Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-12
BY MARGARET B. DOWNING.

BY MARGARET b. DOWNING.
The Chief Justice of the U. S. Su-
preme Court may be seen in his most
genial role as a fan at a base ball
game and he assumed this aspect very
often during the meeting of the Bar
Association in Chicago during August.
Among the spirited entertainments
which the Lake City had waiting for
the illustrious guests was fine series
Of ball games, this republics national
sport with the Giants and Cubs con-
tending. The Chief Justice is perhaps
more intimately acquainted with the
legal lights of the world, than is any
other member of the American Bar
Association, and to his care was COM
mitted the entertainment and en-
1ightenment of Britain'S eminent law
yers Those who watched the earnest
effort of Judge Hughes to arouse the
enthusiasm OF Lord Dunedin were SYM
pathetic, in that the Briton made
frantic efforts TO get all the instruc-
tons straight and to enjoy seeing the
opponents fight it out But from the
opening to the wildly cheered close
Lord Dunedin, and indeed two-thirdS
of the foreign guests, wore puzzled
expression and that unmistakahle look
of I wish I knew what it is all about,
This peer, Lord Dunedin, a lawyer of
wide renoun, is the keeper of the great
seal of the principally of Scotland
and a keen sportsman. with a highly
developed love of cricket. He also is
a mighty Nimrod and his grouse shoot
ing always ranks among the highest
scores.
X X
Mrs. Charles Francis Adams is al
most as enthusiastic over aquatic pas
times as is the Secretary of the Navy
and she presided over the womans
,I-- .ryN% I,AlI Is
August at Cohasset Beach and awarded
the cup her personal gift to the local
club. 1t was Mrs. Adams who per-
suaded the members of the clubs
which are scattered up and down
Massachusetts Bay that there is more
than an afternoons diversion in sail
ing a yacht. For years owners of pref
ty craft took a spin between luncheon
and time for bridge tea or dances, and
let it go at that. But after some cru
sading among the women with yachts,
Mrs Adams has seen the sport grow
scientifically and the cups which she
and others along the North Shore have
offered as trophies are won by as fine
racing as the Massachusetts, coast can
boast. This year Mrs. Adams cup was
won by the Indian Harbor Yacht Club,
with Miss Lorna Whittlesey and the
Misses Will in command, and this VIC
tory is the third in succession for the
crew from this club. Sixty women en-
tered the Cohasset Beach race and
1t was noted that not one wore skirts,
but looked trim as middies in tight
trousers turned up neatly, and the most
gaudy of overalls and tams. Many of
the girls mended torn spinnakers with
a palm needle in fun sight of the
spectators and all bent the sails on
their boats, reeyed sheets and left
everything snug in the harbor when
the race was over. A generation ago
Mrs. Adams was aware of an effort
to have a ladies' annex to the New
York and Newport Yacht Clubs, but
long skirts and the sport did not min
gle successfully and the idea of a
woman wearing pants" would have
been "scandalous" in those days.
X
Mrs. Henry Bacon, widow of the emil
nent architect who designed the Lincoln
Memorial, has for some years made her
home on the Dardanelles, within a few
hours motor journey from what until a
few years ago was presumed to be the
mythical site of famous Troy, scene Of
the Homeric poem dramas AS part
of the Virgil celebration which is to be
staged at Mantua in November ESQ pill
grims will journey from the italian city
down the Adriatic Sea in ancient craft,
cross the Aegean, and with cordial at
Sea Of Bosphorus, land almost at Mrs
Bacon's door. Being an earnest student
OF Homer and the almost as famous
Latin poet Virgil Mrs. Bacon knows
what classic scholars call 1.-The kingdom
of Homer and has traced the journey
ings Of the house of Priam after the fall
of Troy The Virgil pilgrims will land at
Istanbul and will see all the historic
sights OF ConStantinople before they
cross the Dardanelles and inspect the
ruins which eminent PSYCHOLOGISTS de-
clare are those of the illustrious city
which fell before the assault of the
Greeks. It is not an easy matter to visit
the ruins of Troy, for besides the usual
wise required to enter Turkish territory
special permit is necessary to visit
Troy, and only those known to be
students Of the Homeric drama and
the classic literature which has gath
cred about it, are allowed to invade
the charmed spot OF the $50 pill
grims, about 100 are citizens Of this
republic, and they will be the first
to set foot on the hallowed ground.
Renal Pasha, President of the Turk
1sh republic. has made September /
a notable day for the women Of his
country, in that on that date he is
sued decree giving Turkish women
over 81 years the right to take part
in municipal affairs-to vote and to
run for office The decree signed by
the martial president Of the republic
has a significant foreword by Shukru
Kaya Bey, minister of the interior.
who gives the reasons for this radical
departure from Turkish tradition as to
the feminine sex. The minister says
the war of independence could not
have been SO easily won, or indeed at
all. but for the courage OF the women
carrying munitions to the army, pre-
pairing food, often selling a rife and
taking the place of a killed or wounded
soldier and he believes the best way
TO show the national gratitude is to
allow them to share in the government