Evening star., 1924-10-12

papers on the Versailles treaties. If
such ever appear. lie acted many
times for Sonnino. and, speaking Eng
lish perfectly, he was most impor-
tant figure when the covenant of the
League of Nations was in the making.
Argentina is the logical country to
receive Italy'S overflow population
now that this Nation has made such
stringent immigration laws. 1t is for
| this reason that Premier Mussolino Is
raising the legation TO an embassy
and appointing the foremost and
most accomplished member of foreign
service as the first ambassador.
Count di Niano comes of an ancient
house of Turin, and his country seat
on the hills above that city is
feudal stronghold religiously visited
by all energetic tourists.
Lord Berners. one Of England's
| richest and most impressive bache-
lors. Will soon arrive IN this country
in the unfamiliar role for Il visiting
mob eman of an operatic producer and
will look over the field offered in
Gotham to get material to present
his own work. music and libretto,
la CaroSse du Saint Sacrament,
adapted from the novel and play of
Prosper Merines. As a play. this
had a wide vogue in Paris about 20
years ago. Lord Berners has pro-
duced several good musical come
dies, notably "EantaSie ESpaSnole,
which, at the request of King George,
he produced in the private theater at
Windsor while the Spanish King and
Queen were visiting there. This tai
entcd young nobleman is known in
the literary world by his excellent
rendition into modern diction OF the
first English translations of F'rois-
Sart'S Chronicles, made by his tar
removed grandfather. the Lord Bern
erS Of Henry Wits era The present
head of the house Berucrs, which was
established on British soil in the days
of the Norman conqueror, writes un-
der his family name of Gerald Tyr
whit. and his crest with Il dainty
| lap-wing of peewit, as Americans call
this neat little bird, and which in
old English is tyrwhitt, adorns ali
that comes from his pen. An operate
program emblazoned with a Norman
coronet will be among the novelties
of the present season.
Mr.. and Mrs. John \. f Cecil. who
are returning to Washington within
the week. to remain for the Beck
Tuck nuptials. for MIR. Cecil and the
bridegroom prospective of Miss Be
atrice Beck. the much admired daugh-
ter of the solicitor genera. have been
friends since their early years. The
exact occasion of their meeting was 4
visit which Mr.. Cecil. always a globe
trotter. made to Cairo IN the days
when Judge Tuck, Pinckney'S father.
was judge of the high international
court which sat in the old Egyptian
city half of each year The two
friends travelled much together and
Mr.. Cecil has been sympathetic on
locker while Cupid was winging his
shafts. He is to be among the ushers
at the wedding on October % and
Mrs. Cecil will be among the host
eSSeS at the pre-nuptial amenities.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil attended the we'd
ding in Louisville last Wednesday of
Miss Louise Ross Todd, who had been
one of Mrs. Cecirs bridesmaids last
Spring, and of young Seymour Parker
Gilbert and after ii visit to friends in
Chicago and Il period of sightseeing
in Americas second city, with which
Mr.. Cecil is unfamiliar, the CeciIs
Will come TO Washington to remain
until after October 25 This is their
second visit to the Capital, which
must always occupy a unique place
in their affections as the scene OF
their meeting and subsequent ro-
nance.
Mr.. Robert III. Davis, editor of Mum
Sey 5 Magazine and often the guest of
Mr.. Frank Munsey when that pub
fisher was more frequently in Wash
ington than he is now, is attracting
the attention of all American fiction
lovers by his proposed monument to
William Sidney Porter, universally
loved as .. Henry. Mr.. Davis pro-
poses to erect his memorial to the
most universally read American
writer in Asheville, n. c., the place
of his birth and where he is buried
among his people. .. Henry's lit
erary fame has been secured by va
rious endowments and by chairs
favoring his work occupied by teach
ers of English in various journalistic
schools in New York and elsewhere.
But the actual happenings of his life
and the marking of them has been
neglected. The hort-story writer
served a term in the Ohio peniten-
tiary for a technical offense against
the banking laws of Texas, and the
cell where he was confined and where
his literary genius developed has been
marked by d bronze tablet and will
have all the interest for the coming
generations as that of Oscar Wilde |
at Reading Goal. DIR. B. &. Williams |
of New York has been selected by Mr.. !
Davis as chairman of this o. Henry !
Memorial Commission, and the firm |
of Doubleday, Page & Co. is acting as
general treasurer. The several pro- |
fessors of the Pulitzer School of |
where an o. Henry prize !
is offered each year for the best short |
story, will also act on this commits |
sion.
Mrs. Augustus Welland Bird, daugh- |
ter Of Mrs. Seth Barton French, who |
spent the Summer as her mothers |
guest in Rosemary Cottage, Hot |
Springs, Va, is sailing very shortly |
to join her husband, Maj. Bird Of the |
British army, in their picturesque |
home at Westcott, near Dorking. |
Mrs. Bird is the premier dog fancier |
OF Great Britain today, and her ken |
nels, called the Placemore, make the |
dictum for dog shows and for the |
finer points of rearing sheep and bird |
dogs. That she was last year chosen |
president of the Surrey Canine Asso-
citation, the oldest in England, proves |
in what esteem her activity in her |
chosen field is regarded. Mrs Bird |
has several of her most beautiful and |
dignified collies as her companions |
this Summer. and nothing in Hot |
Springs attracted so much attention |
as they did when their mistress took |
them for a stroll Mrs. Bird is very |
blonde and rather petite, and she |
looks her best on a horse. She has |
been active in the foxhounds about |
the spa. Maj Bird Is at present at |
Aldershott. but will take the usual |
vacation for the hunts, when many of |
the dogs at Westcott kennels will be |
tried out.