Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-03

VI country gentry, ana having been
destined by his parents for a diplo-
matte career. he was trained at Har-
row and Cambridge. He came to
Washington early in his training and
remained nearly ten years. From
here he was transferred first to China
and then as minister to Siam. He was
knighted for what the British foreign
office considers his invaluable serv-
ices in Buenos Aires during the Eu-
ropen war. In fact, the British. with
the knighthood, allege that Sir Regi-
maid, more than any one force, de-
tanned Argentina first as neutral
and then pro-ally.
1t seems such prolonged period
since news of Mrs. Bradley-Martin
reached this side that it is interest
ing to learn that she has returned
from her long service with the Red
Cross in London and Belgium, and
this autumn reopened her extensive
hunting preserves at Balmacaan in
the heart of the Scottish Highlands.
She has been entertaining diStin-
guished house parties for the covert
shooting, which reaches it's zenith the
first week of October, and has been
aided in her hospitable duties by the
young Lady Ellington, wife of the son
and heir Of the Earl of Craven. Lord
jUmngton, one of the numerous semi
American peers of England, married
into the great Macintosh clan some
five years ago. and his son is a
charming youngster, who is so hand
some as to be in demand with the
miniature painters, his auburn curls
and large gray eyes making him ideal
THE Earl and Countess of Craven
pie, and one of the shining examples
of perfectly happy union between
nobility and American gold. But So
too. are their close neighbors. the
Duke and Duchess of Roxbrugh, the
latter formerly Miss May Goelet, and
whose marriage occurred about the
same time as that of Miss Cornelia
Martin and the Earl of Craven. The
Duke of York has been very sociable
in the Highland castles this summer,
land has been the guest Of the
lCravens, Mrs. Martin and of the Mack
!intosh clan at their wonderful seat
lat Inverness. Mrs. Martin and her
daughter are among the patrons and
iture, which was recently opened near
Inverness, and which is to train in
valid soldiers in remunerative pro-
|fession which will demand little ply
steal endurance.
The American school for the or
phans of the late war. established at
the chateau de Chavaniac, in Au-
vergne, is becoming the. object of a
patriotic pilgrimage with visitors to
Paris, although it requires ...a most
exalted courage to undertake the
| journey. The Chateau de Chavaniac
! is the seat of the Lafayette family
and has been since crusading days.
The hero whom Americans so love to
honor was born within its grim old
walls and here he brought his young
| bride before embarking on his Chi
| various mission to aid the struggling
! colonists against Great Britain. But
Auvergne, according to experienced
travellers is one of the loneliest por-
| tons of the civilized world and the
trains from Paris require ten hours to
make the trip if all goes well, but
usually it is half again that time.
. without the usual comforts of a jour-
ney of such duration. The Lafayette
! family survives only on the distant
side and the old chateau of Chavaniac,
confiscated during the revolution, was
! again acquired by the grandchildren,
who held it until it was purchased In
part by a commission representing
several American patriotic and beneV-
olent associations Of this country and
made into an industrial and agricul-
tural school for orphan boys in this
isolated part of France. 1t is also a
museum for Lafayette relics and
icontains all the swords he. received at
various times. especially that splen-
did one presented by Congress dur
ing his last visit to this country in
1924. A wealth of Observation-Disclosures
ries enriches the austere library, por-
I
of the Order of the Cincinnati being
conspicuously shown over the vast
fireplace. Some are memorials of the
sanity Marquise de Lafayette. a let
ter of peculiar interest being from
Nine. Martha Washington, contain
ing a well recommended recipe for
jam and for the drying of fruits used
in Virginia and perhaps less involved
than the ways of France. Should that
society now contemplated be actually
| m
American blood who were allied dur
ing the late war. it is proposed to
hold a triennial meeting alternately
in Auvergne and perhaps in Wash
est mountains of France and the CEN
trail peak, Puy-de-Dome, has clearly
traced rivers of lava like those about
Vesuvius. The region about is wild
and their focks. In the summer pc
} destrains are frequently seen, but it
remains yet to be made ready for the
motorists or for the coaching trips
becoming so popular along the great
roads which lead from Paris into
Spain.
The Long Island sound estate of
young Teddy. Col. Roosevelt. formerly
the property of the Theodore Mar
hurys of Baltimore. and known as
Burgess Point, has been an attractive
SpoI iOT w dSniHS loHldHS duJdCeHtly
| located for the summer. Young Mrs.
Roosevelt has always been devoted to
, fine needlework, and she has gath
cred those who also enjoy it, and;
; three afternoons a week. the ladies
make garments for French orphans
and pretty accessories for inmates of
, hospitals and invalid homes. all after
French pattern, and with the exqui-
site neatness which marks all articles
, which are labeled French hand
made" Mrs. Charles Boughton Wood
and Miss Mary Morgan. her niece,
] have made several visits to Long
Island just to participate in this work,
while Mrs. Paul Morton and her two
daughters frequently make part of
the company. Mrs. William Loeb, SO
well remembered in Washington, is
, closely associated with Mrs. Roose-
welt, and Miss Carow is general su-
pervisor of the sewing, and cuts and
asserts the amount to be accomplish
ed each afternoon. There is n wide
! stretch of lawn before the home. but
the present owners have thrifty
taken off a good twenty-foot border.
not for hardy flowers or cedars or
poplars have neighboring estates.
but for sweet potatoes! Sheep, cows