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blended, and Of which so many hand
some examples may be admired in the
Rosslyn section Of Long Island. 1t will
the chancellery, which will have its pri-
vate entrance on 18th street, while the
mansion will face on Euclid. The Meth
| erlandS adds another to the many diplo-
| matte residences clustered about upper
| 18th street. where the French and Span
ish embassies are situated. and also the
Polish and Cuban legations. The new
4, residence makes the second purchase by
! a foreign government within the last
| few months, the minister from Sweden
having purchased the handsome home
Of former Senator Phalan, in r street
near 23d. OF this transfer. Washington
! people are enjoying a good laugh on
4 the hospitable host who sold. In the
rush Of getting ready to leave Wash
ington. Mr.. Phelan failed to send the
| inventory Of the furniture he desired to
sell, and some splendid pieces of red
wood, the great hall set and a fine
buffet, absolutely priceless now that the
government will not permit the cutting
Of the forest giants, were included. He
! lost all the profit Of the sale in buying
back those pieces Of furniture. though
| the Swedish minister courteously al
lowed a pre-war estimate and not the
| Foreign governments represented in
Washington are since the world war
pursuing a different policy about hous-
| ing their officials, caused perhaps by
the scarcity Of domiciles and the high
cost of them. The ministers from Nor
! way and Finland are among those seek
/ ing permanent homes, and that will
mean that all the north of Europe
peoples are permanently provided. with
many from the south seeking to follow
their example. Prince Bibesco, who has
Just leased the well-known home of Col.
Robert NJ. Thompson. has urged his
government to purchase the same, since
the trouble of house-hunting is one to
be avoided by the envoy who has so
many more important affairs in hand.
| While seven years ago It was the excep-
ton for the foreign governments TO
| own their homes, now il is the rule.
France. it is true, still rents from Mrs.
John B; Henderson: but the republic
| owns large tract of land out on Wash
iington Heights and is only awaiting
more composed conditions before erect
ing an embassy. Great Britain's hand
| some embassy Is a landmark on Con-
necticut avenue, and was built because
of the extreme inconvenience suffered
by its ENJOYS during the civil war.
Mexico. though more leisurely about it.
built for the same reason on l street
near 18th. Italy owns an embassy on
New Hampshire avenue. but. like the
Mexican republic, does not use it ex-
cept to house a few minor clerks. The
embassies of Germany and of Austria
are still in the hands of the alien prop
erty custodians, and are in such a sad
state Of disrepair that it will cost a
small fortune to make them suitable
either for Office or home. Argentina has
a handsome embassy on 18th and Cor
coran streets.
In nothing may a greater change be
noted than in the method of passing
the summer, as prescribed by those
physicians whose duty il is to keep
important people in good health. Time
was when the strenuous outdoor life
was commended especially for the
i brain-fagged or the nervously ex-
hausted. Now only brief season for
sports is allowed, with the greater
part of the heated term spent in
gentler pursuits like motoring. mod
crate amount of walking and climb
ing. Fishing and croquet take the
place of tennis and golf, with horse
back riding once "a week. Winter is
now the time for the more violent
kind of exercise and already parties
are being formed to join sports in the
frozen zones and to camp out in the
Canadian wilds. where the thermom-
eter runs to forty below. Lady Rib
blesdale. formerly Mrs. John Jacob
Astor set the fashion of spending the
entire winter in Switzerland skating
shedding. snowballing. and she Gre
ated a perfect furore in the matter OF
imitators. Hundreds of London host
esses Joined her in the Grisons and
after weeks in the open returned to
London fresh and rosy and fit for the
most exacting social duties. Not sc
the reports from those who sought
the soft air Of the Riviera and spent
hours in the crowded casinos. Ameri-
can bankers are getting the fad, and
plan their outing when the snow flies
rather than in the summer.
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