Evening star., 1921-09-04
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Mrs. Stan6eld to Rejoin Society in Capital-Art
Show Stirs Americans-Women in Plea for
Trees-U S. Matrons Charm Rome

Franklin Mott Guenther. recently
married to the popular young first
secretary who acted for several
months as charge d'affaires in the
interim between the departure Of Mr..
Robert Underwood johnson and the
was we'll known belle Of New York.
and was Miss Louise Bronson Hume
well. daughter of Mr.. Hollis H. Hume
well. Her mother was Miss Maude
Jaffray before marrying Mr.. Hume.
well. She is now the distinguished
social leader Of New York and Flor
ence, Mrs. John stansbury Tooker.
ana Will pass part of the winter with
the Guenthers in Rome. Mrs. Tooker
has charming villa on the Po and
winter there. Mr.. and Mrs. Guenther
were in The Mague during the exciting
interlude which followed the armi-
stice and the coming of the former
kaiser to seek asylum in Queen Will
The Dominion of Canada has a
brand-new coat Of arms and there
has been wild scramble among re-
cent visitors to obtain one Of the
! usual innovation. Canada has dis
| the British empire. "Honi soft qui
NAL pense:" Evil to him who evil
tHiHhetH' IN IaVOr OF something
more modern and descriptive. name
ly. "A mari usque ad mare" From sea
to sea" Sir Joseph Pope, the chief
archivist. and his assistant. Mr.. Henry
Walker OF Ottawa. were in Washing
ton during the past spring and exam
ined all the state standards and pri-
vate seals with view to getting
something entirely artistic yet ac-
| curate for their coat of arms Eng
land. Scotland and Ireland. as mother
countries Of the Dominion. have their
quarterings as in the old shield. but
the border of grain and wild flowers
is essentially Canadian. In view Of
the constant agitation for resident
minister from Canada Independent of
the British ambassador this new dec
and will remove the confusion which
would exist were the two shields
alike.
lister of foreign affairs and now sena-
tor from Lombardy. who has been en-
livening the summer with his caustic
comments on Lord Bryce's interpreta-
tions Of international justice. is a grad
best students Of English found in
Italian public life. He was also for
time assistant editor of the learned
magazine of Oxford and is a frequent
contributor to the high-class British
travelling in bachelor fashion. mar
ried one of the 1oveliest of Neapoli-
tan bellies. Signorina Adelia Traversi.
who, being the only daughter of
the multimillionaire Of Naples. Clio
have wonderful palace high in the
rocks above Sorrento and another
fine country home in the more tenn
perate climate of Lombardy. near
| Lake Como and in this Ia n1aco
Signora Tittoni and her young family
are passing the summer. The Italian
senator had visited many points of
interest before coming to Washing
letters which King Emmanuel has
conf1ded to his care. His delay in COM
ing has been caused by the desire of
President Harding and the Secretary
on them just now that they were
compelled to fix later date. Mean
time he will visit the Chief Justice
and confer with him on important
points and also deliver a series of
those of Lord Bryce, Count Toloki and
other celebrated jurists.
Many Washingtonians who have been
making the tour of the Canadian
Rockies are impressed with the rigid
regulations which the Dominion gov
ernment has made to protect people
from the reckless automobilist. Be-
sides some discouraging rules about
obviously the result of carelessness.
and a stiff fine besides. all the bad
curves and sharp edges for miles
along the splendid highway from
are conspicuously marked every 500
feet with great black skull and crossed
bones On tall white posts. Washington
and Oregon have adopted similar devices
along their highways. besides sternly
worded warnings about the penalties Of
exceeding fifteen miles on the curves
and bridges. But California, with the
laconic wit which has made the COM
monwealth famous. tells Of danger
Gus curves. gives the legal rate OF
marks, "And you may meet a fool"
In consequence of these precautions,
fewer motor accidents and casualties
have been reported from the splendid
ocean in sight from Seattle to San
Diego. Calf. this year than during the
past five. Nearly all the casualties
like that recently reported from Long
Beach, WASH, were the result OF run
ming on the sand. upsetting in the
caught by the tide.
Mrs J, B. Montgomery. who was so
frequently in Washington as the
has been entertaining at her home. at
Irvington, near Portland. Ore. her
daughter, Mrs. Henry Russell Talbot
of Washington. wife Of the rector OF
dral at woodley lane. Mrs. Talbot
recently charmed a company gathered
to meet her by a vivid and wonderful
| description of the beautiful cathedral
of SIS. Peter 'and Paul, which Is rap
idly becoming an outstanding at At
has also written a spirited sketch Of
| it, giving the history, progress and
general evolution Of this cherished
project of the late Bishop Satterlee.
nearly half century the social leader
the late Gov Phelps of Missouri.
f, and she spent her early youth in st.
Louis. The late Mr.. Montgomery
ths frGm 6iatorv of tho to
country and built the fine wharves
| and docks along the Willamette river.
after the fashion of those along the
Mississippi at st. Louis. Mrs. Mont
! Washington and will come this win
| ter for several months. after which
she will sail for Italy, where her
J daughters are passing the year.
The transfer of Count John de Sails
from the British embassy here to that
of Toxic removes one of the attrac-
tive bachelors from the diplomatic
society of the capital He is the eid-
is the British envoy to the Vatican
and belongs to one Of tho rigid OLD
Roman Catholic families Of Britain
of which the late Duke OF Norfolk
| was the dominating figure. The title
tion was long ago discarded in the
British peerage in favor Of that Of