Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-17

island of Vancouver, in British Column
bia his tour will include many of the
superb gardens for which this region IS
noted. The presidential party Will be
entertained III the vast hotel, the En-
press conducted by the Canadian IA
cific railroad. which stands on the
water front facing the snow-capped
OIympics and commanding one OF the
finest marine views in the world. But
back and around the hotel for five acres
is a garden. better than which il would
he difficult to conceive, and the last
days of June and opening July mark ITS
crowning glory. There the roses are the
size of peones, Shasta daisies are IKE
sunfowers. and the great heads OF
phlox. stock. mignonette and clarkia
excite the wonder of every stranger
The Empress is literally filled with
flowers. not only in the Hobbies and gen;
eTal living and dining rooms, but all
through the SiX-hundred- odd b"drooms
and corridors. The floral display AT
Easter time in American hotels is a
feeble contrast to the everyday dec
Grafton in the Empress for at least ten
months of the wear. North of Victoria
on the dunes are some Of the finest golf
links on this continent, and in lovely
little park overlooking the Pacllc is a
charming statue of Burns and Highland
Mary. and every morning when the reg
mental band plays fine old Scatch
air leads the program.
Among those who will give special
welcome to President Harding in VAN
cuuver will be Sir Henry Worth Thorn
ton director of the national Canadian
railroads. and Lady Thornton. Sir
Henry, who was knighted about tlve
years ago, is q native OF Phl!adelphla
and learned railroading in the offices OF
the Pennsylvania and Reading. He was
climbing to the top in his profession
when he was invited TO Canada to be
come director of the Great Eastern rail
road. His rise was phenomenal ana ne
finally took over the management OF all
the Canadian roads and lately has be-
come inspector general OF transporta-
ton in the cabinet OF Premier Machen-
zie- King. Lady Thornton was Miss
Virginia Duke Blair of New Castle, Pa.
and the marriage occurred in 1891. She
for many years leading hostess
in Montreal, bat of recent years her
husbands headquarters have been in
Ottawa and Vancouver Sir Henry has
e handsome home at Alceiras in the st.
Lawrence and is prominent member
of the American colony about Murray
Bay. He became a citizen Of Canada
about ten years ago and because of his
splendid work during the war both in
Canada and England he was knighted in
1918. With Lady Thornton, he Is IRE
quent visitor to Philadelphia and New
Castle. where both have numerous rela-
tives and friends. Lord Byng. governor
general Of Canada. who with Lady
Byng is spending the summer in a camp
in the Rockies at Banff. has been in
vited by Sir Henry Thornton to be his
guest during President Hardng's visit.
bride have returned to Montreal for the
summer and perhaps for more pro-
longed visit. IN" lure of the new world
seemed too strong for them both and
hot Irh tot
Boissevant. a Sernevie on the isle of
Montreal. directly opposite the city.
Boissevant was the property Of the late
Sir Edward Clouston president of the
Bank of Montreal, ard is one of the
finest places in Canada. The mansion
contains forty-five rooms, with veran-
das which extend hundred feet on the
river terrace and command a suberb
view. The Countess of Mimic is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs George w.
Cook of Montreal. the former born in
northern New York but now a natural
lied and exceedingly prosperous finan-
cier of the Unitarian city. The marriage
of the young earl. who as a lad had
lived in Ottawa occurred two years ago,
and since that time the young couple
have resided in the ancestral home near
Aberdeen. They have a house in Lon
don and spent part of the spring there
and were prominent in the social
amenities. showing a marked preference
for American and Canadian guests. The
Mrs. D. D. O'Meara, is living quite adj
tacent to their island estate and will be
with them for parts of the summer.
The Earl Of Mimic, though not among
the ancient nobility of Scotland, having
been created only since 1913, is among
It's most Opuent and important The
late earl was for seven years governor
general of the Dominion, and his son is
devoted to his former home and may. so
goes the tale. remove to Montreal
permanently.
IN the recent exhibition of beautiful
child heads done by renowned British
artists one of the loveliest was that of
the Honorable John Forbes. second son
Of the Earl of Granard and his countess
who was Miss Beatrice Mills daughter
of Mr.. Ogden Mills of New York Little
John was painted in the familiar pose
of that beautiful cherub which Raphael
placed to the right of the two which
adorn the frieze of the Sistine Ma
donna, and he measures we'll with the
famous original He is just two years
old and is the fourth of the youngsters
of the Earl of Granard. who is now sit
ting in the senate of the Irish Free
State. Another pretty yOungster Is the
niece of the Countess of Granard Au-
brey. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Carnegie Phipps of New York, who
have been passing the winter in London
charming little miss is the Honorable
Mary Stella. daughter Of Lord Ellstace
Percy and Lady Percy. who was Miss
Stella Drummond, daughter of Mai.
Cen: Lawrence George Drummond. Lord
Eustace Percy was for several wears
attached to the British embassy here
His marriage occurred the second wear
OF the world war and was q romance
of the Boy and Girl Scout activities
Little Mary Stella Percy is demure
little person with marvellous golden hair
and deep brown eyes. She is Just four
and resides with her parents in the old
Percy estate in Northumbria when
Lord Eustace is not absent on a diplo-
matte mission.
The Missouri legislature Just prior TO its
recent adjournment voted a substantial
sum for the erection of a statue of the
late Champ Clark. TO be placed before
the courthouse of Bowling Green. the
seat of Pike county. which Mr. CIar
as we'll as Mark Twain helped TO Mace
on the map. The former Sneaker died
In his home here on March 3, 1921, inst
as President-elect and Mrs Harding
arrived in Union station and they pro-
5sesaed at once to make visit of con-
nolence 10 his family. Mrs Clark. after
living for some time in New Orleans
with her only daughter Mrs. James
thomson. formerly Genevieve Champ
Ozark, and passing the summers in
colorado Springs with her sister Mrs
Pitzer. is now permanently established
at the old home in Bowling Green. 1t
IS rambling frame house completely
surrounded by locusts trees. for which
reason Mr.. Clark named the place
Honeyshuck. and just now the gar
dens are glorious with hollyhocks and
early summer flowers. Mr. Clark was
devoted to this home the first and only
one he established after fortune smiled
on him. and his library, which his widow
rs gradually getting into shape, is
among the finest in this part Of the
middle west, containing hundreds of
rare volumes, many of them, auto