Evening star., 1923-09-08
TALKS and TALES
With and about
CAPITALS GUESTS

has Americas reverence for the in
itrepfd Pole been greater than the
love, respect and admiration in which
lSecretary Herbert Hoover is held by
the people Of Poland today. These
welcome ASSURANCES come from none
other than two distinguished repre-
sentatives of the newborn republic,
George Barthel de Meydenthal. consul
general of Poland at Chicago, and
q. Kurnikowski.7 Polish consul at
Pittsburgh, Pa, who are stopping at
the Hotel Washington for a few days.
YES" said Mr.. Kurnikowski. your
Secretary of Commerce Is literally
idoliZed in my land. His magnificent
relief work viii never be forgotten
by Poland. and already a wonderful
monument. typifying the gratitude
Poland hears toward America and
especially Mr.. Hoover, has been start
ed at Warsaw. We shall never forget
either that the United States was the
first to recognize our new govern
ment"
1t was further learned from tha
poiish consul, whose territory covers
the western portion of Pennsylvania,
west virginia, Tennessee and Ker-
lucky that at present there are ap-
tproximately $4,000 Poles in that dis
trict, many of whom are employed
VI tne bituminous coal fields of the
keystone state. while the steel works
AT PITTSBURGH have their quota, not
10 mention those drilling oil wells
ana IN other occupations.
AS "hole, our people in America
are a hard working. thrifty Glass;
SAID the Pittsburgh official Many
are We'll educated and hold positions
OF nonor and trust. while not a few
N fnl
professions. They all bear an inborn
rove Tor America and appreciate how
isenerous she has been to their own
MT Rurnikowskfs post is no sine
in the mines. the deaths resulting'
estates to be settled and the thou
! SAND and one petty matters to be ex
planned to his charges, twelve as
s,ssanis. including one vice consul
ana eleven clerks, are necessary to
run the consulate. The consul said
| that hgures now being. compiled will
| snow where more than ITO. 600 Polish
tAmericans, native born and natural
, during the great war
| Inc district included in Consul
General Meydenthals territory reaches
from Chicago to the coast on the west
and takes in the states of indiana.
! Minnesota and Wisconsin to the nortII
and east There are approximately
100000 Poles in the district. $40 900
| VI WHUHl are IN Chicago alone
! ihere are three Polish consuls gem
erai In the western hemisphere, one
each at New York, Chicago and
montreal, while four consuls look af-
Ter the work at Pittsburgh. Detroit,
Buffalo and Winnipeg.
Sharing the general belief that bow
OF slrl prodigies are cantankerous
CRITTERS. hard to handle, IL was with
bit OF trepidation a cali wa msda
on Horace Wade. the .fifteen-year-oid
novelist, newspaper columnist and
snort story writer. who. with his
mother. Mrs: Harriet Wade. is stop
ping at the New Willard Hotel. whiia
arrangements are being made for an
! interview with President Coolidge by
the child wonder ~
Al! vestige of prejudice was i'm
, me mheoiateiy lately dispe1led, however. once
interviewed more celebrities, nationsI
and International. than many cor
fesponden.s fession sr Grown gray in the pro-
delicate build. Horace. free from ali
Dombast. told of his achievements in
STRAIGHTFORWARD. natural manner
ana when pressed for more about
n.mse.l nm. begged to be excused in order
! tiit tnat ne might run up to Atlantic
CITY so as to be in "at the killing
| Oh the beauty contest there
| AZ nine years of age this extraor-
nay novei .Toufh .poub5e seompieted snsd his frst
| California argonauts. At eleven he
| performed the remarkable feat OF
| striking off in thirty days a 1000
Tord manuscript, known as In the
large sale. The book was prefaced b~
george Ade. with Irving S. Cobb sec
ona1ng the motion. Young Wade has
| is about to leave the presses
BESIDES attending high school in his
nome. nome town. Chicago. the boy con-
of the Windy city big dailies each
| week. He has written hundreds Of
| short stories
During the past two years he has
| lnterrlewed for one of the big syndi-
| Gates or the country no less person
! ages Than the Late President Hard
ing, Thomas Edison, Mayor Hylan of
! NeW York, Secretary of Labor Davis.
SnieT SIN T, Justice William Howard Taft,
erai work, Rupert Hughes, Sir Gill
pert Parker. Elinor Glynn and Others.
| ii. ne mas been kissed by Mary Pick
hoSa hofa' rs is intimate with all big league
faVorite sport, and has PLAYED if the
| MOVIES. taking part in a play which
| 1heiuded as one of it's chief actors
Judge Ben Lindsay of Denver.
| primarily, young Wade is in town
20 interview the President for his
SYNDICATE, and If successful will leave
Luz Chlcago to resume his studies. He
was porn in St Louis. and his father
~ EDWARD Wade, now. of Chicago
And right now Cocoanut Grove. Fla.
is wanted on the phone.
| AFTER travelling the universe l;yino
suInclentiy long at all celebrated re-
| sorts. cities and communities noted
LOT delightful environments F W
| bodley, native of the little collepi-
| ave town of Cheltenham, Gloucester
shire, West England. but for the past
SSnlrty years resident of the United
states. Is firmly convinced that Cocoa
nut Grove. small haven a few miles
! spot on earth
| Mr. Bodley. with his wife and sop
4 arrived at the Lee House after a CON
| tlnuous motor trip of 5000 miles dur.
ing which time he visited CalifornJa
colorado. the north country and manv
noted resorts on the Atlantic coast
ana Is now on his way back to the
land OF cocoanuts and palms.
| the traveller is noted horticuItur-
lst, ana is loud in his praise Of the
| In All Europe to touch it," said MI
| Bodley. as he enumerated the yari.
Gus nowers, plants and grasses for
| winch the country is famous. at have
traversed the world, and have No
hesitancy in saying that the florists
| OF the United States cannot be enuaiaJ
\ anywhere" equdieu
most enthusiastically of conditionso in
Florida, saying that the nast Soar
had been the greatest In nnmbers af
tourists entertained. and that never
4 In the history of the state had thsra
oeen such extensive building