Evening star., 1927-10-16
BY MARGARET b. DOWNING.


Dr. George Harvey, former ambas-
sador to London and one of the sew
eral eminent literary celebrities who
have held that post, was during the
past month entertained in some
what unusual way by the White
Friars Club in Cough street. The
gSost of DIR. Samuel Johnson was his
host and the party was staged in the
old lodgings of the mighty lexicog'
rapher. where he suffered many pri-
vations before fortune smiled. DR..
Harvey had been entertained before
by the White Friars and he was al
ways deeply engrossed in following
the pages of Boswell as to the conGi-
tions of living in this bleak lodging
house, the attic of which was DIR.
Johnson's only home. Mark Twain.
who was the friend and neighbor of
Dr. Harvey in Hartford. Conn, also
was frequently entertained by DIR.
Johnsons ghost. At the annual meet
ing of the club it is the custom 20
reverence the memory of the illustri-
Gus men of letters who have honored
the shrine The former ambassador
Eave in a feeling voice. the old toast
of Mark Twain, ITO those who dwell
in Arcadia" which recites the forti-
tude of those who. though broken in
fortune and suffering many physical
ills. have yet the spirit of the Ar
cadianS and can sing. dance and be
happy in the drearieSt surroundings.
The White Friars. whose principal
object is to keep alive the memory of
London's immortals. give an occa-
sional entertainment in the old home
of Charles Dickens and in the modest
retreat of Thomas Carlyle in Cheyney
Row, Chelsea.
Mr.. Henry J. Whitehouse. a member
If the Westchester Hunt Club, recently
opened his new house and stable COM
oined at Mt. kiSco. At first glance this
domicile would seem to be an Eliza
bethan farm house in the Surrey re-
gion of England. The planting adds to
this impression, all the ornamental
shrubs being of full growth and during
the Summer, phloX and candytuft was
laid out in huge pyramids, as the pres
ent day landscape gardener ordains.
Back of the box stalls is a stone wall
built of old and time stained blocks al
ready hidden with ivy and battered
horses head in bronze makes foun-
tain. Mr.. WhitehouSe has room for
20 horses and spare room for visiting
horsemen and the carriage houses are
full of the conceits which were COM
mon some SO years ago, but now are
found only in equestrian museums
like the royal news of London or the
papal coach houses, or nearer home,
the fine old carriage house at Mount
Vernon. The stables run along about
20 feet and over them are the living
and sleeping rooms of Mr.. Whitehouse
and members of the Westchsster Club
nh, %IxyI hi HHNxyr
wings are gabled and these are fur
nished like the famous houses familiar
in such books as Hawthorne, and still
to be admired in the older sections of
New York and Massachusetts. Deep
green tiles and cream stucco are the
color schemes and AS the stable home
is on sunny eminence against a
large forest of pines and evergreens.
this gentleman's country home is in
evitably destined to be much copied
In the hunting parts of the country.
Mrs Whitelaw Reid and Mr.. Will
liam H. Crocker were recently asso-
ciated in the task of breaking ground
for the first unit of the superb Grace
Cathedral of San Francisco. which
will bring to the soil of California
foundation strongly reminiscent of
Notre Dame of Paris. Mr.. Crocker
gave the ground on Wnlch this new
cathedral is to be built and Mrs. Reid
contributed generous sum toward
the necessary beginnings, like archi-
tect's plans and general outlines, and
she will continue her benefactions as
the great structure progresses. Right
Rev. Edward L. Parsons, Bishop of
California. has faced unusual prob
lens in deciding to erect a grand
medieval cathedral in an era when
competent judges say the methods of
those centuries cannot be duplicated
and that such heavy impressive
churches cannot now be regarded as
practical. However, Bishop Parsons
has taken counsel of the most emf
nent and experienced builders of the
Nation and he is forging ahead with
plans which will reach fruition when
a second Notre Dame rises on the
high eminence selected overlooking
the Golden Gate. Even the slender
minaret of the Sainte Chappelle rises
between the heavy Gothic towers and
within the same stateliness of col.
umns and richness of stained glass
and varied hued marble are repro