Evening star., 1925-12-27
Tales of We'll Known Folk
| In Social and Official Life
Spain's Ambassador, Dean of Diplomatic Corps.
Long in Public Life : Other World
/ Celebrities Noted
.By MARGARET b. DOWNING.

INV MARGARET r. DOWNING.
lSenor Don Juan Riano Y Gayansos:
Arnba ssador from Spain and dean ot
the Diplomatic Corps, has Just en-
A,ed his thirteenth Near az the per
sSnal representative Of King Alphohso
a ed the twenty first as = member o.
flte foreign corps in Washin-ton-lnN
~knor Riano vas Minister for four
, lars before he was raised TO the am.
III <sadoria rank and before that he
had been successiVely-and with Few
i'serruptions oi service in other caIl-
I tsSs-seCond and first secretary. Coun-
sNor and charge d'affaires OF spain
{ three different periods. SO the
= panish Ambassador though his serN-
ire has not been continuous, like that
90 NJ Jusserand. will soon equal ii in
Z crntins actual years spent in Wash
i'pcton. Through his efforts this
5untry is much more familiar with
SEtin than il MAS some 20 years t.eo.
= tnuSands travelled into Alfon>o's c.
nsrins during the past summer and
Indications are that the land Of the
} iiiialcos is gradually getting 2 pl-cc
~ the itinerlr,- of Americans go.nG
. Turupe and Snun may attract -
i t1nt- ira Velers - FL, ncs SaiCInn.
an nj. Italy ami .,"'i,"er.1nd For
: {, FIRST TINE in j. history. Snani-'I
{ Il: lnrser VIII lie renrcSented in lna
! f,rfoire nf nrer3@ GiNon a. W
:, jf'rornlitan. aud a. the comUo~er j.
: i;l in tbs f1e=h ne hopes 10 i" pres
+, " on mis- occa sion. a. cert tainlv VIII
ID tbs tnha >sadnr 1nd Sen"ra Ran"
s ~ tho sratf and ell lovers of Spanish
: qr:j This ,nmnoser is Manuel lie
''sn4. who i considered one Of the
nr 1,,,t-ipi1 " Iii
:. tsras have : rn-ua ~ Paris. Veil
j.. Mudrid Earcelona aud SHvil'e.
onera <.'e"ted i called u VII
yo II VIII he performed during
fret weeli of N'rch Two nf De
, 4" most renowned c"",no sif io1s.
T EeralHe II, NJ eSa "at:'l" and
Inh. ma will - -ivsn "ul'ilrG
: E,istm.s ,vee's II ~ Tur'; city
: Z, - :-u>pioe- "t tn - 90 "t '"a. ;.
i-eI.s
ar. Edwin Vernon Worm tmna :
: S,nr from tn r-nuit:i !" Ert::1 IL, g
=. npied this posi- i"r p lite more
/ S. IN Rio than Snunr Eiann hn~ il
Wa -hinc on. ara he i the ulde = in
r,sint of service in the class Of hi":3
e,lnmatists. MI MoYGan'S teaura
. ite- from .Ianu1ry IS. 19i@. Se0or
~ nos length "t service Is just f,W
ponths shorter December l. 1915.
j. Morgan. however. i the dean of
4 the members Of tho American for
ciSn service Fresh from taking his
isSrees in languages and interna.
enal studies first in Serlin, then in
l'aris. he hec4m 'ecretary Of the
tpericar Samoan High Commission
i'e 1898. and has heen IN attache "f
rlt~ State Department. since then. \
ew days ago Nh Morgan invited a
Asv close friends in Flo to help him
{ 7aenrate the thirty-ffth anniversary
nE his connection with the Foreign
ONCE and the state Department
Wa shincton has known the -amha SEA
dor 10 Brazil in many roles. the first
hsine ~ secretary to John HAY when
IVA now lamented scholar and states.
NUN was transferred from the Ameri-
IN Embassy in London to he the
h4ad of the State Department. This
vas in 1899 Mr. Morgan was Min
ter TO Kora4 for several wears. and
N@as envoy to Portugal Il when he Wa
r3"moted t" the embassy st Rio.
AIRS. stephen r. EIkins is almos,
'{e last Of the eminent householderS
GNelliuc on X street between Six
Nfnth and Seventeenth streets for -
yars making thai street an imDor-
"It section Of WashingIon's Mavfair.
Ifny of the mansions where brilliant
'nnpters Of social history were writ
~ now hear large signs informing
ilc paSserhy that this i now the first
cInmercial zone and that remoieiinc
for business purposes is bout To he
~ Such fate has oVert4ken Sena- =
~ ouays fine OLD house. with its in
'escd garden. where dinincs al frcec"
L. :,
: 1ntury and itS nei-hhor so long 90
u home of Nr= Peter Goalet tierIN y.
ifc nf the Senator frN'n Rhode
- no. when she - Airs Gecr.s W.
Vanderbilt Mr. Gerry. however. Sold
her property NJ the FIRST hint "f the
,tnmeTciul inv4 sion and removed 10
=, rect near Twentieth. Mrs. Eikins
iS not willing to give M her hcm"
unieSs, conditions hecoHne unhea h's
I rhcv did for the lanes ". Wj,G".
wprths in the John Hay mansion. al
>S;"enth anil II STR etS. Lii" i
hsrdlv worth living when il must he
adured next to extensive modern
i,lillin2 "per4:ionS. Mrs. NaGsworrh II
hrnd. and 81 The family of the Sc n.
TO- from New York fed 10 Wcn'1. :,
e:,c The Fihn. mgnsiul wa. ~
s-t of the fine hnmes on ll,e ! :nu
sfo lie the l3St. n III The oth,r "a
sin@ transformed into arar meu : -
~ ~incs- un,cr-. On the CCTne" n'
E;tcent'I nj Is @tr2atS Mrs. DeN ..
fu-- u the hens which she M :
. intline1 the"e fer lran- ye. r. The
: rpsions adioinir- where G1int Il..
r. Taft lied CURING his Iern ~
k,ret.4r.. - N,ar ~ ~ "ce tpie.
~ he Ethan >llen H.trllcocks. have
= - enGod IN the -ocisl ole an; ior
y" most par sr. "oocrinc p}acas "
osIre- The raSidenrc ~ Mrs Jerome
Fp0ar.rto. once : not tel cen'er. ~
Il other en- rf tha -, <traet = =
n'd ,c@rS - ~ her o. no 3re<en:
.'4"ome r;nn#ra".e. v-rr I'VE N - !.
] ally in Me- Y"r'< f'it.-
iMr~ r'r"dsr,ch Cnolidce's concert
Ias=r week by the chicago Orchestra
" k.ociatirn vyas practically III" ame
ri thst '~hich this lady had arra n-eG
n The dedication o. the hall Ton
CA1 ubcr music in the Library "f con
cft - Tins musical evert ~ tnir;i-
b attended by sores "f mUsi" lovers
frSm the entire Middle West. Eess:des
ntr cift to tn library II Cnngres- :
80 Of the notable contributions fc
itt growing fame in the music line
Mrs. Cnnlidce ha. given 500 600 &c
tsc expansion II the Chicago or
chestra IN memory Of her father. III:
ENe Albert y. sSn:a -lIe. it, founder
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