The Washington herald., 1908-03-15

lelL u@lt early III lAc autumn "-N-' '@N~-N
tary Taft and his party.
After the return OF the Taft party, Miss
Cotton remained in the Orient with her
brother. Col. George Cotton, who has Off
cial business there. Miss Cotton is de-
voted TO her sister. formerly Miss Daisy
Cotton whose marriage TO Lieut. Com
mander Archibald Davis was a nuptial
event OF the fall. and was disappointed
not to be able TO attend the wedding.
Her stay in Manila, however, has been
filled with pleasure from beginning to end.
Now the crownins happiness OF all has
come to this attractive and popular young
woman who has been chosen queen OF
the carnival in Manila.
Miss Cotton will return here some time
this spring
The stately old colonial mansion. for
years the homo Of Gen. Robert L. Lee and
his family has staged a pretty romance
which began some years ago when Miss
Myrtle Lola Magoon and Mr.. Joseph L.
Rhoades were children.
Their respective families lived in the
mansion at Arlington. The father OF the
girl was superintendent OF Arlington
Cemetery The father Of the boy was
superintendent Of national cemeteries.
The childhood attachment grew into
something stronger as the young people
grew. Last Wednesday the young man.
twenty-one years of age. and the girl
twenty years old, ran away and were
O.
Washington Circle.
There was no family objection TO the
match, only a desire that they should
wait until they were older. They took
the matter in their own hands. however,
and were quietly married.
The only person in whom they conided
their plans was Gov. Magoon, OF Cuba.
When he sailed away for the South last
Saturday, he carried with him the secret.
told him by his niece, to whom he gave
wedding gift, at parting. which the
family considered simply a farewell keep
sake.
Col Colin Campbell. one Of the three
British subjects TO marry one OF Mrs
L. 4. Letters three daughters. is return
ing here with his wife to visit Mrs Letter
They VIII arrive the first week In April,
and will spend some time.
Mrs. Campbell was married n few weeks
before her sister Miss Daisy Letter. be-
came the Countess Of Suffolk
Mrs. Letter viii not go abroad tits
summer as usual She has taken a cot
tage at Manchester-by-the-Se Sea. the Head
estate and VIII there pass the warm
months.
The younger set Of the diplomats circle
has been further recruited this past week
by the arrival of Prince Vincent Win
disch-Graetz who arrived here Thurs
day morning. 70 assume his duties at the
Austro- Hungarian Embassy.
The prince is young and good-looking.
resembling somewhat the photographs of
the Duke Of Marlborough. That he will
be an agreeable acquisition 10 Capital
society goes without saying
He viii not be a marriageable party for
the American girl. Heir of an old media
tized family, he is deharred from marry
ing any woman not belonging 10 another
medatized or former sovereign house. or
20 some princess Of the present reigning
dynasties. or else some member Of the
grande noblesse.
Until Napoleon swept away their petty
sovereignty along with the Holy Roman
Empire. the family Of the Windisch-
Graetz had a coinage Of their own, money
still being extant with the family coat of
arms upon it.
Prince Otto Windisch- -Graetz is married
10 Archduchess Elizabeth of Austria.
granddaughter of Emperor Francis Jo-
seph and only child of the fl-fated
Prince Rudolph.
Innumerable intermarriages with roval-
ty the family has to its credit. along with
some less exalted but more romantic
unions, such as the marriage Of one of
the younger sons with the danseuse.
Marie Taglioni, who was permitted TO
have the title and rank OF her husband.
who was a younger son and cadet They
We're never received at court. nor by the
family.
BY all Of which it Will be plainly seen
that the matrimonial aspirations usually
ascribed to good-looking. titled young
foreigners who come to these shores. can
not be imputed in this instance. The
princes arrival completed the personnel
OF the AustrO-Hungarian Embassy. which
can boast full quota Of secretaries and
attaches, all young men popular in Capt.
tai society.
Bridge, which has flourished all winter
TO the Generalization Of the pockets and
nerves of many devotees, stiu continues
extremely popular and serves to tighten
the Lenten calm, which otherwise might
weigh heavily.
The American game OF poker, which,
strange to say. the members OF the dlplo-
matte corps take 10 with the utmost
avidity, has become passe, and every
where the bridge table is the rage For
oigners, as well as Americans. are play
ing it,
II is whispered that Baroness Moncheur.
the pretty American wife OF the Belgian
Minister has had such a strenuous win
ter at the bridge table that she has TO
seek rest and recuperation at Old Point
Comfort where she has been for the last
week.
II bridge still holds its own. it had a
close rival in riding. AS the days become
longer and warmer and the spring calls
TO the open, equestrianism will become
more and more a popular pastime with
the leisure class
The President and Mrs. Roosevelt. who
never miss chance Of getting in the
saddle. are riding now every day they
can get away.
An interesting little story is told OF a
ride they took the other day. Proceeding
along the Conduit road. the saddle girth
Of Mrs. Roosevelts horse broke. The