Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-19
Tales of Well Known Folk
! In Social and Official Life
Mrs. Calvin Coolidge Recent Mistress of the
White House, Noted as Especially Enter
tanning Letter Writer.

never materialized, although Coronado
and his army searched for years through
Kansas. Nebraska and Nevada. But
Coronado found the city OF Gran Qui-
vira on an eminence more than 1000
feet above the sea, proving civilization
which antedated the coming OF the
Latins by nearly 800 years. For Gran
earlier people conquered by the Indians
of Central New Mexico, but the wealth
had been dispersed in the centuries Of
civil warfare. Gran Quivira, according
to DR.. jerks. was probably the most
populous city of the Western world
when Columbus landed on the islands Of
the Caribbean Sea. Taos farther North
in New Mexico, where the earliest cliff
jewellers were found, was close second.
X y X
Gen. Valeriano Weyler y Nicolau, Mar
ques de Tenerife, captain-general of Cuba
at the outbreak of the Spanish American
War, has. at the age Of 90, Just published
his memoirs, a volume which will no
doubt prove best seller in this coun-
try and in Europe. Thirty years ago
Gen. Weyler's name appeared on the
front page of every newspaper and his
every act was asSailed with a persistent
and violent animosity. No less exciting
have been the later years of SPANS
military leader when she lost the Pearl
of the Antilles. for he has been the I'M
compromising opponent of the dictator
Gen. Primo de Rivera, and frequently
has been hailed before court-martial Of
f1cials and his fine fortune has been
diminished through fines. native Of
the lovely city of Palma, capital of
Mallorca in the Balaric Islands, the
venerable warrior is passing his last
years there, and is, according to rumor
still the leader of the Catalonian forces
which oppose SPANS economic policies
and every measure which Gen. Primo
de Rivera advocates. A superb horse
man, and still taking his daily canter.
Gen. Weyler keeps good stable and
uses only carriages when he goes abroad
tremendously.
Mr.. Musgrave-W ykeham, M. P, from
Worcestershire. and we'll known book
collector, has just placed on sale in
London some valuable portions of the
library of Sir Isaac Newton The at
tention of the scientific world was
aroused, for the library of the distin-
guished philosopher had disappeared so
many years ago that it was deemed en-
tirely lost, and the fragments which the
Worcestershire M. P. owns came to him
accidentally. He had purchased an old
u.
and had the contents of its library
boxed and sent to Barnsley Park in
Gloucester. Examining the old books at
leisure, Mr.. MuSgrave-W ykeham discov-
cred number of odd volumes marked
Is. Newton" and tracing the history of
the Oxford mansion he found that Sir
Isaac had lived there for several years
before his death. Col. de Villamil, another
book collector, had been for some time
SfllnVlnO nlIaCf1nY ~ fhn Loci
OF the philosopher and he has just pub
lished pamphlet on the subject, trac-
ing the migrationS of the volumes, Some
OF the notable units have been secured
Tor scientific libraries in New York, Bos-
ton and various seats of learning, I'm
some Of the earliest scientific
studies OF Sir Isaac were dispatched to
the pulp mill before their value had
been determined, but an appreciable
NUMBER has been saved by the efforts of
Mr.. Wykeman and Col. de Villamil.
When Sir James Barrie gave all rev.
enue pertaining to the sale or dramati-
zation OF Peter Pan" to the hospital
1or SICK children in Great Ormond
street, London, with all legal formality.
the directors of that institution hoped
Tor an instant increase in the income.
But In the old world as well as in the
bustling prosaic republic of the west
such dainty spiritual tidbits as Peter
Fan" are not much appreciated. and,
sad to say, even the prospect of aiding
q worthy work did not cause producers
TO venture upon what apparently does
not attract the public. The book still
has sale, especially in the holiday
season, but 1t does not compare with
that OF The Little Minister" or Sen
timental Tommy" The venerable au-
thor accepts the situation gracefully.
and while no doubt his fame rests Sc
curely on THE Boy Who Would Not
Grow Up" many of his inferior pro-
auctions have achieved greater financial
results: But the encouraging news has
come from the Commonwealth of Aus
tralia that Peter Pan" is having a Wig
orous run all through the large cities
and the rural parts, and that will help
For except in a few pro-
Vmcial theaters, or in school theatre
Gals, the lovely fairy tale was not shown
IN Great Britain during the past
Christmas season, while in this country
the play has been relegated to private
theatricals entirely.
Cragston, the handsomely eouipped
country home of the first John Pier
pont Morgan, which occupies TOO acres
between Bear Mountain and West Point,