Evening star., 1923-05-13
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Newton Presents Romantic Stories Con
necton With Inland Waterways-Princess Bibesco
to See Beauties of Old New Orleans Bulb
Flowers Here Face Poor Year Planters Fear

,r.a,ive cleveland A. New
.o,, re Ct Louis, who has been accoiii
plishing marvels to res'o'e
;. u.t.rways OF commerce.
takes peculiar pEide IN 'he p
progressing so satisfactorily WHY"
will omen a trade channel pe'"e
rho ,;ulf of Mexico and Pittsburgh
This was the historic route o! "nio"
oliver Pollock, the agent OF the W."
,;,antal Congress at New Orleans
during the war of the independence
sont ALI manner of supplies TO the
ARMY and to the government d.
Philadelphia. In fact, SO sturus on"
Trustworthy witness as zen. Heo 81
Eocers Clarke testified BEFORE ooh
cress that but for this assistance .'e
struggle could not have been l'i"i"
1ained before France actively Jo.l,
The colonists. Representative 49,
ION with some other members Mnos
districts lie upon the great .i,
way has been working mdelatisao.s
IN secure necessary legislation "
npen up all the large rivers OF tiie
middle states for commerce anu 'nuo
to restore the tradition whicn . man.
so fine part of American hlstoly.
American literature Is hlieu ~,
chanters of river life. especially on
he mississippi, and history recorus
many glorious episodes, besides ltS
signal blessings to the contlnentai
Army when the British fleet heio last as,
the seaports all up and down tile
Atlantic seaboard. NO romance .,,iat, Ills
such thrills as the statlstlcs "nIcn
AIR Newton has gathered 70 oHeI
reason for restoring the traditiona,
channels of interstate commerce anu
association. ,o
Prince and Princess Bibesco have
.nioyed q pleasant visit to New
Orleans, lured by desire TO see
some thing old in the domain OF the
United states. and with their hostess;
Mrs Louise c. Thomas. they pokeo
into the most fascinating OF tne niu-
cen corners of the ancient fTencn
CITY. Mrs Thomas, one of the lmpor-
tant chatelaines of ST. Charles avenue.
had been giving 4. series OF 1etes 70
Signalize her new honors' receiteo
from Pope Plus XI. the medal OF the
Hcnc Herenti. but once before con-
tcried on an American woman MIS-.
John w. AIackay A devoted daughter
of New Orleans, Mrs. Thomas mas
specialized in seeking out ana re
storing venerable spots. and recently
al the cost of nearly 100000 she has
rebuilt and adorned the old Ursuline
Convent with it's famous chapel OF
Our Lady of Prompt Succor IL was
to this shrine that Gen. Andrew JACK
son with his staff rode the day before
the battle of Chalmette to ask the
prayers Of the nuns that success
would crown the American Army
and here, also, the grim warrior came
the day after the battle and knelt In
thanksgiving before it's altar. While
such memories could not be entirely
heartening to a Britisher. as Princess
Isibesco is. she found the Crescent
city one of the loveliest and most
picturesque spots she had ever Wis
of the Riviera. New Orleans has,
perhaps the largest and most pro-
fusely blooming camelia trees found
in any part of the world, and when
these. with the jasmines and mag
nolias are in flower. the entire
countryside is cloyingly fragrant.
Now that spring is apparently here
to bloom have been for some weeks
delighting the eye. the ravages of the
winter, seemingly SO mild. become
visible. Nowhere has been the result
of the autumn planting of bulbs so
disappointing as in those Semi-circu-
lar walks which were laid about the
front entrance Of the British embassy.
dreds of Dutch tulips. hyacinths and
crocuses planted for gorgeous dis
play this spring. All the crocuses
hereafter were touched by that Sc
we're and sudden storm of early
March. which came on the heels of
summer weather. Lady GeddeS had
selected that type of tulip. called the
Darwin and which was originated by
a florist who lived near the great
naturalist Charles Darwin. and
which when in perfection is one of
the most stately and lasting, and