Evening star., 1922-03-05

anu Receiving seat IN the commons
he showed all the power and re-
sourcefulness associated with the
name. No woman in London is more
esteemed than this daughter of the
Morgans. and her part, altogether
self -effacing. in aiding her somewhat
into the prominence which he de-
served is universally commended.
The house in Brooke street. associated
as much with the activities of Sir
William Harcourt as well as with his
son. the viscount. has been center
of political and social life.
OF the same family of Woodbury.
which has given Levi p. Woodbury.
to the national annals of New
den Of Portsmouth who passed away
a few weeks ago. In Mr.. Langdon
were represented the last descendant
Of the union of Woodburys with the
more ancient line of Langdon. from
which came the spokesmen of the
state before anu during revolution
afy times and in the first era of great
visitors to the new republic. Gen.
Washington tarried with a Woodbury.
Langdon in the early days of the
struggle against Great Britain. and
thither he brought the young
times. Louis PHILIPPE was guest
during his exile. and Rochambeau
and CastelluX were entertained sew
cral times. From the old mansion
came the pretty poem of Longfellow
about Lady Wentworth and other
Illustrious members of the family.
The present Marquis of Rockingham
is descended from a branch which
came of the romantic courtship and
marriage of Wentworth and the
Portsmouth lassie. MIR. Langdon has
an immense number of kindred in
ENyntr rlspv, Il \
Caroline. the sister of the third
Woodbury. Langdon, married DR.
William Eustis. the first of that dis
tlnsulshed line SO well known in
Washington and Louisiana. and
another married Peabody of
Patriot took as his wife Dorothea,
daughter of John Jacob Astor, but
not then the tremendous financial
force which his descendants have
become. The venerable Woodbury.
LanGdon mansion in Portsmouth is
toric old town.
One result of Princess Mary's nup-
tuals was to restore that splendid
gem. the emerald, to the popularity
which it held before the era of George
LaScelles loves the open and what
more natural than that her favorite
gem is that which suggests the soft
green of young leaves and of the
deep sea. SO she chose an emerald
for her bethrothal ring and many of
her gifts of jewels were this stone
combined with diamonds. Emeraids
have been avoided by the reigning
family of England as carefully as the
suDerstitiOuS on this side of the world
shun opals. Queen Elizabeth had col
lected the grandest emcraldS of the
Il Ia 1,n
the continent was in the royal crown
of Briton. But George Nv attended a
court levee one evening and in the
course of his activities the big stone
became unfastened and rolled on the
floor. The very next day came the
onists at Saratoga. admittedly the
crucial point of the revolutionary
war. Hereafter the surly monarch at
tached an evil reputation to emeraldS.
had them removed from the settings
in all the crown jewels and rubies or
diamonds substituted. and all royal
Britons accepted his superstitions.
Princess Mary. however. has deter
mined TO break the spell, and to re-
move under George V the sinister re-
pute given the fine stones by the
other George. 1t is whispered by
court chroniclers that all her family
shuddered. and to prove that there IS
something in it after all. Mary's we'd
ding festivities coincided with the an
nouncement of the British premier to
parliament that Britain had yielded
political sovereignty over Egypt and
that hencefOrth the natives would be
free from their control.
Mr.. Otto II. Kahn has given his
handsome residence in London. st.
Dunstan's Lodge, to the British gov
ernment for the blinded convalescent
soldiers discharged from hospitals
and rest homes. but not yet fit for
the wear and tear of life. The an
cient domicile, which preserves the
name 1t was given when it was
really lodge set among rural scenes,
but which now is almost in the GEN.
trail part of London. will be provided
with the latest and best devices
which had been approved by the late
benefactor of the blind. Sir Arthur
Pearson. and by his successor. Lord
Richard Nevill. Lord Nevill is now
in New York and may visit WASH
ington before returning to his labors.
1t is his proposal to endow this prop
erty as a perpetual memorial of the
generosity of Mr.. Kahn to all victims
of the world war; and in particular
to the English speaking branch of
the sufferers. The name will be
changed if Mr.. Kahn consents. and
the donors will be substituted in
stead The lodge can comfortably
house about fifty patients now. but
the grounds admit of a wing which
will double it's capacity. Mr.. Kahn
proposes seaside property also