Evening star., 1934-02-25
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Art, Literature, Politics
British Labor Minister Compares Roosevelt and
Lloyd Georee-Gossip of Ruth Owens
Resign a tion-Grief for King Albert

arrive more speedily at agreements
over the board.
1t is discovered that the Vice Presi-
dent, Mr. Garner likes to sing. That
he joins in chorus with great gusto, |
and that his bushy eyebrows rise with
the scale. His social activities are
more or less confined to old friends
and he is seen now and then at
neighborly tea or little dinner. The
Vice President does not know orange /
pekoe from fleur de chine. But he |
does know Texas tea, and while the ,
cup that cheers receives his respect,
at tea he quietly sets 1t down on !
table or mantle.
President Roosevelt, with his usual !
could one say personal thoughtful I
ness?-moved the cabinet meeting
day ahead last week SO that any ,
member who might wish to take ad- |
vantage of the holiday could do so. |
So the Attorney General and Mrs. |
Homer Cummings betook themselves
to Winter Park, Fla, for little :
Lenten rest. Before Mrs. Cummings !
left she showered a few of her ia |
vorite flowers, forget-me-nots, on
chosen friends, showing that senti-
ment need not be crowded out in
busy official life. Lord Tennyson
says, /!
The sweet forget-me-n
That grow for happy lovers"
During the funeral procession of !
the late King Albert I of Belgium, !
when the riderlerleSS horse with the |
soldier Kings boots hanging from the !
saddle passed just behind the artillery |
caisson bearing the body, the crowds |
lining the streets burst into audible !
sobs and an eyewitness describes the
scene as being without precedence. |
The big brother who stood with them |
shoulder to shoulder in those trying |
days when the little kingdom was bat |
tling for its very existence, will be |
missed from his daily life among |
them. A kingly king, a great ruler |
and faithful friend to his people. !
Those who are fortunate enough |
to possess old AubusSon tapestries |
should lend renewed vigilance to pro-
tect them from moths and atmos- |
pheric conditions which might prove |
damaging to them, for it is feared |
that the famous Aubusson tapestries
of France may become extinct.
That is one of the last European |
countries that has tried to protect |
her ancient crafts, of which these |
tapestries are perhaps the most dis
tinguished.
This industry, famous for five CEN
turieS, is now rnenaCed with extinC-
ton. Statistics show that in 1927
there were 900 workers employed in
weaving Aubusson tapestries. Today
there are something like 200 at work. |
Families that have for generations
pursued no other occupation than that
of weaving for the Aubusson factories
are faced with lack of future en-
ployment.
In trying to modernize its industry |
in this beautiful art there will have |
to be new designs. No longer does |
there seem to be desire for scenes |
of the piping shepherds and the coy
shepherdesses gamboling on the green.
Amorous maids and lovers in sylvan
dells no longer appeal to the jazzing |
ing made by machinery and tinted |
with aniline dyes instead of vegetable
colors.
And so the world wags, and George
Bernard Shaw-he does not care for !
the "George" British playwright,
whose prefaces are often brighter than !
his plays, is down in Kingston, ia
maica, en- route to New Zealand In
passing he gave the Americans a |
dig as usual. Americans, who |
thought they were the best governed |
country in the world, are now finding |
out what always said, that they are |
the worst governed" The Shavian
wit as the years advance is less bril- |
liant, and old age has brought tart !
ness that is deplored by his admirers. |
Mr.. Philip Guedalla's book, THE
Queen and Mr. Gladstone" is rich in
things and events one likes to hear |
about, but had it been THE Queen
and Mr. Disraeli," it would have piped
instead of sparkled with interesting |
royal audiences and little clever notes
which now and then passed between
the Queen and her much-admired
prime minister.
There was a way and a way with
Dizzy, which the grand old man could
not reckon with, for he said must"
and Dizzy wheedled As prime min
ister Disraeli placed in Victoria's dia-
dem the superb jewel of India; he
sent her baskets of prinroses with
state papers and led her to believe
that only his beloved Mary should
have the title of Beaconsfield-that
as for himself 1t was enough to be
her devoted slave. /
Rome, Ga, has at last relented, and
Romulus-or is it Remus?-is once
more in his proper place, next to his
mother and twin brother in City Hall
Square, after an unexplained absence
of many months.
Premier Mussolini, several years
ago in compliment to his famous
citys namesake, presented copy in
bronze of the historic statue of the
Capitoline Wolf, that sucked Rom
ulus and Remus, and sent grave rep
reSentatives to crate on his feeling
of friendship for the people Of
Rome, Ga.
The gift was accepted, but there
were at the time some old-fashioned
citizens who objected to the nudity
of the statue. During the few years
after it was placed, they betook them
selves to other streets to avoid the
unclothed infants. Lo, and behold,
one morning last year one of the
babies was missing and the town was
mortified.
The new Premier of France, M.
CASTOR Doumergue, was long ago
adopted favorite in the music halls
of Montmartre, and is affectionately
known as "Gastounet," and some
times "Doumerguette."
The United States is clamoring for