Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-09-27
Tales of We'll known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Distinguished Personases Slated to Attend Inter.
parliamentary Parley-Titled Briton Becomes
Rancher-Personal Notes of Interest.

of Underwood, near Morristown. N. J.
She Is q granddaughter OF tho late
Horace b. Clahin and his wife. who
was Agnes Sanger. and thus comes
from two Of the oldest and most re-
spected families Of Brooklyn, N. =.
Mrs. Evans met her husband first
while he was serving with the British
commission to the League OF Nations
and the marriage occurred In Paris In
the Fall Of 1920. while Mr.. and Mrs.
Claim were residing near Versailles.
This will be the first visit OF Capt. and
Mrs. Evans to this country since their
marriage, and they have been spend.
Ing the past two weeks with Mr.. and
Mrs. Claflin in their Jersey home.
Mrs. Clanin was Miss Mary Stuart OF
Monterey, Calf. and her daughter
and Capt. Evans will journey down
from British Columbia, where they are
going with the British parliamentA-
rians after the conferences In Wash
lngton. and will pass the greater part
Of October visiting friends and rela.
tives on the Pacific Coast.
Lord Edward Montagu, who Is the
latest titled Briton to become q
rancher in Alberta, Canada, Is the
Younger Of the two sons Of the
Duchess of Manchester, who WAS Miss
Helena Zimmerman of Cincinnati.
The Duke Of Manchester and his
American wife came to an amicable
agreement Of separation some 10
years ago, and the four children.
granted a choice of guardian. all
chose to remain at kimbolton Castle.
Brampton Park. Huntington, where
the duchess makes her home. Having
inherited the practical views of her
father. the late Eugene Zimmerman.
the sons were required to take up
career. The elder. Lord Alexander
Francis Drogo Montagu. the Viscount
Vaudeville. entered the navy. gradu-
ated with honor. and has just received
his first commission as niidshipman.
He Is in his esd year. and Lady Mary
Alice Montagu is q year older. Young
Edward. who will be 20 next July, pre-
ferred a business life, and one time
thought of settling in his mothers old
home, Cincinnati. But his cousin.
Lord Rodney. who is a most enthusi.
astic rancher, credited with persuad-
ing more royalty to join the ranks
than any one man in the Dominion.
invited the youthful peer to spend the
past Summer with him. The result is
that this Briton, who is almost an
American, his paternal grandmother
being that lovely daughter Of O former
United States Senator from Florida
and was Consuela Yzaga del Vale
when she married the eighth Duke Of
Manchester, Is about to purchase a
large ranch near the Rodney holdings.
The Duchess Of Manchester's young
err daughter is named for her beauti-
full Floridan ancestress, Consuela del
Vale. She Is just II, and will be pre-
sented at court next Spring.
Der of the original group Of diplomats
sent by the newly established Republic
of Czechoslovakia to the legation In
Washington. He came soon after the
arrival Of the first Minister, Mr.. Jan
Masaryk. He has been here for al
most FIVE years and now II recalled.
due to the desire Of his government to
place him in the Department Of AEri-
culture in Prague. and thus make
practical use OF his experience in
American methods. AS agricultural
attache, DR.. KuraZ marked a depart
ure from former diplomatic procedure.
for such reports would have in past
years been required of consuls. Czs-
choslovakia,. however, tried out sew
eral Innovations In the first years OF
her independence, for besides DR..
KuraZ. who as an agricultural expert
was novel in the company of diplo-
mats, there was NJ. Stantslaus Spa.
eek, technical attache. and who spent
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