Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-12
BY MARGARET b. DOWNING.

BY MARGARET b. DOWNING.
M. Jules Cambon, the venerable Am
bassador who served in this Capital
from 1897 until 1901 and who made an
international reputation in Berlin In
1894, has just published what Is
deemed an admirable document for all
delegates to the London Naval Confer
ence to study. 1t Is entitled 9TH
French Foreign Policy. Past and Pres
emit" M. Cambon, now in his 80S,
is among the few diplomatistS whom
the French Academy has crowned with
the Laurel Wreath of the Forty Immor-
tails. He had never been considered
among the literati and the honor was
bestowed entirely on the historic and
political merit Of the dispatches sent
to the foreign Office for six months pre-
vious to the outbreak of the World War.
M. Cambon'S successor in Washington,
NJ. Jusserand. has an international rep
utation for his writings, but he has not
been summoned to the academy, nor
has the present Ambassador, M. Clau-
Gel, recognized as the foremost French
dramatist and most renowned mystic
poet now writing, ever been crowned.
However Washington does not begrudge
NJ. Cambon his reward, for he left an
excellent reputation for political astute-
ness and understanding Of the Ameri-
can people. The noble statue of Count
de Rochambeau in Lafayette Park is
the result of his private conversations
with President Roosevelt, and it was
recognized instantly the incongruity of
having honored Lafayette with a statue
while the commander of the army of
alliance, which turned the tide of vic
tory at Yorktown, remained unhonoreG.
M. Cambon'S portrait in the group of
THE Signing of the Protocol" which
began negotiations to end the Spanish
American War. hangs in the lower cor
ridor of the White House.
Col. Jacques Balsan and his wife,
borough. entertained the latters mother,
Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont. and William K.
Vanderbilt, jr., during the middle of
December. Col. Balsan Is among those
who are much concerned at the de-
crease OF patrons from the United
States In this opening season along the
Riviera. Not bakers dozen has been
found in places hitherto crowded with
Uncle Sans leisurely sons and daugn-
tiers, and that long before Christmas.
The question Is now sadly asked, Is this
land Of sunshine and lovely vistas 70
be no longer fashionable, but merely a
Winter shelter for invalids? Palm
Beach, San Diego and the lively places
on the Mexican border are said to have
lured most Americans away from
Cannes, Nice and Monte Carlo. Also
the stock market has played its part
Egypt is blamed for European defec-
ton, and especially the fine medicinal
baths Of the Barbary States prove mag
nets for those who like to mingle pur-
suit of health with that Of chasing the
oh hnn
Col. and Mrs. Balsan are having relays
of guests from New York in the hope
Of re-establishing the vogue of Cote
dAzur. Mr.. Francis Burke Roche Is
among their guests and Lord Fermoy
his brother, is expected the end Of
January.
SPANS military arbiter, Gen. Primo
de Rivera, taking stock Of progress
since he established his regime, has
electrified the conservative denizens of
the Iberian Peninsula by berating the
time-honored custom of having heavy
luncheon about l O'Clock, taking for
the siesta nearly all of the afternoon
and only a half hearted, dwaddling re-
turn to serious occupations along or
o'clock. The dictator Is about to en-
ploy his unique power to enforce a
regular business day, abolishing the 10
pm. dinner and the theatrical perform
ances or operas or concerts which begin
about midnight and end any time be-
tween 2 and 8 o'clock in the morning
and then followed by supper He warns
all classes Of Spaniards that they par
take of too much food and at the wrong
time; that they sleep too much and
waste too many valuable hours in both
indulgences. Whether he will succeed
in q al Nf
the siesta, the late dinner and theatre
Gals remains problematical, so far as
the leisure class is concerned. In Spain
banks and business houses generally
are open quite as early as in this coun-
try. but they close at noon for three
hours, and then the chances are that
they will be uncomfortably crowded
during the brief periods they remain
open in the late afternoon. Scores OF
visitors in Spain this past Summer &C
cepted that condition and shopped In
the morning. But the 10 o'clock din
ner was roundly berated. and many OF
Madrid's hotels de luxe found that their
clients sought their food elsewhere and
at hours more in conformity with then
national customs.
Lord Edward Montagu, grandson, 81
to speak, of Cincinnati, since his
mother, Helena Zimmerman, was among
its bellies when she married the Duke
OF Manchester, Is ons Of the severa
young peers who have made good ir
ventures at ranching near Calgary, AL
berta. The financial troubles and gen.
eral marital woes Of the Duke anc
Duchess Of Manchester have figured
conspicuously In the international press
and prospects for the success in life Of
the second son Lord Edward were MOI
promising. So he joined Lord Rodney,
school for ranching at Saskatchewan
and passed four years under the abb,
tutelage Of the master. He worked fol
wages, and now. after six years ant
with no aid from his titled parents. h,
has a paying ranch. a fine mansion il
Calgary, and last year married a loca