Evening star., 1922-05-28
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
President Harding to Send White House Wreath
to Unknown Soldiers Tomb on
Memorial Day.

allied armies. They are somewhat t
separated from the illustr ious COM
pany which surrounds them and q
| tiny American flag surmounts that
, of Rochambeau. while a button Of the
American Legion is clasped against
the frame OF Marshal Foch's. All
! lovers Of the drama linger before
the exquisite miniature of Richelieu.
/ WHO was marshal of France before
he became the powerful statesman
| depicted in scarlet robes on tho
stage.
These miniatures are part Of the
historic collection in possession of
the Louvre. and royal dynasties are
presented in order Of their era and
add immense interest to those his
| part Of the permanent spring pro-
gram, and it will be withdrawn about
midsummer. The Napoleonic era Is
embellished by lovely painting Of
Nine Elizabeth Patterson OF Balti-
more, U. S. A.. first wife of Jerome
Ronaparte. afterward King of West
phalia.'
With a phenomenal rush of Ameri-
cans to Europe and the usual con-
fusion about passports. ono Of the
| first duties taken up by Undersecre-
| tary of State Phillips is to prepare a
list of countries requiring these Of
| ficial papers. those who permit all
| pleasure seekers in without question
| and the large number, considering
the world war is presumed to be over,
, that because of unsettled conditions
! will not honor passports Of any sort
except for entrance on the most i'm
perative business. Thisslast class
! begins with Russia, but this being the
case for years past and travelling even
! during the cars regime always a
hazardous performance, it will not
a
summer tourist. Many would like to
visit Poland, but this young republic
has closed doors. and In the same list
are Roumania. Hungary. Siberia. Bull
garia. Armenia and the adjacent
\ near east countries, Persia included.
All barriers are down for the sum.
mer traveller in Holland. Belgium and
Switzerland. unless these countries
are entered to seek employment or
| engage in business. France and
Great Britain continue to ask pass
/ ports from Americans and Italy like
wise, but they are in the 'naAre of
Identification as against certain un-
desirables which these nations wish
temporarily to exclude. Germany and
Austria require passports which must
be vised every month. In the west
ern world, north and south, no re-
strictions of any nature exist. the
tentative ones. which have held for
the past five years in entering Canada,
have all been removed. Even Mexico
! is now open to travellers.
There are fashions in clocks as
well as watches, and in London a fad
has developed for the quarter-beIl
| Ginning clock. which enjoyed a rage
during the revolutionary period, the
Alexander Nicholson variety, which
was sold for the first time in 1870.
The case is a work of art; that is. In
the old specimens. being a gold
background on which is scrolled in
, green and red and brown fanta site
shapes in birds and flowers. Old airs
played by the chimes sound unfamiliar
these days. The American ambassa :
dor, Col. Harvey, recently purchas ased
one OF III. early Alexander Nichol-
son cloc.- rom private sale. and
the main attraction was that on the
played The March of Hurons." q
composition much in favor about the
time when Gen. Washington was be-
coming world famous. Because of
the pleasure he manifested in hear
ing it The March of Hurons" be-
came the air by which the bands at
tending the Continental Army an
nounced the presence of the COM
mander-in-chief. as Hail to the
Chief" has served for many genera
tons since Washington's day. Col
Harvey's clock and his enthusiasm
over ie has led to the making of
others with modern tunes placed in
their chimes. and those whose Mich
olson clocks have set mute for scores
of years are having them fitted with
new works and the popular airs Of
the present.
That exalted peer with historic lin
cage, Lord st. Germans, is past sew
enty and very delicate and another
American, very distinguished one in
Irf NrS R>.
merly Miss Helen Post of New York,
is the wife of the next heir, and in
natural events will soon add another
TO the many now reigning in London.
Mrs. Eliot is the daughter of Lady
Barrymore. by her first husband, the
fore cousin of the senator from
New York. Lady Barrymore. her
mother. having been the daughter Of
the late Gen. Wadsworth and sister
of the former representative in Con-
gress from Geneseo. James w. wads-
companion Of the late Crown Princess
of Sweden. Margaret OF Connaught,
and was one Of the attendants at the
wedding.
Montague Eliotis at present gentle
man in waiting to King George, as
Is the younger and only surviving
brother of Lord st. Germans, who
lives in complete retirement at NAL
vern, well known British health re-
sort. The Montagues frequently do
the honor at the estate Of Lord St
Germans in Cornwall, that splendid
pile called Port Eliot which has been
erected on the site Of the tenth CEN
tury priory of Porth and almost in
the shadow Of the old ministry of st.
Germans. which was the seat Of the
first bishops of Cornwall during the
Saxon dynasties.
Paris leads in various things sar-
torial. notwithstanding the various
declarations of independence which