The Washington times., 1924-08-12
WADE ELLBES
/ ARRIVE In
ENGLAND
viii Travel On The Con-
ti1ent Before Return
ing to Capital

AYEWs from England tells Of the
arrival there last week of
- Y Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Ellis and
the latter's sister, Miss Chase, who
win motor through the lake. region
and then 60 to London for ten days.
From London they will 90 to Paris
. ard while in France will take a
= motor trip through the chateau dis
trict and the battlefields. Then by
train the party will 90 to Madrid,
! Monte Carlo, Nice. Florence, Rome
and Switzerland. They will sail
from Cherbourg in October for New
York and upon arrival there will
come at once to Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellis had planned
70 sail on the Berengaria with the
other members Of the American Bar
Association in July, but were pre-
vented from doing SO by q law
case here that demanded Mr.. Ellis
attention.
While in England. Mr.. and Mrs.
Ellis are getting some old English
Prints ana china for Rippon Lodge,
the lovely old estate they bought
recently down on the Potomac.
X i
! Shooting In Scotland
Attracts Americans.
Tho shooting season in Scotland,
which opens today and which lasts
a month, finds many American
tenants. mostly New Workers., Of
north country grouse and deer
stalking estates. Shooting in Scot
land Is yearly attracting more and
more Americans, to the exclusion
OF British sportsmen, on account Of
the steadily increasing expense in
volved. Moors which some years
. before the war could be rented for
the season for 40 little at $125 now
cost as much as 5000.
Mrs. w. Harry Brown Of Pitts.
burgh and Washington, who seems to
have made good" in British society
has given UP the house Of the
! Duke Of Norfolk, which she &C.
cupied for the London season, and
has gone to Scotland for the shoot.
, ing. am not informed as to
whether or not she has leased a
moor for the month. but I do know
that financially she can lease all
Just that well off,!
Mrs. Archbold Enters
Yacht in Bar Harbor Race.
The newly organized Bar Harbor
Yacht Club has already made plans
. Tor q series Of races this month
=. the first Of which will be held to.
morrow for the one.design class Of
seventeen.footers built last winter.
. Among those owning boats In this
class in Bar Harbor Is Mrs. Anne
ArchboId. who has the beautiful
home here on the Reservoir road.
and who IL 30 active in the Won
!. ans Party politics. 1t IL. planned
i. TO continue these races on Wednes-
I day throughout August. Major
George O. McMurtry- has. offered
cups for the race In the oue.design
class.
=. The new club has invitations out
: to owners OF larger craft along
this section OF the Maine coast
asking them to participate in an
ocean race. IT ID proposed to start
day, finishing some time during
!, the following. The tentative course
1e from Bar Harbor around Mount
Desert light, thence to Petit Man.
nan around Petit Mannan light and
return to Bar Harbor. The trophy
for this race has been offered by
Joseph Pulitzer, who viii enter his
new schooner The Discoverer for
the event.
Another plan Of the directors of
the new club is that of affiliating
the various yacht clubs along this
section OF the Maine coast to
| make plans for an annual cruise
I Tor both sailing craft and power
yachts. This club also has plans
! under way for a big regatta day
here this month, in which there
VIII be races for boats Of various
) classes. This event will probably
! take place about August 30. It
/ will be remembered that last year
there were more than forty boats
in the races here, many Of them
=, coming from Seal Harbor,. North.
, east Harbor, Winter Harbor, South.
4 west Harbor, Dark Harbor and
j Sorreto. Definite announcement of
= plans for the regatta day will be
;. made very soon.
: the primary purpose of the new
!, club ts to re-establish yachting and
racing at Bar Harbor on some.
thing like like the pre.war scale.
i, The organization of the club is of
timely interest In view of the visit