Evening star., 1925-08-02
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Senior Beltran Matthew, the Chilean Amba ssador,
At 473, Is Nestor of Washington
Diplomats

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and TO have a rose accepted by the
testing committee at Bagatelle is as
much of an honor among gardeners
as for an artist to have d canvas
hung in the Luxembourg. M Her.
riot had two of his creations so hon
ored. that exquisite deep saffron rose
which he called for his native city.
THE Star of Lyons" and which is
among the few yellow and really de.
pendable roses of the Summer gar.
den. For his splendid rose called for
his wife, Mime. Edouard Herriot, -
the former premier not only received
certificate from Bagatelle, but he
obtained the 1000 prize offered by
the Daily Mail. NJ, Herriot viii be a
guest of the rose testing garden at
Arlington Farms, when the Secretary
of Agriculture will be his host and he
win also be proffered a reception at the
headquarters of the American Rose
Society in Philadelphia and will prob.
ably make an address to the mem
bers.
I Mary Wallace, in the form of a
rose, is among the American sue
cesses of the queen of flowers in
France. Every year a certain num-
ber Of new American roses are ex-
changed for new French ones, but
few remain popular, or on the open
market, more than a season or two.
But the full creamy, pink rose named
for, the elder daughter of the late
Secretary of Agriculture, Henry Cant
we'll Wallace, has proven an exception
and 1t Is a favorite for house decora.
tfons, perhaps more so in France
than in the country of it's birth. The
Bagatelle testing gardens have ac-
cepted but few of the enormous out
put of American roses, but the
Radiance, My Maryland and American
Beauty. had preceded the Mary Wal
lace. The test continues for two years
in this famous French rose plantation
so that no verdict has yet been issued
about that bloom which is so univer.
sally beloved in Washington, the
Columbia, and of which thousands
of lustrous pink blooms make the
rose garden along the Speedway such
glory all through Spring, Summer
and until late Autumn.
Nine. Hanoum, universally re-
garded as the leader of the feminine
movement in Turkey and the first
graduate of the Woman's College In
Constantinople, contemplates a visit to
this country in the Autumn, when 1t
is generally believed diplomatic rela-
lipIlS Will nave Deen resumed D6IWeen
the United States and the established
government at Angora. Nine Hanoum
Is closely associated with DR.. Satieh
Allie, physician of note, who is now
one OF the attendants at the Ameri-
can Hospital on the Bosphorus and
these two practically wrote the set
OF laws recently presented to the
Angora National Assembly. Under
the old regime, represented by the
Sublime Porte, women had few rights
under the Moslem law and these were
but lightly enforced. The leaders of
the Turkish Women's movement are
affiliated with the Young Turks and
an intensive study of the rights
granted TO women under the laws of
other countries Is occupying much at
tention- In pursuit of such knoWl.
edge Nine. Hanoum and DR.. Allie have
recently spent six weeks in England,
and they propose to visit France,
Germany and the Baltic republics
paramount political issues Mrs
George FL. Huntington. wife of the
vice president OF Robert College, has
taken a cordial interest in the strug-
giles of the Moslem women to break
the shackles of centuries. and her
beautiful home, which is on the Bos-
phorus and built on a promontory
Wnlch is rully 800 feet above the
water, is often offered the committee
for their meetings. Mrs. Huntington
is the daughter of Mr.. Cleveland H.
Dodge. and is, like all her family.
of philanthropic trend DR.. Hunting
ton purchased his beautiful home
some years ago and it is famous.
in the annals of Constantinople, as
the residence of Sir Edward Wortley
Montagu, and from which the talented
Lady Mary Wortley Mantagu wrote
her charming letters.
The venerable Chauncey NJ Depew
and Mrs. Depew have decided TO pass
the remainder of July and all of Au-
gust in Lenox and have secured
pleasant quarters in Hotel Aspinwall
Former Senator Depew. who is an old
friend OF DR.. Harry A. Garfield. has
accepted his invitation TO attend a few
sessions of the Institute OF Politics at
Williams College and will, with Mrs.
Depew. be his guest for each week
end during the month the session con-
unues. Mrs. James Il. Mann, widow
of the lamented Representative from
Chicago, is following her custom of
passing the Summer in Lenox and will
also make few visits to the institute
Several Princeton professors have Sc