Evening star., 1924-10-05
By MARGARET II. DOWNING.


NJ Jusserand, French Ambassador
and dean of the largest and most dls-
tinguished corps of diplomats gath
cred in any one capital today. is pre-
coded on his return To the embassy
here hy the perennial rumor that
he Will remain only to make the GUS
tomary farewells and will retire from
the service toward the hrSt OF the
new year. NJ. Herriot, the premier.
has de, Jared for new blood ana new
policies in the French foreign serV-
ice and this would, "of course, aHect
the Ambassador in Washington. But
there is another reason to believe
that NJ Jusserand's stay in the Amerl-
can Capital will be brief. On Fehru-
arV Is of the coming Year ne Will
reach his seventeen birthday anniver-
Sdry and it has been his intention Tor
long time to retire from active work on
this date. He has in view the finishing
Of some important literary studies ana
Of writing the experiences OF httS
Years in diplomacy. 1t should make
graphic story.
For Napoleon III ruled in France
when. as Il beardlesS youth OF ~.
lean Adrieu Antoine Jules JuSserahd
to give him all the names which he
signs on ceremonial occaSionS-was
appointcd in the foreign office and
the burning question between ms
country and this was the presence OF
NiaXfllian in Mexico. He went through
all the GraduatiOnS of diplomacy ana
reached the pinnacle when he was
less than fifty, that of being named
Ambassador to the United States IN
succession to NJ Jules Cambon. In the
more than thirty years since France
elevated her ministry here into an
embassy there have been but two am
haSsadurs for the first. NJ. iatrrnotre,
may be considered such by courtesy
only since he had already been trans
ferred to Constantinople when his
papers arrived. and he left Washing
ton within Il month.
Nine Tusserand, who has been 50
dignified and gracious chatelaine of
the French embassy always is styled
an American. and she regards her
self as such. though she was born
right in the heart of old aristocrauc
PaliS on the Avenue deS Champs
deS' ElySee, and never saw the land "t
her fathers until she came TO this
country as the wife of the French
Ambassador. Her father was a
banker from Boston, associated with
the firm of Munro ct Gle, and he had
gone to France as "A young man. mar
ricd a French lady there, and became
thcroughly French in ideals and pref
crcnCfs. Mrne. Jusserand. however,
in the past - years of her residence
in the United States has made amends
for her long absence. She has re-
r"wed ties of the most remote KIN
dred of the Richards family in and
about Boston. and has with the Am
hassador visited many points of in
tereSt all over the country. The old
mansion in the Champs des Elysee
which Mr. Richards had occupied for
many years and where his children
were born was the Paris residence of
Miss Richards. the elder sister of
Nine. JuSserand. until her death about
a year and half ago. 1t was then
sold. for like the remainder of the
neighborhood that section has
changed since the young American
banker purchased it for his bride, and
is no longer a desirable residential quar-
ter.
Mrs. George W. Vanderbilt has just
received an honor unique in the State
of her adoption. North Carolina-that
of being appointed by Gov. Cameron
Morrison a member of the State
Board of Agriculture from the tenth
district. where the vast Vanderbilt
properties are located Mrs. Wander
bit is the first woman to be so hon
ored and she has graSped her duties
and obligations with firm hand
She Will entertain the other members
of the board from the tenth district
at the newly finished Hotel George
Wander bilt. in Asheville. and will for
mulate a policy to be presented when
Gov. Morrison calls the entire body
to conference early in ecember.
Though technical schools and for
estry have been more congenial
themes for study both for Mrs. Van
derbilt and her daughter, Mrs. Cecil,
the agricultural interests have been
well taken care Of too, though
expert hired aid. Now these
ladies will take up the subject to-
gether with those in authority in
North Carolina, in order to develop
the rich resources of the State. North
Carolina is the one State in the Union
which can produce every fruit. grain
and vegetable which any other COM
monWealth can boast, and system
of intensive farming to make better
yields and to transfer one sort of
crop from a part where it does only
moderately we'll to another where it
will be much more productive is
among tn" policies to be discussed.
Meantime Mrs. Vanderbilt is deep in
the work of building her new home.
and Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil have plunged