Evening star., 1925-10-18
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and was three times mayor of the city

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and was three times mayor of the city.
| Daniel Chester French. this Nation S
| accepted premier sculptor, and his
daughter and assistant Mrs Margaret
French Cresson. have, during the past
summer. completed one OF the most
beautiful gardens about Stockbridge
Mass This surrounds the studio.
which serves the double purpose of
being a home for the sculptors for
about seven months, and a work shop
| all the year round. Mr.. French and
his family have delightful villa at
Iaormina, Sicily, and here they spend
the most vigorous part of the Win
ter and take q complete rest from
work. But the Summer is a busy
time for Mr.. French. and his talented
daughter, Mrs. Cresson, now does much
OF the drawing and some of the mold
| ing for her father. besides producing
quite acceptable little statues on her
own account. When both We're weary of
clay and its toll they found inspiration
In planning the studio garden. which
shows the Italian influence in rigid
formality of line, and the borders of
lex and arbor vitae, set against the
solemn background of evergreens are
the gayest of flower beds, and in the
center. with grass walks radiating like
the points of star, is a marvellous
marble pool of gold fish and pond lilies
These intriguing water flowers re-
ceiVe intensive care, and, though the
pool Is less than 10 feet square the
lilies cover its surface all through the
blooming time and furnish sufficient
Tor the table in the alfresco breakfast
room. Mrs. CreSSOn is the wife of
William Penn CresSon, the author and
diplomat. and she has a charming
home of her own at Glendale, Mass.
Miss Beatrice NJ. Ward, secretary Of
the National Conference Of state
Parks, was recently in Washington
examining sites in the various Com
! monwealths, which lie contiguous to
national parks and which may be
comfortably studied on the great maps
in the Interior Department. Miss
Ward. so to speak, Is the cheer leader
of the mighty chorus which goes up
from motorists that there should be
a State park every 100 miles. fur
nishcd with every facility for accom-
modating the growing number of citi-
Zens who live out of doors during
their Summer holiday Wisconsin and
Minnesota have already given a practi-
cal support of the slogan and motor
lists in that section find an embar-
rasSment of riches, when ii comes to
selecting a place for a week or two
OF camping. Several public spirited
citizens Of Wisconsin have contrib
uted more than 200 acres on the lofty
bluffs of the Mississippi River near
Prarie du Chen. The Legislature OF
Wisconsin has set aside 100, 900 acres
of public land called the Northern
Lakes Parks and il has been most
completely equipped for the angler,
the hunter or the seeker after health
in the dense pine woods, which are
filled with mineral springs. Mime
sofa has combined her park commits
sion with her State forestry and game
and fish wardens, with the result that
every variety Of outdoor enjoyment is
open at minimum price to every Wis
itor to this great Commonwealth. Miss
Ward finds the Atlantic seaboard
somewhat behind the Northwest re
gions, but the movement for more
State parks is now well under way.
Miss Harriet Monroe, one of the
best known poetesses of the present
time, and the founder and editor Of
that dainty magazine called Poetry"
has been compiling out OF what she
calls the "F. F. c." first families Of
Chicago those who have reached the
heights in the lyric art. For it ap-
pears that many who belong to the
older and more exclusive families of
the Second City have been endowed
with the gift Of song to an unusual
degree, for no less than six OF the
acknowledged social leaders have
placed books of verse on the market
within the present Summer Mrs
James Mitchell. who was Miss Marion
Strobel, has u charming book of syl-
van verses. which have been we'll
treated by the critics. Mrs. Arthur