Evening star., 1924-06-01
BY MARGARET b. DOWNING.

Robert Nelson Stanf1elQ OF Oregoll, Sail
ed recently for Europe to join their
daughters who have been studying
- abroad 1t is possible that Miss Rosa
mond Reed and Miss Barbara Stan
field will be among the importan;
buds of next winter, though 1t Will
require some persuasion on the paN
of Mrs Stanfield to lure her daughter
from her beloved violin. Miss Reed
like Miss Stanfield. has been studying
- in Rome, selecting a general course
Of foreign literature and letters and,
Of course, taking advantage of the
supreme opportunity to study art IN
the best environment which the OLD
world offers. Miss Reed likewise mas
been studying music. but rather as a
general culture, than with any DEN
mite end in view. She is much ike
her mother in size and general color
ing and will, when presented TO
society, recall TO the older residents
of official Washington another mother
and daughter-Mrs. Philander Knox
and her daughter Rebecca-who
:, looked exactly like sisters and were
= always being mistaken for each other.
= Miss Stanfield is an unusually tai
ented violinist and has made signal
progress with her studies this win
ter. She would prefer to STUDY
another year and make professional
debut in Milan before returning To
Washington. Mrs Stanfield and her
daughter will pass the summer IN
Switzerland. while Mrs. ana MISS
Reed. after leisurely tour of north
ern Italy and Switzerland, Will spend
some weeks in Paris and plan 20 sail
for home early in September
NJ. Francois de Tessan, editor OF
one of the most important Journals
in Paris. lie Depeche, who eNpectS 70
: renew old acqualntances on inns @ Stu.
nfar T,
learned his craft in New York Guy
and when his cousin, the Marquis dc
Chambrun, was, so to speak, cutting
his eye teeth in diplomacy here, some
twenty-five years ago. he occasion
ally dropped down to washington ana
inspected the papers hereabouI vi;
de Tessan has patterned ms JournGt
very closely after American lnodeis 1Is
~SatftC ne is making huge success lie
sprints four or five Parision editions OF
-aLa Depeche and sends several others
sHnto the provinces: Ihougn con-
snected with the loftiest aristocracy
Sof France. the brilliant young editor
sbegan life under the stress and strain
of poverty.
III His family lost all IN the reHolu
s-sfo New York in the steerage and. ac,
sScording to his own recently puptisned
!. "reminiscences, he worked for .,
/. week on daily of New York. had a
hall bedroom in the roaring forties
: and climbed upward according 10 the
~ opportunities afforded.
- He came TO Washington many times
sho visit the elder Count de tham-
~brun, who had married Miss CARA
Nichols, daughter of Mrs Bellamy
@fStorer, and later he came TO Nisil
.rthe second Count Adeihert ue nam
-sbrun now the general, who married
ssSTiss Clara Longworth, sister or rep
sssresentative Nicholas LongWortn. Ana.
.iof course, he often spent week enos
.tw,th the Viscount Charles de Cham
- u bn nnlN N
sgvho has remained in diplomacy ana
who is still bachelor. 1t IS barely
s91ifteen years since NJ. de TeSsan re
-.turned to France and now he STANDS
at the head of his profession.
- II is quite probable that Lady Isa-
asbella Howard, who recently arrived
sihere, will remain at the British en-
. ,bassy until the early part or july .
syhen her younger sons are expected
from England. Then the entire ram
-fly will proceed to the North Shore'
rxhere the ambassador secured sum
sinner home some weeks ago Sir Esme
sdoes not anticipate any lengthy vaca-
rtion. but after the manner OF Sir
.Auckiand Geddes, when ms la'niis ny,
was on the Maine coast. vii come and
go as the eXigencieS of the. moment
.permit Lady Isabella Howard Is the
happy possessor of five sisters, many
ssof whom were her frequent guests
.%when her home was in the various
seapitals of Europe. The youngest
ssister. who is unmarried. Princess
Mari Cecilia Pia. has spent much time
rMith the family of the ambassador,
.and is devoted to the boys. She was
.thc guest of her sister in Madrid last
winter and it may be that she VIII be
.epersuaded to visit Washington next
season The eldest of the daughters
sof the late Prince Giustiniani Bandini:
|. Princess Caroline, is the wife OF
sCount de Colleconi Porto and lives In
<Vicenzia. The second daughter, the
swas the wife of Prince Camille Ros-
spiRliosi when she died in Rome in
sSa915. The third of this interesting
sgroup. Nicoletta Maris Marguerita, as
-the Duchess Mario de GraZfolf. is one
Sof the grande danes of Rome, and
siives in a stately palace in the older
ssection of the city. The next sister
vis nun of the Sacred Heart order In
.France.
- washington's dean of bachelors of
~the legislative set, Representative
sTheodore Burton, is much in the pub
she is to be the keynoter of the Cleve
Gland convention. But Washington
,.Shas always taken a keen interest in
shim and has admired his scholarly
sattainments. No man in public life
sor perhps in private ranks either, is
$50 profound Shakespearean expert,
mot even Senator Shortridge of Cal
s1fornia- From his youth Mr.. Burton
mas StuOleO the para OIL avon ana
learned to memorize his plays. So
sthat even a line or two taken from
,the dramas can be recognized and
sproperly placed by this admirer of
rStratfords illustriouS son. Mr. Bur-
ston collects books, especially those
(which deal with the immemorial con-
troversy about the authorship of the
fhakespearean plays. This illustrious
son of Ohio has comfortable apart
Jfient in Stoneleigh Court and ever so
often he ships boxes of books to his
home in Cleveland. or otherwise or
there would be no space for him and
his many visiting friends. His apart
fnent, of course. boasts a kitchenette,
but 1t is so piled up with books that
Even the getting of cup of coffee
would be a problem for over the
rHnge is thick layer of paper and
on this, carefully stacked are the lat
est magazines and reviews, which
MT. Burton reads avidly at every
spare moment. Mr.. Burton as Senator
and Representative has known Wash
tngton in the legislative sense since
1895, and his congressional expe-
rience began with Cleveland and has
lapsed into the administration of all
Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, Harding and
the present Chief Executive.
tsMr. John Joyce Brodericks recent
| tActure on diplomacy before the
american Catholic Historical Society,
1t; Catholic University, which has
been printed as a brochure, will be
fbad with deep interest by many to
khom the new diplomacy, present
kh in Washington, has been some-
thing of puzzle. Mr.. Broderick has
to his credit the achievement of an
Innovation in the British oinlomatic
service when he secured appointment
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