Evening star., 1934-04-22

Francis Bacon's essays on Gardens
and Plantations" He says of the
latter: Plantations are amongst
Ancient, Primitive, and Heroicall
Workes. When the World was young,
it begate more Children; But now
it is old, it begets fewer: For I may
justly account new Plantations, to be
the Children of former Kingdomes"
IS HIS calendar.of months for plant
ing IN his essay on gardens, would
be pseful in the gardens of today
IN america as. well as. in England. He
ffpe6ks a. Wild thyme, bayes and
mother herbs, which are used today,
but would not agree with the way
the box hedges are cut in the bishops
gardsn at the Cathedral, for he says:
VI, fof my part, doe not like images
cut out in Juniper, ar other garden
stuffe! They be for children"
Washington's superb chain Of parks
win benefit very much from being
included Id the great national park
systeIn Of the ebsIntry, which includes
Y6IIoYbtenea and the Yosemite, as we'll
kas Nlse newer historical parks. With
| the new arrangement the Capital
parks will have the supervision Of the
staff of experienced landscape, archi-
tectural, forestry and educational ex-
perts that have developed the system
of national parks.
Col. Harrison H. Dodge, superin-
tendent of Mount Vernon, and Gus
todian Of that historic mansion, has
never been prouder of the old Colo
nial gardens there than he Is this
year. They seem at their loveliest
just now, and even with the mansion
and grounds crowded with tourists,
there is a peace and tranquility found
in few other public places. To Col.
Dodge, Mount Vernon has been a
sacred trust, and he has as a matter
of years spent more time there than
Gen. Washington himself.
1t Is not often that Washington
official society can furnish 49 beaux
for each woman guest, but Represent
ative Sirovich of New York showed
that it could be done when he in
vited the regal looking Mrs. Norton
of New Jersey, and the erstwhile
IACIlbu(hS OCdQIy-IlOW
to the arid plains of Arizona-Mrs.
Isabella Greenway, to the party he
gave for the Postmaster General the
other night.
To be exact there were two women
and ninety eight distinguished knights;
among the fortunate were the gal
liant Senator McKellar of Tennessee,
the clever Senator Tom Connally of
Texas-one Of the best after-dinner
speakers in toWn-and Speaker
Rainey, with a large group from the
House.
Mrs. GreenWay-ooundS romantic
the lone House member from her
adopted State, has mind all her own,
as well as way of her own, and while
she is devoted to both the President
and Mrs. Roosevelt she does not al
low private or public friendships to
influence her conscience when it
comes to vote on a question she be-
lieveS in.
Mrs. Norton, the other belle of the
party, has won her way into the
hearts of the voteless inhabitants of
the District, by her untiring energy in
their behalf and determination to
at least try to get them a square deal
She is the author of the resolution
for observing the Tooth anniversary
of the death of Gen. Lafayette, by
joint service of the House and Senate
on May 20. President Roosevelt will
address the joint Houses. at which
time the ceremony will be arranged
so as to resemble as near as possible
the memorial services held by joint
session Of Congress 100 years ago at
the time Of Lafayette's death.
A very interesting manuscript has
recently been found in the Hunting
ton Library. in California. 1t is the
address made by Gen. Lafayette. at
old Pennsylvania College, Lexington,
KY, in 1925, when he received an
honorary degree there. It is under
stood that Pennsylvania is to have a
photostatic copy Of this manuscript.
If there are any who doubt that the
hatchet has not been buried between
the North and the South, witness the
beautiful luncheon given last week by
the Florida State Society, to Princess
Julia Cantacuzene, granddaughter of
Gen. U. s. Grant.
At this luncheon she was presented
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