The Washington herald., 1922-04-09
MUCH ENTERTAINING BEING DONE IN CAPITAL BEFORE

pressed when he retired from active
editorial work--that there Is some
thing worth while IN life besides
accommodating money; that the big
thing in life Is not just to accumu-
late but to live that to widen our
sympathies and interests Is the
surest way to enlarge our lives and
that no form Of social development
Is comparable to association with
men who have done things, who have
wideout look on the future based
on a correct Interpretation Of the
present and whose optimism, Is con-
tagious.
The American Forestry Associa-
tion had It's Headquarters at 1914
Sixteenth street all dressed up in a
great. hurry for the visit which the
and the representative Of the British
Embassy. ]. J. Broderick, paid to
the headquarters on Thursday.
America Thursday. through the
American Forestry Association, COM
memorated her entry into the world
war on this date five years ago by
the presentation of 10o.00o.0 900
Douglas FIR seeds to France and
Great Britain.
The presentation was made by
Charles Lathrop Pack. president Of
the American Forestry Association.
Ambassador Jusserand received the
presentation formally In the name of
the French people. and Mr. Broderick
for Great Britain.
The seeds ere sufficient to reforest
100000 acres OF land. They were
contained in 115 bags piled high
against the Forestry Associations
headquarters.
To go back to the dressing up"
I'm not talking just about the
fags that were draped over the door
way, but to their front lawn, (which
was torn up and all replanted in
a most elaborate fashion. and all
done just the day before. During
the "dressing-up" process the big
tree stump which was at the end
Of the lawn near the sidewalk was
moved. I've been quite curious
| about that stump for some time, for
II did not seem to be growing In
the ground, and yet why was 1t
there? 1t was not particularly orna-
mental. 1t was a stump of huge
tree and stood about three feet high.
1t seems that It was the stump Of
| the huge old elm that was cut down
several years ago from. in front of
the New willard Hotel. the elm, un-
der which Morse made his first sue
cessful experiment with the tele-
graph. The tree was allowed to re-
main at Fourteenth and + streets
long after II became a nuisance be-
| cause of its historic value, and
IL finally had to give way to the
progress Of business. The forestry
Association kept this stump which 1t
placed on its front lawn. Interfer-
ing with the planting scheme, 1t has
now been put in the back yard of
the headquarters and IL left there
Will probably rot away in time.
| wish they'd send II to the museum
for II seems to be all that Is left
OF the famous old elm.
COUNTESS LEDOwsHOwsKA
VISITS OLD BALTIMORE HOME.
Washington Is interested In the
visit in Baltimore of Countess
Ledochowska, formerly Louise War
| field, whose late father, Edwin
Warfield, was at one time governor
OF Maryland. She has many rela-
tives and friends in the Capital
| The countess is recovering from a
recent illness and has not entered
into society at all since her arrival,
but is staying quietly with her
brother and his wife. Mr.. and Mrs.
Edwin Warfield, jr., at their homo
Oakdale. in HowHd County, Md.
She is accompanied by her three
vivacious children. Therese, Yad-
vika and Stanislaus.
Reports of unrelieved distress in
Poland are brought to the United
States by Countess Ledochowska.
and her husbands family and rela-
tives, still deprived of their own
| estates, are living In Austria.
| Countess Ledochowska had planned
to visit them before coming to
America, but the continued acute.
ness of conditions made this i'm
possible. -
She had been living for the last
twelve months in Paris. During
the last summer and autumn
Countess Ledochowska had her
mother with her, but Mrs. Warfield
returned to America in December.
The little girl, Therese, who is pop
| ularly known as Tony" was at
school in Paris during the year
The two younger children, whose
names are of even great syllable
complexity. are called, respectively,
Yazsch and Slash.
The countess is. OF course, con-
cerned about the conditions in Po-
Hand and the dangers which sur
round many of the people there.
She felt that it was impossible for
her to take the children there and
brought them here directly from
| Paris.
The countess and her children
will remain at Oakdale. where they
will be Joined during the summer
by Mrs. Warfield and Miss Emma
| Warfeld. Count Ledochowska is at
present in Warsaw, Poland. and the
countess is not planning to return
| To Paris until the laffAr mart of. the