Evening star., 1923-06-24

Col. George Harvey. ambassador to
the court of st. James, leaves shortly
for his post with all the troublesome
details about the remodeling of the
American embassy satisfactorily ad-
justed. Congress some months ago
appropriated sufficient sum TO per-
nit MIR. Pierpont Morgan's sumptu-
Gus London mansion being trans
formed into an acceptable and con-
yenient embassy and chancellery for
the American republic. The contract
has been awarded to a firm of dis
tnguished architects who are already
engaged on the reconstruction. In
the elder Mr. Morgan's day. the man
sion, which has a frontage of sixty
feet in Hyde Park terrace. racing
kenSington gardens, and which bore
two numbers-13 and IA, had but one
stately entrance on the terrace and
opening into the splendid twenty-foot
corridor which extended along the
length Of the house. with a door
opposite. looking into the garden
THIS original entrance VIII now serve
as the fro1t door OF the embassy,
while. the rear will be the chancellery
placed to preserve the privacy OF vls-
tors to the amba ssador and Mrs
Harvey in the personal sense ana
those who come to the business OIL
fees. fine suite OF reception rooms
is thus made available for embassy
callers and for the great world or
fashion as well. The dining hall is
superb and will not be affected by the
proposed interior chaE@es. nor Will
the several suites of chambers on the
;rI HnnrS
the basement. which will be entirely
given over to embassy offices and
storages. save a small portion Kept
for culinary purposes, there WI ne
on the Kensington gardens SIDE SIX
floors to the rear. which will serve
for embassy purposes.
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Now that NJ. Jusserand is sailing 10
France as much for vacation as 10
consider pans for the new embassy
which will be begun in the autumn
on that spacious lot at the corner OF
18th and Euclid streets. directly op-
posite the famous Ca dOro of the
Graude Canal in Venice. the home of
Mrs Marshall Field. Washington
wonders if the plan which had been
will now he approved. But the man,
sion drawn then was to be erected
on the high tract which the government
owned on Washington Heights, over
looking the Connecticut Avenue prldee.
recently sold at snug profit. The site
now selected will require different
s,yIe of architecture from the cas-
tellated one previously chosen to mar
monize with the proposed environ
ment The type of mansion on the
newer Paris boulevards. so often
reproduced on Ma sachusetts avenue
extended. is said to appeal TO NJ.
Jusserand because of its adaptabllitE
of the chancellery to the rear ana open
ing on Euclid street, with the grand
entrance to the embassy on 18th street
The lot is both deep and wide and
will no doubt be incloSed for for
NAL garden like the spanish garden
of the Cuban legation. little west
ward The French government owns
all the household equipment used ny
NJ. Jusserand. so that the new en-
bassy must be built with an eye 10
Ahe proper setting of the handsome
t:oEalin tapestries. the numerous ana
priceless Sevres ornaments ana the
massive Louis XIV furniture.
William H. Vanderbilt has recently
been elected a member OF the execu-
tive committee of the Newport morse
show. and this honor came simultane-
ously with the announcement OF MS
enlargement to Miss Emily ONelll
Davies of New York and Pittsburgh
Mr.. Vanderbilt came of age last
November and took possession hf ,. OF ae ,de
father. Cornelius Vanderbilt to aired
Gwynne Vanderbilt. victim or the
sinking of the Iusitanla. Win
choice of many mansions IN Which 10
make his home. he has selected the
stock farm Oakland, outside of New
port, and has taken hcld OF ms
fathers equine hobby with vim and
determination He already has de-
clarcd his intention of carrying on
Alfred NanderbiltS jealous campaign
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England and in Long Island, and no
doubt. after his marriage. to occur In
the autumn, he will establish an Eng
lish home. Miss Davies is the daugh-
ter of the late Frederick Martin
Davies and Mrs. Davies. who resides
on East Ssth street, New York. and
the granddaughter of Eugene NJ.
O.Neiil. owner of the Pittsburgh
Despatch She is a blonde of
marked spirituelle type. rather re-
served in manner and highly edu-
Gated in New York and abroad. ihe
cousin of the Countess of Craven. she
frequently has been entertained in
London. Mr.. Vanderbilt was often
in Washington during the war. when
he was in the naval reserves and sta
toned here briefly. His mother. who
was Miss Elsie French, the first wife
of the late Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt,
married Lieut.. Paul F'itzsimons, who
was also in service in Washington
during the world war.
Another member of the fifth gener-
alton from the original Vanderbilt.
the commodore. is Harold s.. son of
William K. Vanderbilt. I'd. who is in
the public eye through his recent
purchase of the Otto n. Kahn man
sion in Palm Beach and the extensive
plans which he has announced for
it's enlargement and general altera-
tion. Hitherto Mr.. kahn's residence
was deemed the last word in beauty.
size and elegance, but Mr.. Vanderbilt
has brought down an eminent Span
ish architect from New York and is
''"-''''f''"' :" the pasGerby a fine
tiled dwelling, seemingly lifted from
t.. ,..,>- ia. Hts uome has nifty
feet frontage on the ocean and in a
rear garden is a deep pool filled with
salt water, something not associated
with the lovely houses of Seville.
Harold Vanderbilt is the son of the
former Virginia Fair, and during his
many visits to California. his mothers
old home, became enamoured of the
adapted Spanish style called the mis-
SION He has added a series of red
tiled cloisters to the back. opening
on the garden. and under the southern
moon and adjoining the deep blue sea
1t makes as glorious a place as all
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