Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
BY MARGARET b. DOWNING.

The Postmaster General. Mr.. Walter
~ Brown. in authorizing two million q
cent stamps adorned with the head OF
Baron Won Steuben to commemorate the
20Oth anniversary of that revolutionary
hero's birth seemed to have touched
the popular sentiment toward the man
who trained the soldiers at Valley
Forge. During the heat and excite
nent of the World War. it looked for q
time as though Won Steubens glory
would be extinguished, like that OF
Frederick the Great when Congress Or
dered the royal statue taken down from
the entrance to the War College. The Won
6teuben stamp is pink like that which
bears the head of Washington, ana Tn:
head Of the German warrior is copied
from the familiar statue in La Fayette
PARK. Gen. Won Steuben Jared better
at the hands of the grateful Republic
than any of his associates. But 1t was
then considered, although sometimes
disputed now, that he gave the most
valuable services of any OF the titled
warriors who served in the Continent.
Army. He loaned money much needeo
for equipment; he drilled the men ana
made them soldiers, and he saw the re-
suits of his stern regime when he VII
messed the valor of these raw recruits
ia defeating the British Army of Corn
wallis at Yorktown. Gen. Won Steuoen
drew a pension of $2,4o0 year to his
death. and on the land he recelvSo
from grateful New York State haN
been built the township OF Steuosnvllie'
y
The Prince of Wales has been kept
h,lgy replying to queries OF his austere
subjects regarding the new home wnlcn
he has Just opened on the ParK OF
windsor and named Fort Beive0ere.
The Prince has non-plussed the Brit .;an
public. FIRST by declining to use the
handsoune palace in London, and next
bv erecting this mammoth establish
nnent in full sight of royal WINDSOR,
where he has an entire wing Tor MS
ilse. almost as big as hotel. But the
heir of Britain and her vast domains IS
willing enough to take over all tne
pomp and ceremony OF state when IL Is
needfIll. but he does not care to pass nus
entire existence that way. he explains
with some emphasis that Fort BelVeoefe
is = retreat for him and his two bache-
lor brothers, free from intrusion, ana
where they may indulge their passion
for music without disturbing any one:
THE Prince plays the saxophone, ana
this instrument is not exactly the favor
itA of his exalted parents. nor, IN fact'
of any member Of his family except MS
brothers, the Duke Of Gloucester ana
Prince Henry. Occasionally Inns Az
tlInnn there will be dances, and the
music will be provided by the royal THO,
the duke being q talented violinist with
a knowledge of conducting, and the
other royal musician, Henry, Is able TO
make iazz on many instruments. ms
Edward of Wales, unlike his grand
father. afterward King Edward VII, Is
more than discreet, and his rules ABOUT
entertainment at Fort Beive0ere sGaIe
that on no account VIII names OF 9uesCs
~ made public, that no married woman
viii 10 asked without her husband ana
no unmarried woman without q proper
chaneron. Few or no family parues
wifi h. entertained, the Prince and his
brothers feeling that their kindred
meet them often enough in the court
routine.
The late President Garfield has been
called to the public mind through tne
h0a1ors shown his memory BY the leao-
era Of the Christian Church, recently Ia
1aational conference In washington.
Manv motorists who have been seeing
their own country frSt and were our-
Inc the region of the Great Lakes ten
az the beauty Of the home, Hollycroft,
which that Chief Magistrate had eetae.
IisFed in the outskirts Of Cleveland
several years before his tragic end. In
Gen, James A. GarheloS DAY CnlS manu-
some estate was deep In the country,
and its outstanding feature was tne
number and beauty Of the holly all over
fine reQion. and hence its name. The
METROPOLIS of Lake Erie has spread rap.
idly and has almost swallowed all but
4 few of the older country estates. The
CARRIED home grounds have been ex-
tensiyely cultivated, and its formal gar
deng. surrounded by tall and massive
holly trees, Just now beginning to show
their glowing red berries, are among
the show places Of the neighborhood.
This estate was left to the eldest son.