The Washington herald., 1917-08-12

war times-the Japanese mission,
with Viscount Ishii at its head, will
arrive here, and the delightful for
malities carried out for former Wis
iting emissaries will engage So
siety. Mr.. and Mrs. Larz Ander-
son, who are especially interested
in this particular mission. will re-
turn 10 Washington from New
Hampshire, where they are staying
with Mrs. Perkins, the mother of
Mrs. Anderson. who Is not in robust
health. Mr.. Andersen was onetime
Ambassador to Japan and he and
Mrs. Anderson are quite in line to
entertain for Viscount Ishii and his
suite. And the Viscount will feel
quite as much at home in the An
derson's italian villa as did the Bel
gian mission, Baron Moncheur, for
while in the Flowery Kingdom. they
gathered about them many of the
wonderful things which helped to
turn their home into q treasure
house of unusual interest. The Wis
count will don his hat or make a
salaam when he views one of the
collection of those wonderful lit
tie trees that has not grown larger
than a hand boQuet in four or fve
hundred years. and all sorts OF ar
NOR, enamels, and curios and many
miniature Japanese gardens as
complete as the White House lawn
and a lot more ornamental. and yet
not bigger than a tea-plate. Then
there are autographed photographs
of all the great men in Japan who
were Mr.. Anderson's associates
while he was there. And when the
Viscount dimes, it will be on a won
darftr1
upon by Japanese servants of
which the master of the house has
many.
1t seems particularly fitting that
Mr.. Breckenridge Long, Third As
sistant Secretary of State should go
to San Francisco to meet Viscount
Ishii and his party. for scarcely in the
government is there a man Of more
interesting parts. Mr.. Long slipped
into Washington official life so unos-
tentatiously that his presence was
scarcely mentioned by society folk,
until one morning they read in the
papers that Mr.. Long had turned the
MacVeagh residence in Sixteenth
street, which he had leased for his
own family use, over to Lord Balfour
and the British statesmen who ae-
companied him here. There was even
a feeling that Mr.. Long might be a
bit awed by the MacVeagh mansion
which in Washington seems Of par
ticular Importance.
This however. was a mistake, for
while Mr.. Long might be interested
in the beautiful art objects of Mac
Veagh house, he is too accustomed to
such things to be awed. The Long
r0l1apxr an L.
tects and connoisseurs to be one of
the completest though not the largest
galleries in the country. Mr.. Long
is proud of his gallery but not boast
full. Wood carvers, sculptors and mu-
raj painters have all combined to
make it a fitting place for the art OBJ
jects Of the old world gathered there
and from the loggia with its charming
wall fountain, its exquisitely carved
chairs and tables, its growing plants
and splendid tiger skin rugs which
lay stretched on the marble floor, to
the almost medieval beauty OF the
gallery, everything is in harmony.
Guy Study. the architect, and H. Sid
cons Mowbray. the mural painter,
both worked to bring into Mr.. Longs
gallery old art features such as the
carved wooden doors. the fire place
Of stone, the tabernacle by Roselino,
as well as the work of contemporary
artists such as the marble doorway
leading into the gallery, by Peter Ros-
SAX, just as the wall fountain in the
loggia is by Paul Manship. In strik-
ing contrast to the mellow tones of
old art objects, are the two Ameri-
can flags and the French nag which
Mr.. Long placed in a standard over