe, Mrs. Thomas Walker Page, Mrs. Walter Wyatt. At the speakers’ table Mrs. Edward B. Meigs, president of the National Woman’s Democratic Club of Wash- ington will preside and introduce the speakers, who are: Secretary .of Labor Frances Perkins, Assistant Sec- retary of the Treasury Josephine Roche, Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, di- rector of the mint, and Miss Mary Dawson, honorary chairman of the Woman’s Division of the Democratic National Committee. Also seated at the speakers’ table will be Mrs. Blair Bannister, Assistant Treasurer of the United States; Mrs. Benton McMil- lian, Civil Service Commission; Mrs. Jewel Swofford, Employes’ Compensa- tion Commission; Miss Katherine Lenroot, chief of the Children’s Bu- reau, and Mrs. James H. Wolfe of the National Democratic Committee. Another long table will be arranged for the woman appointees of the ad- ministration who are attending the meeting. Among those seated there will be Miss Jo Coffin, Mrs. Carroll Stewart, Mrs. Thornton L. Brown, Mrs. R. F. Lindsay, Judge Anabel yesterday to Sweet Briar College for the Spring term. Miss Mary Ambler of Fairfax has vhui!ln( her Mrs. Stella Thatch of New York. Mrs. Myrtle Tayloe, who passed the ‘Winter months with relatives in Fred- ericksburg, Va., will arrive this week to open her house in Vienna, Va. Miss Mary Frances Cooper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel F. Cooper of Aspen Hill, Fairfax, left festerday for Orange, Va., to spend several weeks with Miss Nancy Boxley. The Rev. Herbert A. Donovan, rector of Truro Episcopal Church, in Fairfax, will leave tomorrow to accompany the coadjutor bishop of the diocese of Vir- ginia, the Right Rev. Frederick D. Goodwin, on a speaking tour through ‘Tidewater Virginia. Mrs. T, H. Stetson and her daughter, Miss Mary Stetson, of Albany, N, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Warren Watson of Fairfax. Mrs. Watson, ac- companied by Miss Ida Jones and Mrs. Fannie Lou Seamans, motored to Richmond yesterday. Mr. Robert R. Buckley, chairman of the Fairfax County Democratic Execu- tive Committee, has returned to Fair- fax from Daytona Beach, Fla., where he spent the last two months. Southern Mn;yland Young Democrats Plan May Ball The Young Democratic Club of Southern Maryland is planning a May ball to be held at the Beaver Dam | Country Club Saturday, May 25. Mr. F. Ellsworth Thompson has been appointed chairman and will be assisted by Mr. Thomas E. Jones, president; Miss Anna V. Jasper, Miss M. Virginia Beall, Miss Virginia Zepp, Mr. Wilson Purdy, Mr. J. Alfred Wynn and Mr. Horace A. Purdy. A Mrs. Freiot to Entertain Patriotic Society Friday Mrs. John K. Freiot, State presi- dent of the Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America, will enter- tain the District of Columbia chapter at her home, 57 Observatory Circle, on Friday, April 5, at a buffet lunch- eon at 1:30 o'clock, preceding the business meeting when amendments to chapter by-laws will be voted on and election of officers take place. Mathews, Mrs. George Bass, Miss Ber- nice Pyke, Miss Mary Anderson, Mr: Neill Wright, Miss Ruth Lockett. Mrs. Ellen Woodward, Mrs. June Fickel, Miss Mary Le Damme, Mrs. Stanl Jodge, Mrs. Joseph W. Howarth, Mrs. A. J. McGuire and Miss Meta ! 'ay. Friday Mrs. George Eckels will pre- side at a luncheon at the club house, | where the speakers will be Represent- ative, Mary T. Norton, Representative Virginia Jenkes, Representative Isa- bella Greenway and Representative Caroline O'Day. { - | Residents of Fairfax " Have Many Visitors‘ Mrs. Walter Tansill Oliver, jr., who for a fortnight has been visiting her parents, Dr. and Mrs. Burnam O. Grove of Roanoke, Va., will return to- | morrow to her home in Fairfax. Miss Rebecca Rice, accompanied by | her classmates, Miss Berkley Moore and Miss Frances Sydnor, arrived yes- terday from Hollin's College, to spend their Spring vacation with Miss Rice's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cavil T. Rice, at Oakton, near Fairfax. 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