Evening star., 1922-05-14

have recently been in Washington as
the guests Of the Carnegie lnstitu-
Ing a research branch in their institu-
ton of learning. They have been re-
siding at the extensive laboratories
and residences which the Carnegie
maintains in Chevy Chase. The Fin
nish university, so sternlN, suppressed
by the czar. and its precious library
given TO the flames, has now been re-
estaDilshed in all its former glory.
and copies of the volumes deposited
| In Stockholm. Christiania and Copen-
hagen sent to replace the treasures
burned by the Russians. The univer-
sity was originally in the older city
| OF Abo: and was established about
the middle of the thirteenth century.
and Its history Is one Of fhe most
honorable in northern Europe.
Senator Robert Owen Of Oklahoma,
! Whn mas recently returned from
Germanic allies. is filled with COM
passion for the fate OF Austria. and
particuiarly of Vienna. a city which
ne ana Mrs. Owen had visited in hap
pier days. The one activity in this
! once gay and prosperous city Is to
wait on the Am merican tourists. from
! whom generous tips are expected and
: usually conferred. Senator owen was
telIing, however. of waiter who at
| tended to him in a Viennese hotel,
and who refused a tip on the plea
that the Americans were feeding his
chllqren and saving the lives of thou
SANDS OF children. and for that he
"ished to perform some worthier
to bring his food
The senator found many such.
waters who were former business
men or professionals, many musicians
furnishing few strains and then
| Juggling the dishes about in order
TO- obtain food enough to keep life
IN them Germany, the senator found.
/ much happier and getting on in the
world and the preparations on foot
for the visitors already booked for
The Passion Play" show that the
hatred so dreaded for the years to
come. does not embrace Bavaria. in
spite or the antics of her former
crown prince. Rupprecht Three
.ourthS of the expected guests for
the religious drama at Oberammergau
are from the United States, largely
from the cities Of extensive Teutonic
population. st. Louis, Milwaukee.
! Cleveland. Pittsburgh and DETROIT.
with fair number from the inland
cltres or Illinois. Iowa, Indiana and
Ohio.
Many of the older generations of
Washingtonians will sigh over the
news from London that Cassiobury
the splendid domain of the Earls Of
Essex, is to be sold at public auction
on June 10. the castle and the his
toric trappinGs of an estate which
boasts of $500 years of written an
mails. The chatelaine of Cassiobury
1t that lovely Adele Grant. daughter
of the late Beach Grant. who was a
belle of the Arthur administration
and whose brilliant union with George
Devereux de We're Capell. seventh
ness. but debts and evil fortune SEEM
ed to have followed them for years
The sprightly young daughter. Lady
Joan de We're Capell. has been in this
country for months trying to get gold
and fame on the stage or to induce
the American Grants to come to the
rescue of Cassiobury, but all IN vain
The splendid old feudal castle is N
Hertshire and Is one of thu show
places of the county. 1t appears in
of heraldic knowledge as having
heen held by the Abbott of St. Adams
from 79l. The sale is to last sor ten
days and 1t will attract antiquarians
Of every description from all parts Of
the world. More than three thousand
objects are catalogued and about the
same number of acres. which are to
be sold n small parcels.
Sir Gordon Hewart. who was recently
appointed lord chief justice OF England,
is another journalist who has climbed
the heights of greatness. and in COM
paratively few years. Less than twenty
years yea sage; ago ne n was reporter Of the Lon
specially. and between times reading
legal tones with avidity. Finally In
1903 he turned his back on Fleet street
and buried himself with his books near
ed to the Inner Temple bar. and he was
as brilliant an exponent Of what Jour-
| nalism can do to make well rounded
turist as Dickins displayed as novelist
after the same course of training. In
| about five years he was one Of the
| finest pleaders before the bar and about
; 1910 he was knighted. In 1919 the chief
| justice who has succeeded Lord Read
| ing was invited into the cabinet Of Mr.
Lloyd George as, attorney general, and
he was holding that position when he
reached his present eminence. Sir Cor
don Is Highlander and belongs to the
famous clan of Gordon on the distaff
side. His fathers kindred are from the
| North Isles, but the family has resided
for half century in London.
Sir Wilfred and Lady Peek. who ar
rived in New York a few days ago
and are making a leisuEely survey
the old home Of Lady Peek, will
spend few days in Washington
during the next week. Sir Will
frid was one of the heroes OF Mes
potamia. and won the distinguished
I
honors for his intrepid conduct in
the wake of Gen. Allenby. Lady Peek
| is the daughter of a steamboat mag
nate of st. Louis, the late William
Henry Thornburgh, and the marriage
occurred about ten years ago, when
Sir Wilfrid was a promising young
| lieutenant in the Devon regiment.
| He is among the many war heroes
| 10 be knighted and to be granted
| some signal benefits in the reviving
of titles to estates which have lapsed
| 20 the crown. The Peeks have re-
-cntly come into possession of an
ancient baronial hall. Rousden. near
Lyme Regis in Devon. It is within
Stonehenge. and Lady Peek does not
| lack for visitors during the summer
| and autumn when Devon is at its
| best Her late father was the son
of Henry Thornburgh of Virginia.
! who went to st. Louis in the early
forties and was president of the first
the industry reached its. highest
mark. He owned a fleet of the old
boats which piled between st. Louis.
Cincinnati via the Ohio and New
Orleans. AS Miss Edwine Warner
| Thornburgh, Lady Peek had<a wide
circle of friends who will give her
a hearty welcome to ST., Louis in
and among the native daughters who
| wear titles.
| With all the remainder of the world
breaking down social barriers and ac-
cepting the tendency of the age toward
tocrat by birth, the general feud which
RACES in Chicago society seems rather
amusing. Young Marshall Field and
his wife grew weary of the strife\ about