Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-13
BY MARGARET B. DOWNING.

that the former president over confided
TO any one his idea of the perfect
home, but Mrs. Coolidge often chatted
about her wishes in this direction. In
deed, many of the lovely little articles
she sewed, knitted or embroidered were
destined to play role in this beloved
dream which now has so happily come
true. 1t will be remembered that the
former First Lady spent almost six
weeks in boxing her treasures and that
an unbelievable number of packing
cases and enormous trunks preceded
the departure of the family to North
ampton. Purchases as well as gifts
made up this assortment, for Mrs.
Coolidge bought discriminatory in all
her travels unique bits of tapestries
of brocade and rugs of all sizes, and
the President received some superb In
dian blankets during his South Dakota
residence. All these fit into home deco
ration very neatly. Mrs. Coolidge will
now have opportunity to indulge in
early American equipment, and in her
search for special objects she will have
the services of two experts we'll known
in WaShington-Mrs. Porter Human
Dale, wife Of the Vermont Senator, and
Mrs. Sargent. wife of the former At
torney General. But say those in
touch with Mrs. Coolidge, she intends
to live in the house and study its every
detail before she makes elaborate plans
about the final equipment.
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Senator Townsend of Delaware is an
enthusiastic farmer. In the early
months of his service in the National
Legislature he introduced bill by
which the inventor or discoverer of a
new variety of fruit or plant could
patent his rights with the same ease as
the inventor of a machine. This bill,
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pelleVed, would go long way toward
removing discrimination against agri-
culture. He also stated that it would
give to the diScoVerer of new fruits and
flowers a reward commensurate with
the service rendered. An ardent ad-
mirer of roses Senator Townsend has
all the famous Van Vleete climbers in
his spacious gardens. 1t has always
made him sad to think the beloved DR.:
Walter Van Vleete, whose climbers
make vast areas of this country so
beautiful in May and June, reaped only
a small monetary reward for his benef1-
cent offerings. He was III charge of the
experimental roses in the Agricultural
Department, and lived in the simplest
fashion on a farm in Prince Georges
County Md. on which he was making
payments at the time of his demise.
Ephraim Bull. Luther Burbank and
Peter Gideon occur readily to the mind
as those who made tremendous contri-
buttons to beauty and utility and who
died in comparative poverty. Had their
discoveries been in the domain of
science. or had they been engineers or
constructors, protected by patents
wealth would have flowed like a noun
tain stream. this champion of agricul-
tural patents believes
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Fldridge r. johnson, owner of the
manuscript of Alice in Wonderland"
which, after being on exhibition in the
Congressional Library, is now being cX-
hibited in other cities, has an idea of
visiting certain wonderland of Poly
nesia. known to navigatorS as Easter
Island. Mr.. johnson is making leisure
~ preparation for the cruise next Sum
ner and will have a yacht filled with
scientists as his companions The yacht
Caroline is the second which Mr.. John
son has named for his mother. Ar
cheologistS believe that civilization far
more ancient than that of the Euro
pean or Asian continent existed in this
far outpost in the Pacific. The island
was first sighted. in the opening years
of the eighteenth century by the Dutch
commander Roggeveen, and as this was
at the season of the feast Of the resur-
rection, the name clingS to it. although
the natives knew it as Waihu or Rapa-
the riddle in stones and hieroglyphicS
are in behalf of the University of Penn
sylvania and in afiiliation with the
S2,000,000 gift which the inventor of
the Victor machine recently made to
the department of archaeology in the
Keystone institution.
Gen. Pershing, who dug in" as the
term goes. at White Sulphur Springs to
begin the assortment of his mammoth
pile of material on the World War,
makes an occasional sally from his re-
treat to participate in some social event
which appeals, but in the main he
sticks to his task like an undergraduate
preparing for a degree. The beloved
leader of the A. E. F. has been part Of
the world of affairs for so many years
that his intimate acquaintance with
public men is proving valuable asset
as he collateS his material to write the
part this Republic played in that ter
rible conflict of 1914-1918.' He has been
entertaining Mr.. Hugh Campbell Wal
lace in his suite at the Greenbrier
Hotel, and as the former Ambassador
to Paris had a mass of notes on the
same period of time the comparing
of them has been, an invaluable aid.
Mr.. Wallace. who succeeded the late
Myron Herrick and was Ambassador
during the period i'll which the A. f. F.
participated with the allied armies
against. the Teutonic powers, this fusion
of diplomatic and military data will re-
suit i'll an rnaSsailable mass of teSti-
mony. Mr.. Wallace has already pub
lished some important papers and he
has many other such studies in conteIn-
plation. Gen. PerShing. according to
those in his confidence, intends to pre-
sent his volume or volumes as post
humouS offerings to solve the vital
question nf Uhn the He
poses to weigh in the balance all avail
able facts, and this is more readily done,
now that IL years have passed since the
combatantS ceased firing, than it was
in the first flush of victory. when many
continental and British commanders
made claims that cannot now be adj
mltted.
The Minister from Norway and Nine.
Bachke anticipate holiday during the
coming Summer They hope to take
part in the grand celebration of St.
Olaf's centenary, which is attracting
the loyal Morse from all parts of the
world. Cantatas and open-air concerts
will mark the jubilee which begins IN
Trondhjem May 10 and continues until
July 30, when the solmen anniversary
of the death of King Olaf on the battle
field 900 years ago will be observed in
the ancient cruciform cathedral where
he is buried. Longfellow wrote Spir-
tied poems on the Olaf saga, and
tourists from this country will propose
to combine q trip to the North Cape,
of the jubilee will fortify them with
the Norwegian stanZas of the Cam.
bridge poet. The open-air Museum OF
Morse Antiquities. is planning an am
bilious program from May until the
end of July. The Minister and Nine