Evening star., 1923-08-21
TALKS and TALES
With and About
CAPITALS GUESTS


banking establishment of Shanghai,
Is at the La Fayette Hotel with his
two sons, Lawrence and Horace, and
| rettnue Of Chinese servants. making
his first visit to Washington. prepa-
ratory to trip across the continent
TO Vancouver, whence he will sail on
the steamship Australian Princess for
| China
While admitting that conditions in
China are chaotic at present, Mr..
| kadoorie said there was no immediate
cause of alarm, and he thinks that a
soon as the Chinese people dispose OF
a few of their INSCRIPTIONS leaders
and unite on single policy not only
Will the great powers go to their as
sistance financially, but China will
take her rightful place in the world
Condensed, Mr.. Kadoorie's story Is
| this:
The Chinese people are tired OF dis
sension and sick Of the money-grab-
bing tactics Of some supposed pa
\ triots. While not a fighting race, they
will resist to the last drop of their
| blood the splitting of the country in
| two. After the many dismal failures
of Sun Vat Sen, in the south, who
| favors dividing the territory. WI Pei
| Flu. of the central government, that
| recognized by the United States, and
| Chow So Ling, in Manchuria they
| have awakened to the fact that new
\ blood is needed IL China is to live
The Chinese appreciate that money
| country, and as the powers refuse
any substantial financial aid until
! suitable guarantees are forthcoming,
| they are doing their utmost TO fur
nish such security.
After carefully surveying those ma
| tons in a position to assist her, all
have been eliminated except America
and England, and now every subter-
| fuge Is being resorted to to compel
the armies of these two countries to
enter China on some pretext or other.
Their soldiers are wanted, as soldiers
bring money, and the Chinese people
feel that once the fighting Men ar
rive and learn for themselves the
| wonderful resources of the vast re-
public word will travel back to large
| commercial interests at home. and a
steady stream OF live, wide-awake,
conservative business men will fol-
| low.
1t was for this reason that the
drastic move of kidnapping American
| and English tourists was made, ac-
cording to Mr.. Kadporie. who said
| that all reports to the contrary, the
| captives were in no way harmed and
llcdlCo NUllC EOydIly. OUlyp con-
tinued the banker, at might be that
in order to carry out their intention
| of forcing Britain and America 10
take action, some of the more reck-
less will resort to crime"
Mr.. Kadoorie is a brother of the late
, Sir Ellis Kadoorie, one of the great
est philanthropists in China, and is
himself noted for much charitable
work in England and other parts of
the world. He still maintains his
/ 7 nT o. & Drir
Back in the frosty fall days of 1852.
when w. H. Lewis was making gap
ing holes in the opposing lines of
sure q clear field for his fellow play
/ ers of Amherst, Freshman Calv N
| Coolidge of the class of '95 stood on
[ the side lines with the rest OF the
undergraduate body, cheering for the
| big center rush to come through.
Today. Calvin Coolidge, President
! Of the United States. sits at his desk
in the White House, confronted hy
\ faced by an American Chief Execu-
| tive. while Attorney w. H. Lewis Of
Boston, stands on the side lines with
millions OF other fellow Americans
| roofing his head off for his fellow
| statesman to come through.
Looking as At and youthful as ever
| he did when receiving the plaudits
| of the student bodies of Amherst and
Harvard, having played with the foot
| ball team of the latter university
while attending its law school. the
! big rush" scooted through the lobby
| of the Shoreham Hotel on his way
| to the Department of Justice to at
4 tend to matters pertaining to a GRIM
| inal case in Boston.
II reckon little old Massachusetts
feels satisfied with its President"
shouted the writer, bringing the law
tyer to a stop.
you betcha"' was the snappy re-
ply. "And none in the state more so
than I. 1 not only had the distinction
| of being one of the old Bay states
delegates sent to the Chicago conven-
tion instructed to work for Mr..
Coolidge for President, but was the
first man to greet him on his return
| to the statehouse, in Boston, after
his nomination to the second place on
| the ticket.
"when I shook his hand that day
said: Mr.. Vice President, you are
"He merely smiled in his character
istic manner"
United States attorney for Boston by
President Roosevelt and later assist
ant attorney general by President
Taft.
Erection of million dollar hotels is a
| common occurrence in certain large
cities today, and little more than
passing note Is made of the happen
ing. but such is not the case in a
conservative old town like Louisville.
Ky. At present folks of the southern
city are all agog over the approach
ling opening of the new $1,500.000 fif-
teen-story Brown Hotel which will
take place very shortly.
In a little chat with N. l. Akers.
general agent for the Chesapeake
and Ohio railroad. who is spending a
| few days at the New willard Hotel.
| and who divides his time between his
| two residences in Louisville and Hot
| Springs, Va, it was learned that the
new structure will occupy one of the
| in the Kentucky city, a neighborhood
dear to the traditions of all south
| ernerS.
| The establishment of Solzer. the
| famous Louisville caterer, was done
away with to make room for the
ners are the homes of Miss Mary
johnson. famed throughout the sec,
| ton for her many charitable ana
civic works and the well-knoWn
Avery family and the Warren Me-
mortal Church. All along the street
| southern families as the Mcknights,
Ballards, Bridgefords and Newcombs,
| II. Victor Newcomb of the latter
family having served for years as
president of the Louisville and Nash
Vile railroad.
| After detailing the celebration that
will mark the opening of the hotel,
and telling how pleased Louisville
| people were with the appointment by
President Coolidge of c. Bascom Slemp
as his secretary. the conversation
drifted to the waters or A Aot springs, @
where Mr.. Akers Upland House is one
of the show places.
| Tha writer having spent his vaca-