Evening star., 1933-12-31
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Art, Literature, Politics
Senator Borah in Search of Horse-Vice Presi'
dent Garner Back in Capital-Presiden
and Ogden Mills Pony Days

Mr.. BlaShfield is a former president
OF the National Academy of Design,
which is the Oldest organization in the
country controlled exclusively by artists.
He Is best known to Washington as we'll
as to thousands of tourists who every
year visit the Congressional Library by
his decorations which adorn the dome
of that handsome structure.
The Pennsylvania Museum of Art
has received a copy of the portfolio
of etchings dealing with the life Of
George Washington. issued by the
George Washington Memorial Associa
ton. The museum received the port
folio as the result of a gift made Yale
University in memory of Henry Weldon
Barnes Of Philadelphia. The portfolio
has been placed in the print depart
ment of the memorial hall of the
museum.
To Representative Sol Bloom of New
Nn Memorial Association, is largely
Que the successful placing before the
American people and the world the
of the United States in an accurate
and colorful way. Mr.. Bloom spared
no pains TO enlist the services of wom-
en- and men in the different States Of
the Union upon whom he could depend
to aid him in carrying forward the
celebration of the 20Oth anniversary OF
President Washington'S birth.
The reading Of Dickens Christmas
Carol in thousands of homes through
out the world on Christmas day Just
passed brought cathetically to all the
passing OF Charles Dickens youngest
Z II
delightful posthumus story about his
father, which came out in a weekly
magazine shortly after Sir Henry S
death.
This story of what Christmas meant
to his father also revealed the interest
ing fact that the great novelist and
humanitarian left a history of Christ
which he wrote for his children when
they were very young. Sir Henry had
this manuscript in his possession at
the time OF his death, and says of it:
1t is the simple history of a beau
tiful life, told without any kind of
polemical discussion, and easily to bt
understood by children. My father ex-
pressed wish that it should not be
published, since it was not intended
as a literary effort and should not
therefore stand before the public beside
Sir Henry speaks of the teachings
of Christ as the keynote of much that
his father wrote and mentions pas
sage in his last will. in which he SAYS
L commit my soul to the mercy OF
God through our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ. and I exhort my dear
children humbly to guide themselves
by the teachings of the New Testa-
ment in its broad spirit, and to put
no faith in any mans narrow con-
struction of its letter here or there
1ifasnS GbTEas faith oar0 was 94empied in the
Cricket on the Hearth" and The
Haunted Man" not by preaching, but
in the most human and amusing way
and his son speaks of the Christmases
spent at Gadshill, where he went to live
at the age of eight. He speaks of his
father being the life and soul of the
jolly parties, joining in the dance ano
games with the children and the guests
of which there were always a number
His fathers toast was, "A merry Christ
mas to us all, my dears, God bless us, >
and Sir Henry adds: He gave the
toast in a way which was fully worthy
of Bob Cratchit himself
Prime Minister Ramsay Macdonald
has raised a storm of criticism by his
announcement on the eve of the ad-
journment of the House of Commons
for the holidays, that the government
would contribute $4,000 pounds. toward
the purchase of a rare Bible for the
British Museum. This was not thought
consistent with his governments oft
reiterated declaration that the ex-
chequer could not afford to restore
economy cuts of teachers and police
mems pay, nor to increase the unem-
ployment insurance benefits to their
level. This rare manuscript known
as the code Sinaticus" was purchased
for S50O,0O0 from Soviet Russia, and
was sent to London by special courier,
arriving there on Christmas eve when
it was placed in special case in the
museum and went on display. It is one
of the two existing fourth century
Bibles-the other is in the Vatican.
To 90 back to Premier MacDonald's
predicament and his $500,000 Bible
It does not seem so extravagant after
all, when one hears that a famous
London tobaccontst is paying $4,000
900 rent for space in the British Empire
Building in New York'S Rockefeller
Center, and that will not include the
sumptuous furnishings and decorations
in this marvellous shop. The area is
said to represent one-quarter of the
ground floor of the British Empire
Building, and in addition to this the
firm has space on other floors in the
British Trade Center.
Some recent reports show however,
that in September of last year 9,310,-
987,817 cigarettes were produced in the
United States; in September of this
year the production was 9,390,000, 900
and in August, 1888, the production was
II, 189, 900, 900 cigarettes. 1t seems that
the American production alone would
warrant the Londoners' magnificent
rental.