Evening star., 1923-07-22

Continued from Tenth PaGe.)
the battlefelds. The only child
bov now sixteen. Horace Ffoulke Ha-
venith. is at college in Brussels and
will make a visit to this country
possibly this autumn. Nine. Havenith'
-.ho has not returned to her old nome
mere since her husbands transfer IN
1918, may accompany young hotaeg
but that depends on the plahs Vi NJ
Havenith.
II is the erudite American who
knows anything OF contemporaneous
literature in Japan, much less It's
masterpieces of former days: put
according to Mr.. Robert Nichols tne
brilliant young Briton VINO - ttacn-
ing English III the imperial uniNer-
sity of Toxic. who has been passing
through Washington en- route TO MS
home in Buckshire, tells that every
up-to-date reader in the fowery KING
dom knows all about O. Henry MARX
Twain and the group or popular
British authors, like Hardy, Locke,
Wells. Bennett and Walpole. AS FOR
poets. Walt Whitman has been trans
lated into the vernacular and Is ac-
cessible TO all who frequent the IL
hraries. A year or two ago move
lnent was inaugurated to translate
into English the marvellous tairv
tales of the orient, with their eN-
uuisite illustrations accompanying tne
books but the project has langulSn :
ed But interest is being aroused
once more by learned society OF
Oxford and some enterprising pup
fishers of London. The ideals ana
standards of religion, morality ana
patriotism differ too widely Tor tne
fiction OF the orient ever to be accept
able in this country or Great britain
But the fairy tales, for ingenlousness,
;fnu
effect. are pronounced TO be perfect
and to contain a rare treat Tor the
child who has grown weary or grim
Hans Anderson and the insipid books
issued in serial form at present
Mr. Charles Lathrop Pack. whose
ouinion Of trees Is received with ad-
miration and respect, has III his won,
derful book, Trees as Good Cltlzehs-
named the red oak as the most Vaiu-
able. popular and durable or all the
denizens of the forests in TINS couh-
try when there is space but Tor
j. one tree says MIR. Pack, plant RED
oak and the generations to come shali
bless YOU. For beauty. lasting quail
itv and thrifty habit as shade tree
and an ornament to any landscape. II
occupies first place. The next is
naturally that one so beloved In
many sections of the country and 50
identified with stirring eVents-the
and the best of the American species
has succumbed to disease, whereas
the red oak and the other popular
kinds, the willow, the white and
live oaks. al seem immune to the
troubles which kill the elm. The
maple. sugar and dry oaks are great
favorites in many locations and
seemingly have no bad habits ike
the stately poplar, which sheds its
bark in the most troublesome way
f.IN nrf wi ra
estate developers, has been practical
" abandoned. Mr.. Pack gives a
choice of forty-five indigenous trees.
all of which will prove satisfactory,
though he blue stars the entire oak,
elm spruce and birch families and
recommends the naples because of
their rapid growth. President and
Mrs Harding had been presented with
Mr. Packs latest book and they were
intensely interested in comparing his
colored plates with the natural OBJ
jects in the forests of Alaska.
II seems something of an anomaly
and some years ago would have
caused much disedification TO assert
that Mrs. Herbert Shipman. wife of
the Suffragan Bishop Of New York,
is among the most popular matrons
in the big city and when classes are
divided. that she may be rated the
most popular wife of q cleric which
New York has boasted In many the
moon. Mrs. Shipman, the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Edison Bradley, and a
frequent visitor to this city when her
parents lived in Connecticut avenue,
does not demur at dancing, and all
through last season she acted as host
ass for the Bachelor Cotillon Club,
which met fortni ghtly in the Della
Robia room of the Plaza. In New
port Mrs. Shipman is reaping new
laurels and is most amiable in aid
ing the young set to get up straw
rides and moonlight pionics, and
seems to enjoy them as much as do
her proteges.p She has been renowned
through several seasons for aiding
the forlorn---in fact, she has a special
liking for the bashful young man who
fears to press forward for partners
and the young women who retire un-
der the balconies and peer at the
dancing crowds with envious eyes,
She has rescued them by the score.
and in many cases Mrs. Shipman's S
kindly Intervention has ended not
only in a pleasant evening. but in a
happy partnership in the matrimonial
way. The remodeling of the Ker-
nochant villa, which Mr.. Bradley pur-
chased as a permanent residence last
autumn. goes forward rapidly, and In
the opening spring the new owners
hope to take possession.
King Victor Emmanuel of Ital,
mas JOlntu StNeTdl oI his
sovereigns in the limelight by issuing
the last of the sixteen volumes OF
the stupendous work on numismatics
the most comprehensive published il
any language and which he has
ahlleti "Oorpus Nummorum rtalio.
rum King Victor began the COL
lection of coins at an early age and
has studied them from every stand
point of the antiquarian, historian
and scientist He was not out OF
his teens when, wandering abou,
Naples one day. he came upon some
workmen digging crossroads ir
the open country. They had, they
they evidently did not know, un.
earthed a handful of coins which
they would sell far fifty lire, since
they were very old. The prince
whisked out some chemicals ant
gave the coins a bath before tn
workmen could interpose and al
the traces of age disappeared ant
they were but homely copper COIN
of q century past. King Victor ha
the most complete assortment o
coins of the Roman empire under the
Caesars which exists, and most o
it he gathered himself without an,
assistance which he could commant
either as Prince OF Piedmont op &
King Of Italy. He has also a fin
lot of papal gold and silver cur
rency but not so complete as ma,
be viewed in the Vatican library
He has also fine lot Of copper, sil
yer and gold currency Of the Unitet
states His fad is well know
rchout Etir0n6 and I'm conae