Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-26
BY MARGARET b. DOWNING

Commodore Ernest Lee Jahncke's
houseboat. Aunt Dinah, is famous in
the bayous Of his native state, Louis
lana. and much interest exists as to
whether the assistant of the Secretary
of the Navy as Commodore Jahncke
will bring that celebrated craft to
Potomac waters The Jancke home Is
at Covington. an easy sail from New
Orleans. where the naval official is pres
ident of a dry dock and ship build
ing company. and on the banks OF the
picturesque river Chefunctee. 1t Is
noted Creole mansion set among CEN
tury-old oaks and groveSof the swamp
magnolia. The Assistant Secretary OF
the Navy Is commodore OF the yacht
club of the Crescent City and the sail
ing ships under his command dot the
blue waters of Lake Ponchartrain and
Lake Borfe. He has won his laurels
on several fields of sport, and in the
last was one of the three delegates
representing the United States on the
international committee OF the olympic
games. He will again join this COM
mittee in June when it meets In Egypt
to make some advisory measures re-
earding the next meet. Mrs. Jahncke
is one Of New orleans fairest daugh-
tiers. She was queen OF the Mardl
Gras pageant and ball in her debut
wear. She spent all of last Summer at
The Hague where her husband was
lured by the great sporting classic
and they had villa near the North
Sea- where they entertained scores OF
friends attending the games and like
wise many of the champions.
Former President Coolidge was re-
Gently at leisure to attend the meet
ing of the board of trustees of Amherst
College for the first time in five years.
His interest in his alma mater has
always been consuming. but public
affairs recently prevented his giving it
the attention of former years. The
retired Chief Magistrate has been a
member of this board since 1910. 1t
is noteworthy that he was supremacy
interested on all that concerned the
development of the sporting side of col
legiate life and that he led the move
ment to reorganize this pastime on
the most advanced lines. The attend
ing physician of the institution has
been named head of the department of
physical education and an innovation
is that at least from Amherst will pass
the familiar term of coach and in its
place will be the dignif1ed title of pro-
fessor of physical eductions for base
ball. for foot ball and for any other di-
vision of athletics. This was Mr. Cool
idges first visit to Amherst since he
laid down the reir1s of government and
the city and of the college with be-
fitting ceremonial Having spent the
day in the picturesque college town. he
took advantage Of proximity to Hol-
yoke to accept dinner invitation from
his former Secretary of Comerce and
Mrs. William Fairfield whiting.
Prince Eugene de Beauharnais,
stepson Of Napoleon, and created by
him Duke of Leuchtenberg and vice
roy or acting King of Italy, was one Of
the great collectors of his era and
the fact that his library, purchased in
completeness by a professional collec-
tor Of Berlin, is soon to be sold at auc-
ton has sent bibliophyles from all
parts of the world scurrying to the
German capital Not. only. are the
volumes of rarity and literary value,
but during his residence in Italy
Prince Eugene employed the most skill
full bookbinders to cover his treasures,
so that not alone for the contents but
for coverings will the volumes mount
in value. A copy of Homer, very
ancient but reprinted in 1908 by the
famous French printer Bodoni, will
be coveted by at least three crowned
heads Of Europe, by the Vatican Library
and by about a half dozen other
famous Libraries Of this country and Of
Europe. Another cherished possession
Of Prince Eugene is a copy Of Livy,
embossed on the finest parchment in
the Benedictine monastery of Monte
Casino in 1449, and recovered in
Florence in the early 1800's. OF the
vast library of something like $4,000
volumes many were the property Of
Napoleon in his student days and are
annoted in his hand. The majority are
in French, containing rare editions of
the encyclopedias and of the illu-
strious Gallo writers Of Napoleon's era,
Voltaire, Nine. de Stael, and all the ro-
manticists and poets of the time. In
fact for a period Of about thirty years
Of French literature not a single work
of importance is missing.
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Mr.. Walter B. Lashar Of Fairfield,
Conn, has an estate. Round Hill, on
the outskirts of that. pleasant city,
which, according to critics, contains the
most realistic japanese gardens on the
Atlantic seaboard. Such gardens. very
lovely ones. are often encountered on
the Pacific Coast, where japanese gar
deners may be employed and where
wonderful old bronze and stone furnish
ings may De easily obtained. But Mr..
Lasl1ar overcame the mountains of OBJ
stacles in hts efforts. and it required
years of poking about shops and jap