Evening star., 1923-03-11

+ interested in the activities Oh tle ooS
Scouts, and who was so dlligent III
directing their operations when tney
were sent abroad to assist the youths
Of Belgium and France to reouiid
their devastated countries was among
the spectators when the nahusolie
silver medal presented by MISS AnIis
T. Morgan was bestowed on the nedu
of the scouts in Delaware, Frank a.
Greenhawk, in Dover last Weeh'
Young Greenhawk and a picked com
pany spent the last two summers III
France. acting directly under the SUI
pervislon of Miss Morgan. and tnelr
work was regarded as of signal I'm
portance. The medal bears on one one
side IA griffon, which is officially the
emblem of Blenencourt, an alfnos'
demolished village near the Marne'
which is gradually assuming Its nor
NAL aspect through Miss Morgan
aid and on the other side the motto,
DO right and fear no harm. WIN
the scouts name and the dates or ms
service. Only about dozen OF these
tokens have been distributed 10
American Boy Scouts who have gone
over year after year to teach the
youths of the war stricken country
how to aid in the restoration after
school hours or those of their regu-
lar avocations. Many British scouts
go also. and under Lord Eustace
Percy. their official in Great Britain
and well known during his long serN-
ice in the British embassy. they nave
accomplished wonders for the ruined
villages which had been adopted In
London and thereabout. 1t is quite
possible that Mrs. Hoover and her.
sons will make d visit to Europe dur
ing the coming summer with a view
To promoting interest in this VafnaDie
part of the work of American Boy
Scouts.
4 book which will be read with
intense interest all over the world
approaches completion in the life ana
letters of the late William Crawford
GorgaS which is engaging all the
time and energy of the widow of the
great scientist in her home in the
Highlands. Mrs. Gorgas at first at,
tempted to answer all the personal
queries and requests for information
on special phases of her husband $
renowned medical labors, but after
year she concluded that the most sat
isfactory method would be to com
pile all in a volume, which is TO IN
clude correspondence with medlcal
and scientific men all over the world
Her request for letters has resulted
almost in an avalanche OF mlsslVes,
many of which are of supreme sig :
nificance in the lated development OF
theories relating to tropical fevers
For some years the eminent sclentiSt.
whose name will be as unalteraoIy
associated with the building of the
Panama Canal as the engineers VINO
constructed II. resided in Washing
ton and he and hs wife were promi-
nent in the social way Mrs. Gorsas,
with many friends here. and with the
lid she must derive from her nus
bands associates in the great army
Medical Museum and Library. has
made the capital her permanent nome
and is a conspicuous figure In the
group composed of widows OF llius-
trious men. The volume. which is
now entering its last phases, Is Gag
erlv awaited by the medical world as
ln II ct n
Panama Canal and its results.
der which Mrs. Mabel Wagnalls Jones
has published her extensive corre
spondence with o. Henry. has placed
that small village of Ohio in con.
spicuous place on the literary map OF
this country. Mrs. Jones, the daughter
of the publisher who had the dscrimi-
mating eye to discover the genius
Of O. Henry. and who published
1he very cream of his tales, IS
making strenuous effort to identify
this author whose fame is reaching un-
precedented international proportions
with Ohio rather than with his native
state. Texas, where II is now admitted
he was treated with unnecessary harsh
ness. Ohio was the scene of Sidney
Porter's Imprisonment and he perhaps
furnishes the sole instance of COM
monwealth displaying such zeal in be-
half of a former convict. Mrs. Jones
has gathered everything relating to Mr.:
Porter's literary career after his sad
soiourn in the prison of Columbus, and
among her treasures are the original
manuscripts of those stories which have
placed their author in the first rank OF
short story writers in any age and any
nationality. The vogue of Q. Henry,
the quaint pen name which Mr.. Porter
assumed in order to hide his identity
after his release from prison. now ex-
tends to every part of the world and is
particularly well established in South
,r,-;,, oy~l ,,,t~ ,f-1,
and Portuguese. the stories are among
the best sellers and the most read in
the public libraries. Mrs. Jones has Sc
'.iIred roomy mansion in Lithopolis,
where an o. Henry memorial will be
maintained and which is to be adorned
with the authors personal possessions
as we'll as his manuscripts and letters.
Though Washington plays the ancient
game Of the Chinese with enthusiasm,
uncertainty prevails as to whether 1T
should be called Nah Jong. as the en-
nerors and mandarins call 1t, or Pung
Chow. as it is known to less exalted
adopts. The Secretary Of the Navy, Mr..
DENLY, who spent part of his youth and
early manhood in the east. and who is
regarded as an authority of many Of its
questions. has quantity explained that
II you play the game with an exquisite
nid carved ivory inlaid set which costs
from several hundreds to several thou
sands Of dollars. then. by all traditions.
the game is called Nah .Tong. But if the
set used is an ordinary affair. which
may be obtained from sic upward
then ii should be dubbed Pung
Chow. The game itself is the same
under any name and for diversion of
quiet contemplative sort. it is given
all the honors. Devotees of chess find
II pleasant interlude and golfers are
relaxed in the mental sense when the
weather is too inclement for outdoors.
Some who are familiar with every phase
Of the game, like Mrs. George Marye.
like TO play several games a day. but
for the novice this is rather exhausting
A phenominally mild winter has
given impetus to premature tour
Ing of the chateau country Of France
by the hundreds of Americans domi-
ciled in Paris and who have tasted of
every other pleasure. which has been
presented. Henry Adams remark able
hook on Mont st. Michel is in every
hand as this wonderful spot is visited
and some of the mellow descriptions
of Henry James and of W. D. How
ellis on the French chateaux are to be
seen. The Ducheses de Chaulnes, SC
we'll remembered in Washington as
Theodore Shontz. has been passing
she has modest villa. the fine home
stead of the Dukes of Chaulnes and
Picquigny nearby being leased for q
term of years. Her son, the four
teenth duke, is now fourteen and is a
tall, handsome chap. who is preparing
for professional career. The duchess
has been much in demand in these
impromptu trips to the romantic
chateaux on the Loire, at Chambord
claumont and Chenonaux. All OF
these picturesque places belong to the
French government, which took over
the pleasure spots of the Bourbon
kings and despite the financial strin'
gency in France, they are kept in the
last degree of perfection and are now
accessible to properly introduced
tourist Mont st. Michel is. however