Evening star., 1920-06-27
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now be relegated to the stables,
"here the term first originated.


That the land of the white elephant
is to have a domicile for its legation
after living in hired quarters for more
tnan thirty years is a matter of much
! interest in Washington and calls at
tentlon anew that all the oriental ma
ions have sufficient faith in the
| strength of the diplomatic bonds to
purchase real estate. The Chinese
legation, under the redoubtable WI
ring Fang, was established in the
permanent building which it now oc-
ceples on Florida avenue near goth
street: IL is always a matter of con-
ratufation to Americans that their
generosity about the Boxer indemnity
any tne splendid support of Secretary
1onh hay about the open door were
| prime factors in the building of the
, handsome legation house. The i'm
Peris-l government. for the mighty
uoWager empress held the reins in
those days. sent over all the furnish
lngS- and the interior presents a
study of the most elegant and artistic
WI Whlcn the ancient land can boast
Inc Japanese government followed
close on the heels of the Chinese in
puylnS a home for its envoys. but
me me conservative habits of the F'lowery
klnsdom led to obtaining two build
I lngs one for a home and one for an
once, and these widely separated.
me Japanese embassy has for the
private side the fine residence which
fne Inc lat. late John sherman built on
a.hlIn Square: and for the office
heat, substantial house in street
peIo% Vermont avenue, where that
SS.,holarly envoy of the mikado.
kurIno Shinichiro, wrote several
books while he was serving as min
lister.
The Korean government once on a
time had a picturesque official home
on vermont avenue just above Iowa
trce, and the small sons of the last
MN ster, in their round bowler hats
were the joy of the neighborhood. The
Sianese government has maintained a
eSatioh mere ever since the little Her
mt kingdom became reconciled to
foreign trade, and it was for wears
established in the Arlington Hotel.
None OF the European governments.
except England and Italy, own their
embassy. though the defunct German
ana austrian governments had houses
Whlch are now in the hands of the
alien enemy custodian The Russian
government was about to complete
tne purchase of the splendid house in
10Th street built by Mrs. George Pull
man when the war ended the nero-
tiations' The Italian government
never quite completed the purchase
Of the Phoebe Hearst house in New
hampshire avenue, and it remains vest
eo IN her heirs. 1t has been closed
ever since the Baron Mayor des
ranches left Washington, and the
former ambassador as well as the
present one is enjoying the hospital
ity OF Dr. Thomas Nelson Page. A
feW OF the Latin American countries
nave bought homes for their diplo-
matte Representatives and nearly all
such have taken separate quarters
for the office work.
Miss Mar,eIIa D,,ouo -, =. A..
daughter of Lady Curzon by her first
marriage to the late Alfred Duggan
OF Argentina, is among the younger
beles of London, and being half
American through her mother, she
shows a decided partiality for the
group of attractive maids from the
western world. now living in the
British capital. Miss Duggan is not
formally out, but, like her stepsister,
Lady Alexandria Nadia Curzon, she
frequently takes part in the smalls
and earlys, especially those given by
Lady Astor, who has been entertain
ing a succession of nieces and cousins
from New York and Virginia the en-
tire spring and early summer. Most
astonishing news comes from Lon
don about more and more simplicity
IN court functions and in the homes
Of the court and government officials,
Lady AStor gave dance for the
younger bellies, and it began at in
the afternoon and ended at 5, and
was as decorously conducted as
though the participants were still in
their pinaforeS. Dinner parties are
proposed for Z and to end completely
before 9, an unbelievable innovation
for the Briton, to whom dinner is the
most important event of the day and
should begin at the leisurely hour of
and continue indefinitely. But the
king and queen intend to start the
fashion, and, of course, it will go.
There are people still living in Wash
ington who can recall when fashion
able dinings began at and the
guests could be snugly tucked in bed
before 10. For several winters this z
o'clock dining has been rumored. but
it has never become an accomplished
fact, except when notable guests were
departing the same evening. But
Washington has solved the problem
of consuming an elaborate dinner, and
the host and guests. all within an
hour and a half. Paris still requires
three hours for a ceremonial dinner,
and those in London are longer still.
It seems such ages ago that any
one was interested in scrapbooks and
autograph albums that the marve1s of
those owned by Mrs. William Morris
Hughes, who, with her husband, the
Premier of Australia, passed through
washington some months ago, are
discussed with astonishment. Mrs
Hughes has been for years her hus-
bands eyes and ears. He suffers
acutely from loss Of hearing and his
sight is so poor that his wife is COM
PEELED to read for him and she has
devised way of condensing and
briefing speechs and other lengthy
recitals in an effective and orig
inal way. Mrs. Hughes thus clips up
and pastes into books all that is
printed OF biographical order and
all in which her husband appears
even by inference. She gathers auto
graphs as a fad and entirely on her
own account and she has book
which will no doubt some time figure
in a great Australian hall of archives.
since it has the signature and word of
greeting of every great man who sat
at versailles during the framing of
the league of nations. The first lady
Of Australia feels quite at home in
this country, since many OF her friends
are Americans and she is familiar
with all phases of American political
life. Her husband is native of
Wales and was born near the same
village as the renowned Lloyd George.
but She is a native Australian and is
very proud of the fact. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hughes merely passed through WASH
ington a few months ago home bound
from Paris but they intend in less
crowded days to pay long visit.