Evening star., 1922-07-09
Tells of Well Known Folk .
In Social and Official Life
Prince of Wales Converted to Ancient Sports Of
Falconry and Archery-Dr Wiedfeldt Is
4 Expected Soon to Leave w Washington.

has returned home a fervent convert
to the merits Of such. ancient forms
of sport as falconry and archery and
| he will set about reviving their
popularity. Whilst in Japan he was
Impressed with the merits of the
| falcon in retrieving game, anG one
never to-be forgotten morning was
i'spent with the young crown prince
| and his suite on private preserve of
Japanese royalty, where wild duck
abound and the falcon performed all
the offices with much less fuss and
noise than the finest hounds. The
| long sweeping movements necessary
to guide the falcon, the stately gait
at which one follows him, iall conduce.
according to the ideas expressed by
the young heir Of the British throne,
, methods in which sports are followed
today. Archery is still favorite
game in Japan. and the prince was
pleased with this too. and if he were
to institute such a club and become
It's president. the effect may be i'm
( {hgined. There are a few such or
ganizattons in England and all over
the continent. but a languid interest
has been shown And this energetic
! and observant scion of royalty has
been charmed with the rhythm Of
oriental dancing as against the Ihpid
hewildering mazes Of the modern
ballroom. Undoubtedly the coming
season is to be one of unusual inter-
est in London. If the prince has the
leisure to try out these innovations
That young Lord Porchester. son
| of the Earl of Carnarvon, whose name
Is so frequently associated with the
| Prince OF Wales and the Duke of
YORK. is about to wed Il. handsome
| American girl who has lived for
some time in London. Miss Katherine
Wendell, daughter of the late Jacob
Wendell. Those who know the inner
truth of New York real estate are
aware that at the present time the
Wendell holdings are far more num-
erous and valuable than those of all
the Astors combined, so that Lord
| Porchester has turned a fine leaf of
fortune. His mother belonged to the
Rothschild family. and he is the god
son of the present Lord Alfred
Rothschild. head of the great house.
The Carnarvons gathered treasure in
Australia. where an earl was for
time royal governor. and where
he purchased tracts of land on which
the present city OF sydney has been
principally built. His great-grand-
mother was the daughter of the Earl
of Chesterfield, and il was to her
that the manuscript OF the famous
Chesterfield letters was bequeathed
and which now form one of the prin-
eipal treasures of the Carnarvon
library in 81. James place. Miss
Wendell. besides wealth. has fine ira
ditions in the literary way on two
sides of her family. The mother of
the great humorist and medico, Oliver
Wendell Holmes. was Of her family.
and she is allied to the old Knfcker-
bockers Of New York city and AL
bany The wedding is to occur in
August!
Washington is distinctly disappoint-
ed over the news which comes from
Berlin tnat DIR. Otto Wiedfeldt will be
German ambassador but briefly. II is
more than probable that the permas
nent ambassador will be that well
known oriental scholar and diplo-
matist. DR.. William Solf just return
lng from a very successful mission to
Toxic. Dr. Solf passed through Wash
ingt9nn few days ago and is now
awaiting instructions from the for
eign Office as to his future destina-
jtion He has been on the friendliest
terms with the British and American
author1ties and having studied and
the .vernacular. an accomplishment
which has had a large influence in
his selection. DR.. Wiedfeldt is merely
on leave of absence from the Krupps'
ana under promise to return at the
end Of six months. a circumstance, Of
course, not entirely clear when he
presented his credentials here. He i,
exceedingly democratic and. like DR..
So!f is a member of the ancient bour-
goase family and is proud of the fact.
one OF the interesting changes in the
corps will be the lack of uniforms.
swords and decorations on the mem
bers. OF the German embassy, All
military regulations which formerly
held at the kaiser's establishment
have been swept away and in the
future the representatives of the Ger
man republic will appear on formal
occasion minus any sort of weapons
and in the regular attire of the pro-
fessional man: DR.. solf is a famous
served the late hn@Pierpont Morgan
in the translation and arrangement
Of those priceless manuscripts which
the capitalist purchased Of nomad
ARABIA and which are remains of the
drine library.
Women who have sounded the
depths and shoals of social triumph
are entering the serious class Of
workers in increasing numbers and
! widely heralded romance between
Count Ledochowska and Miss Edwina
Warfield of Baltimore. which ended
In the divorce court, has now the en-
couraging sequel of her accepting the
/ management of an exclusive lingerie
| SAOp hcI IlOiHc' CITY. mere, very
| naturally. her own friends and those
, of her father. who was once Governor
/ of Maryland. will see to 1t that her
! plucky effort to make good is real
lied. Another social queen of Balti-
more, Miss Nancy Lee, has embarked
F., in business, and the same story comes
: from many quarters. All these ladies'
! have wearied of the social whirl all
+; the day, and are now content to
| mingle in the work-a-day world and
| take their fling at pleasure only in
F, the evening. While many face the
necessity to do so. others are taking
| up the idea from choice. Washington
| long ago set a good example in this
i line. and it would make a highly in
teresting and most creditable list II
the women who have embarked on
/, genuine commercial or business ven
! lures were named. Some turn a pretty
penny in real estate deals, while
/! others join to this activity the erec
t; tion and furnishing of artistic homes.
! personally doing the decorating and
adding many charming touches in
| homemade fancy work and painting.
| Following the custom in the older
! world, the owners Of famous gardens
| in and about New York have recently
| admitted the public on certain days
, and for a price. which swelled the
] funds of various local rganizations.
/; The wonderful garden of Mr.. and
| Mrs. Samuel Untermyer at Grey
stones, near Yonkers, was thrown
! open on Thursday afternoons in June
| for the Junior League vacation fund.
! This estate is that of the late Samuel
| j. Tilden,. one of the famous amateur