Evening star., 1933-11-12

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Roosevelt must have had a yearning
to be free from all state and ceremony
for he slipped out Of the White House,
attended only by his secret service es-
cort--which the law prescribes for all
Presidents, and went over to the Cor
oorsn Gallery for just a little private
view. Alice in Wonderland would say
he chortles with glee when he puts
something like this over on his staff
Mr.. G. Powell Minnigerode. curator
Of the gallery. welcomed the President
and then allowed him to roam at will.
He doubtless did not pass many ma
rine views without stopping, for love
Of the sea Is his, and collecting pic
lures of ships one of his hobbies The
exhibit Of the handicraft of the
Southern mountaineers interested him.
tco, and he looked at Carl Melchers'
collection Of paintings now on exhibi-
ticn. By the way. there is a fascinat-
ing portrait Of Mrs. John Garrett, wife
CT the former Ambassador to Italy.
IL this exhibit dressed as a Spanish
dancer.
The resignation last Sunday of the
Rev Dr. Robert Johnston. rector Of
historic St. Johns Protestant Episcopal
together surprise to the fashionable
congregation. as it has been known for
some time that DR.. Johnston has been
Ill during the past year. A Scotsman
educated in England, he was one of
the forceful preachers in Washington
who drew his congregation from people
Of all religious faiths. It was at St.
Johns that President Franklin Roose-
velt attended a communion service on
the morning of his Inauguration. He
vent directly from the church to meet
the Quaker President Mr.. Hoover, and
ride with him to the Capitol.
DR.. Johnston came here from the
Church of the Savior, in Philadelphia
This church, which early counted
among its communicates the we'll
known DreXel, Biddle and Paul families,
is noted for its memorial windows of
unusual distinction; in fact it is one
of the few American churches written
up in Baedecker. The beauty of these
windows was largely lost to those at
tending evening service, SO a unique
system of lighting was adopted by
which powerful electric lights and re-
Electors were placed on the outside of
each window, making it stand out like
a picture glowing with colors of jewel
like brilliancy. The seven windows over
the chancel in this church are from
the famous Hardman Studios in Eng
land.
1t would be wonderful IL a similar
lighting could be arranged at the WASH
ington Cathedral, the beauty of whose
stained glass windows is largely lost at
the evensong service. Last Sunday
evening several people were heard to
ask to be shown the recently set
Moses window in the west aisle of the
north transept of the cathedral fabric.
but the full beauty Of this window was
dimmed, owing to the fading daylight.
This exquisitely beautiful window. by
Lawrence B. Saint. is a memorial to
the late Mrs. Sarah Clark Fracker
Kaufman wife of the late Samuel
Hays Kaufman, a distinguished citi-
zen and newspaper publisher of Wash
ington. The coloring throughout this
window is vivid and warm; the reds
appear in two shades-light and dark
while the varieties Of yellow are glow
ingly brought out in a full light
Whether it's Veni vidi yici or not with
Maxim Maximo Litvincff, Russian
c0mmiSsaf of foreign affairs. the fact
remains that he has received a cordial
welcome at the Capital and has shown a
pleasing social instinct that has at
tracted all with whom he came in
contact That Russia has been forced
to modify its social and political prac-
tees was emphasized by A-r. Maxim
Rabinoff, former economic adviser to
the Soviet government, at meeting OF
the University of Michigan Club at the
Cosmos Club on last Tuesday night.
Among other things Mr. Rabinoff
said that religious worship in Russia,
which short time ago was taboo, is
now permitted by the government, and
churches have been allowed to open
all over the country. 1t is interesting
to hear that the new addition to the
American consulate general in Harbin
4; Manchuria, when opened for business,
was blessed after the rites OF the Rus
sian Orthodox Church. The agent oi
the building arranged the ceremony
which was attended by the consul
general, members of his staff, Ameri-
cans, Russians and Chinese.
large contingent from the hunting
set in Washington and nearby Virginia
attended the fifteenth anniversary oi
the New York horse show at Madison
Square Garden. last week Somebody
has said something about the animal
God created as the complement to the
Eportsman-down in the horse country
in Kentucky and Virginia love of the
animal is bred in the bone. There is
where at the races or the chase one
often sees the true sportsman in his old
farm suit, his blood tingling for the
start thing not often seen in the
fashionable meets and races in the
North. A countryman down in Vir-
g1nia at one Of the Fall meets dryly
remarked that there want much left
of the horse TO look at when the city
ladies got tricked out in their ridin
suits"
The New York Horse Show was foI