Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-08-02

President HoOver Is LOUer of books
and his hobby is the collection of rare
UOIunles.
of the country, e. s. Webster of Boston being
an ardent devotee of their collection.
DIR. A. A. Mitten, Philadelphia traction mag
nate, recently acquired the hobby Of dogs hav-
ing assembled an outstanding kennel Of fine
animals on his estate at Roxborough.
John r. Shepard, Chicago miller, has mods
eled miniature circus, complete in every de-
tail from a diminutive 'big-top" tent. wagons
and paraphernala, to q menagerie Of dwarfiSh
proportions which go to make up the attrac-
tions Of his greatest little show ON earth"
IN the same "Album OF lobbyists" with these
] and many more interesting items about the
hobbies Of statesmen and the leaders OF In
dustry and commerce are to be found group
OF folders devoted to the chosen avocations OF
theatrical celebrities.
There Is information, for example. to ahow
that the incompatible Al JOlson painstakingiy
collects old masters
Harold Lloyd, famous motion picture star, 70
q Leading breeder Of Great Danes ut his Beverly
Hills estate. He owns the largest kennel Of
Danes In the country, and from 1t has come
the nucleus OF groups priced by some OF the
goggled comedians equally well known neigh
bors.
William Collier. ST.. encourages his friends
to inscribe their autographs on sofa In hts
Hollywood bungalow.
Madame Frances Aida, former star Of the
Metropolitan Opera, owns the largest st. Ber.
nard and the smallest griffon in existence.
Douglas Fairbanks jr.. recognized for his
inherited histrionic talents, spends his spare
time at the easel and is an artist Of ability.
Joan Crawford. his wife, has . penchant for
hooked rugs. which overrup their Beverly Hills
home.
Howard Thurston. magician, has written the
life Of Cagliostro the greatest Of all charlatans
in history, for which work he has been collect
ing material for the last is years.
Long Tack Sam, an immensely wealthy Chi.
nese has sleight-of-hand Is q hobby and re.
Gently toured this country in series OF per-
formanceS in which his amateur talents were
given successful test as box-oface attraction.
NONG other well known Americans fire.
n uuently in the news Of the day who adj
init to the pursuit Of hobbies Is John Henry
Mears, who soon may be on once more In an
attempt to shatter the round-the-world record.
Gene Tunney's hobby Of literature is ex-
tensively known. But the pastime OF LMis
Angel Firpo erstwhile wild Bull Of the PAM
pas" strangely enough Is the collecting OK
brightly dressed dolls displayed in the ONCE
of his Buenos Aires automobile agency. Charles
b. Cochran. London show inpresario, has made
the collecting Of q pugflistio-4 hrary his hobby.
wealthy New York - woman. Mrs.
Henrietta Proctor DonneIl mas Chihuahus
kennel unsurpassed anywhere in the world at
Pretoria, her 2yO0O-acre estate In the Hudson
Highlands.
Mrs. Chauncey Mccormick Of Chicago re-
Gently acquired the bulk Of the IS ZOO, 600 Gulph
treasure, for centuries owned by the Dukes Of
Brunswick-Luneberg.
The heiress to Texas Oil fortune, Miss
Eleanor c. Free, soon tired Of Gotham society,
sold her Riverside Drive mansion and acquired
1,20O-acre plantation in Georgia, which she
made one CT several hobbies.
An enviable collection of rare old documents,
valuable letters and other memeutos Of days
long since passed is the fruit of the personal
hobby of DR.. A. s. w. Rosenbach, art collector
Of Philadelphia.
Twelve-year-old Marjorie Burbank is follow
ing somewhat in the steps Of her famous uncle,
the late Luther Burbank. Her hobby is botany,
and she has collection OF wild flowers gath
cred near her home in Jasper National Park,
In the Canadian Rockies.
Antique glass interests Princess Alexandra
Kropotkin, unguist, traveller and authority on
fashion. who now resides In New York City.
Harrie w. Johnston Of Bedford. Mass, Q tall
snted musician. finds there Is no hobby quite
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