The sun., 1919-10-26
BACHELOR EMBASSY.


NJ pays his promised visit to
Washington, society in the
national capital will be confronted by
the most imposing array of British
eligibles ever presented for the edlf-
cation of the socially ambitious.
His Royal Highness is 20 years OF
age, unmarried and, rumor says. in
search of a consort. When his visit
was first suggested during President
wilson's stay in London twas limited
that an American girl might be asked
to share the future crown and present
string of titles borne by the heir to
the throne of the British Empire, and
despite repeated denials the rumor
persists to fill the hearts of American
dollar princesses with rosy dreams of
royal honors.
But even II the Princes royal
| mamma decides against a successor
from overseas, there remains on his
Royal Highness's staff and at the EN-
bassy in Washington a long list of
| eljgibles unhampered by the embar~
rassment of royal precedent.
A roster of the staff of the embassy
includes names that have made Brit
| ish history-and sixteen Of them are
borne by either bachelors or widow
ers of several years.
There are Scotchmen, Irishmen and
Englishmen-and the American dol
lar princess has discovered that hus-
bands from the British Isles are apt
to be more satisfactory and perma-
,tt.in no
from which Americans in pre-war
days have been accustomed to select
sons-in-law.
| With the visit OF the Prince only a
| few weeks away the situation is
| fraught with pleasurable anticipation
for ambitious mothers and daughters
and with sleepless nights and anxious
moments for the members of the en-
| bassy staff. now confronted with the
problem OF securing a hostess for the
embassy during the royal visit.
May stay at Embassy.
| II the illness of the President con-
| tinues the logical place for the Prince
to stay would be at the embassy as
| the guest of the Ambassador, Viscount
| Grey.
The big house on Connecticut ave-
Iue is roomy enough to care for sew
eral princess attended by'as modest a
staff as that of the young heir to the
British Empire, and the Ambassador
| has known his Highness since early
childhood.
But Viscount Grey heads the list Of
une ttached Britishers at the embassy,
and unless the household can make
some provision for a hostess any en-
tertainment given for the Prince
would have to be stag" affair.
Since the departure Of Lady Read
ing wife OF the former Ambassador
Baron Reading, there have been no
ladies at 1900 Connecticut avenue, and
the house to-day shows the lack of a
mistresss care. while the members Of
the personal staff of the Ambassador
are facing with dread the prospect OF
supervising an army OF cleaners IN
preparation for the Princes visit.
Even IL the Prince does not stay at
the embassy it will be necessary to
| give some form of entertainment for
| him there, and the nightmare of dust
ing cloths and floor mops still per-
sists to haunt the helpless attaches
and secretaries.
A mistress for the embassy would be
enthusiastically welcomed by the mem
bers of the Ambassadors staff, If not
ty his Lordship himself.
wifeless Embassy.
At the other embassies in the alb
sence OF the Ambassadors wife the
wives OF the secretaries and attaches
would in order assume the RESPONSE
bility for the hospitality of the EN-
J bassy. But at the British Embassy