Evening star., 1922-06-04

are to run down for this interesting
event and many other prominent
guests are expected, including both
senators and the Governor of North
Carolina. The country club has the
usual adjuncts. an exceptionally fine
golf course and tennis plots. but 1t
has acres of forests in the primeval
lover and pedestrian. Mrs. Wander
bilt will. after the ceremony. spend
the summer in Newport.
indianapolis has Just dedicated a
unique memorial to her most be-
home for invalid and crippled chill
dren. with an adjacent hospital. well
equipped for every childish ache and
malady. The Secretary of Labor. Mr..
James Davis. who was a close friend
OF the Hoosier songster. delivered the
tion to Riley's love of children and
intense compassion for sick and
MANNED little folks. All about the
walls of the institution are verses
from that inspiring poem. THE Cheer
full Little Cripple" while the various
heroes and heroines of the poems have
been produced on the walls by skill
full artists. with a few lines of the
text beneath each. The statue of the
poet adorns the campus. surrounded
by some Of his popular creations Mr..
Riley is not only poet Of the people.
but. according to literary critics. he
occupies the exceptional position of
having been patronized and support
ed by his people TO the extent of leav-
ing a comfortable fortune. all gath
cred as payment for verse, whereas
the traditional poet starves in a gar
ret and is buried from a charity hos
pital. Mr.. Riley's fortune was divid
ed in generous slices between collat-
eral kindred. for he was never mar
ried. and the institutions Of his home
city. Indianapolis. which attended to
ailing and helpless youngsters. Per
haps inspired by so fine an example
as the beloved poet set. Indiana leads
all the states in providing for sick
and unfortunate little folks. and this
Riley Memorial Hospital for Children
just opened is the largest and best of
its kind on this continent, If not in
the world.
The activity of the Sulgrave Manor
II stitution calls attention to the un-
ceasing efforts of Lady Lee of Fare
ham. toward the restoration Of the
old home of the Washingtons ami
country with Lord Lee. who was
attending the arms conference. she
gained many recruits to her cause
and some substantial donations to
the permanent endowment fund.
The dining room at Sulgrave Manor
is now entirely restored and Is a
noble chamber with vaulted roof and
muilioned windows nearly thirty feet
long and about half as wide. Two
mural adornment excite instant at
tention. one in a heavy oak frame
surmounted by the Washington arms.
arc the letters-patent dated March
10. 1888. by which Lawrence Wash
ington obtained this estate during the
reign OF Henry VIII and for the
OF t321 and IA shillings and 10
pence. The other is a fine oval por-
trait of George washington's head
the original sixteenth century fire.
place. The splendid refectory table
Conf1scated from neighboring abbey
and the pewter tankard four feet
high. which sits al one end. and an
immense knife box of pewter at the
other. were given to the Sulgrave
Manor Institution by some of the
non-enigrsting branches of the
Washington family who had retained
them since the estate came into their
possession. In the great window
ombrasVre is long fern box in which
Lady Lee has planted number of
tiny plants from Mount Vernon and
which are thriving well in their
new home.
Washington was quite interested
in the announcement from Berlin
that the republican government of
Germany declines to receive the for
mer ambassador. Mr.. James Gerard.
and he is requested not to attempt
to enter German territory. No rea-
son was subjoined. but as Mrs.
Gerard's younger sister has recently
married Count Anton Sieray OF
Hungary, and as the Gerards ac-
companied the young people across
the ocean and then made visit to
their old home in Berlin. this news
will cause a realignment of plans.
to many, made rather indiscreet dis
closures concerning the inner-court
set. but what he said was of the
mildest compared to what the Ger
man republicans have revealed. Mr..
and Mrs. Gerard. accompanied by
their niece. Miss Carroll Broan. are
bound for London. where they are
among those honored by an invitation
to the first royal garden party at Wind
sor in early July, and their prohibition
to enter Germany will have no effect
on their summer plans except for a
few weeks. Count and Countess
Anton Sigray were the guests of Mrs.
Marcus DAILY in New York for the
past 81 xweeks. The count is in
the Hungarian army and is stationed
at Budapest. The Gerards will
pass August in their villa at New
port.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hays Hammond.
who have recently returned to their
home here after long absence on the
Pacific coast. were among the active
promoters of the horse show in Los
Angeles and entertained the Italian
ambassador. Signor Ricci. during Its
progress. This equine exhibit took
on quite a familiar air. as many of its
managers are considered half Wash
ingtonians. as the William Gibbs Nc
AdoOs and Mrs. J. ]. A. van kathoven
formerly Mrs. Barclay Henry. and SO
frequently visitor to Washington.
Mr.. McAdoo. who was entirely indif-
ferent to horses during his regime
ment, has added the rearing of polo
ponies to his many activities. Mrs
McAdoo was a frequent hostess in the
pretty Japanese tearoom maintained
for charity during the exhibit She
has also developed an enthusiasm for
daylight hours except in the togs ap-
propriate for the pastime. Miss Sallie
Houston McAdoo. who has completed
her course at the Cathedral School
will join her father and stepmother
for the summer. but will return in the
autumn to enter Bryn Mawr; Miss
Margaret Wilson and Miss Helen
Bones will also be visitors during the
summer. the former to see the Mis-
sion Plays arranged in the canyon
about five miles east of the city.
Women are pushing the masculine
sex to the wall in so many places
that 1t Is with genuine consterna tion
that the old horse lovers and pro-
moters of sporting events realize that
the principal figures in that field, both
as owners and exhibitors. are now
women Mrs Payne Whitney. for