Evening star., 1924-08-24
by MARGARET B. DOWNING.


The Prince of Wales will, during
the next fortnight, have the oppor-
tunity to judge how much the Ma
tional Capital can change in hVe
years and what difference of aspect
it presents under a Republican re-
gime than during his previous visit
when the party of Jefferson was in
power. He will not. it is true. do
more than pass through, as it were
and will not in transit from the
White House to the British embassy
after the luncheon and reception
which follows it, have large oppor-
tunity 70 make ComDarisons. But
within the mansion the setting VIII
be entirely new and the meeting OF
the Republican cabinet and the high
lights of the party who VIII be in
Washington about this time to plan
final details of the campaign VIII
make the visit of the British heir OF
more than usual interest. No prl-
vate hospitality having been accept
ed in this city, the honny prince Will
view only the presidential home and
the embassy of his country, and there
will be no dainty setting such as
marked his last coming, when 50
many Of the pretty buds and matronS
were on hand to smile at HIM IN
Union Station on his arrival anu
again to bid him farewell Very 1e"
of these ladies remain III W NashlhS-
ton, and this phase of social exist
ence will no doubt impress him, since
court circles have the permdnencN
of the British constitution itself ana
the same faces appear at the func-
tjonx wear after year with but feW
changes caused Ey political up
hCaValS.
The prince just before sailing Tor
this side had assisted in the cele-
bration of the 50 years OF polo III
Britain, which was brilliantly staged
at the Hurlingham CLUB IN SUSSEX
where in 1874 the first game was
played by some Indian officers who
had learned it in Calcutta. 1t was
in 1876. but two years later, that
polo was brought to this country by
the late William Ayrault of Long
Island and the first game sponsored
Ipy the late James Gordon Bennett
was played outside of Philadelphia
as one of the attractions OF the Cen
tennial Exposition then in progress.
But polo found its real home on Long
Island and not very far from the
Meadowbrook Club, where the prince
and so many other celebrities VIII
foregather for the tournament Sep
tember 6-14. and it has been lead
lovers of that section since the early
eighties. The Hurlingham Polo As
Sociation. mother of the sport in this
country as we'll as in Britain. since
Mr.. Hazard first saw it played in that
delightful region, has fine club
house, which was built in 1860 by a
famous hunter, DR.. William Cadogan,
who kept his hacks and hounds and
was prominent in all athletic enter
priseS 1t is in a way the mother of
country clubs. since DIR. Cadogan
built on the edge of the city to avoid
its hubbub and noise and yet con-
venient for those who liked to play
games on the green and to take part
in amateur horse racing. The Hurl-
ingham Polo Association acquired
the property when the first club was
organized in 1874 and has gradually
added to its acreage and buildings.
Mrs. James Wadsworth. jr, who has
clung to the home hallowed by her
fathers memory, to the deep regret
OF all who revere historical associ-
atiOnS has decided to sell the man
sion on Sixteenth and II streets and
seek a more quiet spot. She has
withstOod the temptation to do this
until the building operations nearby.
with the consequent noise and con-
fusion has made life miserable. The
late John Hay was much attached d
to this house and he occupied it dur
ing the last and more important
years of his notable career. He took
a special pride in that small circular
room which had been fitted into d
vacant space where the stairway as
cended from the ground floor to the
drawing room suite, and where he
had placed the numerous cartoons in
which he had figured from his earl