Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-20
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
European Rulers Adopt Airplane Travel as Quick,
Safe Means for State and Pleasure
Travelling

Judge and Mrs. Morgan ]. O'Brien.
whose beautiful Summer villa at South
ampton was recently the scene OF the
wedding of Miss Genevieve Fox to
Quincy Seawall Cabot, the former q
granddaughter of the judge, admire
italian architecture and garden land
years old. Many of the features copied
from the famous Villa di Medici In
Rome have mellowed in the quarter OF
century. The name, Mile F1ori
thousands of Flowers, is now Justi-
fed as lavishly as II it were on the
slopes of F1esole, near Florence.
Mr.. Cabot's bride, who is the daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Lyttleton Fox, was
married in a glorious garden filled with
delphinium, white and blue, which had
grown more than feet; giant gladioli,
almost as tall and set against solid
bank of feverferns, or tiny Summer
chrysanthemums. and the dainty lace
like gysopholus (baby BREATH. 1t is a
glorious garden, and while these flowers
are not identical with those which
bloom about historic Villa di Medici,
whether that in Ffesole or the more
illustrious one on the Pincian hills Of
Rome, the color scheme is the same.
and the solemn lex and yew trees
which frame both flower plots and villa
are identical. Around the pool, reached
from the rear veranda, is screen of
water oak something rarely seen in the
Western World.
Mr.. Joseph b. Thomas, well known
in the hunting world, has announced q
welcome project of making Tennessee
near Gallatin a vast national foX-pur-
suing country sort of Utopia. long
dreamed Of by those who are gradually
being forced out of their familiar sur
roundingS by encroaching cities. Even
those apparently firmly situated hunt
clubs like the Meadowbrook and the
Rockaway, on Long Island, have expert
enced narrowing times in the pillar-to-
post existence which they have led for
the past is years. Naturally, these pop
ular clubs resented frequent moves or
consultations with other organizations,
but it was that or extinction.
Mr.. Thomas and his associates have
found for sale a tract of unusual d.
mansions, unincumbered with popula-
ton and with clear title going back to
the heroic frontier days of this pic
turesque State. There is abundant
room for fleeing foxes. There are also
hordeS of these sly beasts in the vicin-
ity, and for the riders there are deep
woods, a fine river and all the natural
barriers which are becoming so rare
This ambitious project cannot be real
lied in a few years, but that the first
steps are now being taken fills the
sportsmen of the Eastern seaboard with
deep gratitude. For it is hoped to re-
vive in this national center the sport
ing traditions of colonial times, with
all the quaint customs and impressive
ceremony and regalia. Mr.. Thomas has
already established a number of duke
rieS," as the term goes for duck lands,
and these will be teeming with game
when the hunters give 1t a tryout this
Autumn.
The Maharajah of Kapurthala, the
ruler of an Indian state, who so closely
resembles the opulent prince of the
Arabian Tales" cannot, because of the
political situation in India, entertain
his numerous friends this coming Au-
tumn in his magnificent chateau ada
cent to Simla. For years this Indian
prince has passed several months each
Winter in Europe, mostly nsPariS. He
is in the market for every rare Jewel
offered for sale, and has the lavish
habit of presenting gems to his guests
as favors at banquets or games. His
establishment In India is conducted on
a scale which even the Viceroy of Great
Britain cannot maintain.
It has been the custom Of fashion
able British matrons and their daugh-
ters to visit India ever so often to
penetrate the hills and enjoy q touch
Of magnificence not enjoyed In any
other place. But in these domains of
the rajahs the European or even the
globe-trotting citizen of this land is
welcome as a visitor, but he is not en-
couraged to attempt digging in. He
cannot buy land, nor can he own the
houseboat which he has used seasons
untold. He may bring his saddle horse
and a motor car or two, but that is ALL
All must be hired and under long and
complicated regulations. But, neverthe-
less, the hill stations of India attract
their crowds of tourists or Winter resi-
dents, while early in September all
good hotels and villas have been grabbe
up and camping in tent Is all that
remains for the late conner.
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Two of New York's most public-spir-
tied citizens, Mr.. Otto H. Kahn and
Mr.. Barnard Baruch, have joyously de-
parted on their annual patriotic pill
grimage through Europe. Mr.. Kahn
base been for year studying intensively
the problem that music is so splendidly
supported by the mass of people in the
Old World and so ignored by trans
planted aliens or their descendants here.