Evening star., 1927-10-30
BY MARGARET b. DOWNING.

HAS WITH MTS. foTONU bcGH ttlS utSt VI
the city of York, Pa, for the past 10
days participating in the celebration
of certain important events which
transpired within its precincts $50
Ayears ago The Continental Congress,
fleeing from Philadelphia after its
capture by Lord Howe, proceeded to
Lancaster by way of Bethlehem, but
not convinced of the safety of that
point, continued its wandering to York.
This was the Capital of the United
States from the 30th of September,
1777, until June, 1873. York staged a
colorful pageant from October is 10
October 25, the lord mayor of the
ancient city of England appearing as
Henry VII, the Tudor, and Mrs.
Brown as Elizabeth of YORK, the VIII
some princess who became queen CON
sort with the first of the Tudor llhe.
The city fathers of the younger oTk
municipality represented the lrehleil-
dous characters of the momentous
period which was commemorateu' tiie
sicners being depicted as well as the
military leaders, Gen. Washington
hand his staff, and the sturdy citizens
Ayho entertained the Congress and pro-
vided creature comforts for them dur
ing their six months visitation. Inc
old County Courthouse, which has
been immortalized pictorially as one
of the several legislative halls or the
Nation, was long ago demolished ana
its site is now absorbed by the grow
ing area Of the city. York, Pa, was
n holding of Springett Penn. the eldest
son of William Penn. and it had been
deemed rich agricultural country from
the earliest days. AS an Incorporated
town, its charter dates back 10 l'4l'
when the first house was bullt along
the old Monocacy road. Its original
settlers all come from the Palatinate
of the Rhine.
! Count and Countess Roger de Re-
pigny, the latter well known here as
Mrs. George Carnegie, daughter OF the
late Benjamin Thaw and sister OF lha'
Miss Cornelia Thaw who married nrst
the Earl of Yarmouth and later Mr.
Geoffrey Whitney of Boston, are among
a party of friends whom the Naharal Jan
of Kapartha has invited to be ms
guests at the durbar which he VIII
hold in January. After the deatn ol
Mr.. Carnegie, the nephew of Andrew
Carnegie, his widow married Count
Roger de Repigny, and makes her
home in Paris. Other well known
Americans who also will share the
Maharalah's splendid hospitality are
Mr.. Anthony J. DreXel, Mr.. and Mrs.
John r. Drexel and Nine Domicio de
Cana, widow of the former Ambassa-
\ dor from BAIL to Washington ana TOT
many years a resident of the Capital.
This colorful East Indian potentate'
who is deemed one of the richest hlen
of his era, spends as much time IN
London and Paris as he does in his
own domain. His durbar to celebrate
the twenty-fifth anniversary OF his ac-
cession to the throne will be a Sor-
geous affair, and invitations are eager
" sought He has been an extensive
traveller and spent a few months in
this country during the time he was
studying in Oxford. He is a keen
patron of sports, and no person with
any sort of a record in the field OF
athletics passes through his domain
without receiving some courtesy.
Nine. Royen, wife of the Minister
from the Netherlands, who came to
Washington late last Spring, will be
among the prominent new hostesses
in the diplomatic corps and none will
have a more stately environment. The
government of the Netherlands has
furnished the legation at Euclid and
Fifteenth streets in the richest and
most artistic manner. The pictures
alone are worth a fortune and they
form one of the worthiest small pri-
yate collections in Washington. Many
of the famous old masters of Holland
are represented and the canyaseS
show versatility, for there are those
misty landscapes of the dykeland
which are so highly appreciated by
the modern art critic and the solemn
pines in the dunes, and then the
cheerful still.life pictures and domes-
tic scenes which reveal the national
fti ATS of the Dutch. The entire lega-
ZION is well provided with pictures,
and those in the chancelry are par
ticularly appealing. This legation
home, built from plans furnished in
The Hague and under the supervision
of the former Minister Jonkheer de
Graeff, now royal governor of the
Dutch East Indias, has a particularly
large and well lighted chancelry which
extends down Euclid street nearly a
hundred feet. From the entrance up
the brightly polished brass step rails
and along the corridors hang canvases
by illustrious masters of the seven.
teenth and eighteenth centuries, and
an the large waiting room are some
fine canvases of Java, Sumatra and
the strange lands over which Queen
Wilhelmina holds dominion. The
Dutch marquetry of the drawing
rooms is superb and the rugs, tapes
Fries and drapings are all OF Neither
land manufacture.
NJ. Andrieu Tardieu. who lived in
washington Tor more than two years
as French high commissioner. has
caustically commented in his recent
book, Facing the Obstacle" on the
fact that Senator William E. Borah
; has never been to Europe 1t would
astound this keen French critic Of
American affairs to learn how MANY
eminent public men are in the same
boat with the Idahoan in this re-
gard, and that il does not mean lack
or appreciation of France or any other
country in the Old World. President
and Mrs. Coolidge have never been
across the Atlantic and of the chief
ana gistrates and their wives who can
be recalled in recent times. only the
Roosevelts, Tafts and Hardings had
made journeys across the seas. The
Chief Justice William Howard Taft
went on official business, to become
Governor of the Philippines and later
10 visit this insular country on a
tour OF inspection when Secretary of
Wax, Theodore Roosevelt and Pres
tdent and Mrs. Harding went as
fravelers. 1T also is recalled that
president and Mrs. Wilson were in
France at the close of the World
War. Farther back President Grant
svas the only eX-chief magistrate who
ever made the grand tour and Roose.
Eelt followed the same program when
! be was In private life. But the ma
\ sority of the 80 men who have been
Presidents of the United States never
e&w Europe. Despite the many jun
ketS made by the members Of the
House and Senate, it would astonish
NJ. Tardieu TO know what a mum.
ber know France only in the academic
sense and a survey of Representatives