Evening star., 1923-10-21

president of the Russian senate when
in 1915 the crash came. He remained
with the unfortunate czar and his
family In their exile until he was
escorted from Ekaterinenberg just
before their assassination. Prince
Alexis had been singing in a music
hall of London and Paris before he
was taken up by Nine. Melba and
received with honor by many OF the
Russian exiles in New York and some
in Washington, who, like him, have
taken up various avocations to gain
a livelihood. Baron Serge sKorH, once
associated with Obo1enskt in the RUS
sian court, is now a professor of law
in Georgetown College.
Miss Mary Hoadley Dodge, who as
chatelaine of Warwick House in Lon
don has been one of the grande
DANES of that metropolis and an ac-
tive member of it's American con-
tingent. has just disposed of her
property to the Hon. Esmond Cecil
for the Isle of Thanet. Miss Dodge,
who is the sister of the late Grace FL.
Dodge, the philanthrorist whose
name is honored in several Y. w. =.
A hotels. Will hereafter live in her
own country. possibly in New York
in the winter and on the Maine coast
in summer. Miss Dodge inherited
this famous mansion In London
which is older than Stafford House
and has quite as honorable his
, tory, from her father, who had lived
in London for some years after retlr-
ing from mercantile pursuits in New
York City. This William Earl Dodge,
who was the second to bear the name
known firm of Phelps. Dodge & Co,
dealers in metals and engineering
needs. was one of the founders of
tho American Museum of Natural
History and 81 trustee of the Metro
politan Museum of Art in New York
city. Mrs. Dodge was the daughter
of the late David Hoadley, first presl-
dent of the Panama Railroad and who
was also patron of art and letters.
William Earl Dodge, Sd, and Mrs. Dodge
maintain home in London and a
handsome villa at Cannes. Miss Mary
Hoadley Dodge is a member of the
evangelical alliance and of many of
the serious associations in this couh-
try and in Europe to elevate religious
and moral standards.
Miss Mabel Coats of Providence,
who is to be married to Mr.. William
B. McColl, also of Providence, is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred NJ.
Coats of Brae Beg, near Nyatt R. L.,
and the granddaughter of Sir James
Coats. head of the great thread COM
pany in Paisley, Renfrewshire, whose
wife was Miss Mary Auchincloss of
New York city. The Coats family, 1t
will be remembered. took up the pro-
duction of Paisley shawls at the in
stance of Queen Victoria, who was a
heavy financial supporter of the in
duStry and gave the ShawlS a wide
vogue by invariably presenting one
as wedding gift to all the brides of
that period But Sir James had a
long head and he laid the foundation
of the thread industry to replace the
shawls when their popularity ended.
as it did very soon. Alfred NJ. Coats
is one of the several sons of Sir
James born in Rhode Island, and who
has steadily refused to accept a title
or renounce his American citizenship
for the British. He is the first cousin
of that Sir Stuart Coats who married
Lady Amy Gordon LennoX and who
owns a villa in Newport and occupies
it as often as his strenuous duties as
head of the thread factories will per-
nit. Mr.. McColl is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. James A. McColl of Providence,
and after a honeymoon spent at Pals
ley the young people will reside in
New, York. Renfrewshire, where the