Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-25

! Fourth street northwest. directly OPP
posite Judiciary Square. \ chapel
dedicated 10 st, Olaf occupies cen
trail part Of this Swedish foundation.
and special services are held on all the
great Christian feasts and during ma
tional celebrations, when the prayers
and sermons are in Swedish. Before
! this Swedish center was established
under the direct patronage of the for
mer envoy and Nine. Wallenberg. the
official place Of worship for that ma
/ tionality was the Lutheran church at
| Fourteenth and \ streets. Nearly all
/ of the northern European countries
are Lutheran. hut they have all Sc.
| lected different edifice for their re.
! liSious ceremonies. The Norwegians,
under the last minister, Mr.. Helmar
Rryn, attended the church on Eleventh
and II streets. and the Germans under
the Kaiser had selected the Concordia
| Church. at Twentieth and G streets.
| Under the republic no official place of
! worship has been designated. In the
| early DAYS of this republic ST. Johns.
| on Lafayette Square and st. Matthew's,
! then on Fifteenth and Ii streets, divid-
/ ed the diplomatic celebrities between
| them. All the British ENJOYS attended
| 81. Johns during the first century of
| this Capitals existence. But break
| came in the early 1900s, when Sir Nor
| timer Durand became an attendant Of
/ st. Thomas, near Dupont Circle, for the
reason that the rector there was an
| old friend. Sir Auckland Geddes was
| Scotch and a Presbyterian and he pre-
| ferred the Church of the Covenant.
| Sir Esme Howard and his family are
| Catholics and attend st. Matthew'S. on
| Rhode Island avenue. The Lithu.
.aY,so coll r-iyn fro
! other Catholics, and they maintain
chapel in their legation and a clergy
| man to officiate. The other Baltic re-
| publics, Latvia and Esthonia. are Lu
| therans. but they have no ministers
in Washington at present.
Washington debutantes are consid.
ering the proposals from other parts
of the country TO make the odd day
of the year, February %. gala
occasion set aside for their particular
delectation and 10 mark their group
as a leap year contribution to the
social offerings of their homes. Some
OF the important buds of New York
City, Miss Auchincloss, daughter of
DR.. and Mrs. Hugh Auchincloss; Miss
Edith Cram, Miss Nancy Gallatin and
| others, who have been feted riotously
on the idea with avidity. But the
form OF the gala day has not yet been
announced. although a carnival ball
is in the spirit of such an occasion.
| New York City has held some pictur.
| eSque leap year parties. and pageant
presenting some Of the features Is
being considered. For some time
past, in many sections, those who
were born on February 90 were al
ways expected to give an elaborate
party when leap year rolled around.
There is a brisk canvass OF the new
Congress to discover il any member
is eligible for this honor--a task
which is more difficult than II seems,
since appreciate numbers OF the ma.
tional legislators give numerous de-
tails OF their career and that Of their
progenitors. but neglest TO state where
and when they were born. But the
buds whose first season overIaps Feb
ruary 20. according 10 New York die.
tun. have clear claim TO prestige
on that account and TO form an as.
ISOLATION IL they SO desire.
Mr.. Frederick Augustine Sterling,
first Minister the United States has
accredited to the Irish Free State.
has. with the typical generosity of
the Irish people. been domiciled free
of all expense to this Government in
the most spacious and stately legn.
ton home to be found in the city of
Dublin. This In the former vice regal
lodge. which stands at the entrance
OF Phoenix Park, name derived
from an Irish term which means clear
running water. fine caiybeate
spring 10 near the main entrance of
the park. which embraces more than
60 acres right In the northwestern
section OF the city. and at one time
drinking the waters was the prime
reason why many visitors went to
the park. All Of the wooded tract
lies north Of the Liffey. and there
are many handsome bridges. includ,
ing the Whitworth on the Arran
Quay. quite near the entrance TO the
private grounds about the lodge. from
which now floats the Stars and
Stripes. Mr.. Sterling. no doubt. has
found much Of interest In his new
home. for IL was the property Of the
knights Tetnplar in 1l74. II was
called Kilmainham Priory in those
days. and the now beautiful park
was Wild preserve where the mar.
| tiaI knights hunted the deer. Besides
the gray stone lodge where the Min.
lister from this country and his fam.
/ lily reside. a Hibernian school has
been opened In what during former
days was the home Of the British
secretary for Ireland. a position filled
! for some years by the late Viscount
James Bryce. But 40 vast In this
urban park that the two dwellings
are more than a mile apart and the
grounds of each are separated by n
stout iron fence. well covered with
/ Ivy and other vines. This school In
| intended principally for the orphans
of those who fell In the ciVil wars
which devastated Ireland during and
after the World War
! The Minister from Greece and Nine
! SifDopoui0s have moved from the
! legation established Immediately after
/ the World War on Connecticut ave.
/ nae snd IL Roy place ~ "A more mod.
/ @fn and spacious residence on X
/ street near Twenty.second street.
/ 1hlH change adds To the group If for
! @ien establishments on ana near
| Sheridan Circle Quite near the
/ Greeks are the legations Of Sweden
ana 81 Bulgaria. aud directly across
| Massachusetts avenue from the swed
i'm headquarters II the legation Of
| Humans. The Swiss legation IN "A
| MOCK Distant on u street, AMI on
MhssacbuSetis avenue. just beyond
the turn made by Sheridan CiTcIf and
! ~ The west Is the beautiful embassy
/ ~ bile, and almost directly opposite
~ The home ~ the Republic of 90
| iHhbia, presided over by Senior En-,
| fighe olayH bnd his wife. Farther
vest IN this same avenue IL the Hun.
| satibh iseation. and below the cir
| "lT toward the city in the legation of
! Uruguay. ~ hL the IS foreign estab,
1rhhenis IN The Capital tut Two re
| h"iH ln Vh0t IL called downtown.
! he Jabah"se embassy is stu in the
| me bid residence II The late John
| Sherman ia X street. opposite Frank,
| In Park. but the ofJjrns formerly on
| = street, near Twelfth street, have
been removed 10 1900 Rhode Island
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