Evening star., 1923-02-04

who retains her name OF Blanche
Shoemaker Carr. and Mrs. Payne
Whitney, who uses her full name OF
Helen Hay Whitney. Mrs. whitney
ton, and at a tender age. She was In
her nineteenth year and the reigning
belle of Washington society as daugh-
ter of President Nc 'inley's Secretary
OF State, when she published her frst
sustained effort, 'The Rose Of Dawn"
which continues to rank with the best
literature Of the South seas. Michael
Strange has a wide vogue in Eng
land and much of her verse has been
Mrs. Carr's poetry Is exotic and tells
principally of desert love and life IN
the orient.
A splendid and historic event Of the
late season In London, and for which
preparations are already under way.
will be the celebration of the eight
eenth birthday of Lady Mary Rachel.
eldest of the three daughters OF the
late Duke OF Norfolk. premier duke
and earl of the United Kingdom, and
It's hereditary grand marshal. The
present and sixteenth duke is but fif-
teen, and, under the guardianship of
his mother, the Duchess Of Norfolk,
who was Lady Gwendolyn Maxwell,
fifteenth Baroness of Herries Lady
Mary Rachel FttZalan-H Howard will De
presented to Queen Mary in private
audience, after which the birthday
and debut festivities will be trans
ferred from the fine old mansion In
st. James Square. London, to Arundel
Castle, in Sussex. The house Of Fftz-
alan-Howard is the most extensive
and powerful of the feudal Anglo
Saxon families now existing In Great
Britain. and has at least twelve dis
tinct cadet branches bearing titles,
of which the next line Is that OF Suf-
folk and Berkshire. The earls OF stat
ford, Of Talbot and of Carlisle are
branches Of the Howards, as wen as
the barons of Maltravers, Clun, Os-
waldestre and Fitzalan. Lady Mary
Rachel whose coming of age Is rank
/ ed in importance after such an event
in royalty, win be sixteenth Baroness
of Herries and will inherit a famous
country seat, Everingham Park, in
Essex. and has. besides. a large prl.
vate fortune. She has been educated
chiefly at home. though she spent
some months in Paris and Rome
languages.
On the heels of the violent protest
which resounded to heaven about
Gretna Green smithy, the goods roads
association in England. is facing an
, other almost as universal and vigor-
Gus in It's contemplated demolition OF
old Croydon Inn and the adjoining
Whitfield Hospital. which has bene-
fees which date back to 1895. Croy-
den Inn is well loved monument or
the past and antiquarians about Lon
don do not see eye to, eye with the
modern advocates of wider and
straighter roads leading into the
great British metropolis All in the
interests of safety and better facili-
ties for motor travel. the town coun-
cilors Of Croydon wish to tear down
the inn and the hospital. for they
both stand out at least twenty feet
from the street on each side and make
dangerous curve right in the heart
OF suburban traffic. All in vain have
the town fathers promised to take
down the old inn stone by stone and
erect 1t in rural Surroundings beyond
the boundaries. as 1t should be and
! all its traditions point. They prom
ise also to erect a new hospital with
the Whitfield name and benefces at
tached. The antiquarians want the
revered monuments to remain just
as they are on their present site and
for the good roads committee to Sc
lect another route to widen and i'm
prove. So the matter is at a deadlock.