Evening star., 1926-10-24
BY MARGARET r. DOWNING.


The Spanish dor, Senior
Don Alexandra Padilla. has proved
that he is an tor of marked ability
and master of the language Of the
country to which he has just been
assigned in that address delivered be-
fore a distinguished assemblaae at the
Sesquicentennial The occasion was
the formal opening OF the Spanish
building on Columbus day, great
day in the realm of King Alfonso.
called The Festival of the Race"
when all those of the blood of old
iberia rejoice and call on those who
ere sympathetic TO the aspirations
Of the nation TO join them. The Am
haSSador has found Americans very
sympathetic. especially from the cul-
tural standpoint as much AS from the
politica, and economic. This Spanish
building. which is a replica of homes
which are reproduced in scores of the
cities Of the Peninsula, will no doubt
strike new note in the domestic
architecture of this country and lead
10 the adoption of the genuine types
rather than the mixture now pre-
sented under the title. In particular
IS the use of Spanish tiling. that mar
velouS colorful kind baked by the
gypSes about Seville. feature to be
admired and initiated if possible by
factories of this country. for this
gives the distinctive Spanish atmos
phcre in the brick dust red tiles which
prevail universally on the roofs of
bungalows. The Ambas dor has
noted that "Don QuiXote" is among
the popular b oks of the American
1ir MI ad in hi oAH n
the marvellous tapestries loaned by the
Royal Academy of Madrid depicting
In part the life Of CervanteS and OF
his immortal hero and his follower,
Don QuiXote. and Sancho PanZa.
These adorn the entire mural space
Of the salon and were made by
Flemish looms in the sixteenth cen
tury. when Spain held the Neither
lands 4 S q VaSSAl
Mrs. Conltlce will no doubt. In fu-
ture years find as much enjoyment
In observing the constant reproduC-
tion of the White House in residential
mansions OF the country AS Mrs. Theo-
dore Roosevelt the elder has OF Long
Island. There were several presiden-
ti4l mansions in replica built in the
immediate vicinity of oyster Bay soon
after COL and Mrs. Roosevelt re-
Jill. Just as Princeton and its envir-
onS hlossomed forth in stately white
mansions with pillared porches soon
after former President and Mrs Gro
Yer Cleveland became denizens OF the
campus of the university. Philadel-
phia and its numerous and wen
planned suburbs are now filled with
miniatures of the famous mansion off
Lafayette Square in Washington.
NfxNI frNf.A a
present bungalow and other man.
sions evidently designed in exact de-
tail and sitting back in proves of an
cient trees and surrounded by flower
beds which strongly resemble those
which are familiar to the paSser-by
on Pennsylvania avenue.
Mr.. Homer Morrison Byington. ma
tive Of this city. is now consul AT
roSilipo. a fashionable suburb of Ma
pies and his villa is the center OF gay
life from December to April. When
Americans forSake Rome and Flor
encc for the warmer climate OF tne
far.famed hay. He studied in Norwalk.
Conn. his present home, and after
completing his collegiate education ne
WAS n,emher of the Washington press
gallery for few years and STUDYING
diligently at night the languages and
the diplomatic service. He entereu
via the role of correspondent al
NanleS and sent splendid story OF
the great catastrophe at the Straits OF
MpSsina when So many cities or South-
ern Italy and of Sicily suffered the
fate which recently befell the East
Florida coast. Serving in the NapleS
consulate for three years AFTER TINS
Mr.. ByinSton was sent to Rome ana
a 49, q
ian posts. until he is now one or the
recognized authorities in trade PROB
lens within King Victor Emmanuels
domain. The Byington villa at Posll'
mo is reached by the marvelops curry
ing shore road from Naples, whlcn
was old in the days when st. Paui
was shipwrecked at this point and
wrote such vivid description OF MS
miSfortuneS from the same town IL
MAS the resort of SmusElerS When ~.
Paul WAS east ON its shores and the
NuNc-Wa~hed caves. where treasures
were hidden served as his first refuge
Mr.. and Mrs. By:ngton live all the
wear round in IoSiliRo. one of the love
iiesi snnts on earth for Naples In the
residential sense. lies high above en-
circlin- hills and at greater distance
from the American consulate than inc
SuhlIrh is The one-time royal palace
nf The MoOtencSrin rulers Is MS close
nei-hhor. a lonely. neglected pile OF
marble buildings. with a fine t9rraced
garden now crlmhlinc to decay.
Judge r.. H. Gary has at'ast siEhed
the papers diSp"snc of his mana
some home At the corner or Sixty"
seventh street and Fifth avenue.
New York. Though he proposes TO
tontjntc to max" this his " inter
homo for the next two wears. ne mas
consented at the expiration OF mat
time ~ have - l2.story office building
erected. the roof of which is to be
an apartment and garden. and TO
serve as his own home and the place
uf meeting of the United States Steel
CORPORATION. Of which Judge Gary is
chairman of the board of directors.
business has crowded all around the
Gary mansion and its light and sun
shine have LONG ago been absorbed
hv the lofty buildings on each side.
Ia the back and before il. Fifth ave
nue.. however continues To boast some
residents who deny the approach OF
huSincSS Ia interfere with tho Eamiliar
environment. Mrs. Henry White re-
Gently sold her home in the lower
fftiCS of the famous avenue and is
now erecting Il small compact man.
circle on the corner Of SeNenty-tirst
street adjoining Fifth avenue. Mrs.
William *. Vanderbilt. 81. has tired