New-York tribune., 1921-05-08
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Arrive This Week
For Radiun1 Gift
Many Honors ToBe Bestowed
ON French Scientist Her
Visit TO Various Parts of
u. s.; Returns june 25

America will welcome this week one
Of the worlds most distinguished sci
entists, when Nine. Marie Curie, dis
coverer OF radium, arrives from France
on the liner Olympic.
NINE. Curie, who is noted for her
self-etfacement and retiring DISPOSE
tion, was prevailed upon to come to
America only when she was told that
the women Of this country wished to
make her gift Of one gram of the
precious element she discovered, so
that she could continue her expert
ments with It,
With Nine. Curie are her two daugh-
ters, Irene, twenty years old who is
following in her mothers footsteps, and
Eva, fifteen; Mrs. William Brown Me-
loney' of 33 West Twelfth Street, who
originated the idea of creating the
radlum committee, and Miss Harriet
lde Eager, confidential friend of the
scientist and her interpreter.
Nine. Curie will receive her radium
at the hands of President Harding, who
will present it to her at the White
House on the afternoon of May 20. The
presentation will be iH the presence of
the diplomatic corps in Washington,
representatives of the army and navy,
members of the Cabinet and represen-
tatives of the Curie radium fund COM
mittee, which set out TO gather from
American women the 100000 neces-
sary to buy the gIAm
The scientist will be in this country
until June 25. During this time she
will receive degrees from several col
leges, medals from scientific organiza-
tions, and will be the guest of honor at
no,, I,,,o 4 4
tions. She will visit Smith College May
13 and Vassar the following day. She
will make the trip between the two in-
stitutions by automobile and will stop
at Mount Holyoke College, South Had
ley, Mass. On May II she will be given
a luncheon at the Waldorf-As by
the American Chemical Society, and
that evening reception in her honor
will be given at the American Museum
of Natural History by the New York
Academy of Sciences and the New York
Neurological Club.
On May 18 there will be an official
reception in Carnegie Hall. This will
be given by the Association of College
Alumn@, representing 100000 college
graduates in America. This event is
being directed by Mrs. Egerton Par
sons. The following night Nine. Curie
will be the guest of honor at dinner
given by the National Institute of So
cial Sciences at the Waldorf-Astoria,
where Vice-President Coolidge will pre-
sent her with the society's gold medal.
From Washington Nine. Curie will go
to Philadelphia, and thence to Pitts
burgh. The FIVE days following will be
passed in New York, and will be filled
with social and other events. While in
this city the scientist will be the guest
of Mrs. Meloney, when she is not at
the country, home Of Mrs. Nicholas F..
Brady, on Long Island. She will visit
Roosevelts grave, inspect several labo-
ratories, and on the night of May 81
will be given a banquet at the Hotel
Astor by the Polish-American Society.
She will then go to the Grand Can
yon, Arizona, stopping at Dayton, Ohio.
Returning, she will pass few days in
Chicago, and will receive the Willard
Gibbs gold medal, never before pre-
sented to woman. From Chicago she
will go to Buffalo and pass at least a
day at Niagara Falls. From Buffalo
she will go to Boston, will visit Yale
University at New Haven and RETURN
to New York the day before she is to
sail for France. &s18 :