Evening star., 1924-07-06

tury houses which had gradually
collected about the park and no
ground plans or drawings were in
existence. M. Paul Lyon, head of the
ana, talking over the situation with
some American students, he discov
cred that several had sent whole
sets OF picture Istt postcards Of the
doubtedly some could be procured.
Naturally Arras and all that section
ilong the firing line for more than
four years had not been able to save
postcards. Scores of them arrived
in answer to appeals made by stu
dents, artists and architects and now
there is not an agile of the old square
md it's flanking houses which was
not secured in this manner. The
restoration began in 1920, but has
progressed very slowly until recently.
l9ed 50 isUfshiy n s Rhems
has also aided Arras and SO, too, have
Or. Nicholas Murray Butler and Miss
Anne p. Morgan. But the Beaux
Arts. its alumni, present professional
;taff and students. have borne the
prunt of the labor and expense which
'oon will give back to France one
the r"st picturesque parts of the
devastated area.
The American ambassador, Mrs.
Kellogg and their niece. Miss Eliza
beth Otis of st. Paul, were consplcu-
Gus at the installation at the drink
ing fountain at the bridge at MARROW
erected by dramatists and actors,
American and British. to Charles
Frohman, who was one of the victims
of the sinking of the Lusitania- The
venerable James Barriee, who was so
close a friend of the great American
producer, was the prime mover in
this undertaking, and beginning his
collection of funds very quietly. he
soon found himself simply over
whelmed with offers of help. Practi-
cally the entire American contingent
of masks and mines now in London
rushed forward and the fountain was
secured at an incredibly low cost to
each contributor. Mr.. Barrie ap-
pointed Pauline Chase, a pretty little
Washington girl, daughter of the late
DIR. Ellis Bliss, as treasurer-in-chief
Pauline Chase, the stage name of
Pauline Bliss, was Mr.. Frohmans
first Peter Pan" and her rendition
of the part took England by storm
She did not originate the part on this
side of the world. however. that
honor having at the request of Mr..
Barrie gone to Maude Adams. Fred
eric Harrison was made permanent
chairman of the fountain committee
and the occasion was brilliant one
attended by thousands of Americans
n London for the Empire exhibition.
NARROW, quiet resort on the Thames.
some twenty miles above London, was
d favorite resting place of Mr.. F'roh-
man and he frequently gave dinings
to intimates at the old inn. The foun-
tain is of marble and is very un-
obtrusive in a bend of the river bank
some yards below the bridge.
Washington was deeply interested.
though not extensively represented.
1t the dedication of the memorial tab
let to the late Admiral Alfred T.
Mahan in the Church of the Holy In
nocerts at Highland Falls. \. Y. re-
Gently. Admiral Mahan lived many
years in Washington, and II was here
rhat.he wrote that epochal book, The
Sea Power, SO extensively quoted
during the arms convention and be-
fore that at Paris and Versailles. AS
the Church of the Holy Irnocents is
adjacent to the summer home of Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert Satterlee, Ondaora,
they took over the hosptable duties
IN connection with this memorial
ceremony. Miss Jane Leigh Mahan
unveiled the tablet, and many MEM
bers Of the family were present Ad
niral Plunkett ard his aides. Lieut..
Gordon Sherwood and Lieut.. Desmond
Sinnott. gave an official touch. while
many other naval officers were pres
napclis. where Mahans memory is
kept green through the constant
study of his writing by the cadets.
The great hall of flags where the
naval nDrary is situated, Is called
Mahan Halt. and a large representa-
ton came from there. too. The Mill
tary Academy at West Point was well
represented by Col. and Mrs Timber
lake, Lieut.. Col. and Mrs. Alexander.
with several others in lower rank
Miss Charlotte Harding, daughter of
the late Bishop Harding of Washing
ton, was sent to represent the local
Naval History Society, and Sir Esme
Howard dispatched Mr.. Ieander Nc
Cormck Goodhart to pay the cour-
tesy of his nation to this great naval
commander and writer. Twenty
eight officers from the Fox were in
charge of all the details.
Mrs. Seth Barton French with her
daughter, Mrs. Augustus Weiland
Bird has returned to her old haunts
at the Virginia Hot Springs and is