The Washington herald., 1919-06-15

as cne OF the governments primary
interests The smith.Towner bill
now before Congress would take ed
ucetton from its subordinate bu-
rsau In the Department OF the In
terror and make II q separate de-
partment with secretary as msn-
Der OF the Cabinet. Its functions
would include the removed Of illfte-
racy, the AmericAniSation Of for
eigners, equalising educational OPP
portunities. physical education. In
Guiding health sanitation. and the
preparation of teachers"
Mr.. Ma0tll said: To-day. because
OF the low salaries paid teachers.
averaging less than is paid the un-
skilled laborer. thousands of Amer
lean children are being taught by
teachers of foreign accent foreign
habits and thought and foreign
standards of living. While we are
talking about Americsnizing the
adult foreigner we are permitting
our American children to be Euro
peanized in our public schools"
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. WEDDING
CAUSES SENSATION.
Everywhere I have gone for the
last week or 80 hear people talking
Of Mrs. Ava willing Astor's mar
riage to Baron Ribbissdale. 1t cre-
atsd . real sensation. apparently. I
heard one old lady exclaim: BLESS
my soul. what a surprise Mrs. Astor
did give her friends! We had
quite made up our minds q few
years ago that she would become
LADY Curzon, but when Lord Curzon
selected the Beautiful Mrs. Duggan.
another American woman. as his sec
ond wife. we who knew Mrs. Astor
well here quite resigned ourselves to
the belief that she would continue
In her strong London position as
plain Mrs. John Astor. To those Of
US who attended Ava willing's we'd
ding to the late Col. Astor In Phil
adelphta Just about twenty-eight
years ago her remarriase to the most
pictrssoue Of peers 10 quite the SEN
sation Of years."
Lord cur1on was not the only man
OF the peerags families society here.
In New York and in London had at
various times decided would be Mrs.
Astor's second husband Capt Pom
sonoy was mentioned frst after the
divorce of the late Col and Mrs.
Astor. In 1910. Then she was called
upon to deny that she would be-
come the Countess OF Bessborough and
the wife OF Lord Basil Blackwood-
The intervening years since the
marriage OF Miss IVA willing to
the fourth John Jacob Astor of the
name in the New York history Of
the family have brought about many
changes In the personnel of society.
The wedding took place In the Phil
adeiphia home OF her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. Edward 8. willing. now
dead. on February Il. 1891 A special
train Of ten cars took the guests
from New York. johnson, an historic
figure as society's indispensable out
door man." stood guard over the
outer portals. and the late John A .
Pinard served the wedding breakfast
from his New York catering estab-
lishment
The Rev. DR.. William NJ. Nc
vickar. then rector Of the Church
of the Holy Trinity in Philadelphia.
oficiated. The bridesmaids were
Miss Ethel Cram (now Mrs. Ed
ward c. Moen), Miss Beatrice Chap
man (now Lady Barclay, wife OF
Sir George Head Barclay. of Eng
land. and Miss Grace Wilson, now
the wife of Brig. Gen. Cornelius
Vanderbilt.
Mr.. Lispenard Stewart was the
best man, and of the ushers only
one survives. He is Mr.. Hamilton
Fish Webster. The others were the
late Henry LIE Grand Cannon. Rob-
ert Hargous. Centre Hitchcock,
Elisha Dyer. Jr., Thomas H. How
ard, and Woodbury. Kane. One Of