Evening star., 1925-04-19

from Ohio. Joseph Benson Foraker,
married Mr.. Victor A. Cushman
great granddaughter of the illustrious
actress, though many times he has
been obliged to explain that he Is not
a grandson. This pioneer of American
tragediennes was in every sense a
great actress, and her role in Meg
Merilies' is mentioned whenever the
histrionic annals of the past are re-
| called. She had inherited a moderate
fortune, and she made a greater one.
in her profession. Some of her furni-
ture and works of art are sold in New
York and in this city from time to
time, and they always command high
prices, and are in every way worth
having. for their own worth as well
as for their historic associations.
King Fuad of Egypt has recently
issued a formal invitation to the in
ternational committee in charge of
arranging the Olympic games to have
these momentOus contests staged next
year in Alexandria. But the games
must necessarily be played in the
Winter instead of the Summer, as
heretofore, since the heated term in
Egypt practically sends all the upper
class and all foreigners out of the
country. Besides the Olympic games,
the African Olympiad has always sent
an overwhelming number of sports
men to Egypt Immediately after
Christmas. King Fuad has announced
generous subsidy for the games and
long list of money prizes add to the
zest the donors being the rich beys
and pashas, who, like the King, have
been educated in oxford and Cam
bridge and have absorbed the English
mems relish for athletics. 1t is GER
tain that despite much dissatisfaction
over the management of the Olympic
games in Paris last Summer, Amer
leans will accept the invitation of the
Egyptian King. while British athletes
have unhesitatingly signified their ap-
proval. The champions of sport the
world over are endeavoring to make
friendly compromise in the contro-
versy which RACES for and against the
professional in competition with the
amateur, and it is hoped that some
solution will have been reached be-
fore steps are necessary to provide
for the continuance of the Olympic
classics.
Under the enthusiastic leadership
of Queen Alexandra, all of England
is commemorating the centenary of
the birth of Hans Christian Ander-
sen, the beloved author fairy tales.
The queen mother knew the great
Danish writer in the flesh, and the
ume of his first tales which he pre-
sented her when on a visit to Castle
Bernstorff, the grim old fortress on
the North Sea where her childhood
was spent. So feverent was King
Edwards conSort in her praise of the
Andersen fairy stories and so often
did she present them to children at
Christmas and on their birthdays
that the vogue of the Dane became
f,, n,zI In, Ifa
land. At least % years ago, his statue
was erected in the children's garden
at Hyde Park, surrounded by the most
appealing of his literary yoffspring-Cin-
derella, Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel
and Gretef and the Princess OF the
Swans. Teachers in the public schools
of London have been taking their
charges to the statue and repeating
the principal events in the life of the
centeniarin, while flowers have been
placed there every day by various
organizations. About 10 years ago
admirers of Sir James Barrie pre-
sented Peter Pan and the children
and the cat and the dog to the Ken
singtOn Gardens, and this group also
has its constant juvenile visitors and
never lacks for flowers.
MIR. John f. Achelis, who has a
large estate near the Rumson section
OF the Jersey coast, Is lHe PROUD
possessor of a pair of ospreys or fish
hawks, which have been nesting for
10 years on a tree near q bank of
the Shrewsbury River, about mile
from the ocean. Mr.. Achelis has been
chary Of sharing his secret, for fear
of maura auders seeking the wonderful
plumage of these birds. now protected
by stringent laws in every State, of
the Union. This year, however, he
has asked a few naturalists from the
Smithsonian and other friends, and
they have observed from time to time
the building of the nest, which is
about s feet across, is constructed
very loosely and is almost level on
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