Evening star., 1920-02-08
Continued from Fifth Page.)

| torn down to make room for the Ar
| lington Hotel and is now the site of
| the war risk insurance building. 1t
was in that Hooper mansion he suf-
fered that severe attack of nfluenZa
| from which he never entirely recov-
cred and which caused him to give up
reading the DR.! Marigold papers. Dur
| ing both visitS Dickens was nominally
at the Willard. the original building
of which WAS demolished in 1853. But
he spent much of his time with Web
ster and with Hooper. and another
fraction with the British minister of
the day, Henry Stephen Fox. Lovers
of the gentle sage of Sunnyside will
mourn a landmark departed in the
passing of the CorCoran mansion. for
here came Irving OF receive from
Webster the unsought mission to
Spain. Irving, who visited Washing
ton continually from 1906 until his
death in the early ffties, spent entire
months as the guest of Webster and
of John F. Van Ness. The Van Ness
mansion has long since been destroyed
and but few tokens remain of the lit
erary greatness Of the American Capi-
, tai during the first half century of
existence.
The departure Of Or Carl Paul Hub
scher. secretary of the Swiss legation
and Tor long intervals its charge daft
1alres, to become consul general of his
country in Montreal, removes Wash
1ngton woman who has been a con-
SplcuouS and successful member of
diplomatic society. Nine. Hubscher
was Elizabeth Schoepf, daugher of
Mr.. and Mrs. William kesley Schoepf.
Tor many years residents of Cincin-
natl. but both natives Of this city.
Nine. Hubscher was born in the pretty
little village of lexington. when her
father was president of the suburban
railway which such storm q
now. Mr.. Schoepf, who is a distin-
suished civil engineer and who has
remodeled the street railways in five
great cities, was the son of that pa
trlotic exile from Hungary. Gen. Al
b!ne Schoepf of Budapest, who was
animated with Louis KoSsuth in the
hungarian revolution of the last CEN
turH. Mrs. Schoepf is also a native Of
w ashlngton. but is member of the
Cdei family of New York and has
large circle of kindred in this city. 1t
was during her visits to rela here
that Miss Elizabeth Schoepf. who had
been presented to society under bril-
ilant auspices in Cincinnati met DR..
Hubscher 1t is unlikely that Nine.
Hubscher will join her husband in
Canada until the winter is over. She
is nowin Cincinnati
with regard to the note of SIM
pHclty marking the opening of parlia-
ment yesterday 1t is interesting to re-
member that the edict issued in ad-
vance by King George and Queen
Mary to this effect was not altogether
original with them.
True. it was the abandoning for the
nrst time of some of the most expen-
s1Ve customs of the court as regards
the opening of parliament But when
their majesties sent forth word that
neither wells nor feathers were to be
worn by any of the court set and that
the enormously expensive court trains
were to be altogether observed by
thelr absence this was in direct fol-
lowing of the Identical order issued
by the kings father. the late King Ed
ward. on the occasion of his corona
ton.
At that time the nobility. impover-
ished by the Boer war and other
causes, were for the most part in such
monetary plight that the prospect OF
the approaching coronation of King
Edward and Queen Alexandra at
Westminster Abbey struck them with
grim terror.
This coming to the kings ears, he
that the heretofore customary court
trains and resetting of crowns and
diadems would find no favor in his
eyes and were, therefore. to be omit
ted from the royal pageant.
The further announcement that King
George is cutting down his household
staff for economical reasons again
shows himself a worthy son of his
royal father, for no English monarch
ever sat upon the throne of the Unit
ed Kingdom who was more beloved
by his subjects for his genuine
thoughtfulness for them in such mat
ters than the late King Edward.
Likewise. no other English monarch
was better financier and investor
than the late King Edward. who gave
a personal attention to this matter
with such tremendously successful re-
suit that when the present king sue
ceeded his father he was universally
accredited with being the wealthiest
monarch in all the long line to rule
over the British Isles.