Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-11-11
BIZ MARGARET B. DOWNING.


~ IR ESME HOWARD, British AM
bassador, who as dean of the dip
lomatic corps will lead one Of the
~ most distinguished asSemblages
which this Capital has known at
the reception Thursday evening at the
White House, has been for years an
enthusiastic antiquarian. and it is al
legged his desire to retire at the age of
65 is mainly due to this preference.
During the past Summer Sir ESme pub
liShed a brochure on the ancient wall
which runs along the border between
England and Scotland and reaches its
most interesting point at Carlisle near
the castle of his kinsman, the Earl of
Carlisle. The British Ambassador has
spent many years in the diplomatic
service and nearly all of them in for
eign lands. Three of his sons still are
in college and Lady Isabella Howard is
anxious to be near them at this forna-
tive part of hteir life. While member
of Britain's foreign service may retire
at IS, this is by no means compulsory.
as Washington has vivid memory of
Lord Paunvefote of Preston, who died
at his post in this city when he was
approaching his seventyfifth birthday.
James Bryce, aferward Lord Bryce, had
existence in this remote country seat
when he has laid down the burden Of
state.
With the coming of the Minister
from CzechoSlovakia, DR.. Ferdinand
Verveka, every European government
except Serbia, holding friendly relations
with the United States is now repre-
Sented here by a diplomat of the first
rank and every Latin republic except
Do IIoi hae cot
With the Soviet government of Russia
this republic remains unreconciled and,
except for this, the pre-war personnel
of the diplomatic corps In Washington
has been restored and greatly enhanced
by the ENJOYS coming from nations
which gained their independence as a,
result of the World War. Latvia and
Esthonia, Baltic republics, nominally
sustain a legation but for economic rea-'
sons, for hte present, a charge daft,
flares has the responsibility. AS both
nations show more satisfactory fiscal
balances, it is believed these two lega-
tionS soon will be fully restored. But
one new Ambassador, Senior Manuel
Malbran of Argentina, will be in the
stately pageant Thursday evening which
will include II of these exalted diplo-
matistS, the largest number accredited
to any Capital. An, exceeding gifted
scholar and statesman this envoy at
tracts wide attention when he ventures
into New York City, as he has several
times recently, because of his marked
resemblance to the governor of the
Empire State He has been surrounded
by crowds and had his arm almost
shaken from the socket in consequence
OF this resemblance.
X X
The Secretary of State ard Mrs. KEEL
10gg, who will after March ] take over
q long lease on the beautiful home of
Mrs. Robert Cameron Rogers, Mission
Canyon, near Santa Barbara, Calf, will,
according to their friends, hereafter di-
vide their year between their two dwell
ngS in Minnesota; in st. Paul and in
the picturesque. country around Lake
Minnetonka. 1t appears unlikely that
travel will appeal to either for some
time. This in reality viii be the first
genuine rest which the Secretary of
State has taken in his whole career:
that is, one which viii extend into
months instead of hastily snatched pc
RODS OF days, as in the past. He has
drifted into the years. beyond the seven
ties, mans allotted span for sctive labor,
carrying heavy burdens. Before coming
to the Senate Mr.. Kellogg was senior
member of perhaps the busiest and most
distinguished legal firm in the North
west. From senatorial duties he passed
to the post of Ambassador to London,
and from that exacting role he came to
succeed Charles Evans Hughes as Sec
rotary of State at a perilJus period In
the national foreign relations, Mrs.
Kellogg has naturally led az breathless
an existence as her eminent husband,
so that the silence, peace and brooding ]
beauty of the Mission Canyon makes a
strong appeal This fine property pos
SesseS natural atmphitheater of hills,
denSely wooded, and: Mrs. Rogers, the
owner. frequently permitted sylvan plays
for the benefit of charity to be per-
formed there. Santa Barbara's golf
clubs stretch all about, and this no
doubt attracted the Secretary as much.
as the seclusion.. Z -
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Mrs. George Draper ST Boston and
New York has attested to the array Of
talent possessed by; the Junior League
among its members, for under her di-