Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-05-10

fOrth JOEOuSly on one or the WhlteSt
and broadcast parts of the famous
beach. There are perGolas which will.
within week or two, make a bower
of pink and crimson. and there are
courts with almost cloistral effect eX
cept for the CHEEKY effect Of gay flow
ers, like petunias, scarlet and white
geraniumS and flashes of POPPY In
among the vari-colored iris. Spring
comes early on this sunny part of the
Atlantic coast, and the sunken garden
has already boosted its peonieS and it's
columbine. while the earliest of the
climbing roses on the south side show
their colors through the partially
opened buds. There are a playground
and big sand pile for little Miss
Edge, now having attained the dignity
of years, under the wall, and it is
the ideal spot for any youngster to
grow strong and we'll and certainly a
beautiful place for the grown-ups.
Miss Sarah Livingston Jay. who is
the far-off descendant of the first
Chief Justice and a cousin of Mr.
Peter Augustus Jay, a Well known
member of the American foreign
service, Is among the serious maids
or Gotham. and though she made a
sort of halfway debut. she Is finish
ing her course at Bryn Mawr, and
her recently announced engagement
to Arthur Middleton Hughes will not
be followed by a wedding until some
time next Autumn. Miss Jay is like
wise a granddaughter many genera
lions removed of Philip Schuyler Liv-
lngston and she is always prominent
IN the historic pageants SO frequently
given III New York for charity. But
she is one of the pillars and supports
of the Junior League and of the Girl
Scouts and she has visited Washing
ton many times in behalf of both
these favorite crusadeS. Young Mr.
Hughes, a former student at Prince
ton, son of that popular divine. Rev
Stanley {. Hughes, rector of Trinity
Church In Newport, though of upper
New York State. is now a denizen of
the big city. and is practicing law.
He too leans toward historical inyes-
legations, as does his fiancee, and he
was an aid in the memorable cele-
bration of the Huguenots descend
ants last year. The first jay, Peter
Augustus. fed to New York from
Holland in 1856 with his wife and IL
children, after the revocation of the
edict of Nantes.
Mrs. Axel c. P. Wichfeld, formerly
Mrs. Clarence Moore of this city, has
Crlchel, splendid estate in Dorset
shire, which is owned by Lord Aling-
ton, and is about to remove from
Blair Castle in Perthshire, where the
family has lived for the past four
Years. Lord Abingdon is now a New
orker and has lucrative connection
with a prominent insurance and
guaranty company and has established
home on Long Island near Glen
Cove. Mr.. Wichfeld. who is the
nephew of the Danish minister, Nj.
Constantin Brun. was an attache of
the Danish legation here when he
married the opulent Mrs Clarence
Moore, who had been Miss Mabelle
Swift of the Chicago Boston family
Mr.. Moore, who was a victim of the
Titanic, left four sons, Preston, Jas
per, Clarence and Lloyd, and they are
being very carefully educated in
England and will be sent to study on
the continent when they have COM
pleted their university education in
Cambridge. Mr.. Wichfeld has a
quasi-connection with the Danish
legation of London and also is in bust.
ness in the British metropolis. Mrs
Wichfeld is most Loyalty American and
she intends her sons to study a pro-
feSSlon In this country. Preston and
Jasper, now 81 and 20 years old,
respectively, both show marked
preference for the foreign service.
Mrs. Wichfeld will in about a year
reopen her home on Massachusetts
avenue here in order that these boys
may have an opportunity to prepare
for the examinations for the School
of Foreign Service recently established
by the State Department. Meantime,
the estate of Lord Abingdon will serve
as an all-the-year round home for Mr..
Wichfeld and the younger sons. 1t
is about two hours from London and
will no doubt be the scene of much
hospitality to visiting Americans this
coming Summer.
Washington will always take a
cordial interest in the fortunes of the
Hon. Ronald Lindsay, who began his
diplomatic career as undefSecretary
of the British embassy here, and who
has climbed steadily upward. He re-
Gently was named Ambassador to
ConStantinople. Mr.. Lindsay married
one Of the bellies of the Capital
Martha Cameron, daughter of the
statesman, Don Cameron of Pennsyl-
vania, and of Elizabeth Sherman of
Ohio. Mrs. Cameron died 8 years
ago, and last Winter the British Am
bassador to Turkey married the first
cousin of his deceased lady, Elizabeth
Serman Hoyt, daughter of the late
Colgate Hoyt of New York. The
cousins were remarkably alike in per
son and characteristics, and the ro-
nance awakened the sympathy Of a
wide circle of friends. Mr.. Lindsay
is a member of one of the oldest and
most illustrious families in the Brit
ish Isles. He is the fifth son of the
tWenty-siXth Earl of Crawford, and
has been in the diplomatic service
since leaving oxford 80 years ago.
Mrs. Cameron is a charming hostess
and has entertained in the lovely
garden she has established in the
, new British embassy park the un-
yelled ladies' Of Turkish society. Civ
ing teas, musicals and having lee
lures and talks on art, just as she
would in her own beautiful home in
New York City.
Commentators Luigi Parpagliolo,
who is one of the great Italian au-
thorities on garden lore, has placed
the Garden Club of America under a
heavy debt by offering the perfected
organization of his office to collabo-
rate with it in promoting the study of
Italian garden art. This is to be done
by the practical means of visits to
the 500 monumental villas which
though for the greater part woned
privately are yet regarded by the
government as national assets and are
under the supervision of Commenda-
tore Parpagliolo, who is a director of
the department of fine arts. Mrs.
Harold Pratt and the various Off
Gals of the Garden Club of America
will soon announce a committee who
will examine these villas under the d.
rection of the kindly official, and who
ing his great library, in which the his
toric gardens of Italy are presented
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