Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-17
BY MARGARET b. DOWNING.


triumphS of his direction of foreign af
fairs has had the happiness of seeinl
the Ambassadors from Chile and from
Peru meet each other In a cordial way
and stretch their feet in amity undel
the Secretary's mahogany. Washing
ton for the past 81 years had the socia
handicap of always attending to it tina
Chileans and PeruvianS were KEEP
apart, otherwise it was a source O
embarrassment. Santiago de Chile anC
Lima welcomed an Ambassador from
the former enemy domain on the SAINT
day and their induction into the dip
lomatic ranks of both capitals was at
tended by brilliant ceremonial anC
thereafter peace. was established al
over the world where their ENJOYS were
assigned. Another reconciliation indi
rectly influenced by the Secretary Il
that now happily affected by Costs
Rica and Panama and that through thu
intervention Of the President of Chile
Panama was disconnected with the lat
Chief Justice Whites decision in thu
boundary controversy between the two
countries and was not cordial for some
time toward the United States. In
consequence Chile acted as direct in
termediary and now the ENJOYS to CoSts
Rica and to Panama, both genial an6
no doubt irked by their countrys atti.
tude, can meet Just as cordially as the
Chileans and Peruvians. That threaten
ed rupture between Bolivia and Para
quay ended before it could af-
feet the personal conduct of its Wash.
ington representatives.
It may be added that the Secretary:
Initiation Of the anti-war movement a:
embodied in the treaty bearing hi:
name and submitted for Endorsement
by world powers is rated as his great
est achievement toward the restoration
of international amity.
X X
President Coolidge's dry reply tc
Nuestioners as to his proposed occu-
patton after March 4, viz, that he
would white, appears to have been
overlooked by recent spectators on the
future of the retiring Executive. But
that he has received gifts of penknives
especially designed to make whiting
Easy is proof that some of his friends
We're attentive to his aspirations. An
pther public man far removed from
President Coolidge in time of service
Gen. Sam Houston found whiting an
bullet to the emotions, but he did not
wait until his retirement from official
duties to indulge in this pastime. AS a
member of the Senate Samuel would, &C
eording to cotemporary chronicles. jerk
but his knife, stout board being always
At hand, and white as though he were
hlling contract. This happened when
hver he wished to clear his brain for
pome whitening reply to an opponent,
Ind it was stated in the press of the
day that often when he arose to answer
his appearance would be that of busy
carpenter and his desk would be almost
Invisible under the pile of shavings.
He could cut artistic curlS and was
prone to hold them up for admiration
Ind to compare the length of one with
another, all this to the discomfort of
ptheF Senators who did not approve the
custom but possessed no means of put
ting an end to it. Very abSent-minded,
Senator Houston was known to drop
Into seat not his own, and finding no
hlingle convenient. would begin whit
Ting at the desk. But for this he would
be chided by the owner and would
promise that such would not happen
Lgain.
Sir Harry Britain, M. p. for Wey-
mouth, well remembered as chairman
OF the hospitality committee in London
xor American soldiers arriving on bust
ness, has been so frequently rebuked
In public print and speeches about his
extravagant habit of wearing a fresh
orchid in his buttonhole That he has
finally abandoned the custom. The
late Joseph Chamberlain, who raised
thousands of orchids, made this costly
FAD contagious, for he always explained
u was not costly for him-not as much
ma al hn oil n
plebeian daisy or primrose for his but
tonhole. Despite the approval which
greeted the Prince of Wales visit to
the impoverished miners, the fact that
he wore a white rose In his lapel was
criticized. Time was when many OF
the officials of the government wore
some flower daily, but not so at present
Even the recent celebration Of Nc
Kinley day by the Ohio State Society
here failed to bring forth the universal
observance Of placing a red carnation
in the lapel Of the coat for the evening
entertainment. while no member Of
either house Of Congress horoner the
lnartyred Presidents memory by APP
hearing during the day with the flower
Perhaps no public man ever had a
eAbit of wearing orchids, and even or
khe lapels of ushers at the most fash
ionable weddings they are rarely en-
ccuntered.
M. Jules Cambon, for eight years
Ambassador from France in Washing
ION, has been appointed chairman OF
the French committee which will CO.
operate with the British in the pro.
posed gigantic enterprise OF cutting
q tunnel under the British Channel. He
Is well remembered and holds a recog'
Inized place in the affections of all whC
knew him. M. Cambon left the Capita
in 1908 and was not then in the heyday
of youth. He was succeeded by M
JuSserand, who held the post for q
kears. After few brief assignments or
Ambassador Of the French Republic a
Berlin. He was at that capital wher
the World War broke, and his service
to his country and to the world in gen
eral have become part of that tragic
history. For his Illuminating report
and dispatches he was invited into tn
Academy of the ImInortalS, an homo
rarely bestowed except for some valu
able contribution to literature In tn
restricted sense, as poetry, fiction o
philosophical essays. The yenerabl
statesman recorded two outstanding
achievements during his regime II
Washington. He made it plain to Presi
dent Roosevelt that since Gen. Lafa
yette had been honored by a statue,
similar compliment should be PAL
Count de Rochambeau, commander G
the French Army Of Alliance In 1771
The unwilling of this bronze duplicat
Of the statue erected more than hal
century before on the Loire, at tn
Chateau de Rochambeau, was brillian
ceremony, outstanding in the annals @
such events. M. Cambon acted as in
termediary between the United State
end Spain, signed the protocol arrang
ing terms in behalf of the Queen Re
gent Christine, and afterward was sig
natory of the treaty of Paris. He
now approaching his eightieth birthda!
but is in robust health and In com
S,1ata mental yi0or