Evening star., 1922-07-02

Bavarian production. The old town OF
Nancy has virtually wiped out the scars
Of the great struggle which restored
the massive amphitheater has been re-
paired and now comfortably holds In
creasingly large audiences and the
thousand players who take part in the
spectacle. This Passion Play" is pre-
sented more in tabieau form than in ac-
ton, and the picturesque peasant cos
tunes are seen quite as much as the
historic Hebrew regalia. All the great
Official world OF Paris has patronlzed
Nancy and many from the social 90,
main. The play will not be produced
again for years. and 1t will then, 1t is
hoped, oe firmly established In the
financial sense and become powerful
and successful rival Of the German play
in the Bavarian mountains.
Mr.. william ]. O'Toole of Gary. w.
Va, who has just been appointed
minister to Paraguay. is the youngest
man in the diplomatic service holding
that rank, and being just twenty
eight years of age. he is among the
youngest who have been named Tor
such high. responsibility by the Sec.
retary Of State: Mr.. O'Toole is Wen
known In Washington, where he pass
ed five years at the Catholic Uni
versity, receiving his degree of A: M.
in 1915. He is the son of Gen. Ed
ward O'Toole. an official of the United
States Steel Corporation, and since
lived in Gary and held position
under his father. On the outbreak OF
the war, young O'Toole trained at
Fort Benjamin Harrison. and after
receiving his commission he was at
once transferred to Camp Grant,
hostllities, acting as instructor.
American interests in Paraguay have
increased enormously in the past ten
years, and the new minister VIII fnd
his post one requiring deft and
delicate hand. Mr.. William Wallace
d'affaifes for the Paraguyan republic,
but with the appointment OF Mr.
OToole. the unpleasantness caused
by the Daniel e. Mooney incident Will
probably be forgotten and resident
minister will come to Washington In
the autumn.
In an extensive exhibit of photo
graphs of notable American estates.
now to be seen in the Art Library OF
London University. two. select
ed for the loftiest praise. are OF
Weld, the sumptuous seat OF MIS-.
Larz Anderson outside of Brookl1ne.
Boston. and the splendid mansion and
grounds of Mr.. Clarence Mackay be-
yond Morningside Heights on the
Hudson. Mrs. Anderson is almost a
washingtonian. and her home here
ranks among the best models Of Ital-
ian architecture which the city boasts
But though the Washington home Is a
prime favorite. all her pride OF pos
session is in Weld. named for her
grandfather, Commodore Isaac Weld,
the founder of the vast fortune which
Mrs. Anderson and her cousins have
NJ Nnld n
been painted by the cleverest artists
this country shelters. and exquisite
colored photographs of them may be
found in Boston, where they are SOLO
for the Seaman's Home, which Mrs
Anderson founded in her GRANDPA
theirs memory. The grounds have
been treated Italian style and for
vistas as we'll as for Towering spaces.
while the fountains cluster around a
rejecting pool where every variety OF
water lily blooms including the Ia
nous blue flower of the Nile. the To-
tus Mr.. Mackay's estate is familiar
to all who have made the ascent OF
the Hudson. and in the early morning
or the late afternoon 1t towers above
the river with all the majesty of the
castles on the Rhine. The planting Of
the shining satin leaf vines on the
banks gives background from which
thousands of deep-hued lilies and 9TH
er bulbous flowers make a scene OF
striking beauty.
One Of the most beautiful spec
tacles recorded in season which
has produced so many wonderful
pageant plays was that given few
days ago in the Cloisters. the ram
bling old gray stone studio of George
G. Barnard. which crowns the heights
of Fort Washington. in New York
city. That marvellous play which has
cantured Paris, THE Clouds of the
sun" by Isabel Fiske Conant, was