Evening star., 1925-10-18
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Striking Example of Hereditary Talents in State
craft Noted-Personal Mention of Men
Prominent in Diplomacy.

itors to fuckers Town who belong
to the National Golf Association.
Col William Mitchell Is apparently
getting a secure haven in case the
storm raised over the Shenandoah
results in casualties. For he has just
purchased a large estate right on the
borders of Fauqier and Loudour
Counties, Va, and in immediate proX-
unity TO the celebrated hunting sec
ton about Middleburg. Col. Mitchell
and his present wife. who was Miss
Elizabeth Miller of Detroit, are de-
voted to the hunt, and they have been
affiliated with the several clubs in the
vicinity of Warrenton for three years.
Just before leaving Washington tor
his new field of activity in Texas, Col.
and Mrs. Mitchell were the guests or
Mr.. John r. Buchanan, son OF Gen.
J. A Buchanan, at Ayershire farm
near Cpperville, and they made dill
gent survey OF all property for sale
thereahout Like nearly all those who
purchase in this famous hunting
country, where lords and ladies rode
to the hounds n full century before
the Revolutionary era, Col. and Mrs.
Mitchell intend to raise blooded stock,
both equine and canine. and they are
planning an extensive establishment,
which they anticipate having In readi-
ness next Spring. Mrs. Mitchell was
prominent in the equestrienne actiyi-
ties of Detroit, as were her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs Sidney T. Miller of
Crosse Pionte. Mrs Miller was Miss
Lucy T. Robinson of Hartford Conn,
and a noted leader in the country
clubs of her section 80 years ago.
Very few of the many who know
Washington's most extensive hotel
keeper and realtor. Mr.. Harry K.
Wardman, were aware that he is a
Yorkshire man and intensely proud of
the fact. Mr.. Wardman was in Lon
don a year ago looking over his
chances to secure the contract for the
present British embassy in Connecti-
cus avenue when he was attracted by
an abandoned site in the very heart OF
Londons ultra-fa Fashionable hotel and
club region. Attempting TO get a
lease on the property, he found that
another Yorkshire man, Mr.. William
BraCewell Smith, who, in fact. was
born In the same village as was Mr..
Wardman, had since 1908 been vainly
y
ture and had offered the lease for sale.
The two men from York at once en-
tered partnership and next Spring
when Washingtonians visit the Brit
iSh metropolis they will see rising 10
majestic heights a hoStelry which in
outline is much IKE that which crowds
the hill across the Connecticut Avenue
Bridge. Wardman Park Hotel. The
new American venture is in Piccadilly,
the very heart of London. and is to
bear the hyphenated names of both
partners. Smith-Wardman Hotel, and
will contain 400 bedrooms, each with
bath, and a few suites of sitting
room-bed chamber and bath. 1t is
quite near the new American Club in
Piccadilly and 1t will boast a regular
dining room and also an American
grill and confectionery shop.
Earl Haig. who is one of the out
standing heroes of the World War
and one of its ablest historians. has
selected the site of his tomb near
by that of Sir Walter Scott, at Dry
hurgh Abbey. Gen. Haig, whose
name always will be associated with
the martyrdom of Belgium and Of
the allied army before Ypres, immedi-
ately after receiving his title and its
numerous perquisites, took possession
Va
time part of the Melrose Abbey do
main and bought at the same time
as Dryburgh by the most beloved
Scotch writer of fiction. Earl Haig
is of the same clan as the SCOTS
and. having led a most active and
adventuresome life, he has decided
that such a spot as the author Of the
Waverly novels selected as his last
home would be a most fitting con-
clusion for his own. So a niche has
been assigned to the earl in the
ruins Of Dryburgh and he has already
erected "a monument which will in
the fullneSs Of time be appropriately
marked. Above the ruins are the soft
outlines Of the hills purple with heath
er and with sleek-looking sheep eating
in the open spaces and coming down
quite close to the venerated abbey
The coy chimneys of MelroSe and of
Bernerside are in plain view with
their groups of dark solemn fir trees
and their trim lawns and gardens.
The grandson OF the novelist and
his descendants to the fourth genera
ton live in the old Scott home at Mel
rose and throughout the countryside
are many other families besides the
HalSs at BernerSide who are Of the
same Highland clan.
Miss Helen Mitchell Havemeyer,
who will be married to Mr.. Henry
Sanford Thorne January 5 Of the
year, has put back her nuptial
day in order to complete the course
in interior decoration which she has
been pursuing for the past two years
in London, Paris and Dresden. For
this talented young woman intends to
hang out her shingle and go into busi-
ness in the most serious way as soon
as she returns from the honeymoon
She comes of a family noted for do.
ing things well, being the daughter
OF John +. Havemeyer Of Ardley-on-
the-Hudson, son OF the sugar king
On the maternal side the young artist
Is the granddaughter of the late John
Craig Mitchell, who, after amassing a
fortune as a merchant in New York
following his retirement, devoted him
self to arts and letters and became
quite famous in those lines. Mr..
Thorne is the son of the late Victor
{. Thorne and descendant of that
Jonathan Thorne who was one Of the
earliest leather merchants of New
York State. He also is the grandson
Of Henry Sanford, founder and first
president Of the Adams Express Com
pany, and he also contemplates a
business, rather than q professional
career. Frederick William Have
meyer, who is the founder Of the fam
lily fortunes, was the intimate friend
Of President Van Buren,, and he fig
ures extensively in the entertaining
memoirs written by that Chief Magis-
trate. He lived in Washington in the
early 1S30s, and, after returning to New
York City after the defeat Of his
friend at the polls, he became presi-
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