Evening star., 1925-06-07

bert about the tragedy and to bring
back to his heart-broken mother the
personal effects of his brother. Lord
Aberdeen shook every mans hand at
the conclusion of his speech and he
had ready guest book in which every
follower of the sea wrote his name.
his birthplace and age, and the ship
on which he was then sailing.
Mrs. Frederic Courtland Penfield,
widow of the Ambassador to Vienna
during the World War, has purchased
that beautiful estate on Thousand
Islands, Hopewell Hall. which she has
leased for the past three years. Mrs.
Penteld, who was Miss Anna Weight
man of Philadelphia before her first
marriage to her fathers business as.
sociate, T. f. Walker. under her
fathers will is trustee of the tremen-
dous fortune and dispenses all its
charitable provisions. For several
years she has sought a bracing climate
for the Spring. Summer and Autumn
and has found it at AleXa ndria Bay and
a home and grounds all ready without
the trials of building and planting
Hopewell Hall was frequently occu-
pied by the late Sir Wilfrid Iaurier
before he built n home on the main
land. There is promise of Il gay and
early season about Alexandria Bav.
the Venice of America, and recent
home hunter there bears witness tha. a
sail may last from the remote end of
the bay past Cape Vincent without
single vacant cottage appearing in
view. The large Washington colony.
at the head of which are the Chief
Justice and Mrs. William Howard
Taft, will be all settled for the Sum
mer within the next fortnight.
The Viscount de la Jarrie and his
charming wife are among the eminent
guests who are to spend most of the
season in or near New York CITY
The marquis, who was on the staff
of Marshall Joffre and who accompa-
MED that doughty warrior on his first
visit to the United States in 1917, has
twice been back to this land, and on
his last visit he persuaded his wife.
who is not partial to long sea voyages.
to accompany him. The marquis has
been visiting Gen. Summerall. now in
command at Governors Island, New
York, and IA friend from the early
months of American participation in
the Great War. AS he had at one time
complete supervision of the mar
velous collection of flags and stand
ards which the French government
houses in the church on the Champs
LILY SEC, "ilSIS TIE tOInD OIL Napoleon
rests in the crypt, this French visitor
was intensely interested in the collec-
ton which has been placed in the
beautiful chapel of the military reser-
vation dedicated to st. George the
Centurion. One large silk flag which
Wlthstands the ages Is that which
was formerly the colorS of the Royal
American Regiment. 60th Foot Sol
diery, captured by the Patriotic Army
in 1878. The Chinese flags captured
during the Boxer rebellion make a
glorious patch of color in the shadow
chapel, and what interested the mar
quls very much were two flags pre-
sented by the Count de Rochambeau
and which he carried during the
march to join forces with Washington
at Yorktown. Another shot and torn
standard was one which the gallant
Pulaski held aloft at Charleston. But
the flags and standards borne by the
American expeditionary forces in
France consume nearly all the atten
ton Of visitors just now.
Flying and all the vehicles with
which to accomplish this feat never
absorbed the interest of Americans
more universally than the recent flight
or commercial airplane which bore
aloft Miss Mary Washington, grand
niece, five times removed, of the great
patriots and with her Col. Clarence
j. Owens and officers of the Southern
Society from this city This epochal
air journey began at the point where
the commander-in in chief of the Revo-
4utionary forces entered Virginia, and
finally, after a 38-day hard march.
reached the point desired before York
town where Lord CORVALLIS and his
intranohnd
made the flight in exactly three hours
md Col. Owens and his aides who had
an enlarged map of Washinetor'.
route and the places where he camped,
took note of each and were ready
when the machine landed the party
safely at Yorktown to broadcast the
incidents of the trip together with
an excellent resume of the air VOYAGE
and its momentous meaning. Miss
Washington enjoyed her experience
very much and was the. guest of
honor at an impromptu ceremony
when the party reached the great
monument which marks the spot
where the sword of the Marquis of
CORVALLIS was received in behalf of
Gen. Washington by the aide of the
Count de Rochambeau
Washfngtonians of the older day
are grieved to hear from Paris of
the death of the gallant Duke Francis
de Ia Rochefoucauld, who some 80
years ago, married one of the love
uest bellies of the Capital, Matte
daughter of the Senator from
oregon. Holding one of the most an
clent and honorable titles in France,
the duke had also a vast fortune and
a domain which had been in the fam
lily since his ancestor accompanied
st. Louis of France to the crusades
Rather late in their married life the
duke and his lovely American wife
had one son, bonny lad who was
killed in a hunting accident, a tragedy
which so darkened the lives of his
parents that they closed their spien-
did Paris home and have since lived
IN almost utter seclusion in the old
Chateau de Ia Rochefoucauld, near
AnSouleme. The duke was allied to
practically half of the nobility of Eu-
rope and to many royal lines and
these will all be plunged into mourn
ing by his passing. He had been in
excellent health until a month ago
and his death was totally unexpected
Most of his fortune and all his landed
estate pass to his brother. Duke Ga
briel de Ia Rouchefoucauld, who has
several sons, the elder of whom, now
Count Liancourt, has an American
wife. The widowed duchess will re.
side principally in fine old dover
house which her late husband set
aside for her and which is situated
most romantically near Surnesnes, on
the Seine, Is miles from Paris.
Miss Mary E. Sanger, daughter of
Col. William Cary Sanger, and who,
with his wife and daughter, lived in
Washington during the Mckinley
Roosevelt regime, showed a touch of
sentiment in electing to cross the