Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-07

presented by the two eXpOSiGlOnS DeulB
held in Spain to invite relays OF FRIENDS
and relatives. They entertained . bevy
of pretty maids from New York City at
Seville for two weeks, and Countess
Margaret Scherr-ThosS was their guest
in Barcelona. Countess Margaret, ac-
companied by her mother and her
brothers, has been making a motor tour
of Spain. Countess Muriel Scherr-
Thoss. her mother, will spend part OF
the season at San Sebastian while her
daughter, who is q profound student,
takes the Summer course At the UNI
versity of Saragossa. Countess Mar
garet studied last Winter in Columbia
University. Her ambition is that after
mastering Spanish completely as to
language and literature to obtain from
the ancient seat of learning at BreSlau
the degree Of doctor Of letters. Dur
ing the late Summer Countess Muriel
and her family will return to their
country place just outside Of Breslau,
and when the sun in Spain becomes too
ardent for comfortable travelling MISS
Mary Hammond and Miss Milicent
Hammond will return the visit OF Coun-
tess Margaret Scherr-ThoSs and relax
in the bracing climate Of Northern Ger
many.
Mr.. Edsel Ford. who turned the sod
few weeks ago at Dagenham, an
ancient town lying below London on
the Thames, has realized what fame
and popularity mean In foreign lano.
He is followed by an admiring throng
and his every word is repeated and
commented on, until he has expressed
sympathy for such celebrities rs Col.
Charles Lindbergh, Gene Tunney and
Douglas Fairbanks when they venture
in public. Dagenham, which is TO be
the scene of the vast commercial enter
prise of the Fords and which Is to be
the depot to distribute its wares
throughout Europe, was 10 years ago a
quiet village of less than 5000, but IL
is historically associated with the
countless and futile efforts to chain
the tidal river Thames. More than
so 900 will be employed in the Ford
factory and they will receive tremen-
duous compensation as wages go In
Britain. Mr.. Edsel Ford. who. with his
family. has been living in London for
some months. makes daily visits to
Hagenham. where as If by magic hotels
and ONCE buildings and vast tracts OF
residential villas and cottages NIL all
the outlying areas. Seemingly the town
is to enjoy the unprecedented prosperity
of Detroit when the Ford factories get
of homes are respected, the elder Ford
has placed engaging pictures Of the
models which gained national success
when he was equipping his employe
villages near Detroit and the visitor
from the United States to the lower
Thames may in 10 years from now rub
his eyes in amazement to see many
streets which might have been lifted
from any prosperous city OF the Midole
West, neat cottages. flower and Kitchen
gardens and all lighted and heated
from a central plant.
Sir Joseph Duveen, director of the
Metropolitan Museum, has been brush
ing away the mental cobwebs and re-
covering from his irritating experience
in the Kansas City courts with q
motor tour through France and Spain.
Sir Joseph, however. declined to get
mixed UP in another law suit dealing
with art and on the proceedings of
| which the eyes of Europe are eagerly
| fixed. A we'll known portrait painter,
M. Jean Bertrand. many Of whose can
vases are admired In the United States.
! has sued a worthy merchant Of Paris
| for the failure to pay for group
/ picture of his daughters M. Bernot
| in the initial proceedings grouped his
| children as they were in the portrait
and invited many who knew them well
to distinguish one from another. They
could not do so and now the question
hinges on should a portrait resemble
the subject at least enough to be
recognizable to those who know the
persons familiarity" Sir Joseph. being
in Paris at the time. was invited to
form one Of the jury of artists. but he
hastily declined and departed for Spain
the next day. After hearing artists
and intimates of the Bernot family,
the court decided to postpone the trial
until the Autumn.
Gen. Weyler, last captain general Of
Cuba, was not a popular hero in his
day, at least in the Western world
where his reconcentrado plan to end
the Cuban struggle for liberty drew
forth such bitter criticism. Nor was
he so tenderly regarded In Madrid, be-
cause no defeated commander retains
his influence. But in the most dra-
Spain, Ronda, his memory is green.
Ronda Is built on the precipice formed
by the forcing of the River Guadiro
through the Sierra de Libar noun
tains, much as the Colorado forces its
way in the Grand Canyon of Arizona.
Five great peaks are revealed almost
as perfectly outlined as the amphithea-
tiers erected for the bull fights, and the
town bravely struggles against such diff
ficulties as the heights and the roar
ing river 800 feet below, and is visited
by scores who admire the spectacular
in nature. The plaza or main town
square of the city is called for Gen.
Weyler, and In the ancient Church of
st. Maria are found tablets comment
Grating his exploits and those of many
of his ancestors who held Ronda re-
peatedly against hostile attacks. The
town was conquered. by the Moors. and
the Christian Church of st. Maria Is
supported by the domes Of four mosques.
ST. Ferdinando, conqueror of Seville and
eventually of all the surrounding prov
inces, defeated the Moors in the noun
tains near Ronda, and q Weyier figured
among his generals.
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The Due d'Arcos. the first minister
sent from Spain after the treaty of
Paris, also crosses the path of those
travelling in Spain who take the very
slow. but exceedingly repAying route
from Almeria through Ronda and
southwark to Granada. In the smil-
Ing widespread meadows, where wheat
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