Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-15

zens of the United States iourneying
through their own country and then
into the continent to the south. The
other is the British slogan so long
printed on all mail going out Of the
British Isle. Buy at Home" This has
not impeded the Britons who wish to
see the beauty spots of King Victors
realm. but it has deferred many from
making any but the most necessary
purchases In seeing America first many
have realized what excellent things may
be bought at home-aS. for instance. the
beautiful and various potteries offered In
different sections. motor tour of
North Carolina will reveal lovely jars
and vases suitable for gardens and
verandas which may be bought in many
small towns which skirt the roads and
at a remarkably low figure. These jars
are artistic in shape and delicate In col
0rine as those obtained at lofty prices
in the Near EaSt--in Spain, Italy ana
other Mediterranean countries. Rock
wood pottery now figures in the list OF
European dealers. hence the anxiety OF
Sienor MuSSolini to attract attention to
Italian wares and to Italy as the ideal
country for a foreign so1ourn.
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The Spanish Ambassador. Senior Ale
jandro de Padlla. has caught the pre-
vailing spirit in Washington to patron
iye the wares of his country rather
than the productions from France which
have held sway in Washington drawing
rooms since Presidents Jefferson and
Monroe made French household equip
ment popular 1t is wonderful how the
handsome embassy of Spain lends itself
TO such decoration. and entering the
patio it nigh. easily be belived that the
house was in old Seville. Beautiful
Spanish things were brought from An
dalusia and form the floor and mar
velouS wall covering to the height OF
four feet from the base In the early
Spring the flower edges about the
fountain were aglow with vari-hued cy-
clamen. and just now they show pro-
fusion of Summer ANIMALS not sur
passed in color by those in the Sunniest
part of Spain.
The Spanish government has been
Systematically closing royal palaces,
hunting lodges and remote country
seats rarely occupied by the reigning
family, and the furniture of these
places has been sent to various en-
bassies and legations in every part OF
the globe From A private chapel on
the outskirts of the Basque country.
near royal hunting preserve, the Am
bassador and Nine. de Padilla have
received a gloriolsly carved wood
stall, made probably In the fifteenth
century 1t makes a hall piece which
cannot but inspire envy in all who see
ii and its figures of saints with
golden halo making impressive splaShes
of color fit in with the general fur
nishings where the national blessed of
Spain. Santiago, or st. James the
Great. with his disciples In Hispaniola
appear on tapestries and in terra Gotta
medallions.
Count Adelbert de Chambrun. who
has been for five years commandante
of the French army in Morocco and
Algiers, was recently transferred TO the
Toulouse division and is at present.
with his wife. taking vacation In
Paris. The countess holds distinctive
place in French letters and in recog-
milton Of her Illuminating essays on
French operations in the Riff coun-
try. and her wonderful descriptions Of
Fec and Rabat. the government re-
Gently conferred on her the blue sash
of the Legion of Honor. Mrs. Buckner
WaIlingford OF Cincinnati, sister OF the
countess and of he Speaker OF the
House. is at present her guest In the
villa of the de Chambruns near
Neuilly Gen. de Chambrun was mill
tary attache of the French embassy
from 1902, and he and the countess
were members Of the coterie Of close
friends OF President and Mrs. Taft and
of Representative and Mrs. Longworth.
During the World War he was In COM
mand Of the 40th Artillery and won
his rank of general for intrepid lead
ershih on the Belgian border. When
the United States entered the conflict
on the side Of the allies he acted for
some months AS IiaSon officer between
Gen. Pershing and Gen. Petain.