Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-26
By MARGARET B. DOWNING.

BY MARGARET B. DOWNING.
Judge Charles Evans Hughes, whose
activity in all sections of the public
service is universally acknowledged, made
Al recent appear for the parity" of the
financial endowments Of women's col
reyes, and in view of this the provisions
of the will of Philip Edward Brett are
receiving merited attention. Mr. Brett,
lineal descendant OF one of New York's
earliest mayors, Francis Rambout the
Huguenot left $4,000 legacy to
Barnard College, alma mater OF his
daughters, and his residuary estate,
after the demise of life beneficiaries,
is to be held in trust as permanent
endowment of this worthy institution,
under definite provisions. Judge Hughes
approves of this manner of financial
support in the heartiest way, rather
than the usual course of founding
chairs for this and that study to honor
some special person. Mr.. Brett was
a lifelong student of higher education
for women, End his admiration for
Barnard was most admirably expressed
in his will. Rambout, from who
Barnard's benefactor descends on the
distaff side, landed in New Netherlands
in 1854 and soon became one OF the
prominent merchants of the island ane
eventually burgomaster of its chief city.
His daughter, Catherine, in 1908, mar
ried Roger Brett, an officer in the
British navy, who accompanied Queen
Anne's delegation to take over the
government of the province of New
York. Handouts and Bretts at one
time owned nearly all of the tract be-
tween Broadway to the Hudson and
from the Battery to point beyond
Central Park.
Senator-designate Dwight Morrow and
the Governor of the Philippines. Dwight
DAVIS. are both amused ut the con-
fusion in their identity in regard to who
is Col Lindbergh'S father-in-law. Such
mistakes in British and other European
books of reference have been too
numerous and ludicrous in recent years
TO cause much comment. Unlike its
counterpart in this country, the British
who's Who" does not require all those
whose biography appears in its pages
to write and sign the sketch and thus
assume all responsibility for errors Of
any description. Until five years ago few
citizens of this republic ever appeared
in such volumes, unless they had
established direct financial or social
interests in Great Britain or the con-
tinental countries. Mr.. ]. Pierpont
Morgan has been honored. as have Gen.
Dawes. and the leader of the A. z. F.,
Gen. Pershing. In biographical volumes,
such as the Belgian, the French, Italian
and German, no son or daughter OF
Uncle Sam, with rare exceptions, Is
given space. The Belgian list of celeb
rites contains the name of Herbert
Hoover and details his war relief record
rather than his later political honors.
It also includes Brand Whitlock and
Hugh Gibson, with perfectly correct
data, probably furnished by themselves.
Germany is generous in including a
number of German American, as well
as Ambassador Dawes, owen d. Young
and many Morgan banking partners.
France is more exclusive and gives more
space to Gen. Pershing than to any
other citizen of the republic.
\ \
Cardinal Gasparri, papal secretary Of
state, will lay down the burden of ac-
tive duty at the beginning of March.
and when he retires a conspicuous fig-
ure connected with the stirring events
from 1914 until after the provisions Of
the Versailles congress were signed will
have passed from the stage. M. Aris-
tide BRAND, so many times premier OF
France, played a subsidiary role in
those responsibilities, the deStinies of
France being in the hands of the late
M. Clemenceau and M. Poincare. This
French statesman - BRAND - has like
wise retired from public life and Mr..
David Lloyd George is no longer a
dominant factor in the government of
Great Britain. President Wilson and
the italian, Sonnino, have died. The
papal secretary has been in power since