Evening star., 1924-05-11

nounced from Sofia aroused the wild :
est interest. But Miss Stancioff never
got any nearer to her American mis-
sion than London, where her father.
King Boris to the court of St. James.
Opposition arose and the secretary
of legation elect awaited calmer
times before pressing her claims.
figure in public affairs of Bulgaria,
and il was possibly on his advice that
his daughter finally renounced her
service in the foreign office and set
tied down to act as chate.aine of her
fathers legation. She has definitely
elderly but quite opulent East In
dian merchant. Sir Kay Muir Of Blair
Drummond, in Perthshir-. AS Lady
Muir has seen STORMY days. for she
was private secretary of the Premier
Stamboulski when King Ferdinand
was deposed. and she held the office
pro tenn during a visit to Sofia when
the statesman was 50 Shockingly as
sassinated last year. the security and
quiet of her Perthshire estate will
probably console her for the expert
ence she longed for in the American
capital. She is. graduate of the
Sorbonne, and her acumen in states
craft is generally acknowledged.
with the tenth anniversary of the
great war close at hand, those thou
their money and brains toward The
rehabilitation of the ruined cities of
france. rejoice at the signs of prog
ress about the cathedral at Rheims
Work-sheds are dotted thickly about
the Gothic structure and the arch
episcopal palace which adjoins it, and
some of the most distinguished archi-
tects and engineers of the world are
on hand to discover the secrets of
those wonderful builders of the mid
die ages. 1t will probably be another
ten years before any marked indica-
tion or the restoration is apparent
for the work is to be done with inf
mite patience and after ceaseless
studies of the old engravings. At the
present estimate of material and
labor. it will call for an expenditure
of almost s10O,OOO.000. One great
shed to the rear of the active quar-
ters of the architects and their aids
has been given over to collected frag
ments of glass from the beautiful
rose window. the finest in the world
which was entirely destroyed by the
German guns. This has been one of
the several headquarters of Miss Anne
7. Morgan. She has contributed gem
erously to the fund which paid sew
eral aged srtists and lacemakers who
gathered the fragments and pains
takingly pasted them on strips of
linen. forming, as far as possible,
something of the original pattern
which will serve as Il model for the
as far as possible this marvellous
work of art. Across from the ven-
erable cathedral is the little Ameri-
can hospital for children and ailing
mothers. with subjoined dispensary
and infirmary for both sexes. This
has a complete staff of American doc
tors and nurses, and is part of
American aid to the regeneration of
Rheims ancient and historic monu-
ments.
Mr.. Herrick, the American ambas-
sador to Paris, is preparing to occupy
the remodeled and now completed Dip
lomatic establishment of this country
about July l. and if his plans do not
go awry he will invite the thousands
of Americans in the French capital to
celebrate their country'S birthday un
der Uncle Sans own vine and fig
tree. Mr.. Herrick purchased the for
mer residence of President Grevy in
Avenue d'Iena about ten month ago
and added a wing for a chancellery
and a general reception hall for Off
cial visitors, while the residential
part is entirely apart. Avenue d'Iena
has been Cor some years the place of
residence of American ambassadors.
one of the most splendid embassies
this country has had in recent years.
that of Robert Mccormick, who was
President RooSevelt's diplomatic ap-
pointee to the French republic, and
the entire neighborhood is filled with
American associations. Mr.. Herrick
endeavored to have Congress buy the
splendid Palace of the Condos in Rue
Monsieur, which would have rivaled
the embassies of other great powers
in Paris. But the Grevy property Is
now deemed a more admirable choice
In the social sense New York is
giving an object lesson in taking
time by the forelock. for the national
horse show has announced its open-
ing date in Squadron A Armory on
October 13. and to close on the 18th
instead of the first or second week of
November. and the Metropolitan
Opera served notice on its stars and
choruses that the first rehearsals be-
gin the last week in October and the
opera proper on November 3 This
must bring the social wing scurrying
back from Europe or the Berkshires
or Aiken or wherever it usually
spends the autumn and makes the
than it has been. All this to keep the
deadly pace a little more evenly di-
vided. December and January brought
forth the prostration of scores of the
leaders. and fully a third of the func-
tions planned for the buds in January
They had gone off some place to rest.
For all these reasons the powers that
be at the Metropolitan fell into the
plans of the leaders of Gotham So
ciety and will begin the opera season
on November 3, with the divine Maria
Jeritza as the lure. Few who own
boxes or lease them will wish to miss
such a treat as the beautiful and dra-
matte Viennese in Giordano'S Fec
DORA" with Guilio Gatti-Casazza as
support. And to implant the idea
firmly before there was the usual
summer dispersal several balls and
afternoon tea dansanteS were given to
debutantes of next November and to
who will bloom forth a sea-
son later. All of which gave this
present spring a distinctive flavor.
for the balls varied from the usual
ones at the Junior League rooms to
that splendid fete which Sir Ashley
and Lady Sparks gave on board the
big Cunarder Berengaria for their
young daughter, Eleanor Sparks. The
party rarely collected. all the girls
who will be presented next winter
being added to the buds of the past
season. Miss Sparks, who is the sec
ond daughter of the director of the
Cunard line. is to be presented at
court this month.
Political fortunes always react in
the personal sense in Washington and
there are many regrets that the next
gathering of the lawmakers will find
the Medill McCormicks missing.
Though Mrs. Mccormick has passed
the entire winter in Chicago actively
aiding her husband in the deadly
struggle which he anticipated in
seeking denomination, she had a fine
social record here, beginning in her
early teens when she aided her moth
er, Mrs. Mark Hanna, in the first
years of the Mckinley administration
and when the home now part of the
Cosmos Club was known as the Don
Cameron mansion. Mrs. Mccormick
was victim of the parking problem
and left Washington because of it,
Their home. that of former Chief
Justice Fuller, was ideal and she
and the senator thought of pur-