Evening star., 1924-05-25
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Offer of Swimming Pool by Mrs. John B. Hender.
to Prove One of Summers Most
Alluring Delights.

Tor, at tnat time, the eminent Dr. JO-
seph Parker, was asked to this coun-
try to pronounce the eulogy- on DR..
Henry Ward Beecher. Df. Parker was
an American who had In reverse of
the usual procedure sought ecclesias-
tic usefulness in England. The pres
ent pastor of City Temple, DR.. Nor
wood is an Australian.
Two American huntresses who are
writing their names among the sue
India are Mrs. James Corrigan and
her sister, Mrs. d. Armstrong Taylor,
both of San Francisco. This is the
fourth season that the ladies, unac-
companied by male protectors, have
| sought the jungles in search If lions,
leopards and other beasts of prey.
Their courage and efficiency and,
above all. their pluck in enduring
| tortures in the way of thirst and
heat, have made strong appeal to
whose realms they have passed. Mrs.
Corrigan and Mrs. Taylor were re-
Gently invited to the palace of the
| Maharajah Jam Saheb of Nawanagar,
tirely modernized though, erected
some 500 years ago. The rajah ar
| ranged a special panther hunt for
| the American ladies, and Mrs. Taylor,
with great good luck, brought down
the first and the largest of the beasts
which were baGged. This progressive
ruler is famous cricket player, and
won honors on the best green's in
| England. He has the best kept crick-
| ct grounds in his part of the country,
| and a game was played especially for
the Americans, to whom it was rather
unfamiliar. Mrs. Corrigan and her
sister spent some months in Ceylon,
when their means of getting about
| was the patriarchal way of riding an
elephant. They have become quite
| fond of their elephants and plan to
bring them back to San Francisco.
So many of the retainers on the
Vanderbilt estate are veterans of the
| world war and so many appeared at
the Cecil-Vanderbilt wedding in Bi1t-
more in their former uniforms and
| decorated with medals galore that the
| numerous British visitors were pro-
| foundly moved by the sight. young
| footman who once on Il time was one
of the rising fOresters SO carefully
| trained to attend the great woodland
| which surround Biltmore, had lost an
arm and now must perform duties in
doors. his general health precluding
exposure in the forests. He could
show five citations for gallantry, and
there were several pathetic instances
of lost legs and badly Scared faces
among those who served the wedding
guests. All about Biltmore are the
descendants of the Scotch who emf
grated in the late seventeenth CEN
tury because of dissatisfaction over
the Stuart expulsion, but in their
present day representatives the spirit
of patriotism baZed forth when the
world war began, and pro rata for it's
population no section of the South
sent as many or as brave recruits.
All of which proved very Interesting
to Sir Esme Howard, the ambassador,
and the several young secretaries on
his staff who figured in the nuptial
pageant North Carolina, until the
last two years when Mrs. George w.
Vanderbilt began her series Of house
parties for distinguished residents of
Washington in the diplomatic corps,
was an unknown land to the foreign :
ers, even to the English. But they
caught a glimpse of this part of the
original united colonies. now the
American republic, which proved i'm
mensely instructive and appealing.
Sir Auckland Geddes, so many of
his Washington friends are delighted
to hear, has steadily gained ground
on the many ailments which caused
his retirement from active life for
almost a year and has now estab-
pacity with great international in
surance company. He still maintains
his country home in Kent and makes
a daily journey to the city, as the
Briton invariably dubs the business
section of London. Though Sir Auck-
land has accomplished many things
and has figured SO cOnSpicuously in
eldest not yet seventeen. must needs
has just turned forty-five and, since
his health is restored, may be con-
sidered in the prime of life and much
too energetic for a retired role of any
sort. Britain no longer pensions her
public servants, not even her former
prime ministers, so that one with the
responsibilities of five children. the
eldest not yet seventeen, just needs
look about for lucrative employment.
The former amba ssador to Washing
ton and Lady Geddes have Joined the
American Club in London and are
frequent guests and hosts at it's
tive of Long Island, was long asso-
ciated with Americans in London, but
since her pleasant sojourn in this
country for almost four years she has
shown a special prediction for
American associations and social
activities in. general. Miss Peggy
Geddes is now fifteen and is at school
in London looking to course in
Margaret's Hall, in Cambridge, If the
fates prove propitious
Of Congress pined to appear in the
Chautauqua route and it was a mark
of success when they were invited
to do so. Now, there Is great COM
petition among the favorites in
broadcasting over the radio and there
President Coolidge down the grade
who do not contribute to this national
desire to hear an address at first
hand. But only one family in the
congressional set can boast being
radio stars Of the first class, father,
mother and daughter, and this is
Representative David H. Kincheloe
of Madisonville, KY, his wife who
was formerly on the stage and was
Miss Laura Stateler of Evansville,
husband. Young Laura can sing and
play and Mrs. Kincheloe can lay
claim to being in the class with
Elsie Janis when 1t comes to mimick-
ing the negro Of her state and her
husband. Young Laura can sing and
play the banjo and the Representative
can sing and play many resounding
instruments and he can also tell a
fine story and get shouts Of laughter
over a speech. Mrs. Kincheloe was
among the very fist OF Washington's
official women who made daily trips
the wounded lads who began coming
back from France in the late summer
of 1918. This was long before radio
became a national fad, but her repu-
tation, well established among the
patients of that institution, gave her
vogue which has resulted in her
being one of the genuine favorites
among the many excellent broad
casters from Washington.
So many Of Eng1ands ancestral
homes are for rent and sale that the
action Of the Duchess of Norfolk in
causing denials of q story that she
wished to lease the famous Arundel
Castle, in Sussex, for forty thousand
year and would prefer an Ameri-
can tenant is causing much COM
ment.
On the whole there is much salts
faction on this side of the world that
the ancient house Of Norfolk, distant