Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-01-08
Tales Of Well Known Folk
In Society and Officialdom
Rumor of Betrothal of Princess Yolande to Prince
Leopold Gives World Peek at Real
Royal Romance.

bant. The young people are exactly
the same age. having reached their
majority during the past autumn,
when. presumably. even in royal cir
cles nowadays. they may have some
fxte. The Princess Yolande is the
Iseldest of the four daughters Of the
King and Queen of Italy. She seems.
to have been unduly favored, in that
she possesses a dark and radiant type
Of beauty, is tall and 1.-THE, like the
daughters of Montenegro, and rides
with the superb grace of the women
of her mothers country. She is the
most Intellectual Of the royal. prin-
cesses of Italy and reads philosophy
more avidly than fiction. The young
Belgian prince, who was in this coun-
try with his parents in 1913. is also
studious and serious-minded and,
though. like his father. trained for the
army, he has many other interests
besides martial ones. He accompanied
his parents on their round of visits
to the capital. cities Of the allied ma
lions and in due course renewed his
youthful acquaintance with Princess
Yolande in Rome. Since the collapse
!, Bavaria and some of the smaller Ger
man states the matrimonial field for
,, Belgian and Italian princes and prin-
cesses is exceedingly narrow. and
this circumstance lends it's force to
the pretty romance which is said to
be reaching climax.
AS mark Of changing ideas and
aspirations those who remember Lady
Constance tewart-Richardson, who
first introduced--the Greek style of
dancing and SO shocked even sophistf-
Gated New York, will be deeply inter-
ested to know that she has forsaken
the greensward and the fiimsy gar
IL
nymph and has gone whole heartedly
into the campaign Of her sister. Miss
Mary Ramsay Stewart-Richardso
who is making prodigious effort to
become the first woman elected from
Scotland to the British parliament.
Though the Scotch thereabout think
little of electing woman, her
chances seem to be improving. Lady
Constance. who was also the first to
don riding breeches and top boots on
Rotten Row, Hyde Park. and called
down upon her head the most scath-
ing rebuke from King Edward VII, is
proving as fascinating public
speaker IS she was barefoot dancer
and Is gaining many converts to her
sisters cause. Miss Stewart Richard
son has been recently member of
the council board at Perth and has
accomplished fine work in the schools.
Her home is that Pitfour Castle. near
Perth, which figures in so many of
Sir Walter SCOTS novels.
If the aspirations of women in the
older world to share the political bur-
denS with their brothers is realized in
proportion to the estimates of the past
year. it will soon be nip and tuck at
all elections. Sweden has elected five
women to parliament during the past
year and twice that number have al
ready announced their determination
to replace the present masculine in
cumbents. OF this largest feminine
contingent sitting in any legislative
chamber Of the world one is conserva-
tive. two are liberals and two are So
cialists. and all are women of affairs
and factors OF Importance in the COM
/ munity. Miss Elizabeth Tarum of
Stock olm and Gothenburg is exceed
ingly wealthy, has managed her large
estates for years and is known as an
agricultural expert. Besides e.ecting
two members of parIi; mcnt, the Eng
lish people have recently honored
their newly enfranehised citizens by
! making them mayors of four large
and prosperous cities. Honiton, the
| J. NJ. Phillips: Cheltenham, Miss Clara
Winterbotham: Southport, Miss Chris
tine Hartley and Worthing, Mrs. Ell
len Chapman. In the leading organ of
the British feminine party. is list Of
women who are endeavoring to dis
place men as railroad and banking di-
rectors. as managers of large indus
trial plants and chairmen of impor-
tant financial committees dealing with
municipal funds, and they appear to
have an excellent chance to win. as
their platforms all promise reform
and better ma tional conditions.
A really new art development much
to the fore during the holiday season
was the picturing of rooms. in water
nr 0i1 Int 1vuo vxyifh Inf %
to details. Mrs. Harry Payne Whit
ney was one of the originators of
this fad, had her studio painted by
Louis Metcalf, and it is a charminS
picture, worthy of the interiors done
by the long life of French artists.
Mrs. Whitney desired her painting
for her daughter Gertrude, now Mrs.
Roderick Tower of Los Angeles. Mrs.
Tower and her infant daughter We're
not strong enough for the journey
studio, new one built since her mar
riage, and hence the gift. Mr. Met
calf has painted some excellent views
of the drawing rooms in such homes
as Mrs George T. Bliss. Mrs. Stanford
White, Miss Buel and Miss Lydia
Field Emmett. His dining hall scenes
of some of the. great estates on the
Hudson are becoming famous, and al
together this intimate t0utn is de-
lightful. But not as background
for a portrait as Sir Joshua Reynolds
! or the great Titan used them. but for
themselves, and because. they are
| lovely enough to be pictured as u
! spring orchard is, or a flower garden,
ior a sylvan spot by brook. Mr.. Net
| calf calls his collection "distineui
ed" rooms. and in every case they de-
serve the description. A noble: tenn
| pie to art and more simply and ef-
fectively designed than Mrs. Whit
ney's new studio, in New York, would
he difficult to conceive, still less to
realize. And her loggia and roof
garden, are as stately as those in
Florence or old Seville.
Gen. the Earl of Cavan, who is one
of the notable visitors from Great
Britain attending the arms confer
ence, was some eighteen years ago a
frequent visitor to Washington, and
| was entirely familiar with its streets.
He was then q member Of the staff of
the governor general of Canada, and
which. he now wears. The earl comes
of an old family ofGnorth England,
and his remote ancestor, Baron Lam
bart, was among the first Britons re-
warded for faithful service. by vast
estates in. Ireland. The seat OF the
country placessin Leinster. The earl,
whose name is Frederic Rudolph Lam
bart, was bereaved of his wife two
years ago, and as he has no children
his present heir Is his brother, Capt.
the Hon. Lionel John Oliver LIANT bart,
who married Miss Adelaide Douglas
in 1906 and has one daughter. The
heir presumptive is the young son of
Xrchdeacon Horace Edward Lambart,
Michael Edward Lambart. The late
Countess Of Cavan, who was Miss
1nez crawley Of London. was also