Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-06-05
By MARGARET b. DOWNING.

come members of the South Dakota
State Society of Washington. ID. e.,
upon the completion Of their soJourn.
The hospitable custom of taking into
their fold as South Dakotans all those
who pass "a Summer within the State
boundaries was instituted by the local
society as part of the See South Da-
kota" movement, which has been
gathering momentum for the past five
years.
Mrs. Robert ]. Gamble, wife of a
former Senator from that state, fire.
uuently quizzed her associates in the
Congressional Club in regard TO visit
inc the land of the Dakotas, famous
in history. song and legend and she
found that not out of 20 ever passed
through its territory in daylight.
Trains out of Chicago. Des Moines and
contiguous points leading West in
variahly entered the State Just at dark
and left It at daylight and it's scenic
beauty was thus lost for hundreds of
travellers. a systematic campaign
began for daylight trains through
South Dakota and these were becom-
irg fairly frequent when the great
stream of travel by motor solved the
question. Now the State and it's
superb national parks in particular
get their fun quota of visitors, not
only those passing through, but many
who spend the entire season, hunting
fishing or merely enjoying the Won
derful climate and unsurpassed seem
cry. AS the President became a dew
otee Of fishing during his Adirondacks
days last Summer, he will find self
constituted committees of fishermen in
readiness to convey him to secret
IL, g
rise for the skillful angler.
Senator Peter Norbeck and Senator
William Henry McMaster have been
tireless in their efforts to prove TO the
President how delightful a Summer
would be in the Black Hills and what
a diversity of pleasure would await
him. Senator Norbeck. who is of
Swedish descent, was born when the
mighty scenic State was still a ter.
ritory, and he is a most enthusiastic
South Dakotan in every sense. SEN
ator McMaster, who is serving his first
term, is from the Reighboring State,
Iowa, and was educated there and in
Beloit, Wis Going to Yankton in the
early 19e0'S, he was in 1910 elected
to the State Legislature and has been
in the public service ever since Mrs,
A1cMaster, who was a college chum of
her husband at Beloit, was Miss Har-
riet Heustle, and the Senator and his
wife have recently celebrated the
twenty-fifth anniversary of their mar
riage.
Senator and Mrs. Norbeck have been
In Washington since the beginning of
the Harding administration. Their
home is Redfeld, and Mrs. Norbeck
7 xrIf 10 A o
y. Another interesting member of
the South Dakota Congressional dale.
cation is Representative Charles "A.
Christopherson of Sioux Falls, who is
president of the State society located
In Washington and who will in that
capacity pay his respects to the Pres
loent some time during the Summer.
Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt the elder
whose journeyings in various parts of 4
the world have caused much interest,
according to her own statement in a |
book on antique aufxfture,. recently |
published. with the well known author |
and humoriSt Charles Warren Cliff !
lords name on the title page, is in-
tent on gathering certain pieces OF |
household equipment sought IN vain |
IN this country. Mrs. Roosevelt. il |
viii be remembered, called herself "a |
JunkSnupper," as the late Archie |
Butt gleefully related in his letters,
but now she says that her son, Ker. |
init, has surpassed her in this regard |
and can scent a curio through brick |
walls four feet thick.
Living for some time in Spain, Mr. |
Kermit Roosevelt acquired some mar
Vicious carved chairs and tables with |
illuminated leather insets, which were
done in the golden age of this indus |
try, the early seventeenth century. |
Mrs. Roosevelt has been searching
South America, said by many to be
the best market in the world for old
Spanish furniture and much better
than Spain, which has been depleted
OF its best treasures. Mrs. Roosevelt
has been adding to the general Span
isa character of the library at Saga.
more Hill, and her recent quest in
Argentina and other sections of the
Southern hemisphere was most sue
cessful. Old tapestries also claimed
her attention, and some of the ancient
hammered brass in quaint pitchers
and vases. which prove so effective in
odd places among books.
The Greek Minister'S wife and son
will spend part of the Summer at
Newport, and this appears to be the
amount Of contribution which the
diplomatic corps at Washington will
make to that famous resort. Newport
has not attracted the foreign contin-
gent in appreciate numbers for some
time, because, it is surmised, the high
rate of living expenses makes it pro-
hibitive for all but multimillionaires.
But the North Shore of Massachusetts,
viii be as popular as ever for Sum-
mer embassies and legations, and Bar
Harbor will claim its quota also. The
Danish Minister, NJ. Constantine Brun,
has been going to the Maine coast for
nearly Is years, and the Viscount
d Alte, the Portuguese envoy, was his
close neighbor all through these So
journs. But the viscount and his
bride sailed for Lisbon two weeks ago,
and it is problematic whether he will
resume his duties again in Wash.
ington.
Not for some years have so many
ENJOYS been engaged in seeing this
country. The British Ambassador and
Lady Isabella Howard have Just re.
turned from an ocean-to-ocean tour Of
the United States. The Argentine
Ambassador and his family are now
making motor trip over practically
the same territory. The Swedish Min
lister intends to make a tour Of the
Northwest before joining Mime. Bos-
from and his daughters in Stockholm.
The Egyptian Minister and Nine
Samy are to spend the Summer trav.
cling through the national parks be-
yond the Great Divide. The charge
d'affaires of Czechoslovakia and Nine.
Lipa intend to visit California late in
the Summer after the return of the
Minister, NJ. Fierlinger, who is now in
Prague.
Mr.. Alexander X Macomber, who
has since about 1920 conducted one of
the important private race tracks in
the Seine-et.Oise region of France,
has staked much on one Of his horses
making a record at the many import
ant events scheduled for June. The
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