The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-04-06
M0RGAN'SGFT
IN HANDS OF
WORKMEN
Ambassador Houghton to
Be at CreWe House Until
Embassy Is Ready

al over to Uncle Sam for use a.
an embassy, a friend Just paci
rom London replied: ITS IN INT
hands of the workmen. And ther'
n will probably remain tntermln
ably. For when the British work
man takes possession or a pace
he is not easily ousted. he goes
to live on the job"
However, since the work OF re
modelling actually has begun, L
only q question Of time. suppose
until the American ambassador e
the Court of st. James IS saIeIy
and suitably established IN oul
Governments own embassy. Anc
meanwhile the new ambassador
Alanson r. Houghton, has taken
over Crewe House. In which MT
Kellogg. now Secretary Of state,
noade his home during the time
he represented the United States
in London. Crewe House is said
to be not particularly attractive
from the exterior. but its interior
Is rich in decoration and fittings.
Apropos of Mr.. Houghton's deci.
aior1 TO maintain the magnificent
traditions of Crewe House, the FOL
lowing extract from the London
Letter" in Town and Country wiz
bear quoting:
ssThere was a time" says the
writer. Ralph D. Blumfield, when
the American representative at the
Court of st. James had nothing
to hand over to his successor but
q tradition for oratory. Generation
after generation of American dip
Iomats had set a fine example OF
after dinner speech making, so
that no function could have much
chance OF being really distinguished
unless the American minister was
present as speaker.
Magnificence Succeeds OratOry
As Hall Mark Of American EnvOys.
'eThis. with one or two excep-
lions. notably Colonel Robert
Lincoln, who was no orator, was
continued down to the time Of the
accomplished Bayard and the dis
tinguished ChQate. After them
came a succession OF ambassadors
who were noted for other things
than post prandial talent. Mr..
WhiteIaw Reid substituted magnifi-
cence for oratory. His predeces-
sors had lived modestly and un-
ostentatiousIy in ordinary houses.
The office of the legation. which
had now become an embassy, was
In a dingy ground floor set Of
apartments in Victoria street,
where there was perpetual dark
ness and corresponding gloom.
when Mr.. Reid took the tenancy
Of Dorchester House, that fine
Florentine palace In Park Lane,
one Of the most effective houses
in London fer show and entertain
ulent. he unWittingiy raised the
status OF the United States by
many. points. Hitherto the United
States, senior diplomat in q hand
some cab with a dirty office and
no proper residence, made but q
poor show beside the ambassadors
and ministers Of other countries,
who drove up to official receptions
in gorgeous state coaches that
were laden with fIunkies ana en-
crusted with gold and silver.
. - And window dressing goes
q long way in these old countries.
But when Mr.. Reid flung open
the marble portals OF Dorchester
House he put the United States on
the map as q country that was
socially the equar OF any other.
As an orator he had, 50 to speak,
dispenser of hospitality he had no
cause to feel diffident about com.
parison with Lucullus. Mr.. Choate
restored the old Ciceronic tradi-
ton; Mr.. Page was magnificent in
a modest way; Mr.. Davis made
some effort at keeping up the old
habit; Mr.. Harvey did his best by
striking a happy medium in the
matter Of originality and person
Atty, which atoned both for Lack
OF rnaRnificence and oratory. 1t
was left for Mr.. Kellogg to do the
Grand seigneur part and he did II
20 well that his entertainments at
Crewe House fast became famous.
since Mr.. Houghton has taken
over the lease, II may be assumed
that the spIendors Of this fine old
house win be maintained.
Ambassador Houghton, who 10
the guest here Of former Congress
man and Mrs. John Dwight In
their residence at 110S Hnooe
Island avenue, win leave snortly
for New York to sail Tor LONDON
y 4 4
COSMOS CLUB HONORS
JAPANESE AMBASSADOR. Z
The intelIigentsia that comprise
the membership of the Cosmos
Club will do honor this evening
to the Japanese ambassador, Tsun'
co Matsudaira, who viii be the
guest for whom the club members
are entertaining at reception an
the drawing rooms of the club.
The president of the club, Charles
Sumner Hamlin, win preside.
Preceding the reception the am.
bassador will be the guest Of honor
at dinner of Doctor Lawrence 5.
Evans. who win entertain at the
Cosmos Club.
The Italian Ambassador. Giacomo
di MARITIME. will be the guest Of
honor at dinner this evening Of the
Polish Minister and Nine. Wroblew.
ska, who viii entertain a company
OF twenty-six.
Mrs Hoover. wife Of the Secre
tary of Commerce. has left Tor
California. where she will remain
until May, when she will return
to Washington.
EGYPTIANS BEGIN
TO SAY FAREWELL =
The Egyptian Minister and Nine.
Yousry are saying hospitable
enod .hY to friends in Washington