Evening star., 1923-05-17
BY MARQUIsE DE FONrENOY.

Some confusion has been created by
describing in the cable dispatches
from London the former Daisy Letter
Of Washington as Lady Margaret
Hyde" instead of a. the Countess of
Suffolk and Of Berkshire, in an
nouncing the fact that she had Joined
her sister. Mrs. Colin Campbell, now
OF California, and her brother-in law,
the Marquis of Curzon, British sec
proceedings against her brother on
charges of mismanlgenasnt Of the
large estate of the late LeSi 2, Letter.
AS Daisy Letter. Lady Suffolk was
one OF the most popular beauties of
Washington, and 1t wa4 while: stay
ing in India as the guest OF her sis
ter Mary and the lattsTs husband.
Lord Curzon, that she was woosd and
won by the late Earl OF Suffolk. then
a member of the vice regal stan.
ington in 1904. since which time the
countess has but rarely visited the
land Of her birth. During the first
few years Of her married life In Lon
don she had the, fling Of several sea-
sons in, London. But after = time
both she and her husband became
somewhat tired of the somewhat mo-
notonous round of gayeties and en-
tertainments with SO little variation
from one another and withdrew to
Charlton Park, near Malmesbury, in
Wiltshire.
For time after his marriage Lord
Suffolk, who had shone while out in
India as an amateur actor, organized
a troupe of amateur players known
as "The Earl of Suffolk's Theatrical
Company" and they Travelled about
the United Kingdom, giving perform
ances here and there to charity. There
were no professionals in the troupe.
and on one occasion. when the COM
pany gave Tho Country Girl" at
cirencester. even tho orchsstra, with
Lady Muriel Coventry In the chair as
conductor. consisted exclusively of
amateurs. mostly ladies. including
Lord Suffolk's sisters, Lady Agnes
and Lady Catherine Howard.
AS rule American women who wed
abroad find it dificult to accustom
themselves to country house life
there. and crave the excitement of
travel or of residence in the big cities,
In the rush and stress OF society. Lady
Suffolk has presented q striking con-
tract. to most of her countrywomen
in this respect. For, since the latter
part Of King Edwards reign. she has
made her home almost entirely at
Charlton, devoting herself to tho
various interests in connection with
the Charlton Park estate, and becom-
ing an important, popular and lnfiu-
ential member of county sooiety,
which. II far more exclusive than that
of the metropolis.
When the great war broke out,
Lord Suffolk was among the first to
respond to the call to arms and served
first with the infantry at the front in
France, and was afterward posted as
a major OF. field artillery in Egypt,
where he gave hts life for his ccun-
try in the fighting on the western
frontier. His widow hsrsupon> be.
came moro than ever attached to her
home at Charlton Park and to the
care of sher.two boys the eldest one,
the nfteen.ysar-old Cecil. now twen-
tieth Earl of Suffolk and thirteenth
Earl Of Berkshire and her fourt GEN.
year-old son. the Hon. Greville How
ard, who met with IN accident q year
ago through the accidental discharge
Of his gun. which shattered his foot
80 badly as to necesSitate the ampu-
tation Of the leg.
The patronynldc Of the Earis Of 6uf-
folk and of Berkshire Is Howard, and