The Washington times., 1924-08-27
RlESENTS TALE
OF RISE TO-
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MRS. Vanderbilt Dubs
| Story "Canard" Count
ess Retiring Person
By JEAN ELIOT.
IT TITLE stories anent the dow
l.. ager Mrs. Cornelius Wander
~ bilt's reaction to the story
THAT her daughter, Countess Szech.
eny, might become Queen Of Hun
gary are drifting into Washington
and causing considerable merriment.
It seems that the conservative Mrs.
Vanderbilt is completely exercised
dnbs this canard" and that the fer.
tile Drained rornancer' who started
the rumor on It's rounds would do
well to give "The Breakers" her
Newport villa, a wide. berth. .t,.s Y, !, -.
AS matter Of fact, although
stranger things have happened than
the elevation Of Count Szechenyi,
minister Of Hungary at Washing
ton, to the Hungarian throne, those
who know Countess Szechenyi best
state that she is the last person
to whom such. a place in the lime
light would appeal. She is a rather
retiring person, who dresses mod
estly and meyer strings herself with
jewels as do many of the Wander.
bilt women. She does not care
much for society, loatfes pOmp and
ceremony and has even been ,ac.
cused of having a Bingham com
plex."
And as for the Vanderbilt mil
lions-they have been considerably
divided. and 1t is not likely that
the former Miss Gladys Wander
bits share in her fathers estate
would go far toward the establish
ment and maintenance of a mon.
Earchy. Count and Countess Szech.
tsnyi are now in Hungary, having
sailed a few weeks. ago to spend
the latter part OF the summer
abroad ..r :~,, ......
To Be Guests In Princes Box
For Famous Polo Matches.
An invitation has been extended
to General John ]. Pershing, Major
General and Mrs. John L. Hines
and Major General Robert L. Bull
ard and his daughter, Miss Rose
Bullard to be guests in the Prince
or Wales box at the opening of the
international polo matches at the
Meadow Brook Country Club. The
party will also include a Mrs. Haz-
card, who is described rather vague
ly as the widow of a former official
of the American Polo Association.
In the chronicling or AL the
British celebrities who will add.
social luster to the boxes and grand
| stands at the Forthcoming polo
matches, the fact that other coun-
tries, notably Spain, are sending
distinguished representatives, seems
to have been overlooked.
European court circles do not
boast of a greater parsonage or a
more renowned aristocrat than the
DUO. D'Albe, who, with his duchess.
will set foot on American soil a
week or so hence. Also prominent
| in tine :: Old World contingent ]. at.
will be @he Viscn1n,.
Jesse de la Rochefouca1d, who Is a
member of one. of Spain's proudest
families daughter. 1 might add,
of the Marquis di Viana.
With the yiscounteSs will be her
brother-in4law and sister, the Duke
and Duchess of Peneranda. The
Duke Of Peneranda frequently plays,
polo with the King of Spain, and is
one of SPANS foremost exponents
of the game so long known as
.the -millionaires pastime. -
Season. in Blue Ridge. to,
Last Over Labor Day. - - So ;, :
Although > Labor :, Bay usually
marks the beginning, of the end
of vacation days, the season" in
the pleasant Blue Ridge Mountain
resorts shows no sign of waning.
Washingtonians who have been
spending the summer at Blue Ridge
Summit, Monterey or Buena Vista
Springs propose, many of them,
lingering into September and the
cottage colony is continually being
augmented.
Mr.. and Mrs. John SHELTON VIII.
liams, for example, have just opened
their camp" on. the side of the
mountain overlooking Monterey.
and will probably remain in the
country for several weeks. AL
though Richmond is their home,
they are pleasantly remembered
here from the days when Mr.. Will
liams was Comptroller of the Cur
rency. Their place. although un-
pretentious in architecture, Is one
Of the loveliest. in all the Blue
Ridge mountain country, and they.
lspend part of every summer there.
Their neAt-door neighbor. by the
way, Is Mrs. James c. Pilling. of
Washington, but / haven't heard
whether or not she is in residence"
this summer. ~.
Mrs. Fulton Lewis is another late
arrival at Monterey and will prob
baly spend some weeks there before
returning to her home in George
town. She is the newly elected
president Of the Washington Club
and, curiously enough, succeeds
Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe, one Of her
closest neighbors in town..
Commander and Mrs. J. H. Sypher
have one Of the cottages connected
with the Monterey Inn, and the
family of Commander John F..
.. Meigs is also established in Monte.
rey for the summer. Commander
Meigs, who Is on duty on the May
flower, 'commutes" over the week.
ends.
Mrs. Julia Kellogg Bradley has
been at Monterey all summer. otter
custom of several years standing.
and Mrs. Henry Fry, widow of DR..
Fry, has also been a member Of the
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