Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-13
ny MARGARET b. DOWNING.

The uresent Amhassado to Bel
rium. Mr.. William Phillips. and Mr..
Frederick Augustine Sterling, recently
counselor of the American EMBASSY
in London. who have been designated
the first Ministers to Canada and the
1rish Free State. will find themselves,
when they reach Ottawa and Dublin,
resnectivelv, the whole diplomatic
corps. since they, like Count de Mou-
strier. sent by Louis XVI to Phlladel.
mia immediately on the signing Oh
the new Constitution, the very nrst en-
VOWS who will be received IN these
canitals. Ottawa and, in fact, all OF
Canada has a large body of consular
officials. and in Dublin Mr.. Charles
Montgomery Hathaway, il. VINO is
consul general. has been called on 10
act very much as the hlgn comfhis
sioner from Australia does, both as a
dinlomat and a commercial agent. He
was in charge of the office in Cork
during the dreadful days when VIC
Tins of the German submarines were
almost daily washed up on the coast
near Queenstown, and he proved
vigilant and sympathetic adviser 10
the hundreds of sorrowinS relatives
seeking their dead.
Mr.. Sterling and his wife, who was
Miss Dorothy Williams of this city.
daughter of the late Col. John *. ana
Mrs, Williams. both know Dublin:
since all the fashionable world OF
London, where they have been INlng
for the past three years ATTENDS .he
horse show in September, and Mr..
sterling was a rancher for many
wears in Texas and is as fine judge
of equine flesh as. perhaps, there Is
IN the American Foreign Service.
Mr.. and Mrs Bayard Stockton OF
Princeton. y. j., about two weeks ago
invited a large and distinguished COM
many to assist in celebrating the two
hundred and twenty-flfth anniversary
of the date on which the parents OF
Richard Stockton, signer OF the Dec
Iaration, brought his family to hve In
the beautiful home, Morven, stu
onc,,,;ed NV Stockton descendants.
vrhere were scores of guests OF Stock
ton blood. and one feature OF the enter
4ainnoent was a series of tableauX ana
of moving pictures in which the
Young people depicted scenes whlch
had actually happened In the OLD man
sion and other historic events in whlch
their ancestors were heroes. One W
the most beautiful of the tableauX was
he wedding of Julia, daughter or the
signer. to DIR. Benjamin Rush OF Fhll-
adelphia, also a s1gner, whlch DC
which still a third member or tne
proun which gave this country her
Charter of liberty. DIR. John Wither'
snoon. president of Princeton College,
was the officiating clergyman. Inc
pretty young bride wore the same
finerv that adorned Julia, and the gal
lants had lace frills and satin small
clothes, all foregathered for this event
in the attic at Morven Hill. Dr: Rush'
bridegroom of this important aAlance'
PLAYED quite a heroic part In the be-
zinnings of Washington, and he IS
i1onored as its first public health OH
Ger. and in gratitude of his heroic
efforts when the young city was
stricken with yellow fever. his statue
stands in the Smithsonian GROUNDS
near the Medical Museum.
When Rev. Kenneth Nigel Mac
kenzie was married during the early
part of January to Miss Aline Shaw,
a we'll known artist, Edinburgh wit
messed a highland wedding after the
ancient ways, and those who hap
pened to be visiting the capital or
Scotland had the rare privilege OF
hearing pipers perform in full cry as
the guests in the various tarltans and
highland regalia entered the church.
The bride and bridegroom were In con-
ventional attire and the father OF the
former, the Bishop of Argyle and the
Isles, performed the ceremony. But
when this choral rite had been ended
the nuptial feast might have been
taken from a chapter of James Bar
RE or of one of Scott's highland
novels. Miss Shaw, who belongs to
the clan of that name. wore high
land costume for the wedding jaunt,
and the reverend spouse tossed aside
staid clerical garb and appeared as
one of the brave MackenZies of the
isles. The bagpipes played unceasing.
~ and then the pipers were RECALLED
after a formula held sacred on such
occasions since Scotland was divided
into separate clandoms and each had
an invincible ruler. The Rev. Mr..
Mackenzie. a scholar and scientist of
Oxford, is living in London at present
and his wife Is a we'll known member
of it's artist colong.
Mrs Henry T. Rainey, wife of the
Representative from Carrollton. ILL.,,
has developed a talent for rearing
goldfish, not to be disposed of in the
commercial sense but as gifts to the
Girl Scouts and their friends in her
immediate section. The Raineys have
a pleasant and picturesque home,
Walnut Hill, near Carrollton, and
some years ago Mrs. Rainey. who is
the gardener of the family began the
culture of water lilies. She was sc
successful that in addition to her lily
pond. she had another added for gold
fish with one pair. Just a year later
there were 1877. including the originals
and not wishing to enter the goldfish
business, she began to present q
couple to such members Of her Scout
troops as cared for them and would
take proper care of them. The pre-
sentation of these gifts has become
quite an event about Carrollton and II
occurs when the weather becomes 81
chilly that the fifish have to be re
moved from the pool to a tank in the
cellar. Mrs. Rainey leaves a careful
guardian in her home for the pets
and not only food but some oxygel
has to be from time to time put int
the water. Mrs. Rainey was one o
the first organizers of Girl Scouts il
her vicinity and she has acted II
many capacities for the local scout
and is held in high esteem in its coun
Gil. She has several bowls of goldfish