Evening star., 1922-12-24

tinct volcano. Sir Charles raised the
British flag over his find and then
his own standard as chief of the clan
dwelling at Balnagowan Castle. in
the Scotch highlands. and has entered
his claim with the proper authority
in the British office of Central Africa.
He GLAZING. and MIR. Barnes supports
and. fora in this region and that a
scientific expedition will reveal un-
dreamed of wealth. not alone in geo
logic remains, but in animals to be
placed in zoos and flowers for her
bariums. Sir Charles and his party
are expected shortly in New York
and the scientists are to be recruited
principally from the Museum OF
Natural History staff, with some few
from London. Sir Charles is among
the energetic. and besides this big
African project scheduled for next
spring, he is defending suit filed
against him by the ministry of the
Interior in Toronto on the subject
of taxes and boundaries. The ROSES
will so to Louisville and to Cali
fornia before making visit to Scot
land
Now that Prince Gelasio Gaetani,
the ambassador, selected by the pic
turesque Premier Mussolint has ar
rived on American soil. it Is for him
to end the uncertainty which sur
rounds the spelling of his name. The
American press has followed the
lead of the Italian and British and
writes the ambassador, Prince Gel
asio, with a G. for Gaetani. In the
list of Popes. however. it is written
as Caetani and so is spelled in his
torical works and in that accepted
authority the Almanach de Gotha.
Cactani it is when the fiery Dante
sent one of the most illustrous OF
the ambassadors progenitorS to the
seventh cycle of the inferno and the
signed to destruction. temporal and
eternal. by another great Italian poet.
the author of the 'Stabat Mater.
Prince Gelasio is not a stranger to
the land to which he has been ac-
credited. He graduated from the
University in 1898 and spent some
years in practical work In Montana,
and he held high rank as an en-
gineer in the company which en-
ployed him in the northwest. Re-
turning at once to Italy when the
first to urge the aerial warfare in
the Apennines, and after his country
had Joined the allies. he was the
engineer who urged the assault on
the presumably impregnable Aus
trian fortresses three thousand feet
dUOSe Tie NalieS. he seCOHu
of Prince Gelasio, Prince Livio. who
was attached to Baron Romano's
staff in 1918, is now Italian ambas-
sador to Brussels.
Those who were aware of the deep
reverence which inspired the late
Thomas Nelson Page for all tradi-
tionS of Virginia or Maryland, are
not surprised that among the many
beduests left to friends is one for
the fashioning of special memorial
ring for three men for whom he felt
a tender affection, H. Rozier Dulany
of this city. Armistead C. Gordon
and Charles Boiling OF Virginia The
former ambassador and well beloved
author left specific directions for the
ring which is to be of the signet
variety and similar to several held
for centuries in the Page and allied
colonial families and which have
passed down to the next heir with
family silver. Jewels or lace. Mr..
Dulany, whose wife was the niece of
DR.. Page. receives the fine string of
horses, which were the
delight Of their owners heart. though
not for many years has he taken an
active part in the racing events of
the countryside. But the Dulanys
are ardent sportspeople and the
handsome horses of the Page stables
will appear later in various entries.
The generous legacy which Dr. Page
received from his wife has gone in
IT'S entirety to his step-daughters,
Mfnna Field Burnaby and Florence
Field Lindsay. His own private for
tune, generously enlarged by royali-
ties, was left to Mr.. Roswell Page,
is only brother, and the mansion
where the gifted Virginian died and
all it's furnishings go to Mrs. Ros-
well Page.