Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-01
Tales of Well Known Folk
!: Tn Social and Official Life
Mrs. al" Smith Ardent Lover of Pet Dogs
Fabulous Sums Offered for Washington
Family Wills.

! Papanek. secretary of the Czecho le-
CATION also is in Prague for the Sum-
mer. He is accompanied by Nine. Pap
anek, who bore the same name as Ter
! husband and was his distant cousin,
| She was born in Chicago and this will
be her first visit to Moravia. her par
ents' native land since she was young
child. NJ. and Nine. Papanek will so
to Prague later in the Summer.
The Governor General of Canada
and Viscountess Wilmington are among
the celebrities who have accepted the
invitation of the officials of the Cana
dian Pacific Railroad TO attend the
picturesque conclave of the Blood ana
Stoney Indians which is scheduled tor
the third week OF July on the splendid
plateau of the Rockies just off the
Chief Whitehead of the Stoneys and
Chief Weasel Calf of the BloodS have
been the guests Of the railroad and
their presence in native attire, their
dancing and chanting have brought
thousands of visitors TO Banff at this
period. Viscount Wilmington and Lady
Willingdon are deepy interested in the
Indians Of Canada. and have visited al
most every reservation under the Do
minion government The tribes Of all
the Canadian Rockies gather at Banff,
and 1t appears to be a shrewd move
on the part of the railroad and the
hotels under their direction to invite
the Indians and pay their expenses to
and from their meeting place. They
erect their tepees and prepare their
food as in their own homes on the
camping grounds, and being business
like as their cousins south of the Ca
madam border. they have long arrays
of goods for sale displayed in pavilions
which the hotel provides, and they, TOO,
reap a rich harvest besides the ex-
hilarating experience of travel and
holding their council gratis. Banff
Hotel is erected at the entrance of a
wild ravine, where in past centuries the
mountain tribes gathered in Midsum-
mer to converse with the Great Spirit
and to consider their own welfare.
Learning this the council have been
welcome to use the place as they did
formerly guards being placed about tc
prevent intrusion on their secret SOL
emn rites.
Col. Robert r. Mccormick has joined
forces with Mr.. Rufus Dawes IN pro-
iecting the most ambitious schemes for
the centenary exposition which Chi
cago proposes to hold in 1888. The lake
metropolis has not lacked CasSandras
in its population. who loudly disap-
prove of the idea and predict for it the
most dismal failure. comparable to that
of the Sesquicentennial in Philadelphia.
But all the Dawes brothers, including
the Vice President. are committed TO
arfxs as,l
fuse to hear the plants that this coun-
try is tired of such shows, and that
some other means of celebrating should
be considered. Col. Mccormick. who
has been chosen chairman of ways and
means has decided to turn the expo
sition into vast sports display rather
than Of the usual arts and industries.
and with just enough of the conven-
tional to carry along the mammoth adj
venture. Chicago intends to be ready
when the fair opens. and to have pro-
vided easy means to reach the fair
grounds on the lagoons north of the
city and to have reasonable and abund-
ant accommodation for visitors.
~
Judge Francis Hopkinson. signer OF
the Declaration from New Jersey, and
author of that inspiring national hymn,
| Hail Columbia, will be signally hon
ored at the impending one-hundred
and fifty-second birthday of the re-
public. when his famous desk on which
he wrote his jaunty nautical chant will
&c c--mally installed in the museum of
New York City, recently established in
the old Oracle mansion. This desk has
a long pedigree, and documents show
that the accomplished statesman, jurist.
poet and first musical composer in the
colonies, built his fine mansion in Bor-
dentown, N. j.. and installed this piece
Of furniture. Judge Hopkinson passed
to his reward in 1871, and his son was
owner of the mansion when the re-
verses of war sent Prince Lucian Murat
into exile, and TO become the next door
neighbor Of the Hopkinsons. Lucian
was the son of the dashing but I'M
fortunate cavalry leader Of the Napo-
leonic wars, who had married the en-
peror's sister, Caroline, and he brought
into exile a lovely young daughter,
named for her paternal grandmother
Caroline Bonaparte Murat. A romance
developed between this young girl and
the signers grandson, and added TO the
historic significance of Judge Hopkin-
sons beautifully carved rosewood desk.
is that the enamoured swain. Charles
Biddle Hopkinson, wrote his love letters
there and placed them in a secret tryst
in a nearby arbor. When Napoleon III
invited Prince Lucian back to Paris.
young Hopkinson soon followed his
sweetheart. But she was great lady
| in Eugenies court then and he a BASH
fl. youth just beginning a diplomatic
| career as secretary of the United States
| legation. SO this romance did end the
usual way, but 1t adds interest TO the
Handsome HGgk
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The late Mrs Elihu Root. born Clara
| Wales, lived in Washington for almost
| 20 years in various roles. coming first
with the Mckinley administration in
1897. and few Of her contemporaries
| left the permanent impression which
| she did on the accepted social routine.
Mrs. Root was not deVotee of pleasure,
| and she sought to arrange the neces-
sary functions connected with the
/ White House and the participation of
! the cabinet circle in them, so that all
/ could derive the maximum of relaxa-
/ ton. 1t was she who persuaded Mrs
! Roosevelt TO consent TO the now pre-
| vaiiinR custom Of asking others rather
/ than the cabinet circle TO the series Of
banquets arranged weekly during the
Official season by each presidential
counselor in honor of his chief. This
put new vigor into the routine and
! proved entirely acceptable, so that no
| one would now be willing To keep the
/ banuuets within the cabinet circle
| alone Mrs. Root was an experienced
! homekeeper, and her dinings. receptions
/ and other amenities we're always nota-
| bic and fauitlessly arranged During
/ Mr.. Roots term as Secretary Of State
! occurred the marriage Of the only
/ daughter, Edith, TO u. s. Grant, Sd
now superintendent Of public buildings
and grounds, a brilliant chapter of So
! cial history In the opening twentieth