Evening star., 1920-05-02
stories Of Well Known Folk.

LADY GeddeS has peen CrOWoed 10
the last nom ent sanee hs shs IN
found time ito look over improve
ments and changes planned in the
British embassy. The largest family
since the PaMncefotes. and the young
the old mansion. since three of the
children Of ,the British ann mbassador
and Lady Geddes are under five: The
nursery, always prime consldera.
tion in all British households, Will
doubt that. pine sunny room which
faces on N street and the rear garden
will be selected. Lady Spring Rice
had q nurstry-or, rather play
room-on th4 third floor. for her two
ernnesses. There is a fine boy. Da-
vid Campbelt. who is three. and an
other boy, almost five. John Seay
Campbell Geddes. The two older
Campbell Ge ddes, are thirteen and
ten. respectively. and are at school
in Kent. All of the Geddes family
have Campbell as part Of their
name, although it is not property
hyphenated. though very frequently
always writes his name "A. Campbell
Geddes." and ihis brother. the admiral.
"E CampbelN Geddes." and he is the
SON of celebrated physician OF
Geddes. eIi He IS the youngest ambas-
sador Great Britain has ever sent to
this capital. hacking a few months
of being forty two years old. He and
Lady Geddes were married in 1906
and they lived for the first seven
passed in thle latter's old home. on
Staten Island. She was Miss Isa-
belle Gamble Ross, daughter of the
late ". A. Ross Of New York. and
the eldest sPn reverses usual British
procedure inAthat he bears his moth
er's name La by Geddes is both youth
full and distinguished looking and it
is plain she lis bound up in her in
for the nonc&. about the proper kind
changes in fhe drawing-room suite
and the state dining hall The am
bassador and his wife brought only
their trunks and Imperative persona
possessions and the task Of dismant-
ling their London residence and
home in the Scotch highlands will
fall to Lady Geddes when she sails
for England in a few months.
The diplomatic corps Of London
shows almost as many American
chatelaines as that Of Washington,
and in several instances the ladies are
very welT khdwI here and have re-
sided for YEARS in the American capi-
tai in the same pleasant capacity. The
minister from the Netherlands to the
court of St James in Jonkheer van
Swinderen who married Miss Eliza
beth Glover, only daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs Charles e Glover, and who re-
Gently suffered bereavement in the
death of their Oldest son. The van
Swinderens live near Hyde Park and
until recently were actie in the Amer
ican colony which grows SO large in
London. The Belgian government
raised Hts Legation to the rank of en-
basey, as was done here. and the first
ambassador from the stout little
Kingdom of Albert is that Baron Mon
cheur who married Miss Charlotte
Clayton. daughter Of the late Gen.
Powell Clayton. sometime ambassador
10 Mexico. The Brazilian ambassador
Is Senor Domicio de Cana. who mar
ried Mrs. Arthur Hearn. widow of the
Brooklyn merchant prince, and re-
sided here for several winters. As in
the asflington corps. there are many
American wemen married to lesser
diplomats and who make notable ad-
ditions to the colony from this coun-
try. There are also some very well
known diplonatists in London who
served in this capital and add greatly
10 the pleasure of the visiting Wash
ingfonian. The Marquis di Imperiali.
who represents Italy. was here for
wears as an undersecre.ary. TneYe is