Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-31
BY MARGARET D. DOWNING.

BY MARGARET b. DOWNING.
Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge have
accepted the invitation Of the recent
ly organized Bennington College for
Women to assist In the breaking Of the
ground for that long-desired institution.
Although only q shadowy date has been
assigned for the ceremony, when the
frost is out of the ground" the former
President and Mrs. Coolidge have fol-
lowed this movement with keen inter-
est and will be in readiness to be pres
ent with other citizens OF Vermont
when this modern up-to-date well en-
dowed woman's college Is at last under
way. Bennington, VT, has heroic
background In Revolutionary times. ana
it has always been progressive educa.
tional center. The college to be built
there for women and which it has been
predicted will soon reach the heights
occupied by older feminine institutions
of learning In New England, Is the first
to be established in that section IN the
past 90 years and this despite the TACT
that annually those already In opera
ton turn away about $4,000 applicants.
Mrs. A. Barton Hepburn has given $780,
900 and from various sources nearly
Sc, 000, 900 has been raised, with almost
as much promised when the college Is
ready to open. The student body Is to
be limited to 325 and these will be ad-
rsitted by selective plan with rela-
ton to special examinations. Bennfng-
ton College will be Vermont's hrst At.
tempt to compete with feminine seats OF
learning of the high order. OF which
wears In Massachusetts,, Rhode Island
and Connecticut.
X X X X
Mr.. Samuel w. Lakeland of Mobile.
Ala. Is the inspiring leader OF Q novel
project under way in that Gull city TO
mark the good roads system OF the
state by clumps Of azaleas planted
at brief intervals and thus to realize
a cherished dream to make Alabama
celebrated in the family Of nations for
those colorful and vigorous Towering
bushes. According to Mr.. G. @. Octlaw.
president of the Chamber Of Commerce
Of Mobile, Alabama had aZaleas before
the famed species popular In SCUM
Carolina and Georgia, were imported
from China and the Himalayas. Col.
CHRISTOPHER G. Langdon brought pack
the first azaleas when the nnesesnt.i
century was In Its teens ana tnese
he placed in a fine garden OF his nome
which looked out on the Gulf Of Mexi-
co. From these original paintings the
azaleas increased marvelously, even tax
inc on new colors, and now their lux
,iriance. even when wild In Alabama
woods. surpasses even the glory OF the
forest rhododeniron, which draws thou
sands of visitors each Spring to North
Carolina. Mr.. Lakeland became. the
owner Of the old Laugdon place about
90 wears ago and from the beginning
has devoted acres to the propogation
Of azaleas, with the result that ne mas
furnished q considerable proportion OF
the flowers which are 70 marx tne
trail leading into Mobile from the MAN
highway.
The British Ambassador and Lady
isabella Howard, Sir Ashley and Lady
Sparks. Sir Harry Gloster Armstrong
and Lady Armstrong, the former consul
general Of Great Britain In New YORK
and MANY others equally distinguished
are among the sponsors of the enter
tainrnent to be given April Is In the
metropolitan city for the beneht OF INT
Toe ri Ships' Boys Club. The Prince o.
wales is q member of this club IN ms
own country and has sent a generou!
donation toward the entertainment ano
dance to be given April Is. The Toe
clubs-H being the letter assigned 70
the New York branch-were foundeo
soon after the World War ana were
planned after an organization IN Fan
ders called talbot House, a place where
visiting soldiers and sailors were enter
tanned. In New York City, one OF the
first-clasS ports of entry In the world
and where literally thousands OF ships
from every land under the sun cas-!
anchor. It had been the aspiration Of
Toe leaders to build q large clubhouse
for the benefit Of the tens OF thousands
of young men employed on liners ano
every kind Of ship who are cast on their
own resources In a strange city. FMS
entertainment will be the firSt IN aio
Of building fund, but independently OF
the cash gathered at the fete many gen.
erous donors have signed the list WIFE
liberal checks. Among these are Mr.
Vanderbilt and his son-iil-law, Henry
Gassaway Davis, Sd, the later on the
board of directors.
Prince Cyrille, the younger brother
of the Bulgarian King and also nacn-
elor, has been In this country tncognito
for the past six weeks ana mas peer
enjoying life to the fullest In Palm
Beach. Prince Cyrille, who has string
of other names, is but q year younger
than Boris, and, like him, has inherited
a big slice of the vast fortune Of his
mother, who was Princess Clementine
Marie Of the French royal line Of Or
leans Bourbon. He bears the title o.
Prince of Prelav, is IS years Of age and
is q major in the 4th Regiment Of
the army. Prince Cyrille is said to be
seeking an American wife. He VIII
however, have an ample fortune to of1el
and an assured position In the scheme
of things King Boris has two sisters
Princess Eudoxie, who has been pre-.
siding lady of the royal palace at Sofia,
and Princess Clementine Marie, who
i i've years ago married Albert Eugene
Duke Of Wurttenberg, and. who resides
Cyrille will visit washington before hi
departs for Europe In June.
a. Ax -
Those who delight in historical paral.
lels recall that the Secretary Of Thu
to the distah side Of his family In hi
absorption In salt water activities, fo
at the exact neriod when his great
grandfather, John Quincy Adams, wa
serving President Madison as Ministe
to Russia his great-grandfather Benja
min w. Crowninshield, was Secretary o.
the Navy for the same Chief Magistrate
Many of the Crowninshields have beer
associated with the Navy Department
during the century and over since tn
redoubtable BENJAMIN was In charge
Many readily recall the peppery Admire
Arrant Schuyler Crowninshield, chief 0
the Bureau OF Navigation during tn
Spanish American War, and his accom-
plished wife, Mary Bradford Crownin
shield. who wrote several stirring novel
Of the Spanish Main. the most popula!
Blow" still preserved, with her auto
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