Evening star., 1927-05-15
BY MARGARET B. DOWNING.

BY MARGAkEI u. DOW NING.
Mrs. Coolidge who is watching the
renovation of the White House with
her keenest interest. is. according to
her friends. quite as concerned about
new plan for the south grounds OF
the park, where for some years the
idea of a tea garden has been consid
cred. At the recent Spring flower show
held in Grand Terminal i'll New York
City tea gardens were seemingly the
focus of endeaVor. and these exhibits
captured the majority Of the prizes.
including the gold medal offered by
the Little Gardens Association. When
Congress sits garden parties are pai I
Of the Spring social schedule, and 10
arrange a nook where the President
and Mrs. Coolidge and a few assist
ants can chat for q moment or two
with friends when the rush Of the
reception has been passed has lon@
been desired by those who like Ger
tain rounding out of the official ameni-
ties. The most celebrated garden
fetes and with the most far-reachins
traditions are those held in the early
Summer. sometimes at Windsor some
times in the spacious grounds at
Buckingham Palace, London. The
Queen and her aides receive on 4
rounded knoll much like that the
President and his lady select in the
south grounds, but in the instance of
the British just behind is n charming
little nook. surrounded by a high
hedge of box, and here on small
table the royal hostess has q cup of
lea and special guests come in and
have word or two. No such privacy
is afforded the American Executive
and his wife if they partake of re-
f..ra a1S,N1 H. l1 fo4n
hut il is universally acknowledged that
some sucif spot would add to the dig
nifty and comfort of the exalted hosts.
Mrs. Coolidge also is giving some
thought to a suggestion made by
some ladies connected with patriotic
societies about memorial garden for
the past mistreSSeS of the old man
sion, ard especially Of those who
have added 20 the distinction of the
flower plots. At this passage of time
IL would be task. perhaps impossible
to identify pants and trees put in
place in the early years, but there are
some records. Unfortunately there
a"e few traces Of the pretty Dutch
garden which President and Mrs.
Roosevelt had planted in the spaces
south of the long terrace running to
the east. vet every Spring bulbs of
tulips and of jonquils and daffodils
All these borders with color and fra
GRANGE. and they We're part Of the
scheme which Mrs. Roosevelt evolved.
The lowgrowlng aromatic "pinls." so
called in the years before this flower
became known as the carnation, he
long to the Roosevelt garden, but the
first Mrs. Woodrow Wilson changed
the entire aspect when she designed
the formal Italian garden which now.
Is accepted as one of the beauty spots
of the White House grounds. Mrs.
Hardings rose garden has become
somewhat overshadowed by the trees
and growing hedge, and without Il
doubt a rose collection would thrive
better in more open space, where
the sun would keep the soil in better
condition. But a few roses from
these previous collections. with other
plants. would make. an excellent nu-
cleus for a memorial garden.
The Colombian Minister. Senor En-
riaue Olaya, and others high in the
councils of the Pan-American Union.
in meeting so many Representatives of
trade and commerce in this country
took occa sion to emphasize the dis
pleasure which the citizens of the
described as South Americans or
Central Americans" Nor do they
relish being grouped as Latin Amer
leans. as the term goes, but they
would infinitely prefer that those
meeting them in the business sense
would learn to designate them geo.
graphically, as colombians, Peruvians,
Chileans, and so on down the line
Mr.. John Barrett made an earnest
campaign of this matter when he was
director of the union. and the in
cumbent, DR.. Leo Rowe has taken
the matter under advisement. Mr..
Barrett succeeded in RELOCATING
South and Central Americans" into
the discard, but then Latin American
was taken up and is now the usual
way of including all the deniZens of
North and South America who are
not Canadians or from the United
States. DIR. Olaya and his colleagues
agree that it will take some time for
the average business man to become
familiar with the individuality of the
20 republics which comprise the Pan
American Union, for of the 81 total,
but one, the United States, is not of
Latin origin. Eighteen derive from
Spain. one. Haiti, from France, and
one. Brazil from Portugal. The Co
lombian Minister. who descends from
one Of the most ancient families Of
what was New Granada. is of the
opinion that after almost 400 years
on the soil of the new world and inn
pOrtant factors in its development and
progress the citizens of the. south
have earned the title Of being called
Americans without any hyphen.
blessed by every radio fan as well as
by those who recognize the benefits
OF the telephone, has been a resident
oe the Capital for more than 30 years
and may be deemed in every sense one
OF its most distinguished and useful
citizens. In 1881 young Berliner mar
ried Miss Cora Adler of this city. and
their home. that spacious mansion
with we'll painted grounds on Colum-
bia road between Fourteenth and Fif-
teenth streets, has been for years a
shrine for struggling inventors as we'll
as the scene of much social life. Mr..
Rerliner and his wife are attached to
their old home. where the inventor
worked some of the most momentous
discoveries of his career. but owing TO
the change of living conditions, be
cause of the surrounding apartment
lDuses and the approach of business.
they have sought more quiet place,
and are at present in Meridian Man
sions. The home now serves as a lab,
oratory and library, with ample space
for the many interesting things con
nected with the telephone and the nu-
merous inventions which preceded the
Serfecting of radio broadcasting. Tx.
lensive preparations are in progress
10 celebrate MIR Berliner's seventy
fifth birthday, May 20. and part OF