Evening star., 1925-06-28
BY MARGARET B. DOWNING.

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Gov Ralph O. Brewster of Maine is
cooperating with the citizens of Bar
Harbor in their ambitious enterprise
in entertaining all the governors in
the family of States July g. and 5.
Bar Harbor issued this invitation
some months ago. and a hattering
number of acceptances has been re-
ceived. The executives of the States
may come early or late on July 3. and
will be comfortably placed in the Nal
vern Hotel: that is. if these officials
have not previously accepted private
invitations. as many have. Only on
July will there be a formal enter
tainment. and this will include flight
In the Shenandoah, a yacht race in
the afternoon. patriotic exercises at
various hours and a motor tour over
Mount Desert.
The Pot and Kettle Club will enter
tain the governors at luncheon on In
dependence day, and there will he an
Ella borate alfresco banquet at the hotel
that night with diversity of lesser
feteS edged in whenever an hour is
unscheduled. About II pm. there will
he a ball at the Swimming Club. and
most likely the last function of this
perfect day will be an invigorating
plunge in the surf. Naturally. the
visitors will be permitted to spend
sunday, July D. as they wish
quietly with friends or motoring about
the picturesque country with the
Governor of Maine as the enthusiastic
guide. Among those who have ac-
Cepted the invitation are the remain
ing five chief executives of the New
England States, the total from the
1our Central States. led by the vigor
Gus Alfred Smith of New York and
Clifford Pinchot of Pennsylvania the
governors of Maryland and Virginia.
with 10 others from the South
scattering of four or five from the
Middle States and as far west as
colorado and Utah with the charming
Mrs. Nellie T. Ross of Wyoming lend
ing unique interest to the occasion
and Gov. Horace Towner. on leave
from Porto Rico. to give the insular
touch.
Gov. John w. Trumbull of ConheC-
ticut, who was recently the host of
Young John Coolidge. son of the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Coolidge. who will be
of the distinguished company enter
tanned by the hospitable denizens OF
Bar Harbor. is the grandson five times
removed of the famous Gov. Trumbull
friend and adviser of George Washing
ton. who is immortalized as Brother
Jonathan in the earliest chapters of
the Nation s pictorial history The
great leader of the Patriotic Army
never made a momentous decision.
without first hearing what Brother
Jonathan had to say" Col. John
Trumbull. the eminent artist whose
portraits of distinguished people of
the Revolutionary era are so largely
owned by Yale. was the grandson of
the first Jonathan Trumbull of Con-
necticut. the pupil of Benjamin West
but laid down his brush to take up
the sword during the Revolution. He
accompanied John Jay to London and
tradition makes him the author of
the eighth article in the famous Jay
treaty defining the boundaries be
tween northern United States and the
Dominion of Canada. Trumbull was
commissioned by Congress to paint
four of the large canvaaes in the ro-
tunda of the Capitol His master
piece, The Battle o. Bunker Hin."
painted in 1856. is owned by the city
OF Boston The present Governor of
Connecticut is the fourth in descent
from this versatile son
Sir James Alexander Mackenzie. ell
der, high commissioner from Australia,
who was knighted during the recent
birthday festivities of King George
of England. has several times empha-
sized that the United States is the
only powerful country of the world
which has political capital entirely
distinct from its financial and indus
trial metropolis. AS result. the Aus
tralian commissioner. though filling a
post which has an important diplo-
matte aspect, lives part of the year in
The financial capital of the Nation.
New York. and must make frequent
visits both 10 Chicago and San Fran
riSCo to transact affairs with a dis
tinCt bearing on trade relations. Blu;
the keen eye of the Austraii1n noted