Evening star., 1925-09-13
BY MARGARET B. DOWNING.


The American Ambassador to Ber,
I'm. DR.. Jacob Schurmaun. and his
family are enjoying their new home
IN the mellow days of Autumn that
are particularly inspiring in. the gay
German capital. 1t is well that the
new envoy from this country to the
German republic is in every sense a
cosmopolite. for he must have had
somewhat mixed feelings when he re-
ceived an invitation to attend the lay.
ing of the corner stone of the memo
rial which Germany proposes to erect
In cologne to the Unknown Soldier.
In the Rhineland, according to the
terms of the treaty of Versailles, Ger
many is deharred from maintaining
any military force and no German
soldier or officer in uniform is per
mitted to appear in Cologne, Coblentz.
Mainz, Bonn or other Rhine cities and
this being accepted, the allied council
cannot well refuse to allow the memo.
rial of an unknown who died in the
service of the Fatherland during the
World War. The statue will be one
In bronze and will represent an ordi-
nary infantryman and 1t will be a
special tribute to the two millions in
that rank who gave up their lives for
the Hohenzollern cause. This statue
will be in the public square before the
great cathedral and 1t is to be in the
same sense the future national symbol
that the Watch on the Rhine" was
before the collapse of the central
powers. The American Ambassador,
whose principal duty is to smooth
away all the troubles which confront
this country in her renewal of diplo-
matte friendship with Germany. will
be among the principal guests at the
ceremony which is TO be held in No
vember.
William a. Clark, jr., elder of the
two sons of the late copper magnate
and former United States Senator from
Montana, is also a collector Of art
though he has not yet reached the
one -hundredth part of the fame or
success which marked his fathers eff
forts. Old prints and first editions of
famous art volumes are the speciality
Of this William A. Clark and having
purchased in entirety the we'll known
collection of the late John +. Dryden.
his benefaCtion TO the Los Angeles
Public Library has aroused much en-
thustasm. Mr.. Clark is the founder
and principal supporter Of the Phil
harmonic Orchestra in the City of the
. Angels and being a violinist of un-
usual power, he sometimes takes
hand in the concerts. He is one of
the most successful lawyers of his
home city and he had for years looked
after the legal problems connected
with his fathers vast fortune In
deed, he makes quite enough in his
profession to crafty all tastes for
buying prints or rare books. without
the generous legacy which he received
from the estate of the millionaire.
Mr.. Clark will soon come to Wash
ington in connection with the art col
lection which the trustees of the Cor
coran Gallery have accepted under
the terms of the late William A.
Clark's will. His visits here were few
and at long intervals during his
fathers term in the Senate. and since
then he has come once or twice be-
tween trains and while en- route to
Europe.
Sir Malcolm Robertson and Lady
Robertson, who was Miss Gladys In
gals. daughter of the late Melville E.
.Ingalls of this city and Cincinnati,
are now en- route for Buenos Aires
where the former has been named
British Minister. There Is a strong
probability that the foreign office in
London intends very shortly to raise
It's legation to an embassy in the cap
ttal of the Argentine. But the par
ticular service which is intrusted to
the British Minister and his charming
wife is rather out of the line of diplo-
macy in the regular sense, and is to
heal the many wounds which are evi-
dent after royal visitations to an i'm
portant capital. The Argentine city
has just entertained the heir of the
British throne in the most brilliant
fashion. but there are many in the
high official world and In the trade
realm, which is more important, who
imagine a grievance in the favors dis
pensed during the visit.
Sir Malcolm and Lady Robertson
will have the delicate task of seeking
out the offended, showing them par
ticular courtesy and getting every
thing into shape. AS Miss ingalls,,
Lady Robertson made her debut in
Washington and was among the reign
ing bellies. Her father built the fine
mansion on the corner of Eighteenth
street and Massachusetts avenue, now
the Belgian embassy, where a splen-
did hospitality was dispensed. She
was an intimate of another Washing
ton belle who married a Briton,
Frances Lippitt, now the wife of Gen.
Moreton Gage. The marriage of Miss
Gladys ingalls, occurred In this man
sion in 1917, when Malcolm Robert
son, then untitled, was first secretary
of the British embassy under the late
Sir Arthur Cecil Spring Rice He was
soon afterwards transferred to The