Evening star., 1921-12-18

| mas-children of public men fntt-
mately associated with her husbands
administration and those of old
friends all over the country and OF
the neighbors in Marion and adjacent
cities. Many will receive volumes of
Joel Chandler Harris tales. for the
first lady is enthusiastic over her re-
cent visit to the south, and especially
| that portion which related to pro-
jected visit to Wren's Nest. the home
| Of this beloved author. 1t was re-
| narkably wild and clustering day IN
| A tlanta that the Presidents reception
| committee had appointed to motor
out to the suburbs to West End, where
the famous originator of the "creetur'
! tales had built long. rambling man
| sion, with grounds given over to AMI
NAL life. Mrs. Harding plainly was
not equal to the trip, but the ladies
| Of Atlanta who are endeaVorlns 10
| raise a fund to keep Wren's Nest ex-
actly as Uncle Remus" left it and
as a perpetual memorial to him placed
| at her disposal large photographs OF
! every part of the house and grounds
| together with vast fund OF anecdote
and reliable data relating TO the chdr
acterS that Harris has lmmortallZed.
! Perhaps 1t was much more satis-
| factory way to visit this shrine, par
| ticularly since Mrs. Harding proposes
| in less crowded days to return ana go
| over every part of the estate Slowly
and with the topography entlrely
| familiar. Among the prominent !eau-
ers in the Uncle Remus memoriaLare
| the daughters Of the late Mrs. Hoke
Smith, who was a warm personal
| friend of the modest and sell acihs
| author. Former Senator Smlth Is
| among the trustees of the FUND MIS-:
| A. Med. Wilson, a prominent socla'
| leader of the Georgian city, Is IN gen
eral charge of the work.
| One exceedingly pretty souvenir
| which Mrs. Harding has received from
Wren's Nest is handful OF emma
tree berries, which grew on one OF
the fayorite trees of Uncle Remus. ana
under which he sat for hours ponder-
ing over his folklore stories. MT.
| Harris planted the emma oerr! 80 .
| in his bean patch originally, put lohs
! before his death he had discarded
I these prosaic garden vegetables IN
favor of giant gourds and monSlrouS
| sunflowers, all in behalf OF his blrus.
Unfortunately. the tree was recehtly
| struck by lightning, and the oerIies
are now relics of great value. Inc
i garden in the growing season Is
| tansle of lovely Towering SHRUBS ana
trees, nearly all planted by tne au
!; thor. A May festival is helo very
! year at Wren's Nest. ana the luhus u.
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| nerfect order and at times add some
! hing substantial to the permanent
| endowment, The care of the grounos
has been undertaken by MISS sally
| Eugene Brown, daughter OF tne cNll
| war governor of Georgia. This lady
30 Gathered ivy and other evergreen
! nlantS from every historic spot IN 'he
| Commonwealth and transplanted them
| there.
! Not for many years have the prepa-
| rations in diplomatic circles LOT inc
celebration Of the greatest OF ~. Sniis 90
tion feasts been so thorough ana SO 81,
elaborate. The British embassy VIII
| return to the fine old custom famlilaf
during the regime OF Sir Juliah
| Pauncefote, but rather neglected. oS
succeeding ambassadors. ana VIII
/ have a fete on Christmas Eve, Win q
lighted tree heavy with gifts ana i3i-
lowed by supper. in which me
| historic viands and drinkables OF oid
England will be served. diplomatic
F.! Immunity permits the smok!ns-not
wassail bowl and the pudding blazing
in brandy ceremoniously lighted by
Sir Auckland Geddes. sitting AT the
i head Of his table. Every attache OF
the embassy has been invited. as well
as the large circle of those mere IN
| connection with the arms con1eretioe,
II does not seem possible to procure
the boar's head, which is part OF the
ceiebration in the homeland, but
| worthy substitute has been onered IN
| the head of a monstrous porker from
| Chicago. which will be cured ana
! spiced and sliced cold win oeie
table salad. Christmas dinner. as d
| rule. in the embassies, as IN less eA
| .Ited homes. is a family affair, ana
so it will be observed by tne brlllSh
/ and nearly all the diplomatic estap-
lishments. But the scenes on Cnrlst, o
in -
In the vicinity Of the various en-
bassies. and only the waits OF
choristers who proclaim the dawn OF
the holy day by singing the old
hymns outside the churches ana the
homes of prominent citizens Will De
missing.
| Subjects of Queen Wilhelmlna are
lin washington this year in 1ar greater
numbers than is customary, ana tney'
too propose to keep the 1east as ~,
their own land. The minister from
the Netherlands and the minister OF
foreign affairs will be joint hosts at
Ia christmas, fete which Will eAteno
over several days, and Will lnciude
typical Dutch dinner. TINS couPtrS
keeps the Christmas @ Iestisat ~, nnonf af
the british, for the very first celepra-
! tion resembling that which we now
ieniov was planned by Augustus Her
man when on visit to the tniru
iRaron of Baltimore in connection win
the drawing Of that map OF Marslanu
which gave so much land belonging
70 Pennsvlvania and Delaware to the
iord nroprietor. Mr.. Herman, with
tha permission of Lady Baltimore,
vim, med a tree and fashioned toys
land made tinsel balls after the way IN IN
New Amsterdam, and, leaVlng an
these treasures after his return nome
| - became the custom in Maryland,
lafterward introduced into virginia
and other colonies, to have orna-
mented indoor trees and all manner
nf gewgaws and sweets Tor tne
Youngsters at Christmas.
Ali the embassies and legatlonss
kaan the day or it's eve in some sort
NJ way. but the Latins cling to their
oanturv-old tradition that December
oS is a religious feast only, and the
-;ft season is Vshered in with the
snod cheer and 'merriment with the
Coming of the Magi on January o.
The French ambassador always entgr. tI =
tains his staff on that day, and the
Isa1;an Ialns viii observe the same custom,
indeed will all the heads OF dlplo-
1natic missions. but the picturesque
| faatures attending the BRUSH ceie-
bration will be unique.
Tn France, at least. the term OF
c:Ha IN r;ch" ia one of far-reaching. op-
nnh;um" Returning visitors from
Pparis report that perhaps less tnan
:. +t;s country is there now lelsure
~ I'LL e .nd that the most exclusive
oi,,hs have enunciated poilcy tnat
SC members must join IN tne Worf ;e
| neaded to reconstruct tne county -
thev desire to retain their MEMBER
! In.s n:S Thev must work at somethlne'
np 81 natter what, and trades ano oc-
! 4;ons no once beneath the cons1dera-