Evening star., 1928-11-04
BY MARGARET B. DOWNING.

BY MARGARET B. DOWNING.
Senator Hiram Bingham. who is one
of the versatile members of the legis-
lative body. has, according to his friends,
lent sympathetic ear to those who are
esSaying to do something in the manu-
facture of ril~irS which cannot be used
Is Seat-tllat is, a comfortable seat
and scores throughout the. country
would join a-'y crusade which would
impose the c)ligation on those who
make or sell chairs to be sure they
answer the purpose for which the money
is paid. It looks Iii,;;c a complicated
proposition and just what law could
be invoked, even Senator Bingham l.
not yet Ready to divulge. The crusade
has ~ literary champions, and Mr..
Lewis Mumford. whose name is familia.
to all readers of the weeklieS and many
monthly magazines, has been writing
witty and forceful essays against tn
bentWood machine made chair which is
totally unadapted in contour to the
human body OF course. it has been
pointed out that any one who buys
chair may try it and if he is vigilant
may discover its defects. The outcry
Is principally directed against the high
sounding machine-nlade articles called
Tudor chairs and Windsor chairs.
whereas they do not follow the excellent
lines of their models. Artists and those
who are interested in the erts and crafts
have joined the crusade, and among
other reforms to be suggested in the
coming session of Congress will be one
to promote pure" chairs. so to speak,
and not adulterations OF the best styles
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Mr.. John T. McCutcheon's quaint
home. Treasure Island, near Nassau, in
the Bahamas. was in the path of the
recent hurricane and much destruction
has been reported among the numerous
.outhouSes and secluded Hooks built aftel
the fashion of the pirates retreat ir
Robert Louis StevenSon's inimitablc
tale. But the Saddest feature Of the
disaster is that the stately avenue O
coconut palms which circles the main
'shanty," as Mr.. and Mrs. McCutcheon
call their largest guest house. was laio
low almost to the total number. Not
only does this lessen the scenic effect
in the approach to Treasure Island, but
the storm killed the source of supplies
for that famous frozen ambrosia which
Is the crowning offering at the BAN
quets and luncheonS in that picturesque
abode. Nassau and its inhabitants have
privileges not granted to the denizon
of this republic, and the ambroSia of Mr..
McCutcheon is, according to the de-
scription of many artists, writers and
newspaper scribes who have been their
guests. delectable enough to draw the
high gods down from Olympus to taste
something not enjoyed by mortals for
nearly 1000 years.
Mr. Potter Palmer I'd, has bowed to
the DEGREES of progress and has disposed
of the Norman castle built by his par
entS in 1885 and which has been during
the intervening years the center of the
opening social life of the mighty Lake
City. Mrs. Potter Palmer had been the
guest of an ancient French relative in
Normandy, and the memory of the cas-
tellated towers and battlementS i'm
pressed her so strongly that the home
shortly afterward built on an inland
lake was in part modelled from the Nor
man structure of the fifteenth century.
The second Mrs Potter Palmer has
maintained the high tradition, and it
was with pain that she consented to the
sale Of the site, now uncomfortable
hemmed In by skyscrapers and far from
desirable as a residence. Miss Bertha
Honore Palmer, bridesmaid at the
Williams Cantacuzene nuptials, only
granddaughter of Chicago'S illustrious |
OONAoA
make her debut in the family mansion |
this December, and this will probably
be the last notable gathering within its
walls. This young girl is not yet 18 and
her parents wished her to study for a
year or 50 more, but she wished to make
her bow in the same drawing room
where the grace, tact and social charm
OF the first Bertha Honore Palmer lin
gers In grateful memory, and her par
ents have acceded to this request. Mr..
Palmer intends to devote the Winter
and opening Spring in recalling old
traditions of the mansions early chap
ters and to interview all the contem-
poraries of his mother and her equally
accomplished sister, Ida Honore. Mrs.
Frederick Dent Grant, who resides in
Washington, about them.
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Mr.. Eugene Jordan Rozwadowski. who
recently arrived in New York City to
serve as consul general of Poland in that
district, will make many visits to Wash
tngton after he has mastered the rou-
tine of his new labors. He is partly
American, as his name suggests, and
was many times a visitor to this and
other cities before the World War. He
is of that part of the ancint kingdom
OF Poland which fell to the spoil of Aus
tria and received his education in the
University of Lemburg, his native city.
He pursued the higher studies in the
University of Leipzig and graduated in
the law in Cracow He was among the
first enrolled in the diplomatic service
OF the Polish republic and was assigned
to The Hague in the early days of his
countrys reconstruction. He obtained
two large loans from the government of
the Netherlands to aid in the rehabili-
tat1on and In many ways proved of
great service. He was for three years
consul general of Poland at Koenigs-
berg, a post which ranks first in impor-
tance in the Polish economy He was
also at Cologne before being dispatched
TO New York City. Poland maintains
only six consular Offices in the United,
but the service is gradually being in
creased, as the trade and commerce has
been quickened in the past two years.