Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-27
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Premier of Italy Formally Approves Design alton
of Tiny Fishing Hamlet as Birthplace of
Christopher Columbus.

valuable as those of James Smithson a
century ago were TO the development OF
knowledge and culture. Mr.. Austin,
widower and childless and without close
kindred, began life at the lowest rung
of the ladder of endeavor, and his
struggles. privations and heartacheS be-
fore he began to prosper had led him
I to endow a business school In the pro-
gresSive Northwestern University. Three
millions he has already contributed, and
he intends to provide such a generous
sinking fund that In about so years the
benefaction will be valued at the same
number of millions of dollars. The
tidy income of this is to be used to
solve business problems, and also to
provide a guarantor for worthy candi-
dates without capital. Mr.. Austin made
his fortune by manufacturing and dis
tributing road-grading machinery, so
that another monument to his business
qualities and excellent civic foresight Is
his part in making possible the fine
highways and travel arteries now to be
found all over the United States. In
Pasadena where Mr.. Austin spends the
Winter. his home contains some famous
canvases and a rare collection Of carly
American furniture.
Col. Edward H. r. Green, son Of
Hetty Green. who for years was celc-
brated as the worlds richest woman,
possesses an ideal estate called Round
Hill from the contour of the land, which
stretches from the coast into Buszards
Bay about miles from New Bedford,
Mass. There he has collected q re-
markable assortment of historic objects,
among these the last of the whaling
ships, the Charles w. Morgan. which
lies fully rugged and prOviSionei for
such a voyage as constituted the fame
and chief source of wealth for New
Bedford less than 40 years ago. Not far
from the wharf where the old Whaler
rides at anchor is the oldest windmill
in New England, brought to Round Hill
several years ago from the Rhode
Island farm where Hetty Green was
born. AS for authentic colonial fur
niture, tapestries, rugs, embroidered
linens and quaint quilts and hangings,
few museums can present such an array
as are in daily use in Round Hill. Rec
emily, however, Col. Green has con-
verted a large field not far from the
shore into one of the best private air
ports in his section. He has used all
varieties of planes and recently ac-
.quired a baby blimp. All through the
Summer students from the Boston Tech
were his guests and tired many expert
ments. All along BuZzards Bay the
Summer residents are Of the quietest
and most exclusive type, and they were
convinced that an airport in their loca-
ton would ruin their peace Of mind.
But this has not proved true and a
number Of neighbors from Nonquit U.S.
the Green airport.
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Mr.. Perry Belmont has always shown
q keen interest in Newport history. not
alone in the claim that 1t Is one OF the
worlds modish sea resorts, but that 1t Is
Of colonial period and even that which
is accredited to the Vikings. During
this year, with Mrs. Belmont. he spent
some weeks in Paris after the fashion,
able life had ceased and devoted him.
self to studying the documents OF the
French war Office relative TO Rochsm-
beau's arrival with the French army OF
alliance. Mr.. Belmont secured photo
graph of the original document OF the
uuartermaSter's report, together With
other bits of information found in the
military archives, and these he has
recently presented to the Newport His
torical Society. From the papers and
an old map of the city prepared IN
1777 it is possible to trace the resi-
dences assigned the officers under Ro-
chambeau and the names Of the house
holders with whom they were billeted.
Few of these houses remain, although
there are instances of the property re
naming in the same family until the
present. The Marquis de Laval, who
was colonel Of the regiment Of the Bour-
bannais and left some interesting letters
which are to be found In the Library OF
Congress. and that Chevalter de Ternay
whose journal is an authoritative source
of the period and often quoted by his
torians both made their home near
what Is now the beautiful Newport
Casino Count de Rochambeau and his
son, the viscount, occupied house
belonging to the illuStrious Peabody
family, even then citizens of wealth oE16
solid achievements.
Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock, granddaugh-
| ter Of WaShington's beloved benefactor,
| William w. Corcoran. is again master
| or mistress Of hounds of the Aiken
Hunt. Once q unique honor, feni-
nine leaders of the fox hunts are now
running neck TO neck with the mascu-
line aspirants. Mrs. 1. Tucker Burr has
taken over the responsibility for the
Dedham County Hunt, a popular and
| numerous coterie of fox hunters in the
beautiful section where North Carolina
and Virginia merge. Mrs. william
Goadby Loew blows the horn for the
| famous Hartford Hunt, one of the old
est organizations in the South to chase
| Reynard. Mrs. Lawrence Smith, after
having worked for years for the i'm
| provement of roads near the Millbrook
Hunt clubhouse, is now the mistress of
| the hounds. The SeWickley Hunt Club.
! composed of an aristocratic group Of
| PittSburgherS, who often have the eX-
element of running real foxes to
| ground, has a most capable leader in
Mrs. John o. Burgwin. Many fox
hunting Washingtonians often accept
the invitation of Mrs. Robert C. Win
mill, mistress of hounds for the well
organized and active club at Warren
| ton, Va. Mrs. Winmill and her asso-
ciate, Miss Dorothy Neyhart Of the Mill
wood, sometimes appear at the paper
hunts from Chevy Chase. Another very
we'll known and efficient lady who is
leader Of the hounds and director Of
the hunt is Mrs. Robert M. Somerville
Of Montpelier. Va.
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Miss Cornelia c. F. Hosford of Bos-
ton owns one of the oldest and most
extensive estates In the East Hampton
section Of Long Island, Sylvester Manor.
Yellow bricks alleged to have been
brought from Holland were used in the
| first manor house, and when this was
DESTROYED by fire early in the eighteenth
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