Evening star., 1927-05-15
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Special Notes and Personal Sketches of Dis
tinguished People of the United States
and Other Lands.

he was a posthumous child also the
! anniversary OF his accession TO the
F. throne. is following honored preCe-
! dents established in the last years Of
| the 18th century by the first envoy
! from Spain. Don Diego de Garidouue.
| This leader in the long line Of Spain s
representatives to the United States
presented his credentials first to the
| Congress in March. 1885. and then.
| on May 2l. 1883. TO President Wash
! ingtcn. He appeared 10 be on Il
! special mission dealing with the debt
/ the young republic owed the Spanish
/ governor Of Louisiana for services
rendered during the Revolutionary
! War. and having hired the best avail
able house in Philadelphia and later
/ in New York City, when it was the
Capital. he entertained the official
world with great brilliancy. He in
Nlted the Congress. the President, his
cabinet, and many illustrious warriors
then resting from their labors to a
solemn religious service held in old
| ST. Peters Church in New York, and
after this to a splendid banquet in
his home. The occasion was an ami
versary OF Carlos ". then reigning
! Don Diego gave way in 1896 to Count
-
lister who set up the first Spanish
| establishment in Washington. tIe
removed with the government in 1909,
special facilities having been granted
him and the few other members of the
diplomatic corps TO send their archiv IS
with those OF the government. and
! also to have their household goods
removed gratis. This minister re-
manned for ten years. and no account
OF the first decade of Washington as
the National Capital which deals with
social evolution fails 10 mention
dinners. receptions and special func-
tions at the Spanish minister's. Mrs
" illiam Thornton's diary, which is-
the foundation of social annals. and
the memoirs of Margaret Bayard
Smith TEEN with accounts Of the eIe-
Gance ard hospitality of various
Spa anish envoys from 1900 until about
1925, when British. French and the
numerous representatives from the re.
Gently liberated countries of South
America began to compete for social
ifOnorS.
Senor de PadilIa will stand out in
the records as having acquired for
Spain tho first diplomatic esta blish-
n1ent ii has ever owned in the Amer
lean Capital. France. the Oldest coun-
try to be represented at the seat Of
government, has Yet to purchase a
permanent home. The central govern
ment Of Germany, later known as
Prussia. and the North German Union
were the first to buy home in Wash
ington and this about 1867. when the
Minister Baron Alvensleben bought q
eomodious brick house on Fifteenth
street between II street and New
York avenue, long since torn down to
make way for banks and offices. 1t
was on the west side and here the
diplomats from the German empire
lived and housed their clerical force
until 1898. when the Baron Won
Saurma-J -Jelsch. the envoy from Kaiser
William. bought from Mrs. Phoebe
Hearst the residence still occupied on
Massachusetts avenue The Fifteenth
street property brought handsome
sum, more than six times it's original
cost.
The British Ambassador and Lady
Isabella Howard. in visiting the Pa
cific Coast and the adjacent national
park, realized desire which they
cherished more than 90 years ago, but
which. as things were shaped in their
lives, they were unable until now to
crafty. 1t was in 1907, when Nj.
Esme Howard was counselor of Ie-
cation under the late Lord James
Bryce. that he and Lady Isabella laid
plans TO go to Yellowstone Park, and
take with them their elder sons. but
sickness broke out in the nursery, and
before there was complete recovery
Mr.. Bryce, as he was then. decided 10
go to England, and the Howards\ \plan
fell through. The next Summer Mr..
Howard had been recalled to London
This Spring, however, their slate was
cleared. and before the removal of The
embassy to summer quarters in Man.
chester, Mass, and their annual visit
70 lneir home at Greystoke Castle.
England, they have spent several
Dlls2ful weeks in the Yellowstone
Ihey motored down the marvellous
ocean highway from Vancouver to
san Francisco and in leisurelv
fashion visited all those alIuring cities
'of California from its commercial
metropolis to the Mexican border near
san Diego. Such Il colony of titled
ana important Britons are now con
nected with the cinema Industry in
Los Angeles that for their visit the
social pace took on gait to compare
with Washington during the season
Inc Ambassador and Lady Isabella
are making notes and preparing
scneduie for their sons who wish to
MAKE the same circuit perhaps next
year. On the homeward trip thew
Will see the Grand Canyon and other
marvels of the Southwest in New
Mexico and parts of Texas.
S!r James Barrie and Mr.. BERNARD
Shaw are sharpening their ouills for
an onslaught on the London Corpora.
tlon because of the recent order order.
ing historic Adelphia Terrace .demol.
lshed 20 make way for wider streets
ana more modern buildings. These
!ast representatives Of a generation of
British men of letters who continued
10 reside IN London are much attached
10 tne:f homes on the terrace and
nothing could affect them more acnfa.
~ imam to remove from this familiar
environment. Literary men of the
present era put no faith in London
Tor residences, and one by one they
/ have sought country places--some
IKE John GalsWorthy. as far distant
from the metropolis as Devon. Chel:
sea. once so associated with authors
and where the fame of Ruskin and of
Carlyle centered, has long been de-
| serted by writing folk, and those who
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