Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-07
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Notes of General and Special Interest Relating to
Men and Women of Prominece
In World Circles

frequently added to Gen. Dawes memo
randa of documents pertaining to the
lost continent, Atlantis. a subject which
has fascinated him from his youth.
Miss Wright worked for several years
in the library of the State Department
and in the various great libraries of
Washington and other cities in the re-
searches in which she specialized, the
voyages of Columbus and the COLOMBIA
ton of the Western Hemisphere. She
then went to Seville to pursue her in
QuirieS at the source, and so valuable
did she prove that she was engaged
by the Spanish governmental authori-
ties to assist her fellow country peo-
pie. who arrive In Seville in vast num-
bers purposely to consult the archives
of the Indies. With her mother as
companion. Miss Wright maintains
pleasant home not far from the famous
palace of the Alcazar and is especially
hospitable to visitors from this part Of
the world. After the brief visit to
Spain, the Ambassador and Mrs. Dawes
went to Rome to examine the docu-
mentS listed in the Vatican Library
relating to the lost Atlantis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Addison E. Southland.
the former resident minister at Adds
Abeba, capital of Abyssinia. are Ken
tuckians. and therefore of hospitable
trend, and they will feel entirely in
their element in entertaining the dis
tinguisheS delegation which will be
dispatched from this country to attend
the coronation of the emperor, Ras
Tafari. Adds Abeba is pretentious
town for East Africa, but its resources
will be heavily drawn on by the native
population. There are two hotels OF
fair size, but every inch has been
booked for the visitors who will come
from ETHIOPIA. Egypt and the adjacent
colonies of Great Britain, Italy and
France, and the picturesque petty rulers
of the Sudan Mr.. and Mrs. Southland
lived in Washington during the forma-
tive days when the Department OF
Commerce was creating liaison officers
with the Department of State. and as
they are exceedingly good looking, So
ciable and witty, they made many
friends. Their home in Louisville at
tracted many of their washington as
sociates from 1928 until 1926, when the
Minister was appointed as resident IN
Singapore, and year later was trans
ferred to the ancient country OF East
Africa The residence of Mr.. and Mrs.
Southland. after the manner OF the
lavish ways of Africa, Is almost VII
space available for retinues more nu-
merous than will mark the delegation
from this republic. The British resi-
dent Minister will entertain the Duke
of Gloucester and the special delega-
ton sent by Great Britain.
Mrs. Harriet Chalmers Adams, we'll
known traveller and lecturer. will make
a lengthy visit to Mr.. and Mrs. South
ard, and is sailing on the Alfonso XIII
September 8. and after visiting friends
in Spain will continue her journey via
the Barbary States down through the
Great Desert to Ethiopia. The corona
ton ceremonies of Ras Tafari, Emperor
of Abyssinia. will consume about 15
days and will furnish some of the most
colorful functions known in modern
times. Ethiopia, in which Abyssinia is
included, according to tradition took
over portions of the Mosaic law, and its
rulers, claiming direct descent from
Solomon and Makedda, who was Queen
of Sheba became Christians in the
apostolic area. A picturesque cOmmin-
Cling of the ancient Coptic rite marks
the religious ceremonial. with various
introductions of the old HISTORIAN ideas
Of pomp. Mr.. Adams, after detailed
study of Abyssinia and its chief cities,
Will IGouLIlC lLCt ttdtCaS al IIoob <AAAbNO,
visiting many points not hitherto in
cluded in her exploitation Of the Lybian
Desert, undertaken year ago. She
will return to Spain in January to re-
main until next Spring. She will be
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Nathaniel
Stewart, the former consul general in
Barcelona, and later of Mr.. and Mrs.
Edward j. Norton, very well known
here, who are now residing in Malaga.
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His Honor Charles r. Bateman.
mayor of Guildford, once the seat OF
the Plantagenet Kings of Britain, has
been comforting q mournful pleasure
on Uncle Sans children now visiting
London In opening for inspection the
oldest and best preserved wine cellars
in that ancient realm. The mayor 1t
is true, asks stipend for the inspec-
ton, for he has heavy demands for
municipal Improvements, but then he
has lighted these venerable passages
bright as day and repaired all breaks
and eliminated danger spots. The
most recent Of these Subterranean pas
sages date from the first decade of the
1200s and the oldest stretch back to
the unrecorded ages. Henry II lived
in state in Guildford and he built ex-
tensive additions to the cellars and
quadrupled the number of casks which
held hundreds Of gallons Of wine. This
monarch, 1t will be remembered, wed
Eleanor of Aquitaine, the lady who