Evening star., 1923-11-03
BY THE MARaUIsE DE FoNTENoY.

Charles Winn. married to the Hon.
Olive Paget. daughter of Lord Queen
borough. and of his first wife Pauline,
spends so much Of his time over here,
where his wife, as one of the heir
esses of the late Col. Oliver II. Payne,
the Standard OIL magnate, has very
large interests, that it may be inter-
esting to call attention to the fact
that his younger brother Reginald,
during the war an officer OF the
Grenadier Guards. IS following his ex-
ample in marrying an American wife,
namely, Miss Alice Perkins of New
York. who is a niece Of Mrs. Charles
Dana Gibson and of Lady Astor. with
whom she spent the greater part of
the year She has inherited much of
the comeliness of the Langhorne
women. and Is tall, dark, beautiful
girl. Reginald Winn is younger
son of the late Lord st. Oswald, and
is a brother. therefore, Of the pres
ent peer, whose wife, formerly Evie
Carew Of Daly's Theater, in London.
was one of the most popular actresses
in the very successful run of Lefty.
She married her husband secretly in
London In 1915. and II was only when
he was so badly wounded in France
that his life was despaired of that
his father was made aware that she
was his wife She has now presented
him with two boys to succeed to his
honorS and estates.
Miss Alice Perkins fiance is very
well off. For his family is one of
great wealth. its possessions including
the celebrated Winn collieries. Like
his elder brothers and his father and
grandfather before him. he has a re-
markable taste for engineering. In
deed. many Of the most ingenious
mechanical devices in use in the
yention OF members OF this gifted and
popular family, who are descended
from Sir Roland Winn, London
merchant who flourished in the reign
Of Charles I. and from his son. who
on his restoration, Reginald winn's
mother was a daughter of Lady
Forbes Of Newe, sister Of Georgiana
Countess of Dudley. and who had
Inherited. through her mother, much
Of the Moncriefr family were SO
II is the grandfather of Charles
VIM, namely, the first Lord St Os-
wald. who was the perpetrator OF the
OF Eton. While a .schoolboy there.
the famous block at which students
have knelt to receive their birchings
through countless generations and
many centuries, indeed. ever since
,ertousiy disappeared. Although for
a long time no trace could be dis
covered Of its whereabouts or clue
to the bold robber who had been
able to carry It off from the head
masters library and from under the
yery nose Of that august dignitary.
1, subsequently transpired that the
cuInrit was no other than the boy
who subsequently became Lord ST.
Oswald.
Gan. Sir Hubert Coughs appoint
,o.nt to the post of Governor Cen
era1 of raganyika, with salary OF
So5, 900 year plus generous allow
.nces and perquisites, as well as
stately official residences at Dar-Es-
sa,aam and also on the highlands.
constitutes a tardy act Of reparation
for a gross piece Of injustice OF
wbich he was the victim In the spring
of 1918. when, in February and
march Of that year, the disgraceful
neace concluded by soviet Russia
with Germany enabled that power to
switch nearly q million soldiers from
the Muscovite border to the French
FRONT. Gen. Ludendorn took advan-
taee of these welcome reinforce.
ments to attempt to break through
the allied lines at their very weakest
point BY sheer force OF numbers.
THAT weakest point was around
Amiens. where Gen. Sir Hubert
Cough. one OF the finest cavalry COM
manders Of the British army, was
suddenly called upon to resist, with