Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-08-17
BY MARGARET B. DOWNING.

u N1AhOhkkEA d. DONN1NNs
Former President Coolidge and Mrs
Coolidge have settled so contentedly
into the Beeches rumors persist thai
the property in Plymouth, VT, since i
has been unused 70 rsome years
may be offered for sale. Vermont il
ideal in Summer and the small village
where the thirtieth Chief Magistrate
took the oath Of Office lies. in pictur'
esuue surroundings Three generation:
of the Coolidge family have called Yer
mont home, but the family has a much
longer affiliation in Massachusetts
Those who know say that Mr.. Coolidge
would have to change his mind rad
ically even If the most tempting price
is offered for the primitive house and
store at Plymouth. and that by the ex-
press wish of both his parents, John
Coolidge will build a suitable home
there But he must await fortunes
smile and not indulge in such luXuTIes
as fine Summer villa in tho romantic
Plymouth section of Vermont until he
can afford it. The former President is
very stern about this for there are
three persons who would most cheer
fully present an excellently equipped
Summer retreat and many other pleas
ant things of life. Mrs. Coolidge enjoys
a generous income as the result OF her
writing and she would like to give a
good part of it to make John and Flor
ence as happy as they wish to be- OF
course, Gov. Trumbull. father of young
Mrs. Cooli5ye. can afford anything for
his daughter and her husband, and
there are Mr.. and Mrs. Frank A.
Stearns, who simply adore young John
and would divide their handsome for
tune with him. But self-respecting
young business man as he is, John Cool
idge is going to be content with what
he earns at present.
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Gen. Pershing and the Ambassador to
Great Britain, Gen. Dawes, have for the
past. two years attended the meeting
held at MeauX. France, by the overseas
writers from this country and both viii
no doubt be present at the assembly
this coming November. MeauX is 40
minutes from the Broadway of Paris,
Avenue de rOpera, and is pleasant
little city with a venerable cathedral
inipregnated with memories of the great
Bossuet. Across the bridges over the
Marine are picturesque windmills and
ancient peasant homes now entirely re-
stored and looking as they have for the
past four centuries. Meaux was the
corridor down which trickled all the
news of the A. E. F. 1t was the first
headquarters of the I'd American Divi-
sion in June, 1918, when it was rushed
in motor trucks to the defense of the
west road to Paris, and was a central
force in the heroic history of Chateau
Thierry and Belleau Wood soon after
Bosseut's episcopal city sheltered the
4th American Division. The overseas
writers who made the country familiar
with the deeds OF valor summed up in
the ST. Mihiel drive lived for months in
Meaux and whenever such busy scribeS
can get away for a reunion and chat
over old times they congregate in that
marvellous inn which is set in a garden
designed by LIE Notre in the shape of a
bishops hat and enjoy meal without
rival in all Of Paris or its environs.
r *%*
Alfonso of Spain and his heir, the
Prince of the Asturias. are among the
guests who are expected at Dunrobin
Castle, the Highland seat of the Duke
of Sutherland, who possesses one of the
best shooting preserves in Scotland. The
King and the heir to the throne, recent
~ restored to health, will be the guests
of a group of British sportsmen, the
owner, the Duke of Sutherland being in
mourning for his sister, killed recently
IN an air disaster. The Prince of the
Asturias, long believed to be the victim
of an incurable disease, has been re-
stored to health by the simple expedi-
ent of physical culture and is now
deemed in prime physical health. This
present tour to other parts of Europe is
his first except under rigid direction OF
doctors and nurses. He recently passed
two weeks in Paris and was entertained
extensively at the Jockey Club. Mr..
Pierpont Morgan has recently taken pos
session of his hunting lodge at Gan
nochy, in the immediate neighborhood
Of Dunrobin Castle and also of that
grim pile, CLAIMS Castle, where much
interest has recently been conferred.
Another tenant of shooting preserves
who will be among the foremost at the
hunt amenities is Mr.. Bernard Baruch,
who has made his round of the Euro
pean spas finishing his tour at Vichy.
The flag of this republic flies gayly over
half a dozen extensive hunting lodges
about CLAIMS and Dunrobin and many
relays of guests from this side of the
ocean will be entertained between the
middle OF August and October /.
\ X x
When the Secretary of State. Col
Stimson, has the Great Seal of the
United States affixed to proper papers,
he uses the third hand-mark of the
Nation, asserted by critics to be the most
beautiful national emblem in existence
That three great seals have been used
since l1T9, When the first, a combina
ton of designs submitted by jefferson
Adams and the French engraver. Du
Strniere, is not due to any radical change
in the general appearance, but to the
effect of time in smoothing the surface
The first shield was ordered soon after
the Declaration of Independence was
signed, but failure to accept the various
designs offered postponed its actual use
until 1873. This Great Seal was used
continuously until 1885, when the Secre-
tary Of State, Mr.. Frelinghuysen, called
attention to the fading lines them APP
parent. after the lapse of more than a
century. The second seal, however, was
found lacking in true heraldic signifi-
canoe. and under John Hay, in the
Roosevelt administration a new seal
embracing the best features of that OF
1779 was combined in the present salts
factory form. Great Britain recently
ordered the lord chancellor to prepare a
new seal the status of the Irish Free
State calling for revision Of the phrase
King OF Great Britain and ireland y
and this change marks one Of nearly
haIf hundred since Britain became a
world power. The great seal of the
United Kingdom has been the subject
OF an extensive literature, and those who
admire Dickens have obtained a de-
tailed description Of the treasure
through the whimsical characters about
the courts of chancery in the most ia.
nous novels David Copperfield, BLEAK