Evening star., 1922-03-26
Tales Of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Young Leeds Coming Back for Visit to Homeland
But Will Leave Royal Bride at Cannes.
Junior Harris to Wed.


| Kasheck. Young Leeds and his
grand duchess liuger near. but: in a
hotel, for the heir of the tin-plate
millions has never mustered courage
to bring his Russian imperial bride
to this side Of tho water. He is, how
! ever, due to begin his westward jour-
ney in June. though the bride will
remain with her relatives, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jacques Balsan have a superb
/, chateau near Cannes, and rumor has
it that this will be their residence
| the greater part of the year. Mrs
Balsan. who utterly disdains her
former title Of Duchess Of Marlbo-
rough. which she could retain II she
!! SO desires and even decline to be
erased all coronets and coats OF arms
| from her belongings and has con-
signed her Marlborough episode 10
oblivion. She was recently In London
to attend the christening OF her smai, ~
the Marquis of Blandford and his
wife, who was Lady Alexandra Mary
| Cadogan. The Anthony Drexels have
purchased another of the sixteenth
century chateaus. similar to that
of the Henry Clews, jr:. and the Two
| families are near neighbors: Mrs
Seth Barton French and Mr.. and
Mrs. Amos Tuck French are at VIVA
! neighbors Sir John Ward and Lady
| Ward, who was Miss Jean Reid OF
/ New York Mrs. Whitelaw Reid has
recently sailed for the Mediterranean
ports and will Join the Wards for
| Easter. t>,
| More than scientific interest at
| tachea to that cayalcade of celsDri-
| ties which Is. about to leave .Faris
| under the guidance of Count Francis
de Byron Kuhn to uncover the his
toric site Of Carthage and perhaps to
! reveal to-the world treasures as tas-
| cinating as those Of Pempeii Mr..
Fred Singer OF the ,AI Ameriean sieaar e,ne sre
! Of the coterie. and Prince Edward de
| Waideck and his sister, Princess
! Helene de waldeck.- who is noted
| scientist, and Mr.. Louis Bertrand. tne
African explorer: COY Count ,:,en aranc,s as,ist M
! Of New York and Paris and has ire
ouently visited Washington. He IS
kinsman Of the great poet. ana.
/ bearing a striking resemblance 20
Collars Iis SO and soWins ties and the in
evitahle curled lock brushed back
! from the forehead. So certain IS
/ Count de Byron of finding marveious
! things under the sands OF CarthaSSe Se
!
nninister Of colonies will leave for
the Barbary States about the 10th Of
| April to be present at the opening OF
the frst Punic tombs. King Aloert
Of Belgium is sending RaTstee selen',se de
Brabant, and the American Archeo-
logical Association will be represent
ed by one or two Of its members resi-
dent in Paris. Entirely modern IN
it's methods. the work OF @ excasa..GG'mi G'i
i nd
he shown in every country where IN
terest exists in the annals or the past.
The sale Of the splendid old Blu
cher a,,a palace Ts@n 1sndrnarS ars o on P.riset
Platz. near the Brandenburg gate IN
RerIin. to an enormously rich Lettisn
merchant removes the last trace OF
| the famous family so closely sn;o. asso.
cHer Nanoleon at waterloo: The
| mansion was presented by the Prus-
sian soverefgn William III to the in
trepid field marshal who came SO un,
expeetedly and dsshinEiy+ Ey+ch to ,ns arn,ies ala
Rnt It. has been leased for many
! vars. the members of the princeiy
line preferring England as resi-
dence to Prussia under the Homer :
zollsrns n, The present pres Bueher eh,nce' great
Sas lived practically. all his life in
! London. where he maintains gIea.
+! mansion in Portland square. and IN
Brighton wi Mhe5s bixh he chalk haH ciifs His
/ wife ,was Evelyn Mary stapletGn :,
I Clever lord Petrie. She has evi,
IDENTIFY inherited his inteliectua'
gifts. for she wrote w tee the Mar mos. oAn Eng Eng:
| iish Wife in Berlin" the. result OF her
II eyneriences when she and her nus
band were practically tnterned in me
German capital in co.seaue1ee sa,. &c sot,,s Of
visit in the sumner oard OF ~ +o - ;nceme
taxes.
| A wedding scheduled for April and
staged fer ;Iv,1a the Gaaiat IN attracting Hr the
sympathetie SYM interest Of all the book.
ish. whether. Of the north or the
south. The young son OF joel Cna n :
dler Harris, and known % to q ,,"na,, vice
| it it's is full twenty years since he be
came an integral part Of American
I letters, is to wed Miss Dorothy
Cooke Dean. Her parents: as al a.!
gentle philosopher and writer. and
were active in the association which
purchased the old estate, Wren
Nest and Snap Bean Farm. ana
have renamed it the Uncle Remus
park. Miss Dean has been fire.
ouent visitor at this hallowed spot
and her friendship for Joel Chandler
Harris, jr., was rooted in the mutual
love Of both for the homely stories
1 The younger Joel once on a time es-
[ saved TO WOO the muses. and to de
vote himself to letters. but evidently
his fathers mantle did not descend
upon him; and. with excellent judg-
ment, he decided not to court COM
parisons between the first and sec
ond Of the revered name. Gaines-
Vile is but fifty miles from Atlanta
and is a region Of well known and
popular spas. It's majestic mountain
PEAKS Of the Chattahooche range are
visible from Atlanta and have fire.
! ouently figured lin the folk lore Of
the south, and especially in Mr.. Har:
ris' tales. 1t. is also an educational
center Of Georgia and is one of. the
diEnified and ancient small cities of
i the state, full of: the pilfared white
| stucco mansions - with high box
hedges secluding them. from the
fstreets, and giant myrtle and cypress
trees. with an occasional type Of the
swamp magnolia.
FOREIGN journals note the several
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