Evening star., 1926-11-21
BY MARGARET B. DOWNING.

fanu. ana Tor the past two weeks have
been the guests of the Macintosh of
which is located in one of the most
prolific moors in the United Kingdom
Tor grouse, quail and pheasants The
present Macintosh is the brother and
heir of that chieftain of the ancient
house who, in April, 1915. married
Lady Maud Louise Cavendish. daugh.
Ter Of the Duke Of Devonshire, then
governor general of Canada. Capt.
Macintosh was, a few months later,
sent to Washington on official busi-
ness and was an almost immediate
victim Of the prevailing influenza. His
widow in 1928 married Hon. Evan
Baillie Of Dochfour in Aberdeen. Moy
Castle has entertained British royalty
1or the grouse huting for almost 500
years. AS Prince of Wales. George V
was an annual visitor and he has
gone there for 20 successive years
since he became King. This year,
however. he and Queen Mary spent
the hunting season quietly in York
shire. only following the hounds oc.
rasfonally and spending most Of the
time salmon fishing. The Ambassa-
dor. Mr.. Houghton, is not an enthusi.
Hstic hunter. but Mrs. Houghton does
not hunt at all. Moy Castle, however.
was filled with celebrities, and all the
guests found it exhilarating to ride
in at the end of the day and see the
enormous bags Of game. The Hough.
tons are now established in the newly
equipped American embassy, in
Princes Gate, and the house warming
has been set for Thank sgiving eve.
,ling.
Robert Fultons home on the banks
Of Conowinso Creek. % miles south of
he city of Lancaster. Pa. and on the
crossroads where the way to Phla.
slelphia and Baltimore merged, has re.
Gently been receiving much attention
from artists and historians. The elder
Robert Fulton had owned this farm,
consisting of 364 acres, when. in 1865,
his distinguished son was born. This
first Fulton came from the North of
ireland and married a prosperous
farmers daughter soon after and grad.
tally gathered this substantial hold.
Ing. There were five children, and
tho farm Is still owned by the de.
Fcendants Of the first Robert Fulton
in Lancaster County. The future in
Nentor attended the academy in Ian.
easter and, declining to follow his
fathers calling, he went to Philadel.
phia, where he spent his time alter
nately in mechanics shops and in the
studios of artists. He had some sue
'esS as a miniature and landsca pc
painter, and managed by this work to
Keep the wolf from his door while he
made experiments in steam naviga-
zion. 1t was I'm 1907 that he launched
his steamboat, Clermont, on the Hud-
son River. at New York City, and the
ridicule and discourage cement received
ht this trial voyage preyed heavily on
MIN. he died eight years later, not
quite 80 years old, and he was con-
1dent that his invention had changed
The progress of trade and turned the
tide toward his own country. The
old cottage where he was born is pre-
served in eXaCtitude. though later Full.
tons have built commodious mansions
on their acres and have every acces-
sorry for comfort and luxury in their
suburban homes.
robert Frost, the poet, who has re.
Gently been appointed professor of
English at Amherst College, Mass,
Is according to his own statement,
accidentally a Californian. but of old
New England stock. Mr.. Frost re.
turned to the home of his father for
educational purposes and made his
1lrst studies at Dartmouth. then at
Harvard and later at Amherst and
the University of Michigan. He has
been what is designated poet in resi-.
dence" at Ann Arbor, Mich. giving
Lectures on the divine art of verbal
rhythm and writing suitable odes on
occasions. This past Summer he was
called to the chair of English by the
Presidents alma mater and Is now
enga ged in the task of teaching Am.
herSt students If not to write good
poetry at least TO recognize such
when they read It, For some years
the poet has subjoined that occupa-
non. not always a remunerative one
with that of teaching, and he has
II
lis jineleS We're long familiar to the
public before he went over more seri
nuSly to the muses.. and his best
known and longest contributions are
North of Boston," "A Boys WILL"
New Hampshire" and "A Mountain
Interval Mrs. Frost was Miss Elinor
White Of Lawrence, Mass, and she,
foo' dallies with verse occasionally.
The John Singer Sargent memorial
wing in the National Gallery Of Mod
ern Art. in London, recently was
opened for the public and the hordes
of Americans rushing home at the
end of the season had the first op.
portunlty to view 1t. It is one vast
chamber with the usual rounded walls
toward the ceiling and glass dome
reaches through beautifully tinted
spaces. Under splendid dado is q
single row of pictures. all by the mas
ter. and arranged with excellent eff
feet and with sufficient room between
each to give it the idea of a separate
hanging. The place of honor was
given. after due consultation with
Sir Joseph Duveen and his associate
directors at the National Academy, to
that portrait of the late Lord Ribbles.
dale. which King Edward VII named
The Ancestor" But a portrait which
attracts almost as much attention is
nf hn
an exceptionally fine study and paint
ed not more than year before her
death. Another canvas Of a great
actress is that of Ellen Terry as Lady
Macbeth Forbes Robertson and his
lovely American Wife, the former Ger
trude Elliott. create much enthusiasm
Almost every British statesman of re-
nown OF the present generation is
pictured in this Sargent gallery
Washington has a few Sargent can
vases and that OF the former Ambas.
sador to Paris. Henry White, is one
OF the best. Mr.. White knew the re-
nowned painter very we'll in the days
when both were beginning their ca.
reers. Mr.. White being an undersec-
rotary of the American embassy and
Mr.. Sargent student at the acad.
envy.
Lord Astor, according to the news
from London, has purchased the IA
NOUS weekly Punch. and one Of his
first moves was TO order all advertise
ments of alcoholic beverages off it's
sheets, the reason given being that
no publication containing such is per.
mitted within the domain of Uncle
Sam. This action caused all Britain
10 laugh gleefully and to remark that
at last Punch was really funny. Lady
Astor has been for years one Of the
stoutest champions OF temperance
that the United Kingdom possesses,