Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-05
BY MARGARET B. DOWNING.

Mrs Hoover's love of trees seems 10
have been inspired by her many out
ings with her father, the late Charles
Henry Of Monterey, and in the few
moments which she manages to snatch
from the never-ending routine of duties
IN the White House she has been de-
lighted with the venerable and historic
specimens which fill the southern
grounds. She has entertained the Girl
Scouts in the park, especially in the
more retired spaces which slope to-
ward the river Those who have wan
dered about during the recent garden
Of the most beautiful trees in the White
House grounds, a mighty chestnut,
which spreads as grandly as the one
In Longfellow'S poem under which
stood the village smithy.
No tree in washington has more
historic origin, for the parent stock
came from Mount Vernon and had
been planted by the First Patriot, but
there was a detour before it reached
its present stately environment. This
chestnut was of good size when Col.
Washington inherited part of the
Mount Vernon estate from his brother
Lawrence and purchased the remainder
from the widow. 1t grew right in front
Of the coach house and one of the sap
linRs is now thriving near the spot.
When Gen. Robert Brown came to
visit his commander-in-chief in 1785
he was presented with a sapling and
told to plant it as friendship tree on
the lawn of his home at Bath, Pa
This giant Of the forest died 10 years
ago, but its offshoots have distinguished
homes, one on the White House grounds
and hundreds of others along the ma
Eonal highways of the West, in Colo
RADIO, Utah and oregon, and each tree
bears q tablet, showing its origin from
Washington's friendship tree.
Miss Anne P. Morgan Is champion
of the game "Camelot," combination
Of simple chess with more complicated
checkers, and because of her interest in
this old Arthurian name she was among
those invited by DR.. Henry Richard
Jenner to the Arthurian Congress held
at Truro on the Cornish coast, the ira
ditional home of the Spotless Knight
who was leader of the Round Table.
This group of students of the Arthurian
legend included musicians who study
the score of Isolde" and scholars who
are versed In Tennyson's saga, together
with learned ones who interpret the
tales from old English texts. "Camelot"
has been growing in favor for the past
nve years. Ii Is played Win 20 knlgnOS
and the same number of men," and
was invented by Mr.. George S. Parker
Of Salem, Mass, who also attended the
gathering Of Arthurian scholars. The
game is played on board as in chess,
and Miss Morgan has a number Of
handsomely carved specimens of board
and figures, some Of them having been
specially carved for her In Japan. Prof.
Roger LOOMS Of Columbia University
Is . famous student of the Round Table
legends and its leader and members,
and was among those who crossed the
ocean Just to attend the sessions, held
In the open air on the Cornish coast.
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With the selection Of the former
Secretary Of State, Mr.. Frank B. KEEL
Iogg, to succeed Chief Justice Hughes
on the various European courts of
arbitration and for the permanent
maintenance Of peace, that prolonged
holiday planned In 1929 seems to re-
cede farther back into the future. But
the former head Of the State Depart
ment AYERS that he takes a delightful
daily holiday in his game Of golf and
two hours Of reading, and the vision
Of empty hours is less allurtng than II
seemed in the crowded days he spent