Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-14

Moltke renewed many friendships !
during her hrief visit. especially with i
the venerable chatelaine of Boundary |
Castle, Mrs. John Il. Henderson, whose |!
tenant she was during her husbands |
tenure as minister from Denmark.
The many friends of Lady Spring
Rice regret to know that she has just /!
suffered heavy bereavement in the
death Of her aunt and second mother,
Lady Edward Cavendish. She was the
hostess of her brother. Sir Frank
Lascalles. during his residence in
Washington. and took charge of the
small daughter after the death OF
as much time as possible with her
widowed niece, Lady Spring-Rice, in
her home at Mount Eagle. in Kerry,
Ireland. which is her dover house. |
The death, however. occurred in her
handsome London residence, and it
will have far-reaching results. for
this lady was the mother Of the Duke ,
of Devonshire, governor general of
Canada, and it will eliminate the gay
| winter planned at Rideau House. the |
residence of the royal representative
| of King George.
The young daughter of Lady SPRING
Rice pleasantly remembered here, !
Miss Betty, had intended to spend
part of the winter in Ottowa with her
cousins and get a peep at colonial
ton at court in two years. BY the !
death of Lady Cavendish. the great
fortune of the house of Lascalles, of |
which the Earl of Hardwood is the !
head, will be shared by the lesseS !
heirs, especially by Lady SpringRice. |
who will inherit snug sum from her
aunt and will get full possession |of
the large fortune of her father Sir !,
Frank, who died as ambassador to !
Berlin. She was Florence Lascalles
and as she often pleasantly recalled. F.!
was born in Washington. when her
father was chief counselor of Sir Ed /
ward Thornton. Her only son is now !
in the office of the undersecretary of
state for foreign affairs in London
and will follow the lead q his family /
on both sides, into diplomacy.
Mrs. William Hit and her brothers. /
Blaine Elkins, are passing the autumn !
in Burlingame, Calf. where their !
cousin, Mrs. FELTON, Elkins. maintains .
an elaborate establishment. They VIII |
remain some weeks yet and partlci- |
pate in the whrl which marks life |
there before the residents depart for
more salubrious climes. Mr. Hit, |
who has been east voting and attend !
ing other personal matters. Will re-
ioin his wife within week. 1t may be |
that the Hits will attach themselves
to the big contingent from abouA San |
Francisco and up the Pacific -coast to ;
British Columbia in a cruise to New
Zealand and the mainland of Aus
tralia. The premier and Mrs. Hughes,
who made many friends in the west
on their journey from the Versailles
convention, impressed the pleasure /
and benefit to be derived in visiting to
the antipodes in what is the late au-
tumn here and arriving in the bud
ding spring of the southern world. >
Americans who are notorious globe
trotters, Mrs. Hughes remarked have
never included the strange and fas-
cinatinS lands in the south Pacific
and the Indian oceans, whereas every !
travelling Australian and New Yea
lander and even the denzens of New
South Wales know New York. San
Francisco and the great cities which
lie in between as they do Melbourne,
Victoria, Sydney and Adelaide.
It remained for the venerable city
of Havana to introduce the most mod
ern and alluring adjunct to luxu-
rious hostelry. and this is the pala-
tial house boat off the new Hotel
Almendares. in the suburbs of the
Cuban capital. and which is described
as the largest and most complete
More than a hundred feet long and
forty wide. it rises two stories from
the water and has twenty-sevcn well
equipped suites of bed chambers and
bathrooms. besides a gloriously big
ballroom and dining hall. 1t Will he
the most exclusive thing of the WIN
ter to give dinners and dances on
the houseboat rather than In the
hotel proper. Already the establish
ment is booked until far into next
spring and hundreds have been turned
away disappointed. Havana is hoping
to lure the Presdrnt-elect and Mrs.
Harding for few days. al least. dur
ing their visit in contiguous parts
The city is planning series of horse