Evening star., 1935-08-04
About Well Known Folk
In Books, Art, Politics
Extra Kitchen Atop White House-Presi.
dents Ancient Rum Bottle From British
Ship Charon-Historic Documents
Not to Be Moved.

her husband, but she early betakes
herself to her home in Boise City,
where she usually spends the Summer
sometimes camping with the Sena-
tor and friends for a few weeks, but
often in the city itself. She has an
abiding love for her State and feels
that THY people shall be my people"
Near the capital of Idaho is series
of hot springs, some of natural water,
others of q medicinal quality and the
water is piped right into the private
homes for medicated baths and linn
tied drinking purposes. Summer is
the time the Borahs entertain their
old friends and Mrs. Borah's inter-
est in the veterans of the World War
has never tagged. The Senator is
taking rather a gloomy view just now
and says Congress may be in session
until next November. He also thinks
that vacations are more or less of
luxury-being hard-worker himself.
Some people think that Gov. Ben
Ross, three times Democratic governor
of Idaho. is looking longingly at the
cut of Senator Borah's toga and won-
dering If 1t would not fit him. The
Governor who has great reputation
as bronco buster and trick rider is
an astute politician and carries the
crowd with him when he goes forth
to campaign. He is also farmer and
can talk crops while throwing lariat.
Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, director of
the United States Mint, is constantly
asked if the Governor is related to her.
Her husbands family are Virginia
Rosses and she does not know of any
connection.
Minister Ruth Bryan Owen expects
to arrive in America in time to well
come Denmarks premier, Mr.. Theo-
dore Stauning, who is expected here
the latter part of this month. The
Prime Minister has had his hands full
of late with the peasant army Of
farmers who marched on Copenhagen
and camped right in the courtyard of
King Christians Amallenborg Palace,
and stated they wished to talk over
farm relief, taxes and new mora
torium on their debts. The number
of farmers was estimated at 10000.
Now the farmers who marched on
Washington several weeks ago did not
camp in the White House grounds:
they just went there to be received by
the President and hear what he had
to say.
Mr.. Stauning received the unlimited
guests, talked to a committee of the
peasants and assured them that the
cabinet would study their resolution
for minimum prices for their produce.
reduction of taxes and the debt ques-
ton. Everything was in perfect order,
and it is reported they went happily
away.
Now that Mrs. Owen has been such
a rattling success how about Mrs
Daisy Hartman, getting foreign
berth? She has executive ability,
knows her Government, is charming,
rich and a delightful hostess.
Fifteen men on a dead mans
chest, no, no. and bottle of rum"
and that charming rum bottle the
Secretary of Interior presented to
President Roosevelt, last year, was
not seen till few days ago when
wandering through the china room
in the basement of the White House
ray of sunlight just happened to
flicker across this bottle, making it
glow with prismatic charm.
The bottle was sent to the Presi-
dent last December about Christmas
time, and with it a letter printed on
white satin giving its history-very
interesting. The bottle was taken
from the wreckage of the British
ship Charon late in the Summer of
1884, about $50 years after the ship
was sunk in the river off Yorktown,
Va. The Charon was of "A guns and
was set on fire by red-hot shot. Divers
explored the ship last Summer. and
among many things salvaged was
number of rum bottles of every shape
and size of blown glass-these bottles
had been made without molds and
the original color was a dark green,
which, owing to their long burial in
the depths of the sea, had changed to
the most varied and exquisite irrides-
cent hues. Those were the days
when the decks of the old sailing ves-
sells were washed with rum and the
hardships of the sea were made less
trying by its potent influence.
This bottle came into the possession
of Mr.. Ickes, and he sent 1t to the
Commander in Chief of the Army
and Navy to ad dto his most interest
ing collection of things pertaining to
ships.
Mr. Rufus Rockwell Wilson'S "Lin-
coin in Portraiture," which Is sent
forth in a limited edition, signed and
numbered, will be gratefully received
by those collectors Of Lincolniana
who have made it a point of enrich
ing their collections by the addition
of portraits of the martyred Presi-
dent. Lincoln's face was a rugged
one and not easy to portray. His
eyes reflected the sorrows of humanity.
Mr.. Wilson says in his foreword
relative to the many nkenesses of
Mr.. Lincoln: %" with an individ-