Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-11
BY MARGARET b. DOWNING.

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Capital at any time in history. lr
numerical strength, the foreign con
tingent in Washington is surpassed
only by the House of Representa-
tives But little short of 400 persons
must be included in the corps. VIII le
something like 500 are honored wher
the lower House is entertained as a
whole. There will he IA am
bassadors in the New Year pageant
and Al ministers charges d'affaires
and lesser representatives Of foreign
governments. AS result the corps
once knowing only three divisions,
Latin-Americans Europeans and ORR
entails, now is subdivided more subtly
into racial groups, or those with
distinct community of interest, and
in these circles there is a brisk in
terchange of hospitality. The Latin
Americans predominant. and this
group has been little changed by the
World War. Formerly these Latins
selected a dean usually from the am
bassadorial corps, for there are six OF
these exalted officials in the Latin.
American unit. Recently, however.
they have cast off this rule and
Senior Narela, Uruguayan Minister,
who has been in Washington almost
twice the length of time of any of
thu ranking officer. European Lat
ms, French, Spanish, Portuguese,
Italians and by courtesy Roumanla
do not make so compact a group as
those from the New World, but for
cultural purposes they often act to-
gether. There are four Scandinavia
nations, Danes, Swedes, Morse and
Firms. and their representatives in
Washington join in all celebrations
Elorifying the heroic days of the North.
The British, Canadians, Irish and
Australians foregather hospitality
and observe their joint feasts in COM
mon, and so. too. do the Teutons, the
Slavs. and the representatives OF the
naltic republics.
But when some of the excellent
homekeepers in the corps, like Nine.
Soeter. wife of the Minister from Switz-
eriand, or Nine. Radew, wife of the
envoy from Bulgaria. voice their
pleasure at living in Washington, they
add with a note of regret that no
international bakery shop is closer
than Philadelphia, or that those pal
atable little cakes. each nation having
it's own valued recipes, are not to be
obtained except by the individual eff
forts in foreign private kitchens.
Sweets anu are always
tive and the Capital is gradually get
ting in a supply of those viands most
relished by French, Spanish and ItaI-
ians, but the smaller nations, except
in the matter of cheese, have to i'm
port all delicacies for the table, for
even the raw ingredients are not to
be found in these markets. Those
marvellous little honey and almond
cakes which are so priced by visitors
to the Bulgarian households have no
counterpart in the local CONNECTIONS.
nor are the tart, bitter herbs which
are essential in making salads and
soups. New York City, with its cos
mopolitan population, now offers
meals to all peoples such as they could
get at home, but Washington has yet
TO assume this aspect, although it has
so many distinguished alien people
with in its gates.
Washington takes an interest in the
recently announced engagement of
Miss Gertrude de Lancey Watts of
New York City and Hugh Campbell
Wallace, I'd, of Tacoma, Wash. Miss
Watts is the daughter of Mrs. War
rem Morgan and belongs to a family
equally distinguished in Maryland as
in New York. The Watts family
owned a farm on the Hudson, now
within the corporate limits of New
York City, and their sturdy mansion
was center of hospitality long be-
fore the war of independence. AS
they were intensely loyal to the Brit
ish crown. they Jared i'll with the colo
nists, and only in the opening decade
of the nineteenth Gentry did they and
their allied families get back their
estates. These families included some
well known in the later days of New
York Clyde Lanceys. Coldens and
Barclays Mrs. Warren Morgan and
her daughter descend through their
mother from Henry Darnall. once
royal governor of Maryland, and
from Dudley Digges, owner of the
fine old estate on the Potomac, War
burton, which now is Fort Washing
ton. Mr.. Wallace Is the nephew of
the former Ambassador to France, for
whom he is named, and is the
son of an older brother. the late
Thomas Bates Wallace. His mother
married a second time and now is Mrs.
Arthur Sinclair of New York City.
The wedding mentioned will occur
in the late Winter and the young
people will reside in New York City.
Mr.. and Mrs. John McEntee Bow
man, who are we'll known for their
efforts in behalf Of the permanent en-
dowment of the Cathedral Of st.
John the Divine, have revived the
best traditions of sport in their pic
turesque hunt breakfast given at the
close of the open season near Green
wich, Conn. Many followed the scarlet
coated riders in a leisurely way along
the fine roads and in gayly bedecked
coaches. and the morning quiet was
rent by long peals from the horns.
The hounds and hunters made de-
tour well marked out and ended
where they began at the Bowman
house, where some two hundred
guests sat down to a regular hunt re
past-game pie, stewed pigeons and
hares in every conceivable form.
Not only were all the riders seated
but also every attendant in the
stables, and the farmers who had per
mitted free access to their fields
and woods. AS all crops are long
since garnered the Connecticut form
er does not raise any objections to
hunting rabbits and birds over his
fields and he greatly enjoys joining
in the sport and partaking Of the
feast Many guests from New York
were at the breakfast and the event
is to be an annual one of this sec
non. The Bowmans have a large
estate called Goldens Bridge which
they occupy nearly all of the year
& and at which are planned that unique
Autumn activity, the Cathedral Horse
Show, proceeds of which are devoted
to Bishop Manning's building fund
Mr.. Ridgeley Carter and his son
Mr.. Bernard Carter, Of Baltimore
were among those who took an &C
tive part in the gorgeous cortese
called lie Nerbena del Amor" {
historic event which marks the END
of the season at B.arrltz, held this
year about the end of November
The various provinces of Spain were
represented and as BarritZ now has
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