Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-19

the consuming Of spice cakes and hot
scenes as an accompaniment. Lord Ar
lington, who was q fashionable host,
brought all proper accessories for serv-
ing tea, and his salons In the Winter
Of 1866 had a wide vogue. But the next
year came the great fire Of London, and
such mild diversions as tea drinking
were suspended for time.
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Mr.. Gates McGarrah of Goshen, N.
Y, and his associate, Mr.. Leon Fraser
of New York City, as president ana
alternate of the first international bank
the world has known, that which Is in
Basic, Switzerland, which will dispense
the German PREPARATIONS, passed busy
Summer, for their institution is OF spe-
cial interest to the scores OF United
States citizens travelling in Europe who
had been subscribers to the Liberty
bonds Switzerland has always been
favorite recreation ground for people
from this Republic, and that visitors are
not harassed by those multiplying spe-
cial taxes which make life miserable
for those who 60 to France, Italy and
nearly all other countries involved In
the World War, has enhanced its popu-
larity. In addition to the two of1clals
from the United States, who hold the
most exalted role, IL Is probable that
never before such Q distinguished
group Of bankers concentrated on one
enterprise. Great Britain has Hon.
Reginald McKenna, considered It's
many has come the famous DR.. Mel
choir, called the Paul Warburg of
finance. M. Emile FrancQui might be
described as Belgiun's Pierpont Nor
gar. and from France and all other
countries affected by the payment OF
the German reparations shave come
their wizards of finance, and all may
be viewed of a pleasant afternoon stroll
ing or riding along the highway which
leads across the Rhine into German
Baden. Basic has quite taken the
laurels for visitors from the United
States from Lucerne, Bern. Geneva
and the lovely lake country about Inter
laken.
Longfellows appealing story of Evan
geline has, say those who keep such
statistics, attracted more people to
Nova Scotia during the past half CEN
fury than have all other legends or
shrines combined. This Summer traV-
elers to Canada quadrupled those OF
the season of 1929 and many turned
cities, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec and
across the continent to Vancouver and
Victoria, to seek the home Of the pa
thetic heroine in the rural environ
ment which was once Grand Pre-. But
scholars interested in this saga spend
much time in the public library OF
Halifax, where is conspicuously dis
played the correspondence between the
Cambridge poet and his Canadian
friend Halliburton, the actual insplrer
of the story. Longfellow wrote entirely
/ I1fY Nv Io1
ton, and eagerly studied books and maps
furnished from the same source. So
enthusiastic was the friend that Long
fellow began to write at once when all
data was in, and he did not take the
time from his labors to visit Nova
Scotia, as he had promised Halliburton
he would do, and in fact he never set
foot on the soil which he has made
famous, whereby he gained enduring
fame for himself. The usual procedure
of those who study the subject intelli-
gently is to pass several days in Halifax
reading the correspondence and the lit
erature which has grown about 1t and
then to visit the actual site of the poem.
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Mayor Walker of the mightiest city
on this side of the Atlantic, and claim
ing to be the most populous in any
country, can beStow q unique expert
ence on those who would enjoy it, in
affording the freedom Of the harbor
and the privilege Of visiting foreign
craft before docking. Thus o number
Of important people Travelled with the
pilot who met the Polonia of the
Odynia- America line which reached
Brooklyn last week. It was historic
occasion, for the first time Polish
standard, the beautiful white knight,
AnOt ftAovva &hA mast ~ a transatlantic
vessel, and It was Q modern, up-to-date
liner at that. Poland had lost her
Independence o half century before
ships piled for. passenger trade between
the Old and New Worlds, and since she
again entered the rank Of sovereign