Evening star., 1923-10-14

'he end of November or the first
elk of December is definitely named
the time In which the British am
l.. SSador. Sir Auckland Geddes, and
dy Geddes will return to Washing
TN. and it is regarded as exceedingly
asant news. The ambassador has
ined so rapidly in the past two
nnths that there is every hope an
her two months will complete his
are He Is beginning to read a little
d to walk and ride frequently. Lady
,.ddes has been away from Wash
rgton since the latter part of May
and she was unable to note the prog
tess of her many paintings about the
tnbassy on Connecticut avenue, But
r friends say that it is just as well,
,r she would have been greatly dis
pointed over results. 1t was hot,
Try summer and every one will re-
III that, owing to the meagerness Of
re water supply, no gardeners were
lie to use the hose sufficiently to
eep shrubbery and flowers in good
M The box hedge which is about
the winding walk leading from the
street in two direction, looks very
ii, though there are some pare
places. Lady Geddes had this box
dge planted last autumn and all
lungs considered, it has thrived bet
r.r than any of the other shrubs.
he profuse seeding of the plots on
y street with autumn ANIMALS is very
disappointing. Only few cosmos
stalks are in bloom, with an occa-
..ional vestige of chrysanthemums ana
ONE Towering mallow. OF the hve
Ia Ntnn TNNTn
hoys will return with the amoassa-
dor and Lady Geddes. Peggy. the tall,
,lignified young daughter has been
r,aced at a school in Kent and the
two older sons are at Harrow.
visitor of rare distinction who
passed through Washington last
week and remained for a few days
en- route to the Flora Mcdonald COL
Iage at Red Springs. N. c.. is Lochiel,
the hereditary chief of the cameron
Ian and one of the grandees OF
Scotland. He is accompanied by Lady
Hermione Cameron, who, in ADDITION
10 being chieftainess of the clan and
recipient of almost royal honors IN
the highlands. is the daughter OF the
Duke of Montrose, the head of another
clan quite as important. Lochief Is
the guest of the president and faculty
of the Flora Mcdonald College and
his visit is marked by the revival
available bagpipes playing, and the
loyal Camerors from all parts of the
Union have donned their kits and
rlaymores in his honor. There are
many of the old clan in high places
under this government, among them
the senator from Arizona, Ralph
Henry Cameron, who crossed the
continent to pay homage to the
chieftain of the Camerons. Lochiel
Is in the early forties, and after the
university
course, he entered the Royal Military
Academy at Sandhurst and graduated
with honors in time to join vale
Grenadiers in the Boer war, where
ne became a captain. Though he had
resigned to take over the duties OF
the chieftsin of Cameron, he re-
entered the service at the beginning
of the world war and was again as
signed to the Grenadiers and served
with them from 1914 until the armis-
tice.
Mr.. Myron Herrick has. for the
third time since he resumed his for
mer post in Paris, realized the sting
In Joseph Chaote's witticism that an
American ambassador had no home.
Mr.. Herrick was, October l. obliged
to yield his lease on the roomy man
sion in Ayenus na de MsSsIns sfTinas 6sSe 6sse
fioated for almost two years. In
leasing the residence, which is pc
culiarly adapted for large entertain
ments, Mr.. Herrick promised the
owners that he would relinquish pos.
session at their convenience, but at
that time the Prince and Jacques de
Broglie intended to pass several
years in travel and to find per-
manent winter home in Agiers.
But they changed their plans, and
the ambassador, after a wild pursuit
of agents and owners, has found
suitable residence and will move
October IS. The new United states
embassy is on Avenue de La Motto
de la Tour d'Auvergne. and is hand
Bomely furnished with the historic
possessions once in Hotel de Crillon
in Place de la Concorde. The tapes
tries are the finest outside of the
former royal palaces and contain
some of the oldest of the Gobelin
weaves. Mr.. Herrick has secured
two years lease on this mansion and
were 1t not for the trouble of moving
so often, he would be well pleased
with his latest home. Meantime. with
his secretaries. he will continue the
search for: an embassy which may
be purchased with the sum approprf-
Rted for the purpose by Congress.
So far he has not found 1T and must
spend four-fifths of his own salary
renting a home.
The Marquise de Talleyrand-Peri-
CORD, who was Miss Josephine curtis,
daughter of Joseph Curtis of Boston.
IS one of the important hostesses who
1inger through the summer, either in
Paris or her villa on the Seine, near
Meudon. She is gracious to her
country people and as she has wide
circle of kindred who have the travel
habit, she is rarely without guests
from her native land. The mother of
the marquise was Henrietta Gyles of
Virginia, and through her she is re-
lated to the Calverts and many of
the old Maryland families. In New
York, she is closely related to the
Murrays of Murray Hill celebrity
and to William Ogden, who played a
star part in the history OF Gotham.
The marquise returns to her own
land as often as she can edge in
the journey. On her last visit she
brought back her eldest grandson,
young Prince Benjamin Curtis Rus
poll, son of the Italian ambassador
to Brussels, that Prince Mario de
Ruspoli who was for a time Italian
eopsul- General in New York The