Evening star., 1928-09-16
BY MARGARET b. DOWNING.

, ! BY MARGARET ID. DOWNINO.
Mrs. Joseph T. Robinson. wife of the
vice presidential nominee OF the Demo-
cratic party, is. say her friends. de-
voted to her beautiful home in Little
Rock and more than usually proud OF
the smooth velvet lawn and we'll
trimmed plants and artistically ar
ranged flower beds. Many OF THESE
sympathetic friends saw in Senator
Robinson's announcement of receiving
the officials who we're to tell him OF MS
selection as Gov. Smiths running mate
, in Hot Springs rather than in his nome
CITY a Difference to Mrs Robinson
wishes. Mrs. William Mckinley, al
though she had many heavier sorrows III
later years. never ceased to grieVe over
the rough usage accorded her lawn and
flower garden during the famous 'front.'
porch campaign of her husband IN 1896.
At Sycamore Hill, the Oyster Bay
home of Theodore Roosevelt, the scheme
! of the garden and lawn was changed
after the devastating effects OF the 1919
campaign of the Rough Riders in be-
half of 1.-The Colonel" Mrs. Hoover may
have whispered a word in the ear of
her distinguished spouse, which led TO
the abandonment of the rear porch re-
ception in the S street home OF the
candidate and the taking over of the
Massachusetts avenue residence. Mrs.
Robinson spends much time IN th2t
first of all the national parks, the Hot
Springs of Arkansas, which the Govern
ment has acquired. and she has seen
the progress of the celebrated spa from
! its modest beginnings 40 years ago to
the zenith of its popularity now. Like
all who live near this picturesque part
of the Ozarks. she frequently gives pic
MICS during the Summer and some
times joins camping parties in the ma
tional forest.
The Secretary of the Interior. Mr..
Roy Owen West, finds many problems
in his new office not listed under the
head of official duties. For instance,
there are scores of children all over the
country who would like To know why,
since Uncle Sam has reindeers, vast
herds of them. in his Alaskan domain,
<Some of them cannot be sent to
various ZOOS in different parts of the
country. and be ready to reinforce Santa
Claus teams on a pinch. Most OF this
correspondence has been inspired by the
news that MusSolini, replying to re- |
quests from youngsters all over Italy for ,
reindeer, has purchased several hun
dred from the Norwegian government
and these are to roam the high peaks OF
the Apennines and some may be placed
in the geological gardens OF Milan The
Secretary of the Interior who has au-
thority over the wild game of Alaska
and all on the public reservations just
now has very important matters to ad-
just and it is unlikely that any reindeer
will be removed in time to help out Kris
Kingle this coming December "a, but
there seems no reason why in climates
like that of Minnesota. the Dakotas and
the borderland of Canada generally
the children should not have reindeer in
their ZOOS But for the little Washing
tonianS who cherish this ambition, they
must realize that this latitude would
kill off old st. Nick's favorite car
riers in few months.
Prince Folke Bernadotte of Sweden.
who will in october marry Miss Estelle
Manville. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Henry Edward Manville of New York
City and Pleasantville. N. j.. is the son
Of that Crown Prince of Sweden. Oscar |
Augustus. who renounced his royal |
rights to wed the lady of his choice, |
Miss Elba Munck. lady-in-waiting at |
court and daughter of a commoner. |
This romantically inclined scion of roy |
atty was given the title of Prince Ber- |
nadotte and Count of Wisberg, and his |
Oldest son, who is about to wed daugh- |
ter of Uncle Sam, viii inherit his title |
Prince Folke, enjoying many of the pre- |
negatives of royalty and none of its re- |
strictions, has lived on this side of the |
Atlantic for some years. He has the |
most fascinating background for those
who like to trace the ramifications OF
the Bonaparte dynasty and those of the
great commanders generals. He is the
grandson seven times removed of the |
Empress Josephine of the French
fhrnlIul9 oryo0 Of Drin u
sephine, daughter of Eugene de Beau
harnaiS, to Oscar I of Sweden, son and
successor of that Jean Baptiste Berna-
dotte, one of Napoleon's marshals, who.
in 1918 became King of Sweden and
Norway. Miss Manville has a diStin-
guished ancestry and is the direct de-
scendant of John Manville, who came
TO New York Colony in 1874 The Man.
villes were of French origin, de Mag
navilles Of Normandy, who crossed the
Channel into England with William the
Conqueror.
Ethel Barrymore frankly entered her
fiftieth year by a celebration of her
birthday anniversary coincident with
the opening of the theater which will
bear her 9ame. This occasion was
brilliantly celebrated with many friends
and relatives and by the gathering of a
distinguished theatrical contingent
Early in the Autumn this popular
actress will begin a series of repertoire
plays in the Ethel Barrymore Theater.
which is on West Forty-seventh street,
the first of which is to be the English
rendition Of the Spanish play by Mar
tinez Sierra. THE Kingdom of God"
Mrs. Russell Griswold Colt, as she is
known privately, has conducted her own
company since 1901. when she began to
tour with Captain Jinks'' after a
phenominal success in New York City
But this will be her first venture in
managing her own theater as we'll as