Evening star., 1922-01-22

cabinet minister Winston Churchill
has proven himself 70 be. There are,
however. many authors in the legisla-
tive branch. and several besides Mr..
Davis among those holding a cabinet
portfolio. There are also In public life
| SCIENTISTS sand professional men who
have achieved fame and competency.
| But In the domain of art and music
American public men are among the
| missing. Mr.. Churchill Is a marine
artist of such celebrity that he has
| orders OF the most fiatterfng sort for
to paint. He exhibited for a long
| time under an assumed name, and his
pictures had won recognition even in
Paris before he confessed their origin.
Now. he has just published a critical
review OF the work of Sir John Law
ary. the eminent academician, which
| Is ranked as one Of the soundest and
most valuable contributions to CO.
temporary art in recent years, and
/ some OF the enthusiastic rank him
beside Ruskin. Americans may take
pride in Mr.. Churchill. The grand
i SON Of Larry Jerome Of New York and
son Of that most brilliant New York
| belle, Jennie jerome, he seems to come
naturally by his talents. His first
cousin. Shane Leslie, Is among the
foremost essayists, historians and ed
! itors of the day. and several of the
daughters Of Moreton Frewen.4 also
cousins, have made their mark in lit
erature and art. Mr.. Churchill is an
| accomplished musician and critic of
| music. - =
| Mrs. Dewey, according to some
| friends who have been seeing her
| frequently in New York city. where
i she is comfortably settled for the
winter in Hotel st. Regis, report this
/ venerable and much esteemed lady as
| a. hnr n IN
than for some years. sShe is keeping
! in close touch with recent art move
| ments and Is devoting some part of
| her leisure to getting her own fine
collections of fans. jewels. carved
ivory and laces into perfect order
| for their eventual bestowal on the
| National Museum here. She; has
many of the more intimate Of her
| possessions neatly fitted in portable
! cabinets and these adorn her suite
and classification. Washington has
| of recent years proved rather trying
! to this venerable lady. though she
| comes to her home, on 10th and h
streets, in between seasons. when the
climate is not SO marked by sudden
] ters in New York and parts Of the
| summer at Atlantic City and in the
Virginia Hot Springs. A close neigh
bor of Mrs. Dewey at the st. Regis
! is Mrs. William Corcoran Eustis and
Miss Helen Eustis. who have been
! in New York since their bereave-
mcnt. in Mr.. Eustis' death in the
! autumn. The younger Eustis chill
! dren are at school and Miss Helen.
! who was to have been a debutante
of the present season. is spending her
! leisure in studying art and music
! under special masters. 1t is prob
! able that Mrs. Eustis will open her
! home on Rhode Island avenue dur
! ing the coming spring.
| Prince and Princess Bibesco were
/, in New York the early part Of this
i week attending the fashion show.
I which is under the patronage oil
| Queen Marie of Rumania, and the
proceeds Of which are to swell the
fund for the orphans and ailing OF
was In every respect an artistic sue
! cess, the sale of Rumanian peasant
embroideries and laces bringing the
most generous prices The princess
Is making preparations for the visit
Of her mother, Mrs. Asquith, who
ond week of February and to re-
| main in this country some six or
! eight weeks. Washington is. of
|: course. awaiting the arrival of this
| celebrated public woman and author
with keen anticipation. She will
visit some Oh IHe Te0OItS oioHe @I.e
| Atlantic seaboard, probably those in
! Florida and South Carolina and
| Georgia. The Rumanian minister
would not have the leisure to at-
| company her on a long tour, like to
| California or the far south, and the
| princess is tied up with social en-
gagements. but will probably make
! the Florida trips with her mother
| some of the short stories from the
| volume recently published by Eliza
( beth Bibesco are finding their way
into popular magazines and GIVING
| their readers a glance at the themes
which London of today considers
! vital. The tales are not deemed b5
their Washington readers as OF COZ
suming interest. being principally q
| the pyscho analytical kind. which 4
| the rage in Europe. but not so unts
yersal on this side of the Atlantic. $
! Mr.. Lewis Einstein, who has jus.
been appointed minister from thl1
! country to Prague, capital OF Czechg,
| slovakia, is among the lfterad OF tae
| foreign service and has acquired 'As
| excellent a reputation as an author g
| for statescraft. He has been In the
automatic service for more thai
! twenty years and has managed SONS
| exceedingly delicate negotiations ess
| pecially in Constantinople In 1915. HE
book Of this period. entitled lnsids
Constantinople During the Darda:
nelIes Expedition" is considered one
| tragic era and has been Translates
into several eastern tongues. Mr.. and
| Mrs Einstein have taken over tins
lovely blue palace which the recent
minister. Mr.. Richard Crane. had pur-
chased fer legation purposes about e
| year ago. 1t possesses the admtraele
Qualities of serving both as home and
chancellery, with adequate room f6i
| the most ambitious entertainments
| together with sleeping quarters fol
| the bachelors Of the stan. Mrs. Elm.
| stein was Miss Helen Ralli Of New
mat took place in 1904. Since THAI
| important day the Einsteins have
lived in practically every habitabls
part Of the earth and in some parts
which might not come under that de-
scription. They we're in Bulgaria dur
ing some exciting years. and In Pekip
/ when conditions were tending toward
tragedies. Prague. under the benign
rule of the scholarly DR.. Masaryk. IL
one Of the most delightful cities OF
Europe and, with a we'll equipped
, home in waiting. the Einsteins are
, among the envied Of the foreign
! service. i
i According to some recent travellers
! Madrid is one Of the busiest and most
! progressive cities Of southern Europe
and the sleepy old world spot of for
mer days is no longer recognizabl BILE
The principal avenues are filled with
new and most ambitious looking
banks, while as many skyscrapers
show against the horizon there as ip
Berlin, and everywhere are signs o1
building activities and the installas
| tion Of the latest civic improvements
A recent addition to the number of
| snlandid :. art 1alleriAs which Chs
Spanish capital possesses is the In
| sfitute de Valentca de Don Juan.