Evening star., 1922-06-18

ored in the country of when ne 10
J one of the venerated FOUNDERS.
statue soon to be set Wlthlh ING p
cincts Of London's Oldest hnanclai us
trict has yet to be seen IN the cay. ,nos
| CITY of the nation. and yet any piace
within range of the Treasury Depart
ment would seem an exceileht en-
yironment for it. A spirited statue
| of the man who not only sates uarueu
the funds of the struggling colonies,
! hut who fought its battles as bravery
and intellgently as one OF IT'S NH
tary geniuses. was many years aso
| nut up before the old Sub-TreasuIy
| in New York city. and others may oe
seen in Albany. and in many piaGes
| of Jamaica and the Isle OF 81. SnIie
topher-St. Kits of his many letters
and memoirs. 1t has trequentIS
been suggeted to the Fine Arts COM
mission that before every men OF
space has been given over 10 ma ID.
and political heroes the national clty
should finish paying its dept 10 mos
who aided signally in achieving the
independence. Alexander Hamilton
has a high rank in this category; ana
there is the brave De kalb. for whose
statue Congress appropriated money
more than a century ago lhere ~
nothing to commemorate the splend1n
service of De Grasse and his fleet be-
fore Yorktown. and the erecting OF
the efigies of civic heroes llke Eu
mund Burke should assurediy can
forth one to the gallant Beaumar-
chais. the French dramatlst: VINO sup.
piled Franklin with the first funds
he obtained for the revolutionary
cause.
The brilliant reception in the PAN
American Hall on June 10. to which
Hughes invited the entire official set
of Washington. is in keeping win
traditions which hold in the Older
world when a public man must tete
more persons than any private nome
can comfortably contain. Lady Lee
of Fareham uses the spacious Admi-
ralty House. and her fame as
hostess is reaching great heights
The president of the Union of the
English Speaking Peoples, she enter,
taiI.s several thousand guests several
times a season at Admiralty House.
something which would be utterly out
lof the question in her own snug home
Abbey Gardens, in Westminster in
closure. In the old world dwellings
l are provided for every public servant
and in addition some special hall or
mansion where he may give his off-
cial entertainments Lady Lee gath
| ers notable assemblages in the vast
drawing rooms which form the sec
ond floor of the grim old Admiralty
| building. which is SO intimately asso-
I
Shakespeare's birthday was the last
large assemblage held there. bus
! there are receptions, dinners and
often speech making in the official
domain of the Admiralty. and not
! only flowers and handsome potted
plants are loaned for the occasion.
| but often notable works of art. On
| the natal day of the great dramatist
Lady Lee was assisted by Ambassador
and Mrs. George Harvey and other
members of the American embassy
and their families and a fine sprinkling
| from the professional stage.
The excellent purpose which the
! Pan-American building serves on
such occasions as the Waddell-
long struggle of several genuine
patriots to provide the President with
a home distinct from the mansion
| where official banquets and levees
must be given. Cuba has recently
set an excellent example in this line.
She has built delightful home in
every meaning of the word for her
chief executive just outside the city
| of Havana. while the entertainme ents.
banque;s and all official meetings
continue to be held in the ancient
fortress where the captains general
| for more than two centuries. The
! first lady of Cuba frequently invites
smaller companies to the suburban
residence, but the privacy of this re-
treat is considered inviolable. and not
one. even the loftiest official. would
venture to intrude without for
NAL permission. AS the gardens along
| the famous Alameda de Paula. on
which the south end of the presiden-
! tial grounds are located. are spacious
| and lovely. frequently the amenities
of Cuba's first lady are al fresco. and
permit a fine view of the noble har-
Dor, where pleasure craft are so plenti
fully sprinkled among the merchantmen
and ships Of war.
Mr.. Herbert Haseltine, who was for
some years an attache of the Amer
| lean embassy in Paris, is now among
| the celebrities of the art world. and
though he remains noticeably with
gathering fresh laurels annually in
| his adopted home. The Haseltine
studio in the Autieul quarter is be-
sieged by enthusiastic admirers and
| is frequently a meeting place of
Americans in passing. The Young
Madrid. where he will be the guest
of the Duke of Alba. and will be given
an opportunity to model some of the
famous bulls which are being reared
for the ring. The duke is among the
foremost of the breeders of Spain's
equipped ganaderia, as ranches for
these fiery animals are called, and a
regular corps of attendants on the
place. including doctors and surgeons.
The coming American sculptor-and.
according to many. to succeed the
masters who have passed the zenith,
| st. Gaudens, French. McMonies-de-
votes much time to the modelling OF
animals. He has just finished for
Queen Alexandra a miniature of her
husbands CKing Edward VID hand
some charger, Kildare. His model
| ing of famous bulls is in behalf OF
the Hispanic Museum of Madrid. He
has also accepted commission from
the Meadow Brook Club to furnish a
trophy for the winner in the inter-
national polo tournament.
Quite a colony of Washingtonians is
to be found at present in Paris. some
domiciled for the early summer
others merely passing on. Princess
Andreas Boncompagni has been at
the Ritz for some weeks. but will de-
part after the racing season for her
summer home near Sorrento. on the
Bay of Naples Mrs. Sherman Nc
Callum and Miss Cecilia and young
MRS. John Sherman McCalitm are in
Paris. but will take a villa above