Evening star., 1922-04-09
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
CONTINUED from Eighth Pase.3

tional emblem in the sense that the
typss les EnSsnd ,S.t the
fieur-de-lis France, though many
states have their proper insignia.
Thirteen Of the commonwealths.
though not the original ones. have
emblems easily recognized verbally
ering pine tree, and the spreading
palmetto, which designates South
Carolina. or the buckeye or horse
chestnut, which is the emblem Of
President Harding's native state.
Several of these states have emblems
Louisiana, with the pelican feeding
its young. the gopher Of Minnesota
and the blue hen Of Delaware. Such
kindly critics as the late Lord Bryce
and Lady Henry Somerset deemed 1t
q hindrance to stability and tradi-
ed three great features which knit
a people togegther-no generally
recognized or ofacially indorsed ma
tional anthem, no symbolic name.
has been as fully recognized as AL
bion for England or Erin for Ireland.
and no emblem significant OF this
young and strenuous race. The eagle
might be 50 considered. but 1t would
be one which had been selected by
entered the family of free nations.
Many of the commonwealths are
strides beyond the federal govern
ment in that they have accepted
emblems.. national songs and a ma
tional flower.
|. Though woeful tales come out of
the land Of Egypt, that portion which
is the playground Of tourists seems
calm as the coast Of Florida or the
resorts Of California. sheaphard's.
The s,, international ter sSsa, hotel hotel in Cairo.
tensively in fiction and travel lore
and on the canvasses Of celebrated
artists than any such establishment
in the world, Is filled to its last inch.
and principally by Americans. Mrs.
Of the pyramid country. has been in
Cairo for months and will remain un-
til the weather grows too torrid for
comfort. She makes almost daily ex-
cursions into the sands and spends
her time ts Chin "a and snos5si w5tns pos
romance. Sir Alan and Lady John
stone, the latter formerly Miss An
toinnette Pinchot. have been at
Sheaphard's for some weeks. and .
jolly party from San Francisco on a
cludes Mr. and Mrs. George Cameron.
so often in Warrington; Mrs. G. W.
Hatton and Mr.. Francis carolan. will
pass a part Of this month in Cairo.
Regular trips to the falls of the Nile
troubles which arise between the re-
firing British army and the native
soldiers. But for many centuries
foreigners have been regarded as the
best staple which Egypt can boast.
and all political parties are careful
to safeguard them.
/, Not only is Bavaria hoping to at
tract the usual hundreds Of thousands
Of visitors to the Passion Play, but
all the famous Wagnerian operas will
Bayreuth and under the same aus
tere conditions which held during
the life Of the master. The season
will open In July, with several weeks
Of "Parsifal." and after that "The
auctions. ''The Maestersinger." 'The
Flying Dutchman" and 'Lohengrin."
Several weeks Of ''Tannhauser' will
close the festival Much opposition
has developed in Munich. where for
years previous to the war the. wax-
under royal auspices, but Bayreuth
has apparently won in the struggle.
Thousands Of American music low.
ers who still resent the attitude Of
more pleased in tho historical stage
which Wagner chose, and where he
Won his momentous victories in the
reform Of orchestral renditions. In
the old days At Munich many promi-
nent Americans would secure fur
nished houses for the season and at
tend every performance Of the operas.
Mrs. Gilbert Hitchcock and Miss
Katherine Hitchcock were Of this
number. and they had missed few
fsi1. Countess Won Bernstein has .
ioveiy villa near Munich. on the