Evening star., 1920-02-15
Stories of Well known Folk.

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The Honorable Ronald Lindsay, who
Is as energetic in discharginE the SO
cial obligations of the British en-
bassy as of its more serious Affairs.
ir entitled to wear one Of the most
picturesque Of the ancient Scottish
of Lindsay and q Walter de Lindsay
OF the same line sat in the Scottish
parliament in 1145. Since that remote
time Lindsays have figured conspicu-
ously in the political history of the
land Of the heather. They have also
Of every sort. not the least important
Of which has been sung by the bards
and used by the nctionists. Repre-
sentatives Of the anctent line are nu-
this country. and the British diplomat
takes keen delight in tracing those
kindred who have been factors in
American prosperity and development.
The late SENATOR Lindsay Of Ken
Gus indian nghter in the old army of
the frontier, Capt. Jack Lindsay. This
One type of the intrepid warrior Of
the highlands finally laid aside hir
military trappings and. settling in
Missouri. married a well known belle
and heiress. Miss Jane Dulaney.
He built a stately homo after the
manner of the old stronghold Of his
clan. Castle Balcarres, and spent his
declining days in ease and quiet
among that famous company known
as the squires Of the Florissant val
ley. The Lindsays at home or trans
planted are a prolific race. Honorable
Ronald is the fifth Of the seven sons
of the twenty sixth Earl of Crawford,
Kingdom. His brother. David Alex
ander Edward, is now the twenty
seventh bearer of the title and served
with distinction during the recent
war. Another brother. Walter Pat
rick, is captain of the Middlesex Regi-
ed this country. is the Rev Edward
Reginald Lindsay. in charge Of the
Regina mission at Sashachwar Mr..
Lindsay 10 the only one of his family
He was attached to the foreign office
under the recent ambassador, Wis
count Grey. and was sent to Wash
ington at his request. Mr.. Lindsay
married Miss Martha Cameron. daugh-
ter of Don Cameron of Pennsylvania
and granddaughter of Judge Sherman
of Ohio. who was the brother Of SEN
ator John Sherman and Gen Tecum-
sch Sherman. She died in 1918.
Prince Eugenio del Pricipi Ruspoli.
who is among the more recent of the
many titled diplomats attached TO
the Italian embassy. is the second son
Of the Dowager Princess Ruspoh.
! VINO was MARY JoscpHtbG
daughter OF that well known patron
OF art. Davis Beers Curtis. formerly
OF New York. BIT for many years .
resident Of Pa.,s and Of Florence
The Princess Ruspoli lives in an i'm.
posing Roman palace. long the prop
erty of the family, and situated in
the busy modernized piazza OF Sar
Nicola de Tolentina. Besides having
an American mother. who is gracious
to her country people who gather ~
q nat ID.a-~~ ~~r,nf
has number Of half brothers and
sisters who are natives of New York.
born at the time his father was serv-
ing his country as special CONNER
ciai adviser. This Prince Ruspoli was
three times married. his first wife
being Palma de Talleyrand ct Peri
gord. daughter Of the Duke OF Dino.
name and title quite familiar to
Americans through the marital trou-
bIes of the Gould family. Her oldest
called. Principe de Poggio suasa. wit h
a splendid palace in Rome and sew.
ersi wonderful country estates.
Prince Eugenio has an elder brother
who shows the pride of his American
mother in her native land in that he
is George Washington Mario Ruspcli
and is in the Italian army. The
dowager princess takes equal pride
in her mother. who was Elizabeth
Shipton of Boston and is related TO
~
families and particularly with it's dis
tinguished line of artists, who gained
! fame even in Rome and Paris.
The Ruspolis are among the old
which Prince Eugenio comes sIcceed-
ed to this principality only in 1895.
But there is historic palace of the
Ruspolis built in 1881 by the eminent
architect Ammanati and which is dark,
gloomy and spacious enough to be the
II ~ those THRILLING aniSOdeS
which Francis Marion Crawford so
often records. 1t is situated in the
very heart Of old sanguinary Rome,
near the Corso and just on Via Con-
is considered the finest to be seen in
the Eternal city and is always in
cluded in the itineraries OF the artis-
tic traveller.
Another member of the Italian en-
bussy who Is prominent in social
events Of the winter IL the young Due
Fiiippo del Duchi Caharelli, who is a
cousin by marriage to the Princess
BoncompaEni. who was formerly Miss
Margaret Draper. ana is at present re-
sidine in her old home in Washington.
The present-day members Of this an
Gent house CaHarelli, are from that
domain, which is at once SO mysteri-
Gus and yet so fascinating to the
| American reader. the AbruZzi. The
caffareili has been conspicuous in
southern Italy and branch of the
line. the Negroni, is among the landed
gentry Of Sicily. For many years the
wonderful old palace OF the family in
Rome. erected in 1881, and a show
nlace. was leased by the Germans for
their embassy to the Quirinal. 1t stands
at the entrance to the Campidoglio
and is minutely described in that stir
ring novel Of Buiwer's, "Rienzi" who
fell under the attacks OF the popula &c
not far from its main door.
The Due FilippO Caffarelii entered
the diplomatic service Of his couh'
try since the war. and he proposes
to make it a life career. He is at
1 present only an attache. and each
4 month all the European countries are
4 din1inishing the list CT minor diplo-
mats and cutting OF the temporarily
attached 80 ruthleSsly that few of
those guests now remain. The due:
however, will probably be amltated
1 with the mission which 10 soon to
come from Rome with minister resi-
j dent At its head, such as Great Brit
u ain maintained all through the war.
4 despite the fact that an Ambassador
was already in residence, and which
is charged with the settlement of
acute problems which do not come
\ under the exact domain Of diplomacy,
but, rather, OF finance. With q
charming youny lady in the en-.
! bassy family, the italian foreign es-
I tablishment, with its many diettn-
| 1uighed titled members, Ill OF Wh0m