Evening star., 1927-04-03
BY MARGARET B. DOWNING.

BY MARGARET b. DOWNING.
sH The Senator from South Dakota and
Mrs William Henry McMaster are
lingering for a time in their home, on
K street near Nineteenth street, IN
The hope that before they begin
their Journey West President Cool
adge may announce that he mas
euccumbed to the alluring vista pre-
sented him and will pass the sum
fner in the marvellous Black Hills,
the largest and most diversified OF
national parks. Touring and trout
! s1ishing unsurpassed in the worlo
await him, the Senator from South
Dakota affirms, with mountain climb
Ing. golf, tennis, polo, all the games
for the open staged on the roof OF the
world; and in full view Of the most
guperb scenery are excellent hotels
and extensive groups of community
camps at every turn of the road. NO
doubt the President and Mrs. Coolidge
will enjoy adding to their experiences,
having seen at leisure the largest ma
tional park and from the top OF Har.
ney Peak, the highest point between
the Atlantic and the Rocky Mountains,
looking on the superb spread Of range
and valley. There is located on Har-
ney Peak Uncle Sans foresters. who
have charge of the wonderful groves
on the mountain slopes. The Black
Hills, besides being so picturesque,
are approached in the loftier parts by
| highways which in some places cost
the State $4,000 a mile to build.
Those approaching the Needles have
this distinction and are the most eX-
pensive motor routes in the world.
Senator McMaster was governor of
his State for two terms before he
/ - L.
n dominant factor in the making of
the roads, was instrumental in the
passage of laws which materially re-
duced the price of gasoline in South
Dakota. and finally in every part of
the Union.
Representative and Mrs. William
Newell Vaile of Colorado, who landed
Rt Barcelona, Spain. within the week,
/ have begun a leisurely motor trip
which will extend all over the His
panic Peninsula. This will be the first
genuine vacation the Colorado states
man has taken in 10 years. He has
a connection with a busy law firm in
Denver and when he was not sitting
In Congress he was catching UP loose
ends in legal affairs and aiding in the
political battles of his fellow Repub-
licans. Mr.. Vaile comes from that
famous town of Kokomo, Ind, where
the automobile was born, but his IA
ther, Joel Frederick Vaile, moved
West when he was still a boy. The
elder Vale, who died in 1916, was a
partner of Senator Charles w Water
man and a long established friend
ship exists between the families. Mrs
William Newell Vale, who was Mrs.
Kate Rockwell Varrell of Denver. is
prominent in congressional society,
and is identified with musical and
literary activities. From Barcelona,
Mr. and Mrs. Vale, both expert driv-
ers, Will penetrate the romantic
Andalus1an country, remaining for
some time in Seville, and then going
by easy stages to the Moorish strong
holds about Granada. They will
60 to Madrid. and later to San Sebas-
ton, and intend to journey into
France via the Pyrenees. and end
their motor tour in Paris, where they
VIII remain some weeks before sailing
/ IN July from Havre.
Although the American ambassador
n Great Britain and Mrs. Alanson 3,
d1oughton gave a reception Thanks.
giving day in the American embassy
IN Princes Gate, London-which was
the gift of the late John Pierpont
Morgan to this government-the in
terror work is far from completed
and the task of furnishing still re.
mains of the future. Some odds and
ends were left from the Morgan
occupancy and Mrs. Houghton has
placed in the big mansion the con-
tents OF the house occupied in Berlin
when her husband was ambassador
there. But the furnishing is far from
adequate and with the spring season
less than Gf nfF Gf%
ae perplexing. 1t has been planned
10 make the new American embassy
IN London perfect colonial mansion
and the remodeling of the two houses
into one has been accomplished with
Ibis end in view, In pursuance of
the policy introduced by former Sec
retary of State Charles Evans
Hughes. the State Department will
send representative to London to
view the structure and to pass on
~ officially and also bring back a
detailed list of what is required for
household equipment. 1t is under.
stood that all the furniture is to be
sent from this side and is to consist
either of fine antiques or worthy re-.
productions of the best models, such
as those which are on view in the
metropolitan Museum. But knowing
how slowly the government moves
in such matters, Mrs. Houghton must
face the spring court season with a
sinking heart. But it will, of course,
be possible to rent apartments for
formal occasions and then some
Americans have spacious, we'll fur
nished homes in London which may
Z be used in an emergency.
The Amba ssador to London has,
4 however, while his walls remain bare
except for the beautiful mural effects
created by the continental buff against
cream white ceilings and window and
d door lodges, consented to have Sir
Joseph Duveen and Sir William Orpen
/ hang few choice paintings of present
day artists, in order, so to speak, to
make a market for these canvases.
Sir Joseph Duveen feels the deepest
sympathy with English painters of
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