The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-22

American heiresses marrying European
| titles has TO be reversed. Countess Cam
lila HOyos, OF the ancient and proud
Magyar house of that name, gave her
heart and hand to a young American.
who must have won the Iady's favor by
sheer character and manliness, for there
! is nothing more prominent about him
| than that he is an architect, a graduate
I of the scientific faculty of Harvard, and
that he is the son of a Cincinnati law
| yer. His name is Charles wilkins Short,
| he Is 4 craftsman in a Boston archi-
tect's office, and not even a member OF
any of the leading Boston clubs. The
young pair will make their home in that
! city.
! Countess Camille HOyos is a near reIa-
tive of Margaret Countess HOyOs, Of
| Fiume, who. at Vienna, in 1892, married
| Count Gater Prince Herbert Won Bis
marCk, eldest son of Germany's great
Iron Chancellor. The lady, now the
! Princess DOwager Won Bismarck. resides
| at Friedrichsruh with her son and pres
! ent head OF the family. Fuerst Otto
Christian Archibald Won Bismarck. lord
of the entaiIed estate OF Sclwarzenbeck
and master a SChOenhausen, the ances-
! trail home of the Bismarck SchOenhau-
| sen family. OF which the great German
chancellor was a descendant. in CON
tradistinction 10 the Cadet branch OF the
Bismarck BOhlen.
The bride made a charming picture in
her early Victorian wedding dress. Each
OF the lace fiOunCes which formed the
skirt was edged with orange blossoms,
a border OF the same flowers was sewn
round the brocade train. and a wreath
Of flowers was banded round her fair
hair. Miss Joy Markham and Miss Ceclly
Whitehead. daughters of Sir Albert Mark
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ried the train. There were also in at
tendance Countess Hannah Bismarck,
Baroness Gabrielle Plessen, Miss Mary
I Wakeman. and Miss Aileen Whitehead.
The AustrO-Hungarian Ambassador. the
American Consul General. Sir William
harrington. and the Duchess of Mont
rose and her daughter. Lady Helen Ora
ham. were among the guests at the mar
riage. Among others at Holy Trinity,
Sloane Street. London. were Lady IL
chester. looking very handsome in pur-
pie satin. with violets in a large purple
hat: Lady Muriel DiGby. Count and
Countess Plessen. Lady Arthur Hill.
Countess Edgar Hoyos. Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Brodrick. and Sir Horace and
Lady RumbOld. Their round Hungarian
Hussar hats were Of white swansdown.
with a cluster of red berries at one side.
a bunch Of the same appearing on their
fiufTy. white muffs. Count HOyos. the
brides brother. gave his sister away.
The Prince 1T Wales is the guest Of
Mr. and Mrs. ITarCourt ian American
LADY, at Nuneham Park. 1t Is the young
heirs first visit to a country house. The
late King Edward was very fond Of
Nuneham. and twice visited there dur
ing his reign. The place also was the
first country house visited by King Ed
ward as Prince of Wales whittier he
was allowed to go when studying at OK
ford, as the guest of Mr.. George Gran
willie HarCOurt. then NJ P for Oxford
shire. and whose wife was the Countess
Frances WaldeErave. That Mr.. Harcourt
was a son OF the Archbishop of York
He sat in the House OF Commons more
than half a century, and twice refused
a peerage.
The Ri. Hon. Lewis Harcourt- privv
councillor. has been British Colonial Sec
rotary since 1910. He was born in 1853,
and in 1899 married Mary Ethel, daugh-
ter of the late Walter Burns. Of New
York, later a resident of North Mymm's
Park QIatfeld).
Another Of London's mansions has
changed hands, Mr.. Otto Kahn having
purchased , Carlton House Terrace from
Mrs. Maldwin Drummond, for elO0OoO
Mrs. Maldwin DTummond, who was the
wife of Mr.. Marshall Field, jr. the Chi
cago millionaire, bought the mansion
fIom Lord Liverpool three years ago.
and has spent enormous sums on decora-
tons. 1t contains Grinling Gibbons cary
irgs and notable marble firepIaces. The F!
ballroom is In the style OF Louis XVI, /
and there are some fine mural paint /,
iUgs by French artists. The various {,
floors are reached by lift, and the man I
sion has a total of twenty bedrooms and ,
eight bathrooms.
Mr.. Otto Kahn is an American finan-
cier, with interests in New York, Chi |
cago and Boston operate ventures He !
is an art collector. and caused a sensa-
ton in 1910 by paying elO5.0OO for the !
Painting, Artist and His Family" by |
Franz Halls.
"Kansan," after reading FIaneurs de-
scription of the decorating of British !
army dogs, desires to know whether
dogs are not in use by the soldiers
of other nations on battlefelds, or for
Ped Cross work.
They are! No fewer than Go dogs took |
part in the Italian campaign in Tripod. /
Hundreds of wounded men, who other |
wise might have been left to their fate |
on the parched sands of the desert Dor |
DER were rescued by the faithful and |
CANNES. No matter how keen
ly any ambulance corps may search the
field after fight, a dog is superior in !
working his way into unexpected places /
and discovering the wounded. It's scent |
Is much keener than mans, and so is its
eyesight.
During the Russo-Japanese war the !
Russians employed hundreds of trained