Evening star., 1924-07-27

fession in her school for wood
workers on the Biltmore estate.
President obrecon of Mexico has
been calling on the foresters of the
world, and among them those of this
country, in an effort to save Nener-
able tree near his capital which hS-
ures in historic annals as the tree
of the night of sorrow "a cypress.
which is said to be one OF the oldest
in the world, the red Trees of Cali
fornia excepted. This cypress was OF
cohorts bore down on the Aztec EN-
pire. for it was under its branches
that the defeated Spaniard and his
remnant of an army found shelter
from a pelting rain. II was the ira
dition that Cortez leaned against its
trunk and wept. for his army had
been destroyed in the attempt 10 cap
ture Tenochtitlan, as the titE Oh
Mexico was called by the Aztecs, and
he and the few survivors ftared eSo
termination. This happened only ~
years after Columbu made his hrSt
voyage. This cypress was ever after
an object of Vencration. and every
care has been expended TO keep il in
good shape. 1t is now. however,
slowly dying, and it is proposed TO
remove it to a patio of the MeNican n
Museum. where constant care and
dOCtoriug may restore it somewhat
The Indians have superstition that
if this tree dies the old regime or
the AztecS will come again, and sew
eraI attempts to destroy it have been
frustrated by the Mexican govern
ment.
Those tens OF thousands of Ameri-
cans who are spending the Summer
In Eneland-and this number includes
several hundreds of Washington
foIk-will have an opportunity to
visit that mammoth Cathedral of
Liverpool which King George and
his court have just visited in state
and on the day of it's first consecra-
tion. This vast edifice is the largest
church erected in modern times, and
will take it's place beside the great
religious edifices of the world-St.
Peters in Rome, the cathedral in
Milan and the marvellous church of
Seville. 1t is five times larger than
Westminster Abbey and nearly three
times more ground space is covered
than by st. PauIs in London. This
splendid structure. through which the
church of England proposes to show
Athat ecclesiastical architecture, as
known in the medieval ages is not Il
lost art, has been 90 years in building.
and occupies noble site, called
Mount st. James and is directly over
the MerSey, commanding an excellent
view of the harbor. 1t is free in
depreciation of the Norman Gothic,
and is built of gray granite. 1t will
he known as the Cathedral of Christ,
and in actual proportions will rank
next to st. Peters in Rome, and will
now become the second church of the
Christian world
are now travelling through the cha
teau country of France, for the roads
have been repaired and extended so
extensively in the past year that this
favorite route is now all that it was
in pre-war days. That most glorious
Of country seats known as Chateau
de Champs. once the property Of the
sentimental tourist delights in visit
ing because of the beautiful Louise.
is one of the active centers of social
<life about Paris, as the present owner,
Count Charles Cahen d'AnvcrS, is in
residence for the first Summer in five
wears. Chateau de Champs is only 15
miles from Paris, mere trife in
these days of fast motors, and many
distinguished dinner parties have been
entertained in the baronial hall where
history-civIl, political and military
was made in volumes during the re-
gime of the grande monarch. Count
d'Anvers entertained Gen. Pershing
during his recent visit to France, and
Mr. Herrick often joins the company
at the castle. The parterres are
at each side of a graveled road which
leads from the wooded park to the
mansion. They were designed by
Chamblin, and show intricate geo
coleas which surpass even those of
. most beautiful in existence. They
are about $50 feet wide, and have
low balustrade of brown marble to
divide them from the road and from
the clipped hedge. Airplane pictures
OF this superb piece of landscape gar
dening are eagerly sought by visitors,
and when colored seem a fancy pic
ture rather than an actual photo
graph.
Yorktown, that picturesque little
town on the James, where the final
battle of the American Revolution
was won, is at last to be restored, to
be connected with the highway of
travel by a national road. and this
to become available to the many who
journey to jamestown, to Fredericks-
burg and Williamsburg in the foot
steps of the pioneers of liberty. Mrs.
Anthony Wayne Cooke has recently
announced the intention of the
Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion to undertake the restoration of
Yorktown a part of the activities
Of the patriotic society in preserving
Aacred memorials of the past Many
II the ancient buildings Of that York
town of 1881 still survive. Among
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