Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-05
TALES OF WELL KNOWN FOLK
IN SOCIAL AND OFFICIAL LIFE
Chief Executive and First Lady Sole Repre-
sentatives of Society of Friends In
Administration Official Household.

/ rectIy opposite this potentially fine civic
playground and they knew every inch
OF the ground through frequent walks
over the territory, at least Is years
before the Government purchased
the site from Mrs. John B. Hen
! derson T.sis lady gives full credit 10
M. JuSserand for excellent counsel In
/ treating the abrupt rise of the clay
! hills from the sidewalk. Like al
| Frenchmen, the former Ambassador
had a combined art instinct, archltec-
tural balance and a fine eye for proper
landscape development. He was close
friend of Elihu Root when that states
man took up so courageously the res
toration of the L'Enfant plan, and
having made an absorbing study OF the
original map he could Illuminate many
obscure points Indeed SO ably and
intelligently did the former Ambassador
watch and counsel the first steps to-
wards the restoration which goes Tor
ward now so swiftly and surely that he
deserves a niche with the renowned
LEnfant in the development OF the
famous ground plan.
X K X
Mr. Samuel Untermeyer, who fire.
quently was a visitor in washington
some years ago and who has many
friends in the official world, has been
sending some special invitations to some
flower loving Washington friends to in
Spect his rose garden in the historic
GreyStone estate at YonkerS. N. Y,
once the home of Samuel j. Tilden. Mr..
Tilden loved flowers SO enthusiastically
that he planted on a mammoth scale,
and, in fact outside of the vast gar
dens of Hampton Court and versailles,
or the more modern creations about
Paris nothing to compare in color, va
riety and extent can be considered IN
comparison. Mr.. Untermeyer Loyalty re-
tanned all the ideas of his predecessor,
but two years ago he renewed the rose
garden and this season it is expected
to flower in luXuriance and glory from
the end of May until mid-June. The
roses are arranged as an expanding
landscape on terraces. in sunken spaces
and always In suites Of color which are
entrancingly beautiful. For the adorn-
ment of the vast rooms of GreyStoneS.
roses are. grown in glass houses all
through the year, and Mr.. Untermeyer
would be as aStonished at the thought
of getting bouquet from the gardens
proper as Col. Grant would be If some
one suggested gathering blooms from
the beautiful beds in Potomac Park.
Alfonso of Spain roams up and down
the COAST 4TOm San OeDaSGlan 10 the
French re@nrtS on the Bay of Biscay,
and during q recent visit to Pau he en-
countered two other European royalties,
Christian of Denmark and Gustav of
Sweden. each seeking diversion after his
particular fancy. The Spanish monarch
delights in polo and nearly all the il
lustrious players of the world were at
Pau seeing some elimination games be-
tween French riders, heroes from Ar
gentina. and some eminent players from
Australia. Alfonso takes a part in the
game on occasion, but usually only
when Spanish players are enrolled. The
Danish King delights in yachting. and
having attended the regatta at Cannes
he was spending a few weeks at Pau
before sailing homeward. Gustav of
Sweden, who boasts six feet and four
inches of height, loves to swat the ten
mis- ball, and tournament was in
progress which lured him to Pau. Kings
on tour are entirely democratic and
even the Spanish sovereign eliminates
some of the tireSome ceremonies of
court Christian of Denmark made
friends with all the youngsters and
took several parties of little folk that
ne had met casually on the beach for
q sail on the yacht and served them
q luncheon, which no doubt will figure in
their memories as the major event of
their childhood Gustav also loves chill
dren and he has a stable group OF
grandchildren and grand nieces and
nephewS whom he takes to the movies