Evening star., 1924-03-16
ny MARGARET b. DOWNING.

' 01 mAkkUANEV II. DO"NlNGs
According to veiled hints which
como from London. one of the first ac-
tfvtties which will engage Sir Esme
Howard will b to seleot l. suitable
location for q new embassy. Taking
= cue from the versatile NJ Jusserand.
who sold . site which the French
government had owned for the past
nfteen years, at = figure which per-
mftted tho purchase OF another and
more spacious piece Of ground and in
q more desirable neighborhood. the
British ambassador has been advised
that the psychological moment has
come to dispose of the fine property
In Connecticut avenue already sub
merged in the rising tide of business.
1t is a fascinating topic to speculate
on the chances of 10th street obtain
ing another stately establishment or
whether the decision will be in favor
! Of Sheridan Circle. or even the re-
mote heights of Massachusetts ave-
nue.. where 1t becomes semi -Subur b an.
Great Britain built her diplomatic
establishment when the houses of
Connecticut could be counted on one
hand, and she erected the finest domi-
cile which Washington had known at
that date. Possibly Sir Esme How
ard will follow the traditions, but
one of the most interesting land
marks OF the city will disappear If
the old brick residence from which
the lion and unicorn" look down
on the passing throngs is to be de-
molished like it's aristocratic neigh
Dor, the former embassy of Austro-
Hungary. Italy and France are to
erect splendid embassy homes on 18th
street. and the Spanish. Mexican and
Cuban embassies already are estab-
lished there, together with the lega-
tions of Poland. Persia, Czechoslo-
vakia and Venezuela. 1t therefore
will seek another locality. possibly
near the great cathedral of SIS. Peter
and Paul. where the ground may still
be purchased in acreage.
Ground plots for embassy and le-
CATION buildings are becoming more
spacious in recent years, and In
Washington, where the official world
is generally kept in residence during
the entire summer, gardens and wide
verandas are necessities instead Of
al fresco amenities Of every variety
make up a large part of the social
activity. President Coolidge recently
laughed off the story about summer
White House by saying that he had
already selected one and it was the
Mayfiower. The time has passed, so
say the augurs, when ambassadors
will fold their tents like the Arab and
the mercury rises. Their wives and
young children may be compelled to
do so for their health's sake, but the
important members OF the corps viii
and in future their homes will be as
we'll provided for summer hospitality
as for winter.
M;ss loan whitney IN ,oarryipe Mr.
Charles Shipman Payson will become
. member of family very promi-
nently identified with the early his
tory of Washington. for her fiance is
Aida Carroll, daughter of Daniel Car
roll of Duddington, who married Gen.
John Marshall Brown of Louisville,
KY, and therefore is the great-great-,
more than three e-fitths of the land on
which the Federal Capital has been
built. Daniel Carroll of Duddington
lived until the early Iesos, and he
shall Brown was the youngest dauSh-
ter Of his oldest son, Charles. and she
and her husband, who became hero
OF the civil war: have many descend,
thereabout. Their daughter Harriet
married Herbert Payson, father of
Miss whitney's intended husband.
Charles Shipman Payson is Yale
family traditions Of his fiancee by TAX
ing his law course at Harvard, where
he will get his degree in June. In
addition to being a member of the
illustrious Maryland family which
counts the signer, Charles Carroll of
Carrollton, and many other eminent
public men in it's annals, Mr.. Payson
is, through his mother, a member of
the Prentiss family of New England.
which has produced eloquent church
men and virile religious writer's. His
tiss, some time pastor of the Church
of the Covenant in New York city,
wrote many popular hymns and sew
eral> religious books, the best known
Of which was stepping Heaven
ward
Another bride-elect who is receiv-
ing national and international felicl-
tations, Miss Green, who is to marry