Evening star., 1922-08-27

The Admiral Count De Faramond
de Lafajole. who with his countess
arrived in New York few days ago.
will receive cordial welcome to
Washington when he comes early in
September to pay his respects to the
Secretary Of the Navy and the high
officials of the sea defense. He be-
gan his distinguished career as naval
attache OF the French embassy under
NJ Cambon and continued under the
present envoy. NJ Jusserand. 1t was
during this servic6 that he married
Miss Ivy Langham. sister OF Baroness
Won Sternberg. wife Of the kaiser's
representative, End the marriage was
one OF tho many brilliant nuptials Of
the Roosevelt regime. 1t was solemn
ICED in st. Matthews Church by Car
dinal Gibbons and with all the off,
cial and fashionable world in attend
ance. .Yisconnt de Faramond, as he
was then. was almost at,sonce detach-
ed from the Washington embassy and
after period in active swork he be-
| came naval expert In Paris and with
special missions to various European
capitals, y
He was commanding the French
| fleet operating In the Bay Of Biscay
when the armistice was signed and
| had won every decoration which his
own or any other COUNTRY offers for
making her first visit to her native
country since her marriage and will
| be the gcest of her sister, who, after
| long widowhood. recently married
| Mr.. Adolf Pavenstadt Of New York.
Like her sisters. Mrs. Pavenstadt and
! Miss Violet Lansham, Countess de
Faramond was born In California, but
was reared in Louisville by her uncle
the late Arthur LanEham: Her hus-
band has lately succeeded to the
headship of an ancient provincial
family and charming old chateau.
They will remain on this side about
two months.
All the romantic will feel aggrieved
that the old adobe house of Senorita
Calf. with its famous rose tree plant
ed by Gen. William Tecumseh Sher-
man, is about to be torn down to give
place to a modern banking house:
The story Of the rose tree-and which
sounds plausible enough. told by the
| murmuring sea and amid the pic
turesque charm of the first Spanish
capital of the Golden StateA4is that
the famous soldier. much attracted
by the lovely senorita. planted a slip
of rose with, her and promised to
| return when its first yellow blooms
filled the eiair with perfume. He never
came back to Monterey. for duties
and other obligations called. But the
senorita waited, and meantime the
rose grew and bloomed and con-
tinued to do so until now 1t is one
of the largest and noted roses Of
the state and famous for its glorious
flowers
The officials of the bank who pur-
chased the adobe house have solemnly
promised that their building shall not
encroach on the rose. but that it
while they raze the old house and
build the new, and then it shall be
twined again on the same trellis
| which Senorita Bonifacio had made
especially for II. The artist colony
about Monterey has frequently con
sidered buying the old place and fit-
ting 1t up as A retreat for visiting
artists, but. failing to do this, the
Bank of Monterey has become the
successful bidder for the property.
That Lieut.. Jean D. Pendrill Wad-
dington OF the French Cuirassiers
whose engagement to Miss Gladys
Olcott Of New York has just been an
nounced has many relatives and well
wishers in Washington. the old home
of his grandnlother's people. the Kings
Of Georgetown. This lady, who was
Miss Mary Alsop King. the Madame
Waddington Of letters made frequent
visits some years ago whep her hus-
band was minister to the cpnrt of st.
James and shi Twas just. beginning
her literary ,career. Chafles wad-
dington. her eldest son, is ahe father
Of young Jean and born In Paris. He