The Washington herald., 1921-02-20
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CAPT. c. ,. HENRY
ACCOMPANIES GEDDEs.
Lady Geddes, by the way. is re-
-joicing in the prospect Of Sir Auck-
lands early return. He sailed sew
aeral days ago and should reach
America by Monday or Tuesday.
: And isn't it jolly that he is bring
ing Capt C ]. Henry back with
him and will keep him a member
of the embassy staff? Capt. Henry
Us such a desirable addition to all
parties and was terribly missed
when he departed early in the win
ter for England. He told me at
,the time, though, that he might
possibly come back this spring.
never talk with Capt. Henry
That I don't think of the man who
preceded him. Crauford Stuart, who
didn't have near so pleasant a per-
-sonality as Capt Henry. 1 read
some place the other day that Lord
-.I2eading, the new viceroy OF India
sand former British Ambassador
mere. has as his first appointment
named Lieut.. Col. Charles Kennedy
Crauford- Stuart, Of the Indian army
TO be his military secretary.
- + + =
II is very important post, In
deed. carrying with 1t a handsome
kalary and all sorts Of perquisites
and prerogatives. In fact, the mill
tary secretary of the governor gen.
cral Of India has sometimes been
dubbed the vice vicerOy of this great
oriental empire, since he is, to all
intents and purposes, the altar ego
Of his chief, everything reaching the
the side Of the viceroy, having his
ear At all times, his influence with
him is enormous. When the late
Lord Northbrook was governor gen
RraI and had confided the ONCE OF
military secretary to his kinsman'
the then Maj. Evelyn Barring. after
ward Lord Cromer, It used to be
said that II Lord NOrthbroOk rufed
India. it was Evelyn Barring who
ruled Northbrook.
CRAUFoRD-sTUAR WELL
POSTED As TO INDIA.
Crauford- Stuart knows India well,
and much of his military service
was spent in India as officer OF
crack cavalry regiment. He is
veteran Of the Boer campaign Of
twenty-one years ago, and in the
operations against the Dardanelles
IN 1915 was commander of large
force of marines from the English
battleships under the French gen.
eral commanding the allied forces
on the Asiatic side of the straits.
For this he received both the Dis
tinguished Service Order and the Le-
Eion of Honor. He was sfterward
badly wounded on the GalliPoli Pen
insuls and invalided to Egypt, where
rfak, fa1
capacity until invited by Lord Read
Ing to accompany him to the United
States
Alfred SEE, who has been Chinese
minister to Great Britain and is
about to take his post as minister
here, is, as I understand it, on the
same vessel with Sir Auckland.
With a new Italian Ambassador
coming to Washington today, and
new RumRnian Minister and his
very attractive wife - the Prince
and Princess Antoine Bibesco -
already here. it looks as if the
incoming President would have
quite a little accumulation of dip
lomats to receive as soon as he
gets his hat fairly hung on its
peg on the White House hatrack.
The Russian Ambassador is just
back from Paris. So altogether the
ranks of the Diplomatic Corps here
are rather well filled, although when
one stops to count one finds ten
14ra.f1ns and one embassy are still
-.tffnaIt heads-the Mexican en-
has and The Netherlands, Bulga-
r!au swedish, Honduran, Salvatore
an. Fanaman. Haitian, Bolivian,
Cree and Paraguayan-while sew
era of the newly arrived and arriv-
ms envoys have not yet been re-
ceivc- oficially by the President.
Perhaps he will leave that little
duty Tor Mr.. Harding.
sARG's MARIoNETTES
~ WASHINGTON DEBUT.
TO 80 back a moment to the
y oodhury's paTty-it was a partic-
EAEri- interesting one-would have
been even without the distinguished
british visitors, as the Woodburys s
hai brought down Tony Sarg and
his marionettes for their first
Washington performance They
are perfectly well known in New
York, and possibly Philadelphia has
seen them, but they were new to
Washington, and the performance
of Rip Van Wrinkle was received
with the keenest appreciation, as
was Mr.. Sarg's little talk about his
novel entertainment. Mr.. and Mrs.
Woodbury. were assisted in receiv-
3nE by their daughter, Miss Gordon
Woodbury., and her guest, Miss
Frances Thompson, OF New York.
and they had a whole squad Of
younger naval officers, making pre-
sentatiOns and ushering and gener-
ally being useful and agreeable
Admiral and Miss Voysey, by the
way, were not the only British visi-
tors of distinction during the week.
Lady Kerr, of England, arrived on
Thursday to address the Girl
Scouts council. She is commissioner
OF the Girls Guides in England, and
was naturally entertained oy mrs.
BENEDICT CroweIl. who has recently
been named head of the Girl Scouts
here. Mrs. CroweIl had a luncheon
for Lady Kerr. and after her ad-
dress about 200 were invited to a
tea to meet her at Mrs. Frederick
Brooks.
cant really begin to tell you OF
the things people are doing in the
merry Lenten days when they are
not supposed to be doing anything.
Aside from the numerous official
dinners, there have ueeu a whole
lot Of smart unofficial ones, and
several dances even-Mrs. Richard
Townsend's very smart one last Sat-
urdsy-the birthday ball which she
has been giving every February IL,
for-well. never mind how many
years-for her daughter, Mathilde,
now Mrs Peter Goelet Gerry a dim