Evening star., 1925-05-03

and inSanitary parts OF London into
comfortable habitations built on broad.
open streets; and he has designed ana
built some of the most beautiful ana
ornate of the modern mansions OF Lon
don. This was his first visit to this
country. and naturally New Workers
were quite alert about obtaining his
opinion of its far-famed skyline. But
the distinguished Briton was quite
non-committal on this theme, and on
the building Of such towers as the
Woolworth and the Singer Buildings.
merely remarking that it would re-
quire time to prove their worth. He
was, however, enthusiastic in his
praise of the way that American
architecture is working itself out and
expressing the characteristics of the
people, and he believed that the
zoning law in Washington would.
within the next quarter of a century,
make it the most beautiful and well
balanced city of the world.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Lamb, who
are among the prominent organizers
of the Trans-Asia photo-scientific ex-
pedition, have recently returned to
Peking after Is months spent in get
ting pictures OF the forbidden places
in Tibet and the isolated cities on the
| way from China into that mysterious
| land. Mr.. and Mrs. Lamb. who are
taking film pictures as well as from
| the still camera, were determined
for scientific and historical purposes.
| to follow as far as possible the route
which Marco Polo, the Spanish ex-
| plorer, marked out more than 700
Tyears ago on his journey through
| Tibet to China. They have realized
their ambition in the face of almost
unsurmountable physical difficulties
and through adventures which at
times threatened their lives and those
| of their aides. Mr.. and Mrs. Lamb
| have been in the Far East several
years, and have achieved a reputa-
ton of knowing how to travel in hos
| tile countries without getting en-
| broiled in trouble or calling on the
nearest American consul for aid.
| Their pictures will be used by the
| geogra phic societies of all countries
and will be filmed by the American
| educational societies here and abroad.
One of the first duties which will
! engage the attention of the new Gu
| ban Ambassador who succeeds DIR.
| Cosme de la Torriente will be to ar.
range for the erection of the statue
| of Jose Julian Marti, one of the re-
nowned patriots of the republic, and
| who died in the very first skirmish
which the revolutionary party had
with the Spanish army at Dos Rios
in 1895. The Cuban Congress has just
| passed the bill appropriating $4,000
for the statue, which is to be eques-
trian, and be erected in New York
City, probably in Central Park. Marti
as a mere youth was suspected OF
political plots for the severance OF
the political ties between Cuba and
her mother country, and he served
! many painful years working in the
penal quarries near Havana. On OBJ
tanning his freedom he left Cuba and
| took service under the government OF
Guatamala, and, as such, was for sew
eral years consul of that country in
New York. He then founded the Gu.
i ban organ for independence La Pa
-tria, which was SO powerful an agent
In gaining sympathy and the neces
sary fnuds for the insurrection which
finally came in 1896, and ended even
tually in the Intervention Of this coun-
try, and the complete liberation OF
Cuba from Spanish sovereignty. Mar
II was only in his 40th year when,
after an unsuccessful attempt to land
armed forces in Cuba, he escaped
from Florida and joined the army OF
| Gomez only to be killed at Dos Rios
in the first encounter with Spanish
! forces, a sort Of Lexington in Cuban
history as pertaining to the general
result. The statue will probably be
erected on May 10, 1926, which will be
the thirtieth anniversary of the death
of the hero.
Max Beerbohm, the celebrated Lon.
don cartoonist, has been giving an
exhibition of his work at the Leicester
Galleries, and he has not aimed. ac.
cording to the opinion Of many Amer.
lean visitors, in strengthening the
handclasp across the seas. A series
Of cartoons is called THE Visit of the
Prince of Wales to Long Island" and
| seemingly all the bitterness which
London papers displayed over that
episode has been concentrated in the
pictures. But few Of the leading
hostesses of Long Island are in Lon