Evening star., 1922-04-02

requests ABOUT the planting OF SprlHS
bulbs, some prizes were offered for
If tho composite mayors-the- Com
missioners-would encourage g. flower
show held under civic auspices. the
| result would be far different. Nearly
every city of any size or Importance
patronizss a flower and vegetable
show, and the event, Is widely her.
aided and makes an instant appeal to
the best civic virtues. That the
Agricultural Department pre-empts so
much attention by it's various exhibits
the amateurs. for the government
displays are never In competition.
bug could be used as standard in
Judging flowers and vegetables alike.
The Long Island flower and vegetable
show in early summer and the au-
,, tumn fruits and flowers exhibited in
october attract crowds from as far
south as Philadelphia, while the same
events on the north shore appeal to
all of New England. Philadelphia has
held competitive shows for almost a
century. and the splendid gardens and
small farms which border the urban
Boundaries plainly snow the value of
such events with the approval and
support of the municipal authorities.
Washington about April 2o as the
sociate, Mrs. clifford Pinchot, faces a
social ordeal almost equal to that
which daunted the stout heart Of
Marshal Foch. She has scores of
friends and a few relatives here. and.
besides. she Is committed to receiv-
ing the -honors which the League of
women Voters wishes to shower. be-
sides taking an active part in the in
ternational conference. Some attempt
| was made to have this energetic
viV
OF women In politics and to point out
to her American sisters the best use
to which they may place their recently
! conferred privileges. But this has
been abandoned, for besides all these
events connected with the conference
In Virginia, the scene OF her early
youth. She will also participate in
the unveiling Of the statue to that
| most celebrated Of the sex In the early
days of the Virginia settlement, Po-
| cahontas. The date for this event is
still undecided. but it will occur the
first part Of May. after the .. A. r.
congress and the International meet
ing of the woman voters. and it will
attract many of the most distin-
Kuished women who will be in at
tendance. The statue is by William
Ordway Partridge. and Is now in the
Corcoran Gallery. The Speaker of the
House will invite Lady Astor to the
floor OF the lower chamber. and If she
Is not given an opportunity to make
hold reception. which will make a
new record in the annals of such oc-
currences.
Mrs. Charles Rawson. wife of the
senator from Iowa, who is the latest
arrival in that social circle. is at
present making a short visit to her
home In Des Moines. She is a native
OF the capital OF the great corn state.
and was Miss Gertrude Hubbard.
esteemed physician of that city. DR..
Hubbard removed with his family to
that fateful part of Ohio where the
big Miami rises annually and some :
times works awful tragedies. and he
was drowned while endeavoring to
bring medical aid to some stranded
families in the flooded area The new
senator from Iowa Is a business man
of wide connections. and he and Mrs.
Rawson are like the Henry Wallaces
| and the Edwin Merediths among the
every activity. The elder brother of
Senator Rawson married the daugh-
ter of Senator Cummins. so that the
senatorial families from Iowa are
| united by ties Of kinship as we'll as
years standing. Both are also from
Des Moines, a Circumstance which SO
| frequently happens in the selection
| OF the members Of the Senate. On
| Ter return Mrs. Rawson will continue
to reside at the New Willard, though.
she will have keen eye out for a
| suitable domicile on the edge of the
city where some grounds and a gar
don may be possible.
DR.. Otto weidIeIdt. appointed re-
Gently as the ambassador from Ger
many, whose delicate task it is to weld
again the ties of friendship is far
from being stranger to the capital
| which will soon be his home. He has
been for years one of the foremost
! economists and students OF political
science in Germany. and in pursuit OF
his themes has Travelled in this coun-
try. and, in fact, almost all over the
world. He was in the early years OF
this century the guest Of Mr.: Lloyd
sault on the hereditary statesmen in
the house Of lords. and the friendship
then formed between the two men
has survived even the bitterness OF
very rich man. and has drawn for
five years past princely income as
director general Of the famous Krupp
works. But he is q rigid economist.
and has already served notice on the
republican government that in taking
ington he will give his entire atten-
tion to the political problems and per-
nit social ones to- look after them-
selves. The new government OF Ger
many no longer provides an immense
fund for entertaining. which previous
that Count Won Bernstorn was spend
ing at least 100000 marks annually
and in excess Of his salary before he
was handed his passports. The salary
being entirely Inadequate for the ex-
penses Of living in the simplest fash
ion in Washington, DR.. Weidfeldt is
averse to any kind of display beyond
what is imperatively required in the
way Of returning tho routine ameni-
ties He-wa Arm friend of DR.. An
drew D. White, one OF the most re-
ever served in Berlin, and DR.. White
lived in the most modest hotel and in
only q few rooms. never gave big din
ners nor accepted them. which. ac-
cording to reports reaching Washing
ton, furnishes an excellent precedent
for any envoy to follow.
While the American delegates to
the arms conference arc experiencing
a somewhat harassins time; some Of
drama are perfectly carefree and are
tellectuaI-fishinE. Sir Arthur Bal
four and, his distinguished cousin.
Lord Robert Cecil, are in the English
lake country trying. out some flies
obtained on this side Of the ocean,
NJ. BRAND is living in utter solitude
at his country seat In the Midi, pass.
| ing long hours with his line and
trampinT tremendous distances in the
quest Of the trout. M, BRAND is
among the noted fishermen Of Europe
and he is said to solve all the knotty
questions which intrude on him in
fhe solitude Of nature and while