Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-10-02
New Swiss Counselor
Serving His Country
For First Time Here
NJ. and Nine. Lardy Pleased
With Washington as Abid-
ing Place - Both Have
Distinguished Ancestry.

NJ. Etienne Lardy. the recently APP
pointed counselor of the legation of
Switzerland. bears a name we'll known
in Washington. for his elder brother.
Charles f.. Lardy, ir.. was for many
Years member of the staff OF NJ.
Pioda. an envoy who served for a long
time in Washington and who was
highly esteemed here. Many OF the
older generation remember the charm,
ing fetes Of NJ. and Nine. Pioda and
their quaint silver cenierpieCes. In
which jeweIed swans and ducks glided
on real water and tiny vases held
miniature flowers of silk and velvet.
NJ. Charles J.ardy accompanied NJ.
Pjoda to Rome. and served with that
esteemed diplomatiSt for several years
in the Eternal city. NJ. Pioda after
ward went to Rome as Minister and
was there for some years. At the
present time he is Swiss Minister in
Stockholm.
NJ. Eticnne I.ardy is serving in
Washington for the first time, and this
is also his first Journey into the West
ern World. lie and Nine Lardy are
young enough TO enjoy life and they
are both enthusiastic over Washing
ton. They are fond of motorinc, and
NJ. Lardy praises in the highest terms
Capital. Especially does he note that
by tho use of oil the clouds Of dust
which make motoring something of
hardship in the Old World are not en-
countered here. He and Nine. Lardy
and their small daughter. FRANCHISE.
who is Just 3la years old, have Wis
tied all the beauty spots about Wash.
lngton and have driven deeply into
Maryland and Virginia. The situation
OF the grave of the Unknown Soldier
before the Amphtheater impressed NJ.
Lardy as one of the superb mOnu
ments Of the world. and indeed he
noted All the solemn beauty and charm
of Arlington in its every aspect.
NJ. Lardy IL Of distinguished fam.
lily from Neufchatel and his father.
Charles Etienne Lardy, was a veteran
diplomatist of the Swiss republic. He
was Minister to Rome from 1883 until
1917.
The counselor was carefully pre-
pared for The foreign service After
/ completing his studies in the TFniVer-
SitY OF Neufchatel he studied in
Geneva and at the Sorbonne, in Paris.
RI" mas served in many Of the Euro
pean capitals and it. fell to his lot 10
he assigned To what was then ST
Petersburg in 1915, ard he remained
IN That storm center until, With the
advent of tho Soviet regime in 1913,
tn" Swiss republic withdrew it's diplo,
matte representation. NJ Lardy was
at the last grand reception which was
given III The court of Car Nicholas.
| just six weeks before the outbreak of
the revolution and the ensuing abdi
cation of that monarch. 1t was IL spec
! tacle, he explains, which could never
| be forgotten, eVidencinS the pomp and
| spleldor of the Romanoffs just before
| the curtain descended on their power.
| The entire diplomatic corps had been
| invited to the palace. but because Of
| TIE war none of the ladies of the court
| attended, not even the Czarina. They
| had entirely given up social functions
| after September, 1914. IT happened
| that the Swiss minister To the Russian
| court. NJ. Edward OVier. WIS the sen
| Tor member Of the corps and that Gov.
| David X. Francis was the Youngest
| ambassador so that the American
| embassy staff and the Swiss legation
| staff sat side by side. and it was the
pleasant task Of NJ. OVier and NJ Lar
| dy TO point out celebrities and to eX-
| plain the rather complex ceremony to
| Mr.. Francis.
The marriage ~ the Young diplomat
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