Evening star., 1925-08-09

lOtIe f<l1Z3Detn NunTOe. THe Is Ire
quently in New York. where so many
of her relatives and friends reside.
George Haven Putnam the publisher
and his talented wife, Emily Ward
Smith, who as an educator and resi-
dent in Bryn Mawr was we'll known
in this city. are frequently here as
guests Of the librarian Of Congress.
Col. Archibald Hubbard, who is the
president of the Monticello Associa-
ton. is naturally solicitous that this
society, which is composed exclusively
of the descendants of the third Presi-
dent, should not become confused in
the public mind with the Thomas JEFF
ferson Memorial Foundation, which is
so rapidly forging ahead in collecting
the purchase price of Monticello,
which is a half million dollars. The
descendants of this most versatile of
Chief Executives of the United States
are keenly interested in the success of
the Memorial Foundation and in the
rega' herring of all Jeffersonia which is
gradually finding its way to Monticello
and giving II the same aspect 1t held
when its founder and creator was in
the flesh. But Col. Hubbard and his
associates have in special manner
concerned themselves in the jefferson
graveyard near the famous mansion
member of the great mans descend
ants have a right to claim last rest
ing place. Already six generations lie
beside the author of the Declaration
and the inclosure is one of the most
beautiful and peaceful spots about the
estate. The officers of the Monticello
Association are, in addition to the
president, Col. Hubbard, Miss Cornelia
Jefferson Taylor, who is vice presi-
~. Il
who Is historian, and Mrs. Pattie Kean
Morris of Calvert street, this city, who
acts in the joint capacity of secretary
and treasurer.
John Adams descendants have like
wise a family association, but their
activities lie principally in the literary
line, since the bearers of the name
have, like their renowned progenitor,
the signer of the Declaration and the
first Vice President and second Presi-
dent, possessed an ample fortune and
had no such splendid estate to main
tain like that which Jefferson left to
posterity in Monticello. There is,
however, a concerted movement
among them to buy and to furnish
the upkeep of the small cottage in
Northampton whence the first John
Adams emigrated to this country with
the quaint epitaph in the old burial
ground near quincy. Mass. There are
several Adams houses, that in Quincy
being one of the most stately, and is
at present the property of Mr.. Charles
Francis Adams, though he resides
principally In Boston and at Concord.
John Adams was, as so many chron-
iclers have noted, the only one of the
first five Presidents of the United
l InI md n
John Quincy Adams, became the sixth
President In the literary sense. the
contributions of the two Adamses who
were Presidents, and of their descend
ants, who became prominent states
men, diplomats and scholars. make a
sound foundation for a memorial as
sociation. Collections OF their writing
and public acts make sizable library
in the corner of the Harvard reading
room and the Adams collection in the
Library of Congress grows astonish-
ingly. The home of Henry Adams,
the historian, on II street, now the
Brazilian emba seems destined to
destruction, but the Adams building
on F street still perpetuates the local
habitation of the second Adams to
become President of the United
States.
u
slobe-trotting Americans as Mine
Host" at Shepheard's Hotel, in Cairo,
Egypt, has recently been in Washing
ton, taking a quiet survey of what is
known throughout the realm OF nos
telry as American methods he had
previously spent some Weeks In New
York. and at the most famous resorts
of New England and down the At
lantic. with a few days given to Chi
cago and the f1ourishing cities of the
West and the middle sections. Shep-
heard's, at Cairo, vles with Danfelis,
in Venice, as having the most eXten-
sive literature, both fiction and in
travel books, of any now in existence.
and in the splendid reading room
which both hotels maintain, whole
cases present the various viewpoints
of illustrious authors. Mr.. Mueller,
who is at present the president of the
E,gyptian chain of hotels, has made
his studies very unobtrusively, rarely
revealing his identity to the hotel man.
ayers until when just about to leave.
After leaving Washington, where he
renewed acquaintance with many Of
ficials and with the members of the
Egyptian legation, he departed for a
tour of Canada, where the best hotels
are patterned half on American and
half on British plans, but with some
distinctly Canadian features, which
give a flavor of originality. Five
o'clock tea is the moSC brilliant feature
of the day at Shepherds, though tea
is often merely a generic name for
light refreshment. which might take
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