Evening star., 1938-02-27

through the crowd of politicians, lob
byistS and winter visitors, and the on
rush of those bent on getting to the
cocktail bar, we passed the imposing
model of the good ship Mayflower,
which brought to this country in the
18th century sturdy men and women,
many of whom were the founders of
trade and industry in the Colonies
There was just the flash of an imagery
picture of what those grim visaged
Pilgrim fathers would have thought of
the life and times of the goth century
and as the charmingly gowned, gay
looking women fitted by we wondered
would the Puritan gentlemen have
hummed, Onward Christian Soldiers
or abide With Me-?
The Minister, a man of great charm
OF manner, who has spent, intermit-
tently, something like 81 years in this
country, and who has lectured in
many parts of the Union. regretted ex-
ceedingly the unfortunate sensational
publicity that has been given the visit
OF the princesses by the press. They
are wholly unofficial guests and come
with sincere desire to see some of
the country and institutions for which
they have a deep admiration. They
do not speak much English. but speak
French and German. They are all in
their tWentieS and do love the CAV
things of life and the excitement OF
travel. They are charming looking, a
bit Parisienne in style and dress
though they do like Viennese clothes
too-and while the Minister did not
say, they doubtless had much curiosity
to see the country and people of the
maternal side of their future Sister-in-
laws ancestry. They evidently think
Mrs. Roosevelt a most wonderful
woman to be able to combine the
duties of state with her active life in
the interest of charity and welfare
They frequently act as hostesses for
their brother. King Zog. at the royal
palace, situated in the center OF
Tirana and surrounded by extensive
and beautifully cultivated gardens.
Mr.. Konitza in Exile
With the King.
Mr.. Konitza spent the two years in
exile in Vienna with King zog, and is
his most devoted friend. He has met
the Countess Geraldine Apponyi, the
Kings fiancee. and has delightful
things to say OF her. AS to the attitude
of Pope Leo XII toward the marriage
of one of the Roman Catholic COM
munion with Moslem. he had moth
ing to say. He laughed when he was
asked to describe the King-stopped
and thought moment and said His
majesty is not too tall; he is what the
French would call chatain, with most
expressive gray-blue eyes that look
straight into ones own and rather 8
shy, retiring manner. Conservative
but with gracious courtesy" He
added that one of the princesses is
like him and that they, too, have lovely
eyes. The Minister will give a dinner
or reception for them. and there are
several of the diplomatic corps here
who know King Zog and who have
met his sisters, who are hoping that
they will have time for a few social
activities.
American Minister
at Tirana.
The American Minister to Albania
Mr.. Hugh Gladney Grant, is well
known in the Capital. where he was
first secretary to Associate Justice
Hugo Black of the Supreme Court. and
later in the Division of Western Euro
pean Affairs in the Department OF
State. This is his first diplomatic post
having been appointed Minister in
1885. He is an Alabaman, a Har-
ward man and Is said to be a most
agreeable speaker. In 1911 he was
awarded the cup at the Speakers
Club, Harvard. 1t fell to his lot to
superintend the building Of the Ameri-
can Legation when he arrived in Ii
rana-the British are the only foreign
power which maintains a legation at
Durazzo on the shores of the Adriatic
and he found much difficulty at first
in carrying out the plans 1t is un-
derstood that young students from one
Of the technical schools there die
much of the work. the materials being
sent largely from the States.
The following lines from "Scander-
beg in Longfellow's Tales of a Way