Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-09-07
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IAN altogether legal and royal one
would be for King George and Queen
Mary to petition parliament to de-
clare the marriage royal-and presto.
very much of string, after all, per-
maps. But rather a stubborn one to
tackle
I. Such a request must emanate from
the reigning sovereigns of England.
as otherwise parliament. a s in the
TO remain stone deaf to any personal
pleadingS CT the heir apparent.
Should the Prince of Wales or his
royal parents decide to set precedent
aside and crown with orange bios
SONS any daughter of an ancestral
there is the entire array of Burke and
De Brett from which to make suitable
choice.
The Prince of Wales, no less than
his royal parents, has undergone po-
tent changes of mind since August,
1912. especially since his wish to be
allowed to actually go to the front
was granted. At the front he did
actual soldering. and proved himself
a fine young fellow.
Even total lack of wealth could
not prove an insuperable barrier. for.
should the prince eventually elect to
marry a penniless bride, there could
be no shadow of grim want to deter
Duchy of Cornwall amounts to S423.-
$50 a year. Furthermore. when event.
ually he, with his queen. shall
sit upon the throne Of England. the
every year Will be greatly in excess
of the S2,2Ss.900 annually enjoyed by
King George and Queen Mary;
1t naturally follows that should the
fateS have written it down that an
American woman is to be the next
Queen Of England those of the multi
millionaire class already known at
court are likely to stand first in line
of selection.
Quickly summed up availables in
this matter would include the two
Young Pierpont Morgan Satterlee
girls. Mr. Clarence Mackays daugh-
ter. Miss Katherine Duer Mackay;
Miss. Flora Payne Whitney and her
sister. Miss Barbara whitney. also
their first cousin. the youthful Miss Joan
Whitney and Miss Alva Alice Muriel
Astor.
Then there is the Reginald Wander
bits daughter. Miss Cathleen Van
derbilt, with the three Possibilities in
the Cornelius Vanderbilt family. Miss
Grace Vanderbilt and her two sisters
Miss Muriel Vanderbilt and Miss Con-
suela Vanderbilt.
The two daughters, Miss Muriel
Mccormick and Miss Edith McCor-
mick of the Harold Mccormick fam
lily. and the Havemeyer millions as
repre- by Miss Natalie winslow,
daughter of the Cameron McRae
Winslows, while young. are not to be
omitted from any such interesting
list.
,All of which state of affairs, royal
and otherwise, being what it is, war
rRnts all English-speaking society
on both sides of the water, to sit up
and take notice.
The Senate Red Cross committee.
which is composed of the wives of
prominent senators, with Mrs. Thomas
r. Marshall as their president. held
q little business meeting at their
tel. and elected Mrs. France. wife of
Senator France of Maryland, a vice
president to fill one of the vacancies,
and also selected a committee of five
to arrange for the basket luncheons.
The neT committee of Ave reveals
q funny little story about the basket
luncheons. which shows the excessive
generosity of the official woman.
Each one brought her basket of
dainties and each week the amount of
food was so in excess of the consump-
ton that it became embarrassing. At
several of the last meetings the ex-
cess was so great that baskets were
dlled with the dainties and taken to
Walter Reed Hospital for the boys.
The committee of five will regulate
galfty. Mrs. Gore. one of the most
constant attendants and workers all
duFing the war and since, not only
cGffies dainties to the wounded SOL
dfers, but goes out to the hospital
three times a week and takes them to
dS3Re in her natty little electric.
16r. Edwin Ayre of Bonnie Braes.
Like Geneva, Wis. who is said to
have made contracts for railroad ties
esf!scient to build atrack around the
Wur3d, at the equator. recently en-
tSYYained at dinner large company
lancet Gen. and Mrs. Leonard Wood,
wtIp, with the other guests, were de-
ifRf1ted with the youthfulness of their