Evening star., 1927-04-24
Nine. Lipa Drops Old
!, Way of Spelling Name
Wife of Legation Counselor Makes Change to
! Avoid Confusion-Mrs Frances King Search
I ing for Perfect Garden
BY MARGARET b. DOWNING.

khan legation, has been compelled to
weIinquish in this capital the way her
4 name would be written at home.
namely, Lipova, for in the tongues OF
& the Czechs, the proper noun has its
\ feminine derivative. Notwithstanding
the dictum of certain suffrage leaders,
: the American public Is still puzzled
when a woman does not bear the same
name as her husband, and many mis-
takes were made in regard TO this
shousehold under the impression that
Nine. Lipova was guest at the coun-
sSelor's home. In her native city,
Prague, Nine. Lipa's visiting card
would read PAM Luda Lipova, /" which
sis soft and liquid enough to be Italian.
and her husband would be Pan Lipa. ;"
for such is mister" and mistress in
The old Bohemian language.
/ One by one the ladies of legations
sfrom countries which change the
feminine of proper names, have
dropped the method and adopted the
@English way, all except the wife of
sthe Minister from Bulgaria, DIR.
Simeon Radeff, who clings to her soft
tMnd appealing name Nine. Bistra
Eaadewa. The Poles change the 'i''
anso "a in the feminine of the family
name and this is easily followed and
his caused no confusion. Mime. Lipa's
tRiven name is derivative of Bo-
heTniais national saint in the feminine
sBense, the good Queen Ludmilla, who
Aelfed to convert the people from
pAganism to Christianity. and who is
r3vered for her housewffery qualities
sAa well as for her sanctity and apns-
sAplec spirit. Ludmilla lis used almost
! 10 much as Mary for the naming of
Nrl, a1oc
afamilies with one or more daughters
sfail to bestow this popular name.
: Mrs. Frances King of New York
City, who has organized and has been
$50 important factor in the national
garden movements, has been empha-
sizing the difference between planning
a garden and the results when orig
sinal ideas are followed. Even under
"a professional and experienced guide,
that the planting will spell charm, is in
Mrs. Kings opinion as uncertain q
thing as for the architecture to assure
perfect acoustics in a hail. Mrs. King
has recently been travelling up and
down the country in search of the
perfect garden, one where space and
privacy are provided, abundant flow
ers, with a lawn, trees and proper
adornment. One of the places which
has claimed her enthusiastic praise
Is the handsome all.the-year home of
.Dfr. and Mrs. John S. Newberry, at
Crosse Point. Mich. Twenty years
ago the .Newberrys built their man
sion, a long low rambling structure
fronting at a convenient distance from
Lake st. Claire, and all this time they
have taken to- plan a permanent gar
den. They have, experimental, mean
time only to discard one season what
had pleased. them before. They have
now what might be ,called four gar
'dens, so varied and intensive is the as
pect offered by each. The Summer
nook, where a lovely marble nymph
called the "Rockaby Lady holds her
arms toward the shaded pools, is very
beautiful and comfortable and without
the rim begin flower gardens, which
.xeach to the lake, and where from
March until Novenber something. is
An bloom.
I Sir Hugh Denison. high com.
missioner from Australia. who, with
Lady Denison has been making
an extensive tour of the West, accom-
panying the large delegation repre-
senting capital and labor. sent from
the Australian Confederation some
months ago, has returned to New
York City and viii come to Washing.
ton in May and resume his residence
in the Mayf1ower. Australia at the
present finds no need Of diplomatic
representation at the Capital of the
United States. and Sir Hugh will con-
tinue his complex role of attending to
all problems which arise out Of the
trade and commerce between the two
- ~ n.,,, NE - =
newspaper publishers in New South
wales, and with a chain of four or
gans, three dailies and one weekly,
Sir Hugh is entirely committed to the
slogan of this south sea empire, "A
white mans country and for white
yM1en alone" 1t is the boast OF Aus
stralia, he says, that SO per cent of the
total population of all the staLes which
comprise the union are pure Caucasian
and that laws are under advisement
ITO wipe out even the fractional per
cent composed of the browns of the
south seas and Asiatics. Sir Hugh
and Lady Denison came to this coun-
try late last Autumn and established
n home in Washington with another
In the Plaza of New York City, and
there are large offices in Whitehall
sstreet. They have made periodical.
trips to Chicago and have been across
the continent twice to San Francisco
and other cities of the Western coast
{ But this does not appear to undue ac-
2uvity, the Australian holding the
worlds record for covering distances
at home and of rushing off at short
notice TO distant parts of the world
: Both Sir Hugh and his wife are ma
ftives of Victoria the beautiful and
progressive capital of New South
/ Wales. Both were educated in Great
Z Britain and have visited practically
every country of the civilized world
: When the Cuban Ambassador. DR..
sOrestes Ferrara. and Sonora Ferrara
sentertaln at an evening reception like
that OF last Friday in honor Of Presi-
sdent Machado, the fortunate guests
tcan admire one Of the most perfect
s1talian interiors to be found in Wash
dngton and when the typical Cuban
embellishments are added the result
Is unforgettable. Washington, and in
scidentaily the Cuban republic, owes
This splendid Italian palace to Sonora
eCarlos Manuel de Cespedes, wife of the
Minister from Havana, who served
most acceptably throughout the Word
sWar, and now Minister from his coun-
try TO Paris, Sonora de Cespedes,
tuaughLer or a Florentine artist and an
artist herself copied in correct detail
the old palazzo in Rome where she was
born, and she received carte blanche
from the Cuban government to furnish
the embassy in suitable fashion The
present Ambassador. who was son
.ot Italy, can appreciate TO the fullest
the good taste and excellent Judgment
OF his talented countryWoman. But
.fiestas at the Cuban embassy bring
tforth the most colorful array of shaw's
and fans, and the music for dancing
is always composed of the popular
sCuban airs. President Machado's gov.
sernment has, according to his opinion
"a worthy home in Washington. The
sonly other embassy maintained by the
Cuban republic is at Madrid, and here
an ancient nalace has rncenflN henn