Evening star., 1925-09-20

1t is utterly confounding to see In
figures the number of pounds of
canned salmon Washington ana
Oregon send to France alone. when
the salmon of Scotland and England
are so adjacent. ANOTHER Invasion
from this side comes from Mr.. Skin
ner's native State, Ohio, and is what
Is called in this country "shouldera
or the foreleg of smoked and cured
pork. but which sell into the millions
all over Europe as picnic hams.
Mr.. Skinner used to provide these,
delicacies for the picnics which the
Briton loves better than anything in
this world, and properly soaked and
boiled. then spiced and baked, 1t is
altogether quite as delicious as ham
and about one-third the cost. AT any
rate, Mr.. Skinner established the
vogue of the picnic ham and pork
packers of Ohio, Illinois and the Cen
trail States generally have hard time
keeping up with the demand. Mrs.
Skinner who is one of the leaders of
the American Women's Club in Lon
don, Is equally active in Paris where
another large and influential club was
established 30 years ago. She was
Miss Helen Wales. school friend of
her husbands and a native of Mas
silon, also.
Mustapha Kemal Pasha, the stern
President of Turkey, has not changed
the feminist situation one iota in
divorcing his pretty and intellectual
wife, LATHE Hanoum, for he faces
situation which amuses the European
colony in Constantinople and Angora.
but which is making the heads of state
officials grow gray and their faces
haggard. The example of the lovely
LATHE has caused the Turkish women
to take liberties which even the
Westerners, except In rare cases. do
not consider theirs. as for instance
the bathing beaches of the Bosphorus
see beauty shows every day of the
week and every hour of the day. and
the lovely ones have gotten into the
habit of playing tennis after a dip
to dry their bathing suits and to take
the proper invigorating exercise. The
bathing tags are all that the police
of this country are warning against
and which hitherto have been allowed
only at the annual beauty parades at
various resorts. 1t is one of the
sights of the Turkish capital to make
visits to see these tennis games.
Miss Madeleine Kettle who Is to
marry Mr.. Clifford B. Harmon. the
well known sportsman of New York
City, is one American maid who has
found her birth and training no i'm
pediment to success in the realm of
song. She has scored a phenomenal
success in the role of La Tosca" both
in Rome and in Paris, and she Is rap
idly forging ahead to the front rank
of singers, though she is but % years
old. She spent last Winter entirely in
Rome and became a familiar figure on
the rampartS of Castel SAINT Angelo
and in the Church of SAINT Andrea
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of the tragic opera La Tosca" are
placed. Sardou's heroine, according to
critics, musical and dramatic, was
never before presented literally as by
this young American prima donna.
Mr.. Harmon. whose splendid estate,
Marmon-on-the Hudson, is familiar to
all travellers by the New York Central,
is a fervent aviator and has achieved
considerable success. He Is also a
good horseman and belongs to the
Jockey Club of Paris and others on
the continent. Recently, however, he
has gone in for motoring and has
financed several races. The romance
between him and the singer began in
Rome when both were the guests of
the Ambassador and Mrs. Henry Pra-
ther Fletcher. Miss Kettle having
been asked to sing before their Italian
majesties. who had heard and admired
her in opera, was feted at dinner at
the American embassy before the mo-
mentous event. The marriage will
occur during the coming Autumn. pos
sibly in Paris, where Miss Kettle
maintains home.
Mr. Francis King, whose labors in
behalf of the little garden has almost
changed the aspect Of city life, and
whose books on flower raising are re-
garded in the line of text works. has
received a well deserved honor in the
bestowal on her. and for the first time
to a woman, of the gold medal of the
Massachusetts Horticultural Society.
This award is the loftiest in the field
of horticulture which this country can
give, and the particular achievement
which led this venerable and excel
lently conducted organization to honor
Mrs. King was for her success in en-
phasizing the value of color schemes
even in the most modest of flower col
lections. In the Garden Club of Amer
lea this talented naturalist has spread
her ideas and driven home her points
until now few gardeners plant flowers
haphaZard or without needing the
simple instructions laid down for har-
mony and balance. Mrs. King has
gradually become the main authority
in this country on this vital theme of
color, and she is an inspiring evan
prize, known as the George Robert
White medal, is eagerly sought by all
who possess a garden, and the stand
ards attained have to be exalted in
deed before 1t is awarded. Massachu-
setts has possessed this horticultural
society for more than a hundred years,
and the majority of the charter mem
bers are represented now by their de-
| scendants of the third generation. 1t
has published an official organ, called
Horticulture. for many years, a COM
pact little journal which is delight to
read and most valuable to follow In
floral instructions.
King George and Queen Mary, with
practically all the great world of Eng
land, went down to Greenwich a few
days ago to assist in the celebration
OF the 250th anniversary of the build
ing of the greatest existing observa-
tory. The American Ambassador and
all his family and as many of the
! thousands of Americans who are In
London at present as he could provide
for in the limited space reserved for
strangers were of the royal party.
Greenwich, the most familiar term in
geography all over the world, and
from which every nation, friendly or
at enmity with Great Britain, must
touch as the zero point for measuring
its longitude, was founded by Charles
II, and 1t was of interest that since
the merry Stuart monarch graced it's
halls, ESQ years ago, no King or Queen
of England had hitherto visited the
famous suburb, not even to commits.
crate with the invalid pensioners in
the vast barracks nearby. George
and Mary, however, made up for the
long neglect and spent an entire morn
ing in the observatory, going over the
ground step by step through which
the royal astronomer, John F'lamsteed.
finally, through his thousands of ex-