Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-06-16
BY MARGARET b. DOWNING.

Gen. Pershing is, according to his
friends in Paris, diligent visitor tc
the several toy soldier shops along Rue
des Saints Peres. several OF which were
doing a thriving business when the
Little Corsican was ruling the deS-
general of course has made complete
collection for his son Warren, and 1t is
said that he has gotten almost as much
JOY out of assembling the leaden hordes
and explaining their unfamiliar uni
forms and equipment as has his son.
All the French toy soldier vendors take
the greatest pride in making every de-
tail of their appearance accurate and
up-to-date. Infinite care is shown in
assembling of the parts of the soldiers
anatomy each part being separate, an
infantryman sometimes being in seven
pieces, while a cayalryman or engineer
is much more intricate. Gen. PERISH
ing drops in and sometimes spends a
most agreeable afternoon examining the
latest offerings, and he always mas
some chfad in his circle OF friends on
whom to bestow such an estimable
gift. now that Warren his son has out
grown such toys. DR.. Clarence Little.
retiring president of the University OF
Michigan has a superb array of the
armies of the world done in lead, and
DR.. william o. Crosby of the MaSsa-
chusetts Institute of Technology is an
other who in these days of piping
peace likes to move lead soldiers in
battle array.
Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Davey Of
Cleveland, Ohio, recently returned
from a motor tour which led straight
through Central Africa from Cape
Town to Cairo without mishap,. ac-
complishing the perilous journey
- Lob olxy af1Npp
ers claim to be fraught with more dan
ger than any other stretch now exist
ing. For Mrs. Davey 1t means that
this wild country has been negotiated
by a woman for, the first time and
reckoning with masculine adventures,
Mr.. Davey probably is the first who
ventured into such territory without
heavily armed retinue. He and Mrs.
Davey travelled in sturdy motor car
which had collapsible top. which
added greatly to comfort during the
night travel, and they had only
chauffeur and a cook and no artillery ex-
cept a couple of quick-acting pistols.
They met hostile natives and frequent
~ attracted the attention OF desper-
ately unfriendly lions and beasts of
prey, but they covered the entire dis
lance without firing shot and with
out what might have been described
as a breathless escape from death or
disaster. Still they do not recommend
such a tour TO the timorous or to those
who cling closely to the feshpots of
civilization, for they know both hunger
and thirst were present and often the
route travelled was rocky by day and by
night and rest impossible. Mr.. Davey
is a member of the famous tree-saving
family of that name.
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Miss Anne P. Morgan's splendid work
in France. which has excited the adj
miration of the world, seems to have
been eclipsed by her herculean labors
in behalf of that stupendous A. w. A.
clubhouse which towers over its sur
roundings at Fifty-Seyenth street just
off Park avenue, New York. This as
ISOLATION of American women, whether
business, professional or following the
fine arts and their allied branches,
made e str6ng appeal to Miss Morgan,
and she became chairman of the
finance committee. She has given the
same concentrated effort to guiding
the mammoth project to success that
she showed in clearing devastated areas
In France and rebuilding the former
villages. AT receptions given April IL,
Is and IL Miss Morgan and her asso-
ciates on the finance and building
committeeman these include practi-
cally every public-spirited woman in
Gotham-there were opened for inspec-
ton all the floors of the 81, completely
equipped and ready for occupancy. BY
midsummer the remaining II floors will
be completed and furnished, and
grand rally will mark the event
gym, swimming poolS-indeed, all
athletic accessories-are provided on
the main floor and in the basement,
while room enough remains for stores,
bathrooms and arcade space suficient
To 10 atnt vxyth l4rtn4
the principal and interest from the
moment OF opening. All have been
rented-snapped up, as 1t we're
through the efforts of the various COM
mittees. Few hotels have more bed
rooms or have them better arranged,
and the office buildings provide much
space and variety. Music studios,
graphic or p0tnting-and accommoda-
ton for writer's, complete to the last
detail, with a splendid reference library
at hand and vast numbers of racks
laden with papers and periodicalS-all
this New York women who are eligible
receive for an initiation fee of $50 and
yearly dues OF s25; greater value thar
any other club Of the world can show,
says Miss Morgan.
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Col Joseph F. O'Reilly, military aide
70 GICSIucut NUokIdVC Oh the 1FISn free
State, who recently visited Washing
ton, is a type Of goodwill ambassador
which Erin frequently sends to the land
where her sons and daughters have
prospered so greatly. Col O'Reilly will
unofhcially and in the non-commercial
spirit visit centers where the children
of the Emerald Isle appear most
friendly to the mother land, with the
object of inducing larger numbers of
them, In the language OF the song, to
Come Back to Erin" at least on a
visit. Col O'Reilly has several assist
ants, and he Is labOring at his problems
in all the cities with recognizable Gel
tic population. Later, when their more
serious work is done, they will take
several pleasure tours and win be guests
OF their country people In various parts
OF the country, from the Atlantic sea-
board to Chicago and st. Louis.
The Duke and Duchess of York are
said to handle the problem OF making
good use of seemingly useless gifts with
better judgment than do any other two
people living either in royal or humber
ranks. The gifts are showered on their
charming little daughter, Princess Lis
bath as the British public knows her,
and last year these gifts included some
thing like three tons Of toys and also