Evening star., 1927-12-04
Tales Of Well known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Plans Formulated for Reception Of Di5tinsui2h-s !
E. s' Visitors in Washingto gton-Special Notes
Relating to World Notables.

: Kahn served for several terms on the
board of management representing
tn Pacific Coast section OF the Ma
tIonai Congress She is the second
woman San Francisco has honored
! with seat in the House of Repre-
santatiNes, Mrs, May +. Nolan having
1lled the vacant term of her husband,
iohn / Moan. after his death in l9-5,
She did not seek reelection.
Mrs. Mary +. Norton of Jersey CITY
enters on her second term as a mem
hel Of the House, and she has become
well known and very popular. speak
ing most happily on all themes an IN
an extempore, informal way. she Is
! much in demand
The latest recruit. Mrs. John w
Langley Of pikesville. Ky, passed her
I girIhood when her father. James Madl-
! son Gudger. was the member from
/ Asheville. \ c. Her marriage to kep-
resentative Langley occurred IN hef
1 fathers home in 1904. Mrs. Langley :
! brother. Robert Emmet Gudger. L. 5.
/ ~. married Miss GeneVieve Walsh.
only daughter of the Senator from
| Montana.
It was inevitable that Col. Lind
hcrgh's intensive campaign through
the country should lead to an active
crusade in behalf of flying as com
mon means of transportation, and 1t
is of interest that two very Well
known men ale beginning a crusade
of "fv Your own ship" These are
Mr.. Vincent Astor and the music-loV-
ing son of Otto ii. Kahn. Roger Wolfe
Kahn. Mr.. Astor has for months
maintained a seaplane on the grounds
Of his Long Island estate, and he and
Mrs Astor were, last Summer, in the
habit of starting off in the early dawn,
getting breakfast in their New York
CITY anartment. attending to many
details and then returning home IN
time to look spick and span for lunch
con. at which almost daily guests
were entertained Mr. AStOr has re-
Gently bought hiplane and uses this
in lieu of motor cars. Mr.. kahn.
whose musical engagements compel
him to live in New York City, uses
a Bellanca plane for hurried trips ana
few DAYS pass that he does not spend.
some hours in the air. He is his own
pilot and rarely takes passengers, al
though his father has been his com
pa Mon several times from New York
to Boston.
The Secretary of Agriculture, DR..
William Marion Jardine, never neg
levts an opportunity to advise the
owners of large estates to plant nut
bearing trees wherever there is space.
He explains. however, that unless the
planter is very young. his work Will
be enioyed only by posterity. but that
should not discourage those who de-
light in having a pleasant shade on
the fringe of small estate or those
who can spare an extensive acreage.
from setting out such ornamental
trees as the English walnut, the
black walnut, the butternut and hick-
ory nuts, which will thrive all over
continental United States and in due
time produce crops which viii add to
the value of the land, besides furnish
ing dainties for the table The Eng
lish walnut is of a comparative rapid
growth and a good crop may be obtain
ed from a 10-year-old tree. Besides. 1t
has good formation, broad, graceful
branches. and the leaves are so aro-
matical that few of them crushed
add aroma to any bouquet and is
very often used in finger bowls as
are lemon verhona and calacanthus.
Mr. William H. Vanderbilt has re-
Gently put in several acres of black
walnut trees, all over years old, on
| his Newport estate, dpd these take
the place of some pines and ever
greens which were getting spndly
and nnsightly Some Of the fine coun-
try seats in the Berkshires had older
trees transpla nted. and the owners
hope tn have hickory and butter nuts
in few years. especially with inten.
sive cultivation. There are also great
tracts of black walnut trees lately
planted in New York estates along
the Hudson as much for the timber
as for the nuts.
| Sir Philip Sassoon. who is the Brit
ish undersecretary of air. who makes
| frequent visits to Washington during
| lis tour of inspection OF aviation, is
| the advance guard of an especially
| commissioned group of air experts
who are to visit this country and
make exhaustive reports on what is
/ deemed the American development of
| flying. Sir Philip, who was parlia-
mentary secretary to Mr.. Lloyd
/ George during his entire term as
premier has been to Washington be-