Evening star., 1936-05-31
AbOutWell-K Persons
In Books, Art and Politics
Vespers at Washington Cathedral for
Women of the World-Miss Frysinger
International Chairman and Hostess.
BY ROBERT CRAWFORD.

"H1S afternoon hundreds OF
delegates and visitors to the
Conference of the Associated
u Country Women of the World,
who have descended some 5000 strong
on washington, will attend the vesper
service in the great choir of the beau
tiful Washington Cathedral OF st.
Peter and st. Paul, sitting high on
Mount st. Alban, overlooking the Ma
tional Capital. The services will be
from 4 to $50, and will be conducted
by Right Rev. James Freeman, Bishop
Of Washington.
This magnificent gothic temple
dedicated to public worship for all
people of whatever sect or creed,
which has since its inception opened
its arms in Christian welcome to
thousands of worshippers and pilgrims
to the Capital, has never appeared
present in all its Springtime lowell
ness. Its setting of giant forest trees,
its background of gardens and its &C
compartment of beautiful buildings
which harmonic and blend in with
the architecture of the Cathedral are
an ensemble Of eSthetic architectural
beauty not seen elsewhere in this
country.
The Bishops Garden
in the Cathedral Close.
While the Bishops Garden, one Of
the jewels of the Cathedral Close, will
not be open today-it is open on week
days from 9 to 5:30-one catches
glimpses of the centurv-old lockwood
bordered paths. the gay flowers and
the sequestered walks through the
twelfth century Norman arch, which
Is the entrance to the garden.
Sir Francis Bacon says: God Al
mightie first planted garden. And,
indeed, it is the purest of humane
pleasures. 1t is the greatest refresh
ment to the spirits of man; without
which buildings and palaces are but
crosse handy works" 1t is most in
teresting that Bacon's essay on gar
dening is after almost four centuries
regarded by horticulturists as a good
practical guide for gardening today.
1t is also an interesting coincidence
that Sir Francis was Viscount St.
Alban and was buried at st. Albans,
in England, and that the Bishops
Garden holds to Sir Francis theory
that there should be gardens for all
the months in the year.
a. Cothn6rQl
perfectly arranged that one season
melts almost imperceptibly into the
following one. The Yew Walk, the
holly and bay trees, the juniper and
fir, and other trees and shrubbery of
wintry verdure, find springing up at
their very feet in February and March
delicate little crocuSeS; later violetS
and daffodils; then gilly-f1owers, tulips
and the dozen and one colorful Spring
blossoms, until in June the roses burst
forth in all their queenly beauty, and
these. in turn, give way later in the
season to the Fall asters and hardy
perennials that give color to the land
scape until it is time again for the
holly berries, barberry bushes and late
Winter things to greet the SHOWS.
A Babel Of Tongues
At the White House.
At the garden party at the White
House tomorrow afternoon there will
be perfect babel of tongues, and
though both President and Mrs. RooSe-
Welt are good linguists they are going
to have some difficulty in greeting
their guests in their native language,
as there are to be women from far
Ceylon. Palestine, Southern RhodeSia
Norway, Latvia, Poland and near
European places. When Miss Grace
Frysinger, chairman of the conference.
was asked how many interpreters would
be needed for the meeting, she said
there was such singleness of purpose
and interest among the delegates, that
they all really thought in the same
Vernacular. and that there would be
no difficulty.
Miss Frysinger Decorated
BY the Late King Albert.
Miss Frysinger. who is the senior
economist OF the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, is we'll equipped
Tor her duties as chairman, as she has
attended many international confer
enceS In different countries since the
World War, and was the United States
delegate to the First International
Rural Life Conference in Belgium. in
1926. BY the way, of all the European
countries, Miss Frysinger has a par
ticular affection for Belgium. for she
points with pride to the fact that one
OF her ancestors was responsible for
bringing to America the first large
settlement of Belgian emigrants.
She is very proud of her native
Illinois, but sparkles with pride as
she tells, between telephone calls,
about her aristocratic Virginia an