Evening star., 1918-03-31
Picked Up Here and There.

1t is a matter of regret among reia-
tives and friends here of Mr.. Almeric
Hugh Paget that
1r. Paget a his wlfe, dausn-
New Year Peer. william G. whit
ney. did not live to enjoy his new
honors as Baron Queensborough and
that there is no son to inherit the new
peerage. Mr.: Paget, who was made one
of the New Year peers by King George,
survived his American wife, as did their
two daughters, the Misses (now ladies)
Olive Cecilia and Dorothy Wyndham
Paget The new Lord Queenborough is
q brother of the Right Hon. Sir Alfred
Henry Fitzroy Paget. who married
daughter of the late Mrs. Paran Ste
vens of New York, and of Lady Cole
brooke, who has been living in New
York almost year.
The recent succession of Lord Enfield
to the Earldom of STAFFORD upon the
death of his father, the fifth earl, sends
the memory back to the fact that he
has an American aunt, who was for
many years factor in society in New
York. This aunt was Miss Cora Smith
of New York city and New Orleans,
Samuel Colgate. She was married in
Grace Church. Broadway and 10th
street. in 1898. to the fourth Earl of
STAFFORD. who met a tragic death in
the following year in a railroad acci-
dent. She now is the wife of Mr.. Mar
tyn T. Kennard of London, although
she retains her courtesy title of Cora
Countess of STAFFORD. Mr.. Sydney ].
Smith is her brother. The new Lord
STAFFORD married a sister of Lord Cole
brooke.
Capt. Pierre Lorillard. jr., who has
recently been gazetted as a captain in
the National Army, is
4 Connoisseur the grandson of the
sr first American to win
VI Aaofses. the English Derby.
thirty-odd years ago, with the Ameri-
can horse. Iroquois. says the Boston
Post. Capt. Lorillard has been station
ed indefinitely at Kansas City to in
speat horses purchased for the War De-
partment. duty for which he has emil
nenf qualifications. for he has earned
a reputation on the tanbark. He has
driYen in trotting races on the grand
circuit. and ridden thoroughbreds at
Tuxedo Park. as well as cross country
with the Glen-Arden Hunt. He is pres
iaent of the Monroe Driving Park AS
sociation, secretary of the Junior
League Of Amateur Driving Clubs, vice
president of the Goshen Driving Club,
secretary and treasurer of the Associa-
tfon of American Horse Shows, man
ager of the Empire State Horse Show,
. director Of the Orange County Agri-
cultural. the Orange County Driving
Park Association. member of the
board of review of the National Trot-
ting Association. and also a New York
state falr commissioner
1t has been reported. says the At
lanta Constitution. that Payne Whitney
had offered to
Payne Whitney the govern
Offers Pines to q. S. ~ e", ,na ,s A,ans n;ns
trees on his estate. Greenwood, as
1t could use. and it is under
stood that an agent of the govern
ment is there now for the purpose of
picking out and marking such of the
trees as are suitable for the purposes
needed. OF course, this does not mean
that there will be any great destruc-
tion of the magnificent pines of this
be selected. such as are to be used in
shipbuilding.
His grace the Archbishop of York.
says the chicago Herald, has been hav-
ing a typi-
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manner in which we hasten our
guests about from place to place, with
scarcely moments pause between en-
gagements. No doubt his grace finds it
sfrepuous hut he is an active man and
displays all the rugged endurance that
we seem to expect of an Englishman.
few afternoons. ago the archbishop
sopke to the members of the Fort
nightly. every one of whom evidently
tried to crowd into their rooms in
the Fine Arts. Thereafter he dined
with Dr. and Mrs. Harry Pratt Jud-
con at their home. and was guest OF