Evening star., 1924-05-18
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Honey Charm of White House Under Mrs
Coolidge Impresses Visitors Miss Sears
.- Becoming Tennis Judge Landis."

as kiss. and this is now preserved
as souvenir of deep interest to thou
sands of visitors to the great museum.
Nine. Appel, wife of the president
of the University OF Paris, invited a
large company of Americans to the
opening, May /, of the woman's hall
connected with the venerable seat of
ntxes that in building and equipping
such an affiliation to this most an
cicnt OF French institutes Of learning,
she Is following an American prece-
dent. The Woman's Hall is on Boule-
ward Montparnasse, in the heart Of
the Latin quarter, and it has every
modern convenience for study, enter
tainment and athletics. While those
taking courses at the university have
the preference of rooms and tables
Paris is eligible provided there is
space. Already every inch has been
taken and the faculty of the uni
verstty has secured additional Sleep
ing quarters in the neighborhood. The
cafe is conducted by famous chef.
but the prices are far below those
asked at the usual restaurant of the
Latin quarter The American am
bassador and Mr.. and Mrs. Sheldon
Whltehouse were among those at the
housewarming, and Mr.. Hcrrick made
a neat little speech about similar in
stitutions in the United States. This
nall differs from the many British
halls for women at Oxford, CambridEe
ana other renowned universities in
that 1t is merely for those matricu-
lated in the university and has no
resident classes, and IL has been mod
eled mainly from halls in Leland
stanford. Cornell and other American
coed colleges.
MT: whitney Warren. the American
Alchitect who was selected for his
special ability to rebuild and restore
tne library and other buildings of the
university of Louvain, DESTROYED nv
the German guns early in the world
war is endeavoring to have n large
phrt or MS work completed in time
Cardinal Mercier. which is to be ceie-
Dated In September Though some
contributions to the Louvain funo
nave come from the alumni, members
OF which are scattered in every part
of the world. the major part of the
vast amount was raised BY commit-
tees appointed by Dir. Murray Nicho-
las Butler, president Of Columbia
University. in New York City. Or.
Butler has also secured gifts Of VOL
unes 70 replace as far as possible
the extraordinary literary treasures
from almost every renowned library
IN this country. Europe and the East.
NJ. Warren and his associate archi-
tects have given, earnest attention to
.he restoration of the fine old garden
ABOUT the library. which was in hap-
pier days favorite place of retreat
tor cardinal Mercier. One corner of
the lower grounds. whore old tagged
walks were surrounded by borders OF
nardy flowers and where a tinklinC
FOUNTAIN played and a venerable sun
uial marked the passing hours was
the Invariable spot which the great
prelate and patriot of Belgium sought
"hen some particularly valuable or
inter"sting volume had been added
70 the lthrary's treasures Cardinal
Mercier has actively aided in restor-
ing this old garden. and it is now
quiet and secluded as il was in the
Gays before the gray legions of Ger
many had battled down the detenses
of Liege.
Gen. Tasker II. Bliss. now in -esi-
dence at the Soldiers Home and en-
Toying more leisure than falls to the
lot of the active Army man, is EN-
plovfng these mellow days in histor-
zeal study. Gen. Bliss. who is a ripe
American delegates to the Versailles
congress- in which the late Woodrow
Wilson figured so dominantly. has
recently contributed to n local his
torical magazine thouahtfnl article
on the military tactics Of the Roman
empire i'm the days when the Teuton
tribes began their depreda tions on
the realms Of the Caesars. 1t is alto
gether a delightful sketch, and shows
that Gen. Bliss during the days of the
the past 7" explain some present prob
lens. The article was suggested by
IN exhaustive work by An Oxford pro-
fessor on the same theme, and 1t is
among the ablest Of the several which
have appeared in British and Arneri-
can magazines. Gen. RliSs has been
comma ndant at the beautiful home in
northwest Washington founded by the
bounty of Gen. Winfield Scott for the
mast three years. and he and Mrs.
Bliss are conspicuous figures in social
as Well as intellectual circles at the
Capital. He was the military expert
on the American delegation at the
Versailles congress. and as such had
to make profound study into origin
and development of feuds end ami
mosities of bvEone ares and is now
making use of some OF these valuable
data.
King Alfonso of Spain is unique in
the ranks of European monarchs in
that he is making a personal effort
to attract the great tide of tourists.
short at the Spanish border. Through
Senior Baldomero, a noted engineer
and publicist. the king has caused the
harbor Of Valencia to be improved
ana mOQernlZeQ ana swift, COM
Portable electric car system estab-
lished which will whisk the traveller
in short order to Madrid. Hitherto
those wishing to reach Madrid landed
at Barcelona, and had to journey by
a slow, undependable train. which
seemingly traversed half Of Spain be-
fore starting for the real objective,
the capital. If the stranger was de-
termined to visit Madrid from France,
the journey was about as uncomfort-
able as possible. for 1t requires eight
cen hours and sleeping cars could be
had only by waiting for a week or
ten days for q booking. Now, land
ing in the venerable old city SO filled
with memories of Columbus and the
conquerors who SO soon after the
voyage set out for the New World, the
most hurried American can have moth
Ing to complain Of, for the trains
await the landing Of ships and set off
as soon as the travellers have passed
the customs and attended to other de-
tails, and within a few hours are in
Madrid. King Alfonso has encour-
aged the formation of a bureau of
strangers. long ago established in
France. italy and Switzerland. Mad
rid has been erecting fine modern ho-
tells and the taxicab system through
out the city and suburbs is said to be
excellent. all owing to the fOYa1 man