Evening star., 1924-01-27
Counselor of Danish
Legation and His Wife
Welcomed in Capital
Kai Helmer Petersens Antic-
ipate Seeing Beauty of
Washington in Springtime.

If one might Judge from the men,
bers of the diplomatic corps ac-
credited from the land of Hamlet to
the American capital, all its sons are
very tall, fair and endowed with an
unusual degree of comeliness, and its
daughters also possess more than av-
eraee height and certainly more than
average good looks, grace and accom-
pllshments. The new counselor of
the legation, Kai HeImer Petersen.
who comes TO Washington from Ber-
I'm, where he served for two years.
Is athletic in appearance and is in
deed fond of all sports and is a golfer
OF some renown in his own bailiwick.
NINE. Petersen Is probably the
Youngest matron in the present corps.
1or though she counts almost six
years of matrimony and has n sturdy
young son of three and half years,
~ Is only recently that she celebrat ted
her tWenty-first birthday and attained
70 all civic privileges in her home in
copenhagen. But she admits that TO
marry at the age of sixteen, as she
ala: Is not an ordinary occurrence
III Denmark any more than II is here.
Had Paris Experience.
NJ Petersen. after taking a COM
plete course prescribed for the pro-
fessional classes desiring to enter the
governmental service. attached him
Stlf 10 the foreign office. He spent
Immediately after his marriage
was transferred to Paris. where he
remained until about two wears ago
When ne became first secretary of the
Danish legation in Berlin Both he
ana Nine. Petersen enjoyed this ex-
perience. for because of the complex
allHcultleS which the German govern
ihent Is at present experiencing, there
mas oeen no entertaining of a formal
character and the foreign corps
FORMED unit of itself and had the
most intimate and delightful kind of
social life. Houses, too, are easy tc
get in Berlin. big roomy mansion.
containing from fifteen to twenty
chambers renting for about a fourth
OF the price asked for a small apart
mcnt mere. Mr.. Petersen brought hi,
own household equipment, and to find
large unfurnished house is proving
Il problem ne
Nine. Petersen is an attractive
young matron. tall and very slender
ana ana with the exquisite coloring In
dltlonally associated with the north
OF Europe. She and AIR. Petersen
nave been observing a period Of
mourning for the father OF the form
er, VINO died during the past sum-
mer. This is. however, ended and
they We're among the guests at Mrs
Io"hSends ball last week and this
was their Introduction to Washing
ton IN the residential sense.
Daughter of Educator.
Nine. Petersen was before her mar
rlage Miss Estred Andersen, daugh-
Ter or one of Denmark's most dis
tlhsulshed scholars and educators.
n
Danish language and literature al the
University of Copenhagen and one of
the popular public speakers of the
scandinavian countries. He is also
the author of many books which are
used in the classrooms of The Dan
ish public schools.
Nine. Petersen had intended to
STUDY under her father, for the high
er education of women is almost i'm
peratlve in her land, but her early
marriage lnterfered with these pur-
SUITS though she had already been
Wei trained in the academic sense,
ana is a linguist, speaking English
almost faultlessly. The small son,
keid. can claim the gifts of tongues
for he can prattle in the vernaculaT
OF the three capital cities where he
mas lived, Copenhagen, Paris and
Berlin, and he had been taught Eng
llSh from infancy and so is prepared
to meet the juvenile world in Wash
ms to4t oii al equal 1Ootlng.
Since the minister from Denmark
is bachelor, Nine. Petersen will
make a charming chatelaine should
necessity arise. The royal princes of
Denmark are coming to the new
world rather frequently of late and
more social amenities are staged at
the Danish legation than in former
years. The impending marriage OF
Prince Vigo and Miss Green of New
York centers the limelight on the le-
cation here and, without doubt, some
OF the nuptial gayety will have a
WaShington setting. The counselor
ana Nine. Petersen have never been
to this country before and they are
much Interested in everything, espe-
cially in Washington, which they find
beautiful and most promising city
and they are looking forward to see
anticipation.