The Washington herald., 1920-10-03
SOCIETY

grave Institution Of Great Britain
on the occasion of the British dele,
cations visit to the United States.
october, 1920"
The British delegation is headed
by Lord and Lady Rathcreedan.
Norton being the family name or
the former and Rathcreedan County,
Dublin, Ireland, the location of his
estate Lord Rathcreedan has been
for many years identified with poll
tics in ireland, and at one time was
postmaster general, while Lady
Rathcreedan IL one of the most
celebrased public speakers in the
British empire.
She was an indefatigable worker
for woman's suffrage. and during
the present tour of the United
states has addressed audiences Of
more than 5000 persons at Buffalo
and in Carnegie Hall, New York
City.
To further Friendship and prevent
misunderstanding between the Brit
ish and American people is ostensi-
bly, the purpose of the Sulgrave In
stitution, and in arranging the SOU
venir to be presented to the Presi-
dent no pains were spared to
show him the work accomplished by
the society in restoring for visiting
Americans in England the old Wash
ington home. which, according to
Mr.. Paris dates back to the reign
of Henry VIII.
The photographs show the house
completely stripped of all modern
adornments and arranged at present
as it was when its original owner
occupied 1t. The Washington coat
of arms is plainly discernible over
the door. and conspicuous in the liv-
ing room is the painting presented
to the institution by the Colonial
Danes of America.
SECRETARY AND MRS. DANIELS
ACT AS HOSTS ON MAYFLowER.
Secretary and Mrs. Daniels acted
as hosts on the Mayflower and their
guests were many, fifty or more. and
included the delegates of the va
rious countries the British Embassy
staff. the members Of the Cabinet
and their wives and various State
Department officials, Roland B. Nor
ris, our Minister to China; John w.
Davis, our Ambassador to Great
Britain; various army and naval Of
ficers; Franklin Roosevelt, Mrs.
Wilson's mother and sister. Mrs.
William H. Boiling and Miss Bertha
Boiling, Virginia's Gov. and Mrs.
Westmoreland Davis and many 9TH
ers of note.
ADDITIONAL "PILGRNi"
CAPsIZES "MAYFLowER.-
In connection with the landing of
the Pilgrim Fathers. 1 read an
amusing story recently in a London
paper of the capsizing of the May
lfiower-not the original of course.
Here it is:
The addition OF one more pas
senger to the list at last caused the
good ship Mayfiower to founder
The result was that the sturdy Pill
Tgrim Fathers, grease paint and all,
went overheard, much to the as
tonishment of a British audience
which was glorying in the theme
portrayed to better Anglo-American
relations.
1t all happened when the prop
erty' Mayfower was pushing off for
New England from the Barbican at
| Old Plymouth at tho end Of the
second act of Ben Greet's great pro-
duction. The Mayfowerr a Play of
the Pilgrim Fathers at the Surry
Tbeater. The sails were set and
the Pilgrims were chanting old
Hundredth.' when a beIated Pilgrim
endeavored to scramble up the side
of the ship by means of a rope. ar
riving too late to use the gangplank.
But the Mayflower could not
carry any more passengers than she
already had on board She listed
violently upstate. trembled on the
brink of an artificial wave and
turned over with tremendous
crash, amid the shrieks of the
startled voyagers and the crew. who
suddenly forgot to register that in
domitable fixity of purpose native to
the Pilgrim Fathers, probably be-
cause as an American in the au-
dience laughingly guessed later,
they were not of the right stock
to realize the dream, even back of
the footlights.'
Everyone aboard the enormous
property vessel. which was about
fifteen feet high, was thrown
scrawling, head-over-heels, across
the stage, some of them rolling to
the footlights. The audience held
its breath with alarm for a few
moments and then the curtain was
rung down. The wreck. however.
had set the signal for a spontaneous
outburst of laughter and shouts.
Seldom has any accident in a drama
elected such mingled ordinations
of amusement and regret as char
acterized this one. However. no
casualties were reported among the
actors"
JUsSERAND GETS HIGHEST
HONOR IN FRENCH ORDER.
DR.. de Beaufort, of the Neither
lands Legation, in charge in the alb
sence of the Netherlands minister.
took and is taking an active part in
these celebrations. 1t appears now
that DR.. ]. T. Cremer, the minister
who, with Nine. Cremer, went back
to Holland early in the summer. will
be among the last of the wandering
diplomats to find their way back to
Washington. The others have either
come back or will return very short
ly. The French Ambassador and
Nine. Jusserand are to return some
time in October, so / am told, which
reminds me that we all rejoiced
when we recently heard the news of
the Ambassadors promotion to the