Evening star., 1923-01-28

Spanish chapel which he removed
from an old hunting lodge of Charles
OF Spain and at the expenditure of
small fortune. These venerable
walls, adorned with rural paintings,
will be bestowed on some New York
church by Bishop Herbert Shipmen,
who married the only daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley.
The thousands of washingtonians
who have been. enjoying an adventure
Into the glorious but so-called dark
ages of England and Europe in gem
erai. via Douglas Fairbanks. in
Robin Hood" will no doubt be in
terested enrss.s to know that the present
wherein most of the scenes are
placed. has preserved a great part OF
the massive castle built by the Plan
taganet king, Henry II, to defend
the town and that 1t is now a munich
the merry outlaw and his men are
kept with scrupulous care. No doubts
exist at all in the minds of the Not
tingham folks that Robin Hood was
an actual historic character, who
dwellt for years in Sherwood forest
and was among the potent forces in
making King John sign the Magma
Charta- His great bow is there and
sandals belonging to Alan Dale and
some pewter mugs of little John and
tingham was a sleepy old town on
the Trent until the making of lace
converted 1t into one OF the busy
manufacturing centers of the middle
shlres. The hosiery of Nottingham
Is another great industry at which
thousands of employees work.
Lady Strathcona, one of the grande
danes Of London. and quite well
known in Washington. has been maxi
ing visit to Montreal and may pass
this way on returning home. about the
end OF February. She Is accompanied
by her younger son. the Hon.
Arthur Howard. who has recently
married the oldest daughter of the
minister OF the exohequer. the Rt.
Hon. Stanley Baldwin, member of the
6ebt-funding commission recently in
Washington. The Hon. Arthur was
a captain in the Scotch guards and
was seriously wounded in the last
months OF the war and has been
more or less on the invalid list ever
since. Lady Strathoonas daughter,
Lady Congleton of Montreal, Is Join
ing her mothers party. and will pass
the spring season In England. Mon
pe,,iu treai mas now quite ooterie of
british peers who make their homes
therein permanently, independent of
assignment in the foreign service.
besides Lord Congelton, who is a
oanker there. are Lords Sflaughnessy
and ana a Atholstan. who have large in
and her handsome young daughter.
Lazy Alice Graham. spend much time
IN New York and invariably have a
oox Tor the opera season They have
not. however visited Washington,
spring. se
William H. Vanderbilt, who recently
came OF age and took possession OF
MS splendid fortune. has begun
farm. IN Newport, of which the first
was the masked ball tho day after
New Year Mr.. Vanderbilt makes il
PLAIN that he will be a patron of
and Will to the best of his ability
and experience take the place left va
cant when Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt.
MS father, went down on the Lust
tania- At the masked ball there was
decided hunt and hounds air which
was emphasized by the main decora-
ton. a fine old coach of other DAYS,
which was covered with flowers and
occupied place on the pla atform back
OF the musicians. In the face of the
overwhelmingly popularity of the mo-
tor, IT would seem that the heir of the
Vanderbilts is following a forlon hope
in attempting the re-establishment of
the coach, with its string of prancing
horses and relocated driver with his
musical horn. Yet he is confident of
support in and about Newport His
IA ther had achieved a success second
only to that of the late King Edward
of Britain. who made the Prince OF
Wales coach route" through the lake
country of England and the south of
Ireland so popular that itrwas neces-
sary to book passage weeks in ad-
vance. Alfred Vanderbilt ran his
coaches, driving many of the routes
himself. through Rochester. Canter-
bury and other famous cathedral
towns. to the principal ports on the
channel, Dover, Plymouth and New
i castle. Special coaches went to re-
sorts. Brighton and further west. but
the war. as well as Mr.. Vanderbilt's
tragic death, ended the experiment.
Young William will confine his coach
route to the beautiful country be-
tween Newport and Boston and New
port and Providence.
England laughed merrily over that
last bit of humor accredited to the
Prince of Wales, but now that the