Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-27
Iahes of Well Known Folk
in. Social and Official Life
Minister of Portugal to Celebrate g Years of
Continuous Service in Capital May /
Americans Throng Constantnople.

introduced in large numbers the an.
cient lamps and lanters Of sixteenth
century Spain as supreme adornments
OF the patios and sunken gardens at
II Mira sol. her lovely villa in Palm
Beach. Iron work was SPANS chief
handicraft in the Middle Ages and
these old pieces are as highly valued
by those who have Spanish houses as
the Duncan Fyfe tables and the SteGeI
glass by collectors for Colonial man
sions. In the patio the lamps are on
tripods of marvellous workmanship and
rich deep ruby glass in slides CLEANS
between the hutings The lanterns
swing from wrought iron brackets r.
the gardens and these with some ole
Moorish brasswork of the same period
in the doors and window lodges with
dark red pottery used by the laun-
dresses about the Tagus have proved
the last touch of picturesquenes al
II Mirasol. Mrs. Stotesbury searched
personally through Spain without
much result. so she confided the task
to professional hands. All these treas
ures were bought in Italy where curio
dealers have a genius of getting de
sired objects together. Like old silver
smiths. the ma ster ironworkers had
their seal and symbol which was
deeply cut into their work and has
become familiar To collectors Mrs
Stotesbury has now one of the most
perfect Spanish villas to be found out
side of San Sebastian or some of the
old towns along the Bay OF Biscav or
in the Basque country inland. But
she is not an advocate of Spanish
houses except in semi.tropic lands
where the palm and myrtle carry
out the setting. Her splendid mansion
in Chestnut Hills, Philadelphia. is the
French urban type suitable to the en-
vironment
Mr.. I. p. O'Conor. the father" Of
the House of Commons, is about to
begin the publication in serial form
of his memories of 43 years in the
British Parliament and no announce
ment has caused greater flutter in
literary London. A seasoned Jour
nalist and the author of many recog.
nized historical works including the
biographies of Lord Beaconsfield of
Parnell and of Sir Henry Campbell
Bannermann. Mr.. O'Conor has a de
lightful style and is in no way given
to undertaking. He Is a native of
Athlone in the golden belt of the
Shannon, and he saw the light moi
tar from the birthplace of sweet Irish
singer John Mccormack. and was thu
Schoolmate of the elder McCormacks
he practiced law and wrote for news
papers in his early years and in 1884
entered the Commons He has been
editor of the well known London
papers. the Star. the Sun and r. P.'sI
Weekly. NJ. A. r. MAINLY About Peo-
ple). OF rugged health. the vetera n
statesman has still the silvery tongu
OF his prime and can rouse the Com.
mons with his eloquence at will. Ir
FORMER years he was a frequent Wis
ltor to the United States and has hun.
dreds of friends in every part of the
country. No member of the Common:
is called upon TO escort American Wis.
ltors about more than he and if his
callers be ladies, he never fails to in.
VIte. them to tea on the terrace and
70 nave special permits issued fol
them TO attend some of the debates.
Mrs. William b. Leeds is hand.
some quiet young mstron. who oh.
serves American etiquette most scru.
pulously in. her New York CITY and
Long Island homes. She nrefers tho
sylvan setting Of Long Island to the
Ella borate mansion purchased last year
on Fifth avenue from the estate of
the Late Henry Dawson. and. as the
Leeds place is in the Oyster Bav see
ton, she and Mrs. Richard Derby
Etnei Roosevelt that was-have be.
come friendly. Mrs. Derby is A seri. !.
Gus young matron who takes unusual
interest in her husba nd's patients and
VINO. after the British ways acquired
from her mother, has her list of sick
people not able to afford Injuries. to
whom she makes daily visits. But
when Mrs. Leeds makes her an
nual visit to her kindred in
Europe 1t is another story. She then
becomes Princess Zenia of the i'm.
periai house of Romanoff, daugh.
ter of the Grand Duke George
Michalovitch and of the Greek Prin-
cess Marie, daughter Of the late King
George of the defunct Hellenic king
dom. 1t is true the particular ~impe.
rial circle to which she belongs. the
manoffs. bitterly resented her mar
rage TO the son Of the tinplate king
Of the United States and the terms
6xacted by his widow. then remarked
TO Prince Christopher Of Greece.
These were specifically that she was
To he known simply as Mrs William
4. Leeds and she was to live in this
country nine months of the year. So
she receives small courtesy from the
Romanof in Paris and on the Con-
tinent generally. Her only sister