Evening star., 1923-07-15
Tales of Well Known Folks
In Social and Official Life
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of the hour AS the recent owner of
Holland House, one of the paiatial
residences of London. he has wide
acquaintance with many who either
inheritance. Novel-reading Ameri-
cans are interested in Lord Leicester
because of his spirited defense OF MS
renowned ancestor the thiro Eor9
chose as the chief character in her
book "Eltham House." Her portray,
al of him and his wife as LORD and
Lady Wing was denounced by LoIa
Leicester as utterly outside the truth
and the performances described IN
their home, Ethan House, u traVesty
and devoid of literary integrity or
power. Americans ca So also ISo,ter teei heI d
cause he is the head OF the historic
house of Fox. the great chancellor
being it's originator. Two members
of the Fox family served as British
the political annals of the day;
Charles Henry Fox entertained
Thackeray in 1853 in his brick dwell
ing on Pennsylvania avenue near
Infant Asylum now stands. Holland
House is in kensington. and its
grand old park contains the finest
and most ancient trees within the
has 1t that Cromwell and Ireton dis
cussed the impeachment of Charles
] under its oaks.
An unique exhibition. attracting
hundreds of visitors in Paris. is that
recently opened under the patronage
of Prince Murat and Francois Carnot.
president and vice president OF the
National Hunt Society. and which ex-
hibits hunting costumes and GUS
RI frnnhieS
and that from the very inception or
the great assemblies of the middle
ages. led by emperors and kings.
With the thoroughneSs for which
Frenchmen are famous when they un-
dertake any sort of show, the vast
salon of the clubhouse has been lined
with tapestries of celebrated hunt
scenes. borrowed. of course. from pri-
vate owners ami some few from the
French government. Then come sew
eral halls lined with hunt pictures OF
steeds which won medals. of dogs
that were an honor to their calling.
and lastly. there are long cases or
weapons and saddles and general ac-
coutrement. including some of the
royal guns used In the late eight
eenth century. Some hunt scenes or
the thirteenth century. when st.
Louis reigned in France. occupies an
entire room, and shows the encircling
customs of that day. when deer was
the object and which was much like
the methods now used in the Spanish
bull fight. Historic saddles, brides
and raiment take up nearly all OF the
general living rooms and are illumi-
mating to those unfamiliar with the
sorgeousness of the hunt in the days
of the Bourbon kings. The exhibit is
TO last all through July and universal
interest has been displayed in it.
Parisians have this spring and
summer been indulging their love OF
pageantry through the means of cos
tune hunts as we'll as hunt balls.
This would seem to strike new note
which American clubs might follow.
Occasionally the venerable fox and
hunt clubs about Philadelphia cut
loose from the staid routine of the
present and appear in the red coats
and ruft1ed shirts of their forefathers:
Again, the members follow the hounds
in the buff and blue of the conti-
mental soldiers. and they make a gay
progress through the country, cheered |
TO the echo wherever they appear.
Though Washington has several hunt
clubs within its confines and adjacent
TO its borders. costume hunt has
never been attempted. though once in
q long time a costume dance is given
under the hunt club auspices. But
such splendid reproductions of the
past several Paris clubs staged
this past spring has never been at
tempted on American soil. Under
the aSsaSsinated president of France
hunting the stag under the Grande
Monarque, was offered as spectacle
to which not only the members but a
number of guests were invited Many
of those who rode wore the historic
regalia of those gorgeous by-gone
hunts. wore the old-embroidered |
coats. jeweled brides and whips, in !
herited from direct ancestors
The many former Washingtonians |
who spend two-thirdS of the year at |
Cannes will have the pleasure of re- |
newing acquaintance with the new |
Lady Brougham, who was Mila Won |
Hengelmuller, daughter of the for |
mer ambassador from Austria Hun |
gary and Baroness Won Hengelmul- |
Ter Hengevar. Capt. Lord Henry |
Brougham Is the grand nephew Of the |
great Lord Brougham. who. as chan
cellor of Great Britain, forced the |
acknowledgement of the Monroe doc
trine on that country. Is i'm the Cold
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