Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-11

the Princess Alice, niece Of Queen Mary
will climb the heights for the unwilling
Of the tablet. Gen. SHUTS Is one of the
officers Of the Mountain Climbers Ciut
and like the royal governor has trudged
the by-ways In all directions. Lady May
Cambridge, sister Of Princess Alice, Is
spending the season In Cape Town and
has been joining the mixers on many
expeditions. Since the splendid trains
de luxe have been running from Cairo
to Cape Town, South Africa is dis
putting tourist honors with Egypt and
the Barbary States.
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Senator Borah, as all who know hin,
well viii admit, was an apostle of the
simple life far in advance of Pastor
Wagner, or that divine's most disttr-
guished supporter, President Roosevelt
Idaho's eminent statesman Is an advo-
cate of raw food, such as apples. on
ions and the long line Of vegetables
which dieticians contend are better UNI
cooked. Although Senator Borah's
piscatorial fame has been dimmed by
the achievements of President Hoover
ertheless he is a mighty fisherman and
has frequently furnished the Summer
camp for Mrs. Borah and q number of
friends will all they could consume,
three times q day. Mrs. Borah now is
realizing wish to travel through Eu-
rope, which she has entertained for
years. In fact, five times before she
has been all ready for this adventure,
when unforeseen happenings caused a
change of plans. But going to Europe
or any other distant country does not
fit in with Senator Boraf's idea of a
vacation. In the years when congress
sional sessions were not a continual
performance, the Borahs would take
possession OF camp high In the
mountains beyond Boise City, their
home, and would entertain the home
circle and a succession of friends for
weeks at q time. The Senator would
fish and, In season. hunt small game,
and large game, too, at times, and the
camp would fare royalty. Not only
can the potent chairman Of foreign af-
fairs catch fish agilely, but he can
clean and cook them with the utmost
dispatch and make fiapjacks and roast
corn all at the same time. Fishing
about Washington has no lure for him
and his only exercise while he attends
to congressional duties Is found on the
bride paths.
Rear Admiral Colby Mitchell Chester,
retired, might be described as the vice
dean of public officials who continue in
useful service, the venerable associate
Justice of the Supreme Court, Oliver
Wendell Holmes, being the dean. Ac-
cording to law, Admiral Chester was
placed on the retired list "a years ago.
But that Is only matter of record, for
he remains, in his eighty-seventh year,
one of the most active pursuers of
knowledge, and especially in the do
main of Oriental affairs and Of current
developments in naval matters. studying
canals and other waterways. Every day
finds Admiral Chester at the Cosmos
Club, where he chats with his friends,
meets all the interesting visitors and
invariably takes his luncheon. For is
years this sturdy naval oficer gave
yeoman service In establishing the
open door IN China, and in studying
the problems Of Oriental trade. Adj
miral Chester has leap year birthday,
February 20, and the next celebration,
in 1892, he intends making worthy OF
the occasion, Is he will then enter his
ninetieth year, and he anticipates be-
ing as hale and hardy as at present.