New-York tribune., 1921-12-11
Future Title of
Bride-to-be Is
Much Debated
Only Engagement of the
Prince of Wales Could
Arouse as Much Interest
Among English People

Mary will retain both her title and the
right to the address of your Royal
Highness."
On the wedding night there will BE-
ball at the Albert Hall-itself built
under the direction Of prince who
married an English Qucen-in honor
of the event; and accom- panying it
there will doubtless be the ceremony
Of drinking toast to the newly-mar-
ried couple. BY invariable custom, the
first toast at any British public func-
tion is always The King" After It
there will come again the stentorian
voice Of the master of ceremonies in
the inevitable formula:
ayr r-r-royal highnesses. y'r ex-
cellencies, me lords, Mister-r-r Toast
master, ladies and gentlcmenl Pr-r-ray
see to it that y'r glasses be charged
f'r the toast Of
"The bride and groom"
After a few days in London Viscount
Lascelles and his bride will leave for
a longer honeymoon on She Continent.
When they return both town and -coun-
try houses will be ready for their oc-
cupancy.
Chesterfield House Will Be
London Home of the Couple
Their London home will be Chester
field House, in South Audley Street.
This house, which stands in its own
grounds, is 10 years old, and was pur-
chasen by Lord Lascelles following his
inheritance from Lord Clanricarde. It
is one of the most dignifed of the
great London homes of the eighteenth
century, and became famous as the
home of the Earl of Chesterfield. who
in it wrote his famous letters TO his
son. In its state drawing room have
gathered at one time or another most
of the celebrities of England. Espe-
cial features of its construction are the
grand staircase and the drawing room,
with its magnificent marble mantle
piece and mural decorations in TIE
form of arabesques in white and gold.
Recently Viscount Lascelles has spent
much time and money collecting fur
nishings and pictures for Chesterfield
House, and since their engagement
both he and Princess Mary have in
spected the house and planned rear
rangements and improvements
The country home of the viscount
and his bride will be IN Yorkshire
1t is practically certain that it will be
Harewood House, within half an hours
motor run from Leeds. This home is
at present occupied by the Earl and
Countess of Hardwood, and at first 1t
was thought that they would continue
to live there, giving their son and the
princess Goldsborough Hall. which IS
situated two miles from the town q
Knaresborougk, also in Yorkshire.
Now, however, it is reported that the
earl will remove to Goldshorough
House, leaving the larger mansion,
which is more suited to the entertain
ment of royalty, TO their son.
Harewood House is of pseudo-clas-
sical Corinthian design-very formal
and impressive, compared to the
warmer Elizabethan tone of Goldsbor-
ough Hail. From the terrace of Hare
wood House the mcadowland falls
steeply at first, and then more gently.
down to a lake. On either side of the
house are masses of trees, with the
terrace gardens, a mass of box-trees
cut into squares and cones and col
umns, surrounding them, and display
ing clearly the now obsolescent hand
Of the landscape gardener. The house
itself is long and low, with central
part connected, by one-story passages
with wings on either side. The en-
trance hall, beyond the wide steps, is
ornamented with statues and urns, and
is decorated in a Doric motif.
The finest of the interior rooms Of
the house is the gallery" which occu-
: pies the center of the west wing. It's
ceiling is covered with paintings rep.
resenting the four seasons; it has
seven large windows, and seven huge
, mirrors give back the light they ad-
nit. Other state reception rooms are
7 the library, the saloon. the yellow
drawing room, the white drawing room
the dining room and the music room
Pictures by Turner, Van Dyek, Reyn
olds and Lawrence are on the walls;
and the house also contains the Ear
D of Harewood's collection Of Sevrss, oil
: Dresden and Celadon china.
The house was built by Edwin La
: scelIes, who later became the first Lor,
Hardwood, between 1853 ana 1771. !
z was constructed on the site Of a casti
o built five hundred years ago, and o
which remnants still survive
t Goldsborough Hall, smaller and NOR
y intimate, is fronted by fine gstewa
e and stately courtyard. The park sur
e rounding the house is not very large
= but it is picturesquely kept, and in tn
# early English chapel adjoining the hal
there are a number of thirteenth cen
= tury efigies.