Evening star., 1923-07-29
Tales of We'll Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
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lounge rooms and some semblance of a
garden for those whose fate il is to re-
main in town through iomnsh the the summer. annnn
plished their purposes through ciuos
which take in every division of the
urban population. especially those CLUBS
conducted by civic charity and by means
of private organizations of accepted use
fulness. Mr.. Rockefeller, jr., has leased
several downtown roofs in New York
city some of them on office buildings
and all situated In the very heart of
the congested city, where amusements
as well as reading rooms and swimming
pools may be placed. In this matter of
using large roofs. not alone is Washing
ton far behind the older world, but so is
almost every other American city.
While in great cities of Europe the roof
space of hotels is turned into sleeping
quarters for the servants, ii goes to
waste here, and if the retainers are ac-
commodated on the premises it is us
ually the Easements and lockers which
are called into service. The great roof
of ST. Peters in Rome has for years
been the home of the servants in the
Vatican and sometimes the sixth gen
Grafton of the same family is born over
this most extensive church in Christen-
dom. There are garden plots for flowers
and for vegetables, with running water
piped to the various dwellings.
Washington takes a cordial inter-
est in the news which comes from
Rome of the exceptional social graces
and accomplishments of Signora
Geisser Celesia. who came to this
capital as a bride and at once as
sumed her duties in the diplomatic
corps with ease and dignity. Signor
Andrea Geisser Celesia de Vegliasco
has been attached to the foreign Of
found snug home in the Trans -Tiber
district and already they have
achieved a signal success in the cos
mopolitan society of the Eternal city.
The daughter of Mr.. William F. Err
hart of New York Miss Marl.aret
Erhart made her debut there. and it
was within the year that she became
the bride of the young diplomat. She
at once plunged into the study of
Latin languages, and the transfer to
the Italian capital found her equal
TO conversIng in it's language fiuently
and without the awkwardness of un-
far miliarity. OF course. she was aided
in II very much by the fact that her
husband spoke Italian habitually at
home and that they secured Italian
servants whenever they could The
small daughter Of Signor and Signora
Geisser Celesia is thriving in the new
home, but her parents will in August
remove to villa beyond the Pontian n
marshes. Signor Geisser Celesia was
trained for the diplomatic service and
is going rapidly through the grada-
tions leading to that highest post. an
amba ssador.
Seldom has the pretty little town
of Greenwich, Conn, staged more
brilliant or interesting wedding than
that last week of Miss Ann GalIatin
Thompson-Seton, daughter of the
naturalist. and Mr.. Hamilton Cottier
which took place in the venera BILE
Christ Church. where just nineteen
years before the bonny bride was
christened. and by the self-same
clergyman, her maternal great-uncIe
| Rev George Thompson. Mrs Cottier
wore all her mothers finery. and this
included the weblike bridal veil which
had also served the same purpose for
her maternal grandmother. Mrs. Albert
Gallatin. The gown was of rich cream
satin and was made in a bouffant
style of score of years ago. and
which proved entirely adequate for
the present day. In addition to be
| ing the granddaughter of that emf
rent citizen of New York and Penn
| sylvania, Albert Gallatin. Mrs. Cottier
! Is the great-granddaugh Of the
venerable Mother Elizabeth Seton.
the process for whose beatification