Evening star., 1922-05-21

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Is so apparent that the magnificent
art collection and the greatest pri-
| vate library on this continent. the
property of Henry NJ Huntington. is
destined for that lovely but small
city of Pasadena. In southern Cal
i:ornia. Already Mr.. Huntington has
begun to centralize his collections
| and to dispose Of real estate In order
=, to furnish "A suitable environment for
the contemplated gallery of art and
library. which will be housed sumptu-
ously in great wing off the man
! sion in the San Marino estate The
! endowment is to be IN the form. of
| self-psrpetuat.ng .rust and the donor
and Mrs. Huntington are to nave eX-
/ elusive access to the galleries during
.heir lives. but with specified days
for the admission OF visitors ,, ana ar,
! students and teachers. An entirely
! different access TO the lower gal,
| ler:es leads through those wonderful
| Japaaese gardens which seem DIT OF
Nippon t:ansplanted 10 California
been added TO the gift which vii.
furnish revenue and entertainment
| jointly. The Huntington collection
since the THE Blue Boy" has been
| acquired is one of the greatest ana
,
in any country. The Huntington
library. since it includes without an an
, omission the grand, collection OF
! books which the Dukes OF Devon
| shire gathered throughout four cen
| turtles. possesses more ancient manu-
! script than any in the world and the
largest number of rare volumes II
| is estimated that more than ten MI
lion dollars has already been eXpena-
| ed and this does not include the re-
library, founded by Sir Thomas Eyer
f; ton !n the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
| This Gift Will make Pasadena famous
| the world over and rival. tnouSh IN
an entirely different way: OF the
! prestige attaching to lts heiShoorips
| city, Los Angeles.
! But if Californis millionaires are
ldep:sting Europe Of some cher'sheo
ART works. British stamp collectors are
stpmps and postmarks in their own
cn nbinets most interesting sale oc-
CURED :ast week IN London. when one
/ OF the earliest postmarks on letters
from the coloniea and the states aIte
| the treaty of Paris went Tor high
! prices One postmark WAS on letter
J from Lieut. John Counor of the 18TH
| Foo. Guards of Yorkshire. who was IN
New York on business connected with
the estate OF his kinsman. Gen John
q -
! patched and bears the date OF March
| "A, 1884. and is Of great value as an eN-
ample of the postage used during the
| interpa; between Yorktown ana the
treaty which conferred independence;
Another American postmark auctioned
was from Boston, October "a. 1888. and
though a number Of American experts
were bidding in q spirited manner both
these rare examples remain in Ensiand;
| Letters with the current postmark OF
l nf &
Dragons are the property OF the Har-
ward library authorities, but though
severa. dozen others were recently sofa,
no American collector can BOAST OF OBJ
| tanning one.
In the arrival OF DR.. Otto Wiedfeldt.
| the ambassador from Germany, the
| number of higher diplomats serving
/ at this capital is almost back to nor
/, NAL. There are twelve ambassadors
| in Washington, with the posts of
! Mexico. austria and Turkey still un-
assigned 1t is unlikely that. in view
Of her limited territory and political
! prestige, Austria will again send an
| ambassador 10 Washington, ana II
is exceedingly problematic whether
such a lofty envoy will be sent from
| what remains Of the sublime porte.
| DIR. Otto Wiedfeldts coming to repre-
sent republican Germany Is OF deep
est significance. Quite logically he
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here who was not Of the nobility or
gentry and having a name minus the
Inevitable won or a nobility title.
He is in every way truly representa-
tive of the new era, since he is OF the
party termed the right" or for the
with this side MANY years before the
grand upheaval OF 1914 The Ger
man ambassador is preceded by the
reputation of being one OF the most
profound economists in his country.
with a practical knowledge OF the
burning questions of the hour. He
speaks English fiuently. since he has
spent months in London examining
statistics. and he likewise passed
much time in Japan and China on the
same mission. He is a saxon. ana oe-
gan his political career In 1900 as
chief of the bureau of statistics in
Dresden and. attracting instant atten-
ton, he was shortly made minister OF
the interior in the cabinet OF the
King of Saxony. Since 1919 ne has
and resides on an extensive estate
outside OF Essen. For. the present
the German embassy will not have
chatelaine. Nine. Wiedfeldt and the
children will remain this summer at
the villa in Essen: but VIII Join the
early fall. The present German en-
bassy is not ready for family occu-
pancy and it is yet undecided whether
it will be repaired and enlar ged or
whether the German government will
build on land owned in Washington
{ Heights.
Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt Mallory. the
! tennis champion who was recently
entertained at the White House. Is
an ardent horticulturist, and she was
enthusiastic over che quiet beauty of
several little forai spots around the
old mansion Mrs. Mallory Is clever
with a pencil and made many draw
ings of features which particularly
impressed her. The tennis champion
has recently been sitting for a por-
trait bust which will be presented in
miniature to her special friends, and
Il is the work Of q man who has far
; more reputation as pianist and
composer than as sculptor. Chris
tian Schiottz. But Mrs. Mallory re-
! marked that this Is the age when ver-
satility is required. She likes 20 dig
and weed a bit after strenuous ten
clcst around the White House tennis
plots was something which she may
emulate The tail bushes were in
, tended to insure privacy in President
Eoose velts tine. but they form
background for some lovely flowers
now and really furnish an inspiration
for tho tennis player.
Washington is much interested in
the announcement OF the engagement
of Mr. Allen P Graves. formerly. an
at.ache of the British embassy and
one of the most popular of the
younger diplomats. to Miss Mary
Graham .Orr-Lewis, daughter OF Sir
Frederic Duncan Orr-Lewis of Mon
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