Evening star., 1924-11-16

mington country seat, which lies
quite close to the first powder mill
which this illustrious family started
in this country.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnetts
fame is so interviewer with Washing
ton that many will follow sympa
thetically the subsequent career of
her son Lionel, the original of Little
Lord Fauntleroy." but known In
Washington as regular boy. Lionel
has inherited the vast fortune of his
mother and the fine estate, Plandome
Park, at Piandome, y. Y. which has
been for several years his home. He
married some six years ago Miss
Constance Buel, daughter OF Clarence
Clough Buel, the editor. and with his
family has lived at Plandome Park,
caring for his mother and looking
after her affairs. Mrs. Burnett had
been in fragile health for the last
five years. though her great Will up
held her against the encroachments
Of disease. Lionel Burnett has lit
erary turn. and has done some excel
lent newspaper work. But he has
enjoyed but small opportunity TO fol-
low his own bent. especially since his
mother became an invalid. He is
fond OF country life. and it is said
that the occupation of gentleman
farmer makes its appeal. with letters
only as a side line. Mrs. Burnett. as
Miss Buel. did some clever verse and
is good illustrator, but these fortu-
nate young people lack the incentive
which makes writers and artists, and
will no doubt settle down to enjoy
the good things OF life and with just
enough work to keep them from be-
Ing bored.
With a remembrance of Wa ashing-
ton in those hectic days when the
base ball championship consumed its
people as with fever. the recent
action of President Coolidge in found
ing an annual challenge cup in Army
and Navy contests revives the hope
OF 4 foot ball classic played here to
become a permanent part Of the
Autumn schedule. There are former
foot ball champions and to spare in
exalted places-the Attorney General,
for instance, who was the hero of
Amherst in 1874, and at whom the
present Chief Magistrate looked with
adoring eyes. The Secretary of the
Navy was a big man In the game in
his Annapolis days. and there are
scores of champions in the legisla
tive chambers. Why the Capital can
not lure one of the big events to this
city is unexplained. With such
stadium as the Catholic University
recently has finished and which is
capable Of seating from 10000 to 90,
600 spectators, the major objection
to Washington as 4 foot ball center
| is swept away. The Secretary of the
Navy recently tried to have the West
Point-Annapolis game here and il
was a crushing blow that he did not
succeed. But there can be no doubt
that the success which attended the
Washington team in the pennant
hunt opens wide vistas in other di-
rections and to have one of the big
gest foot ball contests which the
country knows is now the summit of
ambition with variety Of outstanding
citizens.
DR.. and Mrs. Nicholas Murray But
I ler and their daughter. Miss Sarah
Butler. are following their usual Gus
tom OF passing November in a pic
turesque shack which they own out
side of Augusta, Ga. This lovely lit
the City OF Dunes is delightful in
midautumn and the particular at
traction which it has for the Buffers
consists in its bird population, which
reaches the heights between the heat
of Summer and chilling nights of
Winter. Augusta, as every ornitho-
logical authority viii confirm, is
migrating station for the mocking
birds. and In November literally thou
sands Of them collect on the sand
dunes and MAZE the air CULVER With
song. All the people thercabout
spend their time and substance boil
ing eggs hard and placing them
chopped on lettuce leaves as re-
muneration for the marvellous con-
certs they enjoy. Miss Sarah Butler,
who is the Republican national COM
mitteewoman of her district. worked
uncea singly during the past cam
paign and was much in need of rest.
This she finds in the balmy, sunny
air Of Augusta and her soul is re-
freshed and uplifted by the glorious
bird songs. which keep'up all day and
Ter will make their annual pilgrimage
to Europe early in the new year
the former in connection with his
work in restoring the library of
Louvain. The building proper ap-
proaches completion and the task of
regathering the destroyed volumes in
duplicate has already begun.
Since President Coolidge has frank
ly declared against calling an extra
session Of Congress. Washington has
a entire year to wait before making
the acquaintance Of the new con-
gresswoman, Mrs. Mary r. Norton
Of Jersey City. unless, as rumor has
it, she Is coming to the Capital this
Winter to attend a meeting Of the
New Jersey State Society. Like Miss
Jeanette Rankin and Miss Alice
Robertson, Mrs. Norton won her seat
on her own merits and because Of
her personal popularity. 1t will be
remembered that the other two wom-
en- in Congress were there by virtue
Of election to fill unexpired terms,
Mrs. Frank Huck, that of her father.
Billy" Mason, and Mrs. Nolan was
elected to replace her husband. Mrs.
Nolan declined nomination, and Mrs.
Huck was some time ago defeated
by mere man. Mrs. Norton has al
ways worked for the party which
honored her even. before woman had
vote. She has sounded a clarion
call for light wines and beer, but
Now Jersey makes a fetish Of this
policy and its two Senators. Edge
and Edwards. one a Republican and
the other q Democrat, are both COM
fn1tted to labor increasingly to re-
peal Mr.. Volstead's ruling. Mrs.
Norton's real strength in her district
came from her sturdy battle to make
the city fathers recognize the neces-
sity OF financing day nurseries. She
made house house appeal for in
dorsement and funds and finally
a chain of such excellent institutions
was formed and that Jersey City has
now what is deemed the model Of its
kind for industrial cities.
:. Tarrytown- on the Hudson has re-
Gently set UP bronze bust Of Wash
ington Irving in the Irving Memorial
Chapel near the grave Of Americas
most beloved writer. 1t would seem
reasonable that the National Capital
should follow this example, even at
so late a day, for Washington Irving
lived for moro than IS years here,