Evening star., 1934-09-09
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Art, Literature, Politics
Potomac Park Hold Interest of Society,"
New Emblems of Cabinet Officers
BY ROBERT CRAWFORD.

BY ROBERT CRAWFORD.
Blow me down. But it's not sc
bad, Mr.. Adams. You were only 9
loser by a second That was a gal
liant race you made on the 1st ove1
the 3l-mile contest, with the Rain
bow over the finish just one second
ahead of the Yankee. OF course ii
makes her the defender for America S
Cup-that little old mug which orig
inally cost only $500; not very big
either and has q hole in the bottom.
Some old salt remarked that it did
not hold a good drink, and yet $780,
0o0, 900 has been spent on it by chal-
lengers and defenders.
II the Navy has tears to shed, let
it shed them now, for its former
chief, Charles Francis Adams, lost
out. But he did sail the Resolute to
victory in 1920 comforting
thought-and in this last contest he
had a foeman worthy of his steel in
Harold Vanderbilt, a gallant sports
man, too, and one of the most ex-
perienced shippers in the yachting
world today. 1t was Mr.. Vanderbilt
NIlO Sh1DDClCd PA AoC III ITO SAS
cessful race against Sir Thomas Lip
tons Shamrock v in 1880. Good luck
to you, Mr.. Vanderbilt, and compli-
ments to you, Mr.. and Mrs. Skip
with, and there will not be many
in the gallery watching the races on
the 18th who will know mainsail
from a jib topsail, nor jib-boom from
any other gadget on the defender.
The cups the thing.
Now if you go to the races on
September Is do not get excited and
cheer the wrong boat; the blue-hulled
Endeavour-with a 'u," sir-will
by flying the white ensign of the
Royal Navy, right limited to mem
bers of the Royal Yacht Squadron
and the British Navy itself. The
white-hulled defender will carry the
burgee of the New York Yacht Club,
a white star on a red cross in blue
background.
Mentioning ensigns, burgess, ETC.,
all the cabinet with the exception of
the Vice President and the Secretary
of Agriculture may now have their
flags flown when they visit naval
vessels or they may use them ashore,
officially. No slight is intended for
Mr.. Garner and Mr.. Wallace. for on
the vast rolling plains of Texas and
Iowa they are not likely to need
them. The Secretary of State has
risen in rank and there can now be
flung to the breeze a flag with four
stars instead of two when he appears
aboard ship. Mr.. Hoover before
leaving Office had the design for the
flag of the Secretary of State changed
and two stars added.
Now the Postmaster Generals flag,
which is new, has four stars, too, and
the seal of the Post Office Depart
ment, a post boy galloping at full
speed, while the new flag of the Attor-
ney General has the seal of the De-
partment Of Justice which was first
used in 1849.
Washington is all a-twitter over the
international polo matches to be
played at the Potomac Park oval,
September 10, %, 26, between the
Mexican team and the United States
Army team. The practice games have
been largely attended and it is ex-
pected that the gallery will mount
into the thousands when the real
games begin. If the Mexicans win out
in polo as they have in social circles
here they will go home with colors
flying and memories of hospitality de-
lightfully refreshing-especially the
mint juleps and the Bourbon
straights.
No desire to dwell upon the obvious
but since James Gordon Bennett,
that prince of sports, introduced polo
in America in 1876, its prowess here
has been outstanding in the world Of
polo. The first game was played at
Deckel's Riding Academy on the
northeast corner of Fifth avenue and
Thirty-ninth street, later at Jerome
Park. The ponies were brought from
Texas. The first international match
was played at Newport. The game
was first played in England in
1869 by the 10th Hussars, although it
had f1ourished in India in the six
teenth century, then ceased there for
200 years till 1854.
Will Rogers, devotee of polo, has
earned a 3goal rating and think!
Walt Disney-Mickey Mouse, who's
Afraid of the Big Bad VOLTS now
listed at one goal instead of the be-
ginner'S rating of zero.
Blessings be upon Cadmus, the
PhoenicianS or whoever invented
books And then there is DR.. Parma
and Miss Alice Lerch, those interest
ing bibliophiles, library loreists of the
Library of Congress, who know such a
lot about books and have such a de-
lightful way of telling it that it makes
the listener feel that he, too, knows
little bit.
When the Rare Book Division of
the library is visited, one enters
through the gorgeous golden bronze
doors beautiful enough for the en-
trance to any paradise of books, but
like any other earthly temptation,
they keep one outside gloating over
their richness before entering the
royal book court of Uncle Sans Ii
brary.