Evening star., 1925-11-29

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~ WO girls. intimate friends from
across the world. We're brides
maids together at the most
/ spectacular wedding seen for
years at the American Church,
Paris.
The marriage itself was quite un-
usual-Charles Henry Huberich, inter
national lawyer, to the Princess Nina
Mdivani of Georgia. a country almost
| ina ginary to us, but very real In fact
and of immediate Importance because
of its oil fields.
American girls have married Euro
pean titles in quantity: but a union
| the other way about, like this one, is
rare
Prof. Huberich 0aw lecturer in the
| Universities OF Chicago, Wisconsin,
Texas and Leland Stanford has work
| ed much with the State Department
abroad and at home.
! Princess Mdivani, as Will appear, Is
Of the greatest family of Georgia,
| a country dominated. for the moment,
/ by the SovietS. When the SoYietS
| fall the status quo ante VIII reappear.
| The bride was In a Lanyin wedding
| gown (full skirt, slim bodice) of silver
| cloth and a cloud of tulle, against the
! background Of a church banked with
/ chrysa nthemums.
| The two bridesma ids-one her own
sister. Princess Roussadans Mdivani
and Miss Madeleine Kettle, the Amer
| ican opera star-were in fascinating
| Georgian costumes of georgette crepe
| with immense silver motifs and appli
| qued borders.
| These were the two girl friends
! from across the world.
| They have mutually exchanged con-
| tinents for fame.
PriDceSs ROusSadans was at
IA shionable girls boarding school in
Constantinople when the revolution
came in Russia.
The family, in Russia. escaped to
Constantinople: and. after much prt-
| walton, they arrived in Paris, where
they lived reduced from fabulous
wealth TO absolute necessity.
The family consisted OF Prince
Mdivani. aide de-camp to the Car for
| five years: the princess. his wife, lady
| in-waiting to the cZarina; three young
princes and two young princesses.
| However, they were not Russian, but
| of Georgian birth. Being the highest
family of Georgia, they had these po
| sitions, and represented the Car in
| their land.
The young Princess Roussadans had
been noted from childhood for her
talent in making images in clay.
! Having now, to fight her way in the
world. she took lessons from two of
| the most eminent sculptors OF Fra ance,
| and drawing lessons from great art
| lists.
TIME passed. She had already done
many desirable pieces of work,
when Col Clifford B. Harmon (who
lives in Philadelphia and is originally
| LAFAYETTE escadrille trophy, to be
competed for by Frances allies.
! The colonel told Princess Rous-
sadans that the work must pass the
! critical eye of the governors of the
Aero Club de France. She replied that
| she would risk IT and work out her
! own idea-on the principle, already
| decided. that the great ace. Maj. Luf-
| berry, be used as a prominent feature
and the deceased Lafayette flyers IN
scribed on the base.
| The trophy was accepted-the girl
has evidently great talent. and in five
| years has made herself a we'll known
! sculptor. Since, she has done i'm
| portant pieces-the two attra citing
| most attention being the prince con-
i sort of the Queen OF Holland. and a
remarkable conception called The Vel
low PERIL bought by the Royal
| Museum at Madrid.
Other work stopped when Col. Har-
| mon ordered a second and different
| trophy. The Vieilles Tiges and the
| Aero Club de France were so plea sed
with that of the Lafayette escadrille
that the young princess was com.
missioned to make this other for the
Vieilles Tiges of Italy, to be competed
for in that country.
The vieilles Tiges may need expla.
nation. 1t means "Old Roots" To
belong to THE Old Roots" one must
have been an airplane pilot before
August 2, 1914. the date when the war
came; and Col. Harmon is member
not only for France but for Italy.
His pilot license is No. 6. dated August
10, 1910.
The trophies made Princess Rous-
sadans better known than all her other
work. She felt that II she could
now 20 to America, her fame would
flame.
A Boston family. friends Of hers in
| Georgia, sent for her to come to Bos.
ton, where they had orders for her to
| execute. Among .these are the Crane
| family Of Boston, ex- Secretary
Hughes, President Coolidge and others
Of importance.
J Now, the young girls Of Georria,
ter centuries past. have been esls.