Evening star., 1923-11-04
Tales Of Well Known Folk
+. In Social and Official Life
Continued from Fourteenth Page /,

o " thc HuHpoTtdnC SenatOrlal nOSL-
esses Tor many years and who re-
mains power in the residential set.
was the second wife of the Nevada
statesman and was the niece of the
social arbiter of Gotham, Ward Nc
All1ster. A long residence in the west
detached her from all desire for her
former home. and though she has
many relatives in the upper set of
New York and Long Island. she rare
iy pays more than a weeks visit
there. She enjoyed distinguished
social reign as chatelaine of Woodley,
tnat handsome country seat associat-
ed with Grover Cleveland's early serv-
Ice, and here her two stepdaughters,
Frances and Janet Newlands, were
presented to, society, and here also their
marriages occurred.
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid leads the i'm
posing list Of patronesses of the VIC
tory ball, which will be given on the
eve OF Armistfce day at the Waldorf
In New York city. The ball will be
under the auspices of the American
Legion and the receipts will be de-
voted to the disabled sick and unem--
ployed veterans of the world war.
Mrs Henry p. Davidson is another
or the patronesses and she also is
chairman on arrangements and is Civ
Mrs. James w. Wadsworth is working
on the reception committee and Mrs.
Wadsworth, jr., wife of the senator
from New York, will go to her aid on
lHc evening OF the 1Gto. OtnerS well
known in Washington who are CIV
Ing yeoman service to the cause are
Mrs. John Jacob Rogers. Mrs. Edward.
r.. Stettinius, Mrs. Theodore Roose-
yelt. both senior and junior. and Mrs.
has permitted the use of his name at
the top of .the extensive list Of pa
irons. which includes practically all
the eminent men in the country. The,
dances will extend through the chain
h9l1rOOOnG-
and will be preceded by number OF
patriotic tableaus in the grand ball,
room, where chairs will be rearranged'
for f the non,dancing attendants. Mrs;
e. H. Hartman has taken over the
tableaus and her aids will be of the
debutante set in New York with many
of the maids from the military posts
near by. 1t is confidently hoped that
yet attempted in New York. will yield
a golden harvest for the cause.
Another member of the Virginia
Langhorne family will become part
of the British aristocracy, when, early
in December Miss Alice Moncure Per-
kins, niece of Lady Astor, with whom
she makes her home. will marry the
Hon. Henry Reginald Winn, son of
the late Lord st. Oswald and brother
of the present. baron Miss Perkins
is the youngest sister of Mrs. Ronald
Tree, who was Nancy Langhorne Per.
kins and first married Henry Field OF
Chicago: who died less than a year
the eldest and loveliest of Col. Lang
horne's girls, Elizabeth, or Lizzie, as
she was always known, and who mar
ried Moncure Perkins Of Richmond.
Her. aunt. Miss Isabel Perkins, re-
sides in the stately old home OF the
family in that city, and Is one OF Its
most dignified social leaders. Another
sister of the late Moncure Perkins Is
n
nently in London and with whom the
prospective bride often is seen. she
is, Of course, a niece on the maternal
side of Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson and
has lived at Cliveden for the past FIVE
years and made her debut at the
town house Of the Astors about four
years ago. She has inherited to a
marked degree the good looks Ks, OF the the
mother, who was fairer and less
statuesque than her more famous SIS
ters. Mrs. Perkins died about ten
years ago and Mr.: perRlnsa; dfrarnsa ip1m p1en
deceased her by year.
Though the Capital city fairly revels
in high-sounding titles, not only In the
diplomatic corps. but also IN It's resi-,
that the largest contingent bearing
such cognomenS ls to be founo IN
Los Angeles, where a foreign colony
Is almost as numerous as IN WASH
ingtGn But these Ssvs Snfdrtnnases
lost their patrimeny and are seeking
to restore their fortune through the
silver screen. Among those n., Mno re- e.
thee the Angels, and Who have. estsblished
4 social guild at Castle San Souci,
are Princess Blagala of Petrograd,
Count and Countess Won HardenDurg
of Posen. Prince and Princess Ganriei
Blagoi of the Ukraine, Prince Ram
chandra, once on chummy terms with
the late czar. and Barons Alexis Kali
and Alfred Mirovitch, and Baroness
Helene Morrill,. Recently there. has
arrived a celebrated beauty OF Flor
ence, Countess Marie di Lanti. whose
golden tresses are the envy Of the
entire theatrical profession. Though
much reduced in worldly goods all
these titled ladies and gentlemen
orders Of chivalry, and their appear
ance at the play Is always In con-
formity with old court regulations,
and naturally adds immensely to the
larIy together in Castle Sans souci,
always garbed as in their old days,
when dinner was the ceremony Of the
day.
Mrs. Charles Deniston Burney. who
Mrs. George Henry High Of Chicago.
was the belle Of her debut year and
the acknowledged beauty Of her set,
is making her first visit home since
her marriage two years. ago. Mrs.
Burney has reaped social laurels in
London as plentifully as IL. Chicago
and Lake Forest, and her home In
Carlton House Terrace Is. one Of the
most frequented in the British capi-I
tai. Her husband is Commander
Rurney son of Sir Cecil Burney now
a member Of parliament for East Lon
don, but who. is regarded as one of
the most versatile officers Of the naval
reserve. Though he Is but thirty five,
Commander Burney Is removed as an
inventor. an engineer and an aeronaut.
It, was he who during the. dreadful
days before Ypres invented q device
which saved thousands of lives from
the danger OF explosion in the mines
and from the deadly fumes. He was
fortunate enough to have the British
government purchase his invention
and, he now derives a handsome In
come from the royalties on its sale.
Mrs. Burney has decided talent to-
ward architecture and she has re-
Gently made over three old. houses
in Carlton, House Terrace into q
spacious modern mansion, into which
she will remove on. her return from
is 40 arranged that. she can .@liye
snuH4y in the middle section when
shes has no guests and which. was her
home for two years Yet:ifs she has
guests her two additional houses can
show almost hotel capacity, with each
plete. s.3Sz-..
The autumn colony! is weV established
at White Sulphur, and though the
majority of, guests are for the most
part from New York, there are several
Washingtonians and mi-WaShilg-