Evening star., 1921-09-25
of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Grown Prince Olaf May Visit United States-Late
Franklin K Lane to Be Honored in New York
FestvaLOther Notes of Interest

There is a hint in the news from
Norway that Crown Prince Olaf may
soon go on his wander year. and
this will naturally include pro-
longed sojourn in the United States.
Prince Olaf. according to his friends.
Is in every sense as charming as his
cousin. the Prince Of Wales, and as
handsome and bonny in appearance
He is a sailor. as should be the de-
gins his circumnavigation of the
globe he will command his own yacht
and fly his own pennant. He is tall
and fair. and just entering his twen-
ty-first year. Etiquette in the Morse
land is very simple. and the royal
| family associate with the people on
equal terms. AS child the crown
prince spun his top and played mar
bles on the pavements about the pal
ace with all and every, and he is
now commandant of yachting club
! in Christiania, where the most demo-
cratic rules prevail. The king and
! Queen aude, sister of King George
of Great Britain. take nearly all their
| outings in the tram cars and mingle
most freely with their subjects in the
| parks and recreation places The Wis
it OF such democratic young prince
opens the most fascinating vistas. for
he will not be hedged about with the
restrictions which curtailed the social
activities of the younger set toward
the heir of the English and Belgian
| thrones.
The memory of the late Secretary
| of the Interior. Franklin X. Lane, will
| he hnnnra6 =, Vir
festival which New York city proposes
| to hold on October 30. quantity de-
signated "America's Markings" 1t was
! Mr.. Lane who proposed this festival
and who christened it. and whose
idea was to present to the American
people a sensible idea of their in
debtedness to alien lands, in order
| that they might be the better fitted
! to conquer the animosities caused by
the war. Mr.. Lane worked on the idea
until his last illness made it impos-
sible, and the committees in charge
are faithfully endeavoring Ito carry
| on" according to his wishes. The big
headquarters are at West 10th
street. and here are sifted all the
evidence that we owe this, that and
the other trait to Britain; to France,
to Holland to Germany, Belgium. the
Scandinavian countries and the Latin.
together with the east of Europe peo-
pies and the natives of Asia and civ
iliSed Africa. The festival will be
both animate and inaminate. pageants
and tableaux in the first class. and
grand Industrial, artistic and social
exhibit in the latter. Mr.. Lanes para
mount idea was that in learning about
the strangers in our land. we began
to understand and appreciate them,
and that was the beginning OF ma
tional assimilation, which means true
patriotism. Public school children will
be the medium through which these
tableaux and pageants are put before
the visitors, and in quaint costumes
they will also show forth the dances
and customs of lands beyond the sea.
The celebration will last week, and
is attracting wide attention not only
In New York, but in adjacent states.
Americans are so prone to look for
reverence and devotion to ancient
and historic places on the part of
their British cousins that the news
from London that the venerable field at
Eunnymede would have been sold
under the auctioneer's hammer but
for the prompt succor of a generous
American, presumably Mrs. Andrew
Carnegie caused comment. Runny
mede. where the irate citizens of
Britain made King John sign the
charter known as the Magma Charta.