Evening star., 1934-11-11

inner circle. Ine Governor seems 10
be the least of all excited about his
retirement from public life. Indeed,
a well-earned repose.
The ship on which Mr.. Bullitt. the
American Ambassador to Moscow. is
returning home will doubtless pass
the Senators at sea. Mr.. Bullitt has
proved himself Big-chief-not- afraid
and sallies forth through the streets
of Moscow in all the glory of swanky
evening clothes, topper and white
gloves, and notwithstanding such I'M
proletarian garb and a few ScowlS,
he is very popular. His democratic
ways are liked and he speaks enough
Russian to get about in the shops.
In fact, recent visitor to the Soviet
says the Ambassador can tell a joke
in that language and not miss the
point.
This is off the record, but you know
the American Foreign Service Jour-
nal over in the Department of State
is really peppy this month, even if it
does publish a review of that delight
full book of "reminiscences of the late
beloved Ambassador Jusserand, a
II month or more after most people
have read it and put it in their choice
collection. Mature judgment is, how
ever, not to be sneezed at Miss Emily
Bax's recollections of John Ridgely
Carter, Embassy Days. is most de-
hghtful and does the Foreign Service
journal great credit, as well as giving
the friends of Mr.. Carter, pleasure.
Miss BaX was private secretary to
Mr.. Carter and other American dip
lomats in London for IL years. The
recollectionS are written in rather an
interesting way, in which she some
times addresses herself directly to
Mr.. Carter, in chatty conversational
style. One might say a fireside chat.
She tells things one likes to hear
about in a bright, attractive way.
The story about Mr.. Joseph Choate,
sometime American Ambassador to
England, and the London bobby, who,
finding the Ambassador standing alone
under a lamp-post late one night, ap-
preached him, saying, Come, come,
my man, why don't you go home?"
"Home I have no home. I'm the
American Ambassador" all of which
was apropos of the rowing life led by
the Ambassadors of the United
States, owing to lack of a permanent
home in London-Which was later
supplied by J. Pierpont Morgan, sr.
Roman Spring, by Margaret Chan
ler. is simply bubbling over with de-
lightful "reminiscences. A choice COL
lection OF who's who, all over the
world. Mrs Chanler was the niece
of Julia Ward Howe. the half sister
of Marion Crawford, the friend of the
late Senator Henry Cabot Lodge,
Theodore Roosevelt, Henry Adams,
Edith Wharton and a score of others
of interest and charm.
Her description of the novelist, Mar
ion Crawford. is charming as we'll as
most informing to those who think
of him as only writer of fiction and
not as one OF the most versatile men
of his time. He was interested in
mathematics, philosophy, modern sci
ence and ancient religions, and kept
diary in Urdu while in India. A
remarkable linguist-he spent most of
his life abroad-spoke Russian, Nor
wegiap. the romance languages, and
knew Sanskrit, Greek and several ORR
entail tongues.
Gertrude Stein is having a great
sensation in New York. Much lion
lied. She is in the best of humor
meeting every one-of her ilk-and
saying the most delightful things
sentences which are understood by a
feW-maybe-and treasured with awe
by many others.
Here is bit of masterpiece by
Miss Stein: "He (Juan Gris) used to
dwell upon the lack of trust and COM
radeship in Spanish life. Each one
is a general or does not fight and if
he does not fight each one is general.
No one that is no Spaniard can help
any one because no one no Spaniard
can help any one. And this being so
and it is so Juan Girls was a brother
and comrade to every one being one
as no one ever had been one" This
is a literal quotation. Take it or
leave it.
The Paintings and Sculpture Sec
ton, which was recently created in
the Procurement Division of the
Treasury Department to select art OBJ
JectS of high quality for the decoration
OF public buildings in cases where
funds for the purpose are available, is
directed by MIR. Edward Bruce. who
directed the public works of art
project last Winter. He hopes to
have the art done by local talent
wherever possible in order to benefit
the country as a whole.