The Washington times., 1921-04-11

.WToRLD celebrities generally nn1
w their way to Washington:
sonages that they are accepted
with the courtesy that befits q
National Capital and yet signifies
that all are welcomed as a matter
Of course. A visitor arrived yesterday,
however, who focuses 20 many In
terests that farmers and workers Of
every sort will feei that she belongs
to them quite as much as to the world
of art and literature, while diplomats
and Government officials will welcome
her as cordially as the women who
are proud of her various great
achievements.
signora Olivia Rosetti Agresti
comes to represent Signor Pantano,
president OF the International Insti-
tute of Agriculture. At the unveiling
at the Department of Agriculture Of
the portrait OF David Lubin, the gift
Of tho institute. David Lubin WAS the
father of the great organization that
now represents sixty-one nations. He
was q Californian of independent
means, and he realized how much \
world organization for the fostering
of agriculture might mean. With his
great idea he went to Europe and
through weary weeks and months
travelled from cabinet to cabinet.
from ruler to ruler. until at last he
obtained the support of the King OF
Italy, who sent to all nations a call
to an economic parliament. The In
ternational Institute dates from the
treaty signed In President Roosevelts
Administration.
David Lubin's good fortune. how
ever, did not stop with the assurance
Of the kings favor. for he was lucky
enough to '1eet Signora Agresti. who
grasped IDEAS and devoted herself
To them. king with Mr.. Lubin for
ltng association. In early girlhood
O,ivia Rossetti had chosen a career
and had fitted herself to be an ef-
fcient secretary. Snc became lingu-
lat who could write many languages
ard then on an old fashioned machine.
one of the first in Rome. made herself
an expert typist, thus laying the
foundation for future service that has
made her world-famous.
FIRST PUBLIC APPEARANCE.
David Lubins career ended at the
time when his work bacame of su-
p:eme Significance to even the most
careless, for the awful want of the
world war brought nome the need of
an international cooperation In agri-
cultural de We | pine n t Signora
Agresti carried on" and. seeking
no rewards for herself. has worked
As secretary to Signor
Crespi during the peace conference
she was in close touch with all the
of the nations con-
cerned in the long negotiations.
Later, she came TO the United States
as interpreter for the international
Labor Conference held here in Wash
ington. Until now her personality
las been submerged in her work. but
this visit to the United States gives
her an opportunity to speak from the
richness of her experience. She will
talk on Recent Industrial Develop
uents in Italy" at the National
Museum, on thursday evening.
Tits will be her most important
public appearance Her lecture, which
y iii be illustrated with lantern
slides will touch on the possibilities
of Italo-American trade cooperation
iB the Mediterranean Basin. Miss
Julia Lathrop. Mrs. Helen Gardner.
Mrs. Antoinnette Adam Mrs. Clara
Scar Taylor. Miss Mary Anderson and
the other members of the distinguished
group of women VINO are at the head
of Government work will entertain
her at q dinner tomorrow evening,
and she will speak before the As
sociation OF College Alumnae, We'd
nc sday evening.
The National women's Press Club
had the honor of entertaining
SiEnora Agresti first. She was the
guest of the active women of the
press at luncheon today. To them
the Italian visitor has a special in
terest, for Is not she the niece of
Dante Gabriel Rossetti and his IA !.
nous sister, whose poems every girl
that writes has treasured 1T some
time in her career And Us not she
able to tell all about the Pre-Ra-
phaelites?
Signora Agresti's father, William
M. Rossetti. was the brother Of the
poet-painter. He was an author. but
he had a practical side to his charac-
ter, which doubtless made him ex-.
ceedingly helpful to the man VINO has
given "The Blessed Damoser' To the
world, for poets and artists are pro.
verbally financially weak. Dante
Gabriel Rossetti's mother, Signora
Agresti's grandmother. was English.
Signora Agresti had an English
mother, too. the daughter ~ the
painter Ford MADDOX Brown. Thus sh"
has the heritage OF artistic talents,
from both sides of her family. Rear
ed in England in the famous Circle OF
the pre-Raphael Brotherhood. Olivia
Rossetti went back to Italy, because
there was always the call of the Latin
race and her marriage TO Antonio
Agresti, poet and novelis' made her
belong to the country tina. she loved.
MEETING AT MRS. FIELDS.
Washington is to make haste in
collecting the city's quota of the
fund for the purchase of the gram Of
radium, which Is to be the gift to
Madame Curie, when she visits us.
The presentation is to be made to
the famous Polish woman at the
White House. June IS. Inasmuch as
II requires two months to test q
gram G radium II is necessary that
100000 be raised in the United
g.