Evening star., 1925-12-06

ambitious project to have n large and
fine a herd of Guernseys as there are
in the world. He purchased only the
best stock and the tremendous yield OF
milk went to invalid homes and to
orphanages, and many the rounds of
beef. utterly without price for quality.
found its way TO poor homes and to
charity hospitals. Mr.. Duke took such
pride in his Guernseys that he had
a corps of veterinarians specially
trained at the best institutions, and
his fields in North Carolina devoted
to forage. were as carefully fertilized
and tended as were those where feed
for the table was produced.
Princess Pat" as she will always
be affectionately known on this side
of the water. has joined her husband,
Capt. Alexander Ramsay, in Ber-
muda, and will spend the Winter near
Hamilton. This charming daughter of
Prince Arthur Patrick, Duke of Con-
naught. was never over fond of royal
trappings and when she elected to
wed a commoner, the Hon. Alexander
Ramsay, heir of the Scotch Earl Of
Dalhousie. she renounced all her pre-
negatives as a member Of the reigning
house of Britain and is now known
only as the Lady Patricia Ramsay.
but she has a loyal following in Can
ada. where she lived during her girl
hood and where they organized the
famous regiment Princess Pats
own" at the beginning Of the World
War, and she can never drop her be-
loved title in the Dominion. She has
one son. who bears his fathers name,
Alexander Ramsay I'd, who is just now
five and an exceedingly handsome and
manly little chap. His portrait taken
with his mother was recently painted
by Charles Sims. r. A. and is now
on exhibition in New York, where
Photographic copies are sold like hot
cakes for one of Lady Patricia's IA
vorite charities. The presence of this
popular and affable royal lady will
give Hamilton in the BermudaS a
greater vogue than ever and already
those who are not fortunate enough
to own or lease houses there are be
ing asked twice the usual. amount for
them after the Christmas season.
When Queen Victoria's great
premier Disraeli was at the height
of his power, the small city OF Essex,
where he made his home. presented
him with a silver service which
reached the summit Of the smiths art
and which was acknowledged TO be
the greatest and most valuable assort-
ment of table silver in modern times.
After the manner of decorating ban
quet tables in the mid Victorian era,
a vast platter surrounded by a fill
greed rim represented a lake and was
filled with gold and jeweled flowers,
fish and aquatic birds. In the center
part of the old city walls of Essex and
the municipal arms formed re
Ceptacle for flowers and there were
four smaller vases after the same
general design Disraeli used the
service for banquet rendered the
queen and the descriptions of 1t went
far and wide. The accomplished prime
minister died without children and
his widow in course of time sold many
of the personal possessions among
them the splendid gift of Essex After
many vicisSitudes, the silver service
has come to this country and, failing
to find purchaser, WAS about to be
melted for the silver when it was res
cued by the English-Speaking Union
and was purchased by il at gen
eral auction. Its grace and beauty
are undeniable and though such elab-
crate embellishments for the board
are of the past. it will make a hand
some buffet ornament and will thus
be preserved both for intrinsic beauty
and historical association.
Miss Frances Dawson, daughter of
the late director of the Red Cross and
Mrs. Henry r. Davidson, who is soon
TO marry Mr. Ward Cheney of Boston,
was a little miss hard at her books
when her parents were in residence
here. and her elder sister. now Mrs.