Evening star., 1923-08-12


and his sister, the young baroness.
who are spending the summer in the
Berkshires, will be prominent in the
social world of Washington this win
ter, for they will lease or buy
mansion and hope to entertain their
aunt who is now Mrs. Charles Will
kins Short of Cincinnati. and one OF
the important chatelaines in the pow
erful German American wing of that
city Mrs Short. who was Countess
Camilla Hoyos of Vienna when she
married aIr. Short. just previous to
the world war, is like the widowed
Baroness Won Plessen. mother of
the secretary of the TeutOnic embassy
and the dOWager Princess Herbert
Bismarck. one of the heireSseS of the
vast fortune made by Robert White
head, inventor of the torpedo which
bears his name. Baron Leopold had
been making visit to his aunt IN
Cincinnati when the world war began,
and attempting to return to Germany
to report. to his regiment, he was
captured by a British warship off
Gibraltar and kept for some months
in the detention camp near Wakehcld
in Kent. He was, however, even
tually released and was set at liberty
on his parole There has been
friendship extending over many years
between the present Mrs. Short and
NJ. Eoyos and the Choate family. be
ginning when the Countess Camilla
Hoyos cast her lot with her British
kinsfolk rather than with her Ger
man relatives. Miss Mabel Choatc is
frequently Mrs. shorts guest in Gin
Cinnati and the Won pleSSenS expect
to entertain her as well as Mrs.
Short and the Joseph Choates, jr, at
Stockbridge this autumn.
1t is possible that Princess Herbert
Bismarck will come to Washington
during the coming winter to visit her
nephew and niece. Baron Won PleSsen
and his sister. She made one visit
here inCOgnito about Twenty-Five years
ago, when Baron Won HenEelmuller
was the envoy Of Franz Josef. and
her companion was that brilliant fig
ure in English letters. then Countess
d dArmin, now the Countess Russell.
author of "Elizaheth and Her German
Garden" The Princess Bismarck and
the Countess d'Armin were neighhorS
in tFat bleak region on the North sea
30 tciarmingly described in several Of
the, garden series written by the
SpyIhtly Elizabeth. and they were
accustomed to take trips together.
Their Washington visit lasted only
ten days. and not hint of their iden-
tity was breathed by Baroness Won
Hengelmuller at the AuStro- Hunga-
rian establishment until months after
their departure. They We're much
feted under unfamiliar names and at
tended several official functions at
the White House during the first Nc
klnley administration. But there was
no sequel--in the world of letters, at
least. Princess Bismarck. who was
Countess Marguerite Hoyos. resides
a the family estates at Schonhauseu,
in Prussia Her eldest SON. Prince
Christian Archibald, and eldest
grandson and heir Of the iron chan
Cellory'S private fortune * just about
twenty eight and unmarried and lives
IN the big palace outside Of Berlin.
The eldest daughter of Prince Her
bert Bismarck, Leupoldine Alice, mar
Tted tlat Baron Leopold Won Bredow
va was once an attache of the Ger
man embassy III Washington The
second son, Herbert George AleNan-
der. has just reached his majority
and has come into possession Of the
fomeranlan estate, de Reinfeld. where
young Count dArmin is established
There have been CAV times in
Bucharest the past fortnight. for un-
der the energetic leadership of Gen.
Edwin :. Greble. a West Pointer, and
now on special mission to Rumania
most pretentiOuS country club has
Just been opened and under eXtraor-
dlnarlly brilliant auSpiCfS. Gen. Gre
BILE is one OF the noted spOrtSmen in
the Army, and was one OF the able
houleHantS OF zen. Leonard Wood
when that commander was modern
izing Havana'S athletic as well as
political organizations The ancient
capital of Rumania had never before
possessed a country club, or anything
remotely resembling one, and the es-
tate purchased is spacious enough to
accommodate every description Of out
door game, from a racing ring TO
an eighteen-hole golf course. a half
dozen tennis courts and swimming
u lIr hsy, l. LII l.
was ready for occupancy the Arch
bishop Of Rumania, Mgr. Cristea in
full canonicals and accompanied by a
whole bevy of ecclesiastics. blessed
every room. and marched in solemn
procession over a good part of the
vast grounds. After this, a formal
banquet was given to the bigwigs of
the court and the officers of the club
and then the king opened the golf
course with his young son as partner
and the lovely Queen Marie, most be
comingly attired, threw the first ball
In the tennis court and the club was
under way. Royalty opened the pool
by taking dip late in the afternoon
and 1t is likely that Gen. Greble
never passed more strenuous day.
for he was major -domo at every
function. but he has reason to be
proud of his eXertions.
That Robert Barbour Amber. son
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Nichols Amber
Of Richmond. whose engagement to
MS MS, distant cousin. Miss Nancy
Va. family but now living in
Kingston. n. Y. possesses a name
which always stirs sentimental mem
cries. For he is the grandson six
times removed of that celebrated
colonial beauty. Mary Willis, on
whom George Washington, then a
shy, young surveyor. employed by
Lord Fairfax, cast such ardent glances
Mary married Richard Amber
after snubbing the great patriot
rather cruelty. and though from fam
lily records, it would seem that she
was happy and content, she would
not have been human. if she did not
sometimes wonder what might have
happened if she had been kinder TO
the immortal leader of her country's
armies against George III. At any
rate, she seemed overcome when af-
ter the victory of Yorktown. Gen.
Washington led his army past her
home on the road to Williamsburg
She did not appear at the great ball
given there, though tradition has it
the patriot blandly inquired for her
and would no doubt have been glad
TO have her meet Nine. Martha Wash
ington. Mr.. Robert Amber is
through his lovely ancestress. Mary
Willis Amber, greatgrandnephew
of John Marshall. who married the
daughter of Rebecca Willis. sister of
Mary, who was the wife of Jacquelin
Amber. This Rebecca Haunted the
sandy-haired Thomas jefferson to
we'd the Younger brother of Rich