Evening star., 1923-04-29
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Senator and Mrs Underwood Have Spent Lovely
Winter Among Madeira Flowers.

Enthusiastic letters come from sem
ator and Mrs. Oscar w. Underwood
to friends in Washington about the
wisdom Of their choice for a hve
months complete rest from poiiticaI
and social labors. They nave
charming villa on the outskirts OF
Funschal Madeira, and the sou
waves of a summer sea laps tneir
garden confines on two sides. FUN
schal, and. in fact, all the villages OF
these beautiful islands are perhaps
among the most primitive to be found
without venturing thousands of miles
away from civilization.
When Senator Underwood desires TO
penetrate into a remote village, ne
hires what Is called an oxsleigh, ana
with a driver in front, he ana MRS:
Underwood are tucked into sort OF
basket. which swap with every mo-
tion of the animals, after tne Hahher
of hammock.
A Mile an Hour.
1t requires the better part OF an
hour to accomplish a mile. and the
journey is relied on to make all VINO
undertake it immune forever from sea
sickness or the discomforts OF traV-
cling camel-back. Funschal neat
rarely attdlnS more lHdii ~. uSS IVY
Fahrenheit, and the mild sea air is
warranted to soothe aching nerves
and to heal all manner of troubles
resulting from winter colds. Mrs.
Underwood, who Is a devoted lover
of flowers, is delighted with the
tropical giories about the villa and
will try her luck with some OF the
splendid yellow roses which tumble
and bloom about the veranda. She
has well established rose garden In
the old Archibald Butt place on r
street. and is constantly adding to
her collection. In the main street of
Funschal. and giving somber note
10 the otherwise joyous scene. is the
great black marble sarcophagus.
erected to the memory of the late eX
emperor Charles of Austria Senator
and Mrs. Underwood will sail for. New
York the middle of May.
The young Cornelius Eanderbilts.
who consider themselves Washington
mans during the winter season. are
making their way via California to
their country home near Victoria.
British Columbia For the past week
3 former Senator Phelan has been en-
tertaining the Vanderbilts and Miss
Sarah Littleton, who is travelling with
them, al his palatial estate. Saratoga,
near Burlingame. The early summer
is in full flush on the Pacific coast.
and some of the rose pageants have
been staged about Saratoga and the
polo tournaments and some of the
tennis games are in progress.
Giving House Parties.
The former senator is giving a
series of house parties and he antici-
pateS visits from several of his one
time colleagues in Congress during
June and July. Senator Walsh of
Montana is among these and perhaps
Mrs Emmett Gudger. his daughter.
II \
Ashurst, who are to visit Arizona in
the autumn. will go to California
in June, and will be entertained by
many friends, including Mr.. Phelan.
The Phelans place is frequently pic
tured as one of the perfect homes In
the west. and is built entirely on the
mission style with several vast inner
courts filled with birds and flowers
and into which all the sleeping apart
ments open.
Invited TO Wedding.
Not many of the priced invita- tions
Strathmore and Kinghorne to the
wedding Of their daughter to his
royal hghness. the Duke of York.
found way to this side Of the Atlantic.
BUT one was dispatched to Mr.. Walter
'oultney of Baltimore. and this in
behalf of a friendship which had ex-
listed for some forty years between
Lady Mary's grandparents and the
elderly beau of the neighboring city.
Mr.. Poultney, who is one of Balti-
more's solid social pillars, bachelor
who gallantly speeds every bud in
his set on her worldly pilgrimage via
handsome hall. met the late Earl
of Strathmore and kinghorne during
the summer of 1860, in which he had
brought a bride to GIamys Castle,
and invited him to house party in
the old stronghold. The countess.
grandmother of the royal bride of
York. and Mr.. Poultney became good
friends and constant correspondents
From time to time he visited the earl
and countess and was guest when
the Hon. Claude Bowes-Lyon, now
the earl. was married. Written down
decades ago in the roster of the fam
lily friends. Mr.. Poultney received not