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oughly content to permit Mr.. Long.
worth TO reap all political laurels and
to secure all official rank. But she Is
a constant attendant on Senate de-
bates and she reads the Consression
al Record with the avidity OF vet
eran. Having a retentiHe memory
Mrs Longworth is frequently ap-
pealed TO about certain debates and
the verbiage of important passages
and she can always furnish chapter
and verse.
One of the loveliest winter gardens
Is that of box and evergreen which
extends before the home of Mrs. r.
+ Hit on New Hampshire avenue.
Mrs. Hit is rarely in Washington
after the early spring. and her plant
ings are all for effect after the grow
ing season. There is a tiny maze of
box. which is most attractive. and
some dwarf everGreens. These have
succeeded an earlier trial of the lux
uriant bay, which is seen in its glory
IN Rock Creek Park. and the small.
compact bushes of mountain laurel.
But IN the wild these plants are not
subjected to the close scrutiny which
they receive in the front grounds OF
a city mansion. Though they were
they presented rather unhempt ap-
pearance for the remainder of the
year.
The box is nota bly, the trimmiest of
all hedges. and clipped less than three
feet from the ground. as Mrs. Hits
is, it II delight at all seasons.
There are many spring bulbs in the
recesseS of the ma1es and the rock
pink which transforms the whole
garden at the first hint of spring.
But in winter its various shades
of green against the shining arbor
vitae and miniature spruce massed
against the white mansion is an in
spring sight. Mrs. Townsend has IA
winter garden in the reservation
which she uses on Massachusetts ave
rue, but many of her rhododendrums
have attained great height and over
shadow the smaller eVergreens.
The Belgian amba ssador revived an
ancient custom of his country when
11o gave d formal dinner on November
- to commemorate the feast of St.
Albert, the patron OF the Belgian
King This particular st. Albert
for no less than nine figures in the
Roman calendar--was that intrepid
Count Of Louvain, who rendered as
leroic and worthyservicet to his coun-
try in the late twelfth century as the
present prelate of Liege and MalineS.
Cardinal Mercer, did in 1914. This
invasion, and so successfully that
about 1897 he was secretly assassi-
mated by spies. who found him alone
in the cathedral after nightfall.
King Albert has always held this
patriot saint in the highest esteem,
and indeed he is one of the noble
figures of Belgian secular history as
we'll as of its sanity lore. All the
old Flemish masters painted the prel-
ate in his gorgeous robes, aud his life
a nd violent death were often the
theme of the ancient weavers. The
Belgian king has several old tapes
tries portraying the martial deeds OF
his patron and a handsome canvas
done by Ten Eyck showing him at
the head OF the crusaders. This early
Bishop of Liege rests in a splendid
marble tomb under the main altar OF
ST. Paul's, the venerable edifice found
ed as an abbey church in 96s, and
now the cathedral, and which con.
tatns, besides the body of st. Albert
that of St Lambert, who is the tute-
larry of the Walloons.
Since the custom has hitherto held