Evening star., 1925-06-21

arranged WeddinS MISS
| unusual honor from the Italian gov
| ernment- in being appointed aide TO
| the most renowned fresCo painter
which King Nictor's country claims.
Guido Cadorin. This leader in Italian
| mural art has been designated to
restore the walls of many of the his
| toric churches of northern 1talE
f! destroyed during the World War by
enemy bombs. With Mr.. Leigh.
Signor Cadorin is now painting the
| walls of the restored church of Nor
| iago in the Piave. an ancient edifice
which goes back to the days of st.
Ambrose. though it was rebuilt and
splendidly decorated during the ron
naissance period The artists will
then take UP the ruined churches of
Nenetia, several of which are III
Venice, and after drawings and copies
preserved in the archives will restore
| them 10 their original beauty.
! Mr.. Leigh, who is the first of the
| present generation of his countrymen
! to win recognition from Italy. and
| possibly the very first to receive
governmental commission. has tried
| all kinds of ART. landscape. por-
| traiture. Still-life, marine views and
| has even dipped into the cubist and
! futurist styles. He has finally Joined
! forces with the increasing number
who hope to restore the lost art of
| freScoing. SiSnor Cadorin has just
completed that marvellous mortuary
chapel in the villa of d'AnnunZio at
! Gardone. work which is recognized
as Of its kind the greatest in modern
| times The erratic poet and play
| wright not TO mention warrior and
patriotic leader. has during his life
time had his genius and services inn
mortalized on the walls of the chapel
where he will eventually sleep and
has bequeathed all to the government
| with a fund TO keep il in repair Mr..
| Leigh also assisted in this work.
Mr. John Van Antwerp MacMurray,
! for several years at the State Depart
| ment and much esteemed in Washing
| ton, is one of the very few men at the
| disposal of the American foreign Of
| fee who has even a working knowl-
edge of Chinese, the language of the
| country to which he has just been
| assigned as Minister. Mr.. MacMur-
| ray in odd moments during his serV-
| ice as counselor OF the American em-
bassv in Toxic studied both Chinese
| and Japanese and he goes TO Picking
| with the comforting knowledge of ad-
dressing the natives intellIgently
| enough 10 have things done as he
wishes OF course, in Peking and in
| the foreign section of Shanghai Eng
! lish is spoken everywhere in hotels.
; banks. shops and in garages. But OH
| the beaten track II is another story
and the devastating credit system
| which exists in China for all foreign
ers. especiaIly for Americans, led Mr..
! MacMurrav to study. the language in
order to comprehend the intricacles
! of the situation But he knows the
venera BILE tongue in the academic
sense. though in the Orient EnSllsh
| is the language of diplomacy rather
| than French, as in Europe. The
| American Minister takes up his eX-
| acting duties knowing many OF the
native officials and his colleagues in
| the foreign corps.
! Mr.. Robert Skinner, a veteran OF the
consular service and recently removed
! from London. where he had been in
! harness for Is years. to the head of
the impor.ant consular division OF
| France with headquarters at Pafls,
struck a timely note in the preface OF
| the Anglo American Year BOOK, OF
which he was the first editor. Mr..
skinner recalled the beginnings of this
| exceedingly useful publication, whlcn
| is devoted to the interests OF the
! American IN 1Eedl DIildhi' oho 'ii.'e
1t was three -fourths social and the
| remaining fraction divided between
! business literature and art wherein
| the sister nations were associated. The
| present volume larger and more COM
| plete than any of its predecessors, Is
! three-fourths devoted to business, ana
! the remainder links society, the arts,
| letters and music together. Formerly
| 1t was merely noted that the United
! States Chamber of Commerce mad or
! fees in such q place, while now every
! individual member is listed with buS1-
ness and home address. Every out
standing American business is listed,
with it's directors. and long tables of
| trade and commerce deck the pages.
| Names of American peeresses are IN
small type and inconspicuously placed,
| whereas once seemingly they made
| the reason that the volume was pub
| lished at ALL But Mr.. Skinner peril
nently remarks that the world re-
| aliZes at last that it is trade and COM
| merce which make the wheels go
| round and that society exists and
| f1ourisheS just in proportion as the
! nation conducts it's business affairs
efficiently.
| The American business man or
| woman. once scorned by the high So
cial lights of London. is now an i'm
| portant individual and receives many
more invitations to the seats of the
mighty than he or she finds it con-
| venient to accept.
| Queen Wilhelmina of Holland and
| King Albert of Belgium are deter
mined that the American tourist who
| inclines to visit their dominions shall
have the path smoothed before him
and all special taxes remitted. Both
the Kingdoms have abolished the land
| ing fee of $40 and customhouse reSu-
lations have been minimiZed to the
last degree. One can pass from Hol-
| land to Belgium and vice versa with
little delay and do the same as often