Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-06-16
BY THE MARaC USE DE FONTENoY.

Memories of the battle of the Boyne
| which is commemorated to this day
| by the people of the north of ireland
! and by the southern portion of the
Emerald Isle, each in their own par
! ticular. rather obstreperous fashion.
usually with broken heads and black
| ened eyes, have been revived during
| well known obelisk, nearly 200 feet
] high erected on the spot where VIII
liam ITS general, the Duke OF
Schomberg. was killed by a cannon
ball. was blown to pieces and torn
| from its rocky base. The first stone
of the obelisk was laid in 1896. that
| is to say. some forty years after the
| battle. by Lionel Sackv!lle. Duke OF
Dorset, then viceroy Of Ireland.
For close upon two centuries the
obelisk has been a landmark of the
entire region. perched on a rocky
eminence on the banks of the river
just about two miles to the west of
| Drogheda. People Of Ireland, prospect
i've of party, resent the outrage as wan
ton. and naturally attribute it to those
irregular armed forces now abandoned
and repudiated by De Valera, but who
started their campaign Of useless and
ruthless destruction, arson and plum
der under his direction, at his insti-
cation and under his auspices.
There Is one sovereign In Europe
who affects tramcars; namely, King
Hakon of Norway, younger brother
Of the King OF Denmark, and. through
his marriage to Princess Maud of
England. a brother in-law of King
George v. King Hakon and Queen
Maud have a very stately and i'm
pressive-looking palace at Christi
ania, with lofty ceilings, and the en-
tire atmosphere of which Is redolent
of state and pomp and court cere-
mony. Indeed, despite its splendor
the Metropolitan Palace is rather op-
pressive. Under the circumstances
1t is not astonishing that the mon
arch and his wife, who love simple
have established their home in q
large and roomy chalet on the slope
of one Of the mountains forming a
background to the city.
They live there with their only boy
now a student at the university, and
as owing to the steepness of the
gradient of the hill automobiles are
prohibited from being used there, he
makes his way every morning down
to his workroom and audience cham
Der in the palace by the tramcar, usu-
ally with a portfolio under his arm
and chatting in the most unaffected
manner with the other passengers
Norsemen are extremely democratic
and care but little for rank and title
| Indeed, there are no titles in Norway
| but one, namely, the Baron of Wedel-
/ harrisburg, now King Hakon's envoy
| in Paris. and whose title is Of Swed-
! ish origin. He mainly uses 1t abroad
and as for the rulers of Norway, they
are addressed not as your majesty, bu,
plain "Mr. King" and Mrs. Queen"
Frances ambassador in Japan. who
! post had achieved fame in his ma
| tive land as a poet and playwright
has Just produced at the Imperia
Theater of Toxic a wonderfully fas-
| conjunction with one of the leading
native composers. The ballet is
| being interpreted exclusively by
Japanese actors. actresses and
| dancers, and the music is as striking
as the performance.
| Paul Clduuel commenced MS VI
| fetal career as an attache of the
French consul general in New York
, from whence he was transferred to
China. There he devoted his leisure
time to the writing of poetry and
plays based on Chinese life and tradi.
| lions, and had the satisfaction OF
seeing a number of his own plays
presented on the Chinese stage.
In Japan. when appointed to his
present post as ambassador. he found
! that his name had gone before him
| and he was received with open arms
not so much as shrewd and OBJ
| servant diplomat, but also as a poet