Evening star., 1927-11-13
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Incidents of Special and General Interest Relating
to People Prominent in Various
Lines of Activity.

| and Just now radiant with every hue
| of asters, Shasta daisies, late phloX,
| dahlia and chrysanthemums makes a
screen for the musicians Whlle a
| picturesque stone wall, Hanked by
| tall pyramids of box, makes stage
and the curtain is water spouted
i from jets behind the footlights. All
| of these contrivances. somewhat
| elaborated, served Marie Antoinette
and her pleasure loving courtlers In
| the Little Trianon.
Mr.. Horon II. Smith. curator OF bot
any in the museum of Milwaukee some
years ago. took over the direction of
the wild flower club of the Badger
estate and at the present time he has
practically every Incorporated city ana
village in the commonwealth enrolled
to preserve its native flora. Particu-
larly it's marvellous berry-producing
shrubs and the rarer varieties or Wlld
flowers have engaged his sollcltude.
The Legislature of Wisconsin protects
only one flower officially, the yellow
lotus, but SO earnest has been the
campaign by the wild flower aSsocla-
ton, and so diligent its enrolment
of Junior members, that the exquisite
Spring blossoms along the lakes and in
the deep recesses of the woods are
States show such luXurant groWths
Of the passion flower and the trillium
and so many beautiful varieties of vio-
let. The violet is the State flower. and
it would be a sorry hour for the child
throughout the length and breadth of
Wisconsin If he were caught with
handful of wild violetS picked close to
the stem. a sight which so often arous-
es the Indignation of Washingtonians.
Mr.. Smith has divided and subdivided
the State in minute parts and there is
no locality where teachers and lectur-
ers have not penetrated to enroll the
young and their parents in this cru
sade to protect the flowers of the
State.
Mrs. Russell Gurney, widow of a
distinguished British statesman. whose
work as special commissioner in Wash
inston, d. c., in 1871, is we'll remem-
bered by scholars and much praised,
has recently erected an exquisite men,
orial shrine to his memory This is
the Chapel of the Ascension which
faces on Hyde Park little beyond the
Marble Arch. Mrs. Gurney is very
old, but she confided the work to sew.
eral renowned artists and she has
lived to see it completed and now
1id9Scu dS OIe vi the u6duly Spots Oh
London. The Washington treaty of
1871 dealt with the Alabama claims
and Sir Edward Thornton signed 1t
with the then Secretary of State, Ham
llton Fish. but Mr.. Gurney represented
the foreign office of London and he
drew up the terms of the agreement
This exquisite little gem of art in
Hyde Park was opened to special stu
dents and, under certain conditions,
many Americans saw it for the first
time during the past Summer. Some of
the finest canvases by Rossetti and
Frederic Shields. his friend. and an eX.
ponent in the preRaffaelite school.
were purchased by Mrs. Gurney and
now adorn the memorial chapel. There
are marvellous windows taken from an
ancient chapel in the Bavarian high
lands and some fine carved woodwork
from the same community. Not larger
than a fair-siZed drawing room. this
chapel is filled with fine paintings.
of the apostles with bal. |
lnclng canvases of the prophets of |
he Old Testament, all the work of |
Shields, whose fame increases with the |
passing years.
DR.. Stephan Panaretoff. former
minister from Bulgaria, who has be.
,ome a noted figure in the educa.
ional world at Washington, calls at |
ention to the career which seems |
20 await any diplomatist long resi-. |
lent in this country, who wishes to |
remain after leaving the foreign serv. |
ce OF his country. DIR. Bedrich |
otepanek, who was minister from
Izechoslovakia, now is in California.