The Washington times., 1925-10-17
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BACHELORS
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By JEAN ELIOT

By JEAN ELIOT
WASHINGTON hostesses are con.
w stantly complaining of a
dearth of bachelors, So that the
arrival almost simultaneously of
two delightful foreign visitors
Prince Otto Won Bismarck and
Anthony Asquith, who are ''mar.
riageable eligibles.,"' is an event of
considerable interest The former,
who will be a guest of Baron Ago
Nathan, Ambassador of Germany,
at the embassy, will come to town
on Monday, and the latter came
over with his brother-in-law and
sister. the Minister Of Rumania
and Princess Bibesco. and will visit
at the Rumanian legation.
Grandson of ''Iron Chancellor"
Prince Won Bismarck is a cousin
of Baron Leopold Plessen, secretary
OF the German embassy, and both
are grandsons of the Iron Chan
cellor." Feeling, however, that
such "a heritage might not bee the
best possible recommendation to
Americans so soon after the war,
Baron Plessen has been rather in
clined to soft pedal his pictur-
esque ancestry since coming to
Washington and has dwelt upon his
pride in the fact that his mother
was an American woman. Prince
Otto Won Bismarck also has Ameri.
can connections and proposes to
go soon to Cincinnati to visit his
mothers sister, Mrs. G.. w. Short,
5r. Baron Plessen is but recently
s'of return" from holiday IN
Germany and is delaying his re-
Uoc
two in order to travel down from
New York with his cousin on Mon.
day.
Prince Won Bismarck is something
of parsonage In his own right,
being a member of the Reiehstag.
He tried unsuccessfully to come
into the country unheralded, and
his name did not appear on the
passenger list. He is here on a
mission entirely personal and un-
official and as he is a bachelor and
not yet thirty, he will no doubt be
the recipient of much attention from
Washington hostesses.
After a short visit here the
prince will go to Cincinnati to re-
main two months and will then re-.
turn to his estates near Hamburg.
Musician and Writer
Anthony Asquith, who I'm told is
trying hard to live down the de.
Hghtfully British nickname Of 'sPuf-
I'm" is young chap, but described
as exceptionally brilliant. He has
already made a name for himself
as a musician and a composer: and
ts a frequent contributor to British
periodicals of articles covering a
4.
OF the wit and daring that mark the
writing Of his mother, Margot Ten
nant Asquith, whose revelations,
referred to by Gladstone as Mar
COTS .Mots," have always been the
delight of her circle and a terror
beyond in.
It was an article on Tendencies
In the Cinema. published in 1.-The
New Statesman" which was more
Or less directly responsible for Puff
lin AsQuith's American pilgrimage.
For it CHANGED to come into the
hands of some of the big-wigs at
Hollywood and his penetrating and
constructive criticism of such films
as Charlie Chaplin's "a Woman of
Paris" and 1.-THE Last Laugh" with
m analysis of the lines along which
the art of the motion picture is
progressing, impressed them so
Gavorably that he was invited to
come to Hollywood for consultation
with regard to- an attempt that is
being made to concoct a film from
Mrs. Asquith's famous memoirs.
Seeing Broadway
So Mr.. Asquith is headed for
California, but he will presumably
spend some time in Washington
before starting West. He and his
sister, Princess Bibesco. are at
present in New York, having stayed
over for a few-days to see the
lights Of Broadway while Prince
Bibesco, the Rumanian Minister.
came direct to Washington on land
brought with him his little\ daugh-
ter, Princess Priscilla, and Princess
Bibesco's newest acquisition in the
dog line-a Bedlington, whose like
has never yet been seen in Wash
ington. A Yorkshire product, the
new breed is becoming very popu-
lar in England, but Dick" in my
opinion, will take no beauty prizes.
He's a sturdy gray fellow, with
short curly hair like sleeps wool
and built on very lmuch the same
lines as a sheep. But he has
beautiful eyes and is said to be
clever and kind.
Overheard for Him
Beside Dick, the Roumanian lega-
don boasts two delightful Spaniels,
both of whom at present have en-
chanting families Of puppies.
Princess Priscilla Bibesco adores