Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-08
Tales of Well Known Folk
:; In Social and Official Life
Special Writer for The Star Gives Entertaining
!: Sketch of American Legation Activities
/. at Czechoslovakian Capital.

fruit trees with borders of small fruit.
Screens of tall growing flowers hide the
kitchen gardens and between wide bor-
ders Of roses, spicy pinks and heliotrope,
one ascends to the Belvedere, where q
band plays when q party Is IN progress
and nearby tepees for refreshments are
erected.
| Mr. and Mrs. Einstein may claim
, joint credit for the garden since both
are devoted to flowers and have given
much, time and attention to retaining
the grounds. Prague rather reverses con-
ditions in that houses are built in the
| low spots of q tract Of land while the
garden rises above 1t, and, of course,
| sends drainage into the cellars and
tends to make all the dwellings damp.
BY patient effort at the legation much
Of this has been diverted. into the regu-
lar drains. Schonborn Palace was
erected for the Prince of Lichenstein on
| the site of an ancient home of power
full Bohemian noble and land owner.
| Its era was after the golden age of Bo-
hernia. as the Princes of Lichenstein
were high In Austrian favor and held
such ofices, while they dwelt at Schon-
born, as chancellors and prime min
listers of the empire and grand mar
shals of Bohemia and the crown land.
garden from its high reaches Is a
superb view of Prague with a back
ground formed by the Hradschin, the
capitol, imperial palace and government
buildings. one of the most imposing
groups in all Europe. The walls Of the
palace gardens extend almost to those
of the legation and thus make the VEN
cradle President of Czechoslavakia a
close neighbor.
Representative Stephen Porter and
several members of his committee on
! foreign relations. including Representa-
tive and Mrs. Charles Linthicun, have
visited Prague this Summer. possibly
with the idea in mind to permit APP
preparation of money enough at least
to heat the mammoth building after
modern methods. At the present the
massive porcelain stoves, very artistic
to be sure, but strangely inharmonious
in rooms furnished largely after
the Orienal manner, as Mrs. Einstein's
are, are the only sources of heat and
comfort and the labor involved In keep
ing such huge affair going in every
room In the apartment may be i'm
agined. There is electric lighting and q
semolane of sanitary plumbing dating
| from the Crane occupation, but heat is
| the problem In Prague since last Win
ter, the thermometer frequently dropped
to 80 below zero. 1t is the ultimate
intention Of the State Department to
ideal of home, but Mr.. Crane brought
his own belongings and the present
envoy has done the same. Mr.. Einstein
was for many years In Japan and he
purchased extensively of the fascinat-
ing wares offered there, and naturally
these do not fit into such environment
as that offered by an early seven
A. W.. a
Quite logically Mr.. and Mrs. Einstein
look beyond their present situation and
do not propose to sacrifice what they
value. But 1t is evident that 1t Yould
be a wise move for the United States
Government not only to buy per-
manent home for its ENJOYS and for
their chancellery, but likewise to fur
nish them.
Mr.. John Sterett Cuttings has found
a comfortable home in one of the newer
suburbs OF Prague, Bubenec. where some
enterprising builders have erected few
two-fan1ily apartments spacious and at
tractive enough to adorn Riverside
Drive in New York City. Mr. Cuttings,
who belongs to the we'll known family
of Baltimore, prepared for the diplo-
matte service shortly after graduating
from Harvard in 1910, and although well
on In Ills career, ne resigned 10 serve
in the World War. He was for some
years assigned to the State Department
and during this preparatory period he
and Mrs. Cuttings lived in Sutherland
place. Latvia was their last residence
before going to Prague and there the
pretty little daughter, now years old,
was born. There is a son who is a
native of Prague and is just year old,
and although now called Junior" he
is the eighth of his line to be called
John Sterett Cuttings. Mrs. Cuttings
was Miss Elizabeth Brooks of Bardstown,
KY, and she presides over this i'm
portant home in the Czechoslovakian
capital with rare grace and distinction.
Although the social pace is not SO
brisk as at some of the older seats of
government. Prague has now a stable
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