Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-27
BY MARGARET b. DOWNING.

BY MARGARET Ii. DOWNING.
1t was "A source of much pride to
the American Ambassador in London
that, during the recent strike, his
countrymen obtained such a wide
reputation for politeness. Mr.. Hough-
ton has seldom conferred with any
public men or met them in the social
way without being showered with
compliments about the kindly way in
which visiting Americans endured the
Inconvenience of the strike and what
helping hands were held out to the
natives whenever possible. The Am
hassador and his official HOUSEHOLD set
an excellent example along this line,
for though they lived too far down
town to be of much service in the
morning. they timed their afternoon
outing to catch the government EN-
ployeS on their return home and all
the cars were loaded with those for
whom it was obvious through age or
infirmity long walk was a great
trial. Young Americans in London
for various sporting events aided in
many cases in relieving volunteer
truck drivers or those who were sub
shutting on the motor traffic busSes
for striking conductors. Americans.
the Ambassador explained, sometimes
faced such a crisis as q street car
strike in their own cities and they
usually managed to get through such
episodes without undue hardship. But
their readiness to help, their energy
and alertness in facing the situation
and their willingness to eXpend their
leisure in transporting passengers to
their destinations in and about Lon
don made a deep impression on the
public of that great city and appar-
emily has strengthened the clasp OF
"hands across the sea"
Senator and Mrs. William Cabell
Bruce have always been folks in
their own bailiwick and they have
been surprised and little amused at
the tremendous interest manifested in
their affairs since their second son,
David Kirkpatrick Estes Bruce, mar
ried Miss Ailsa Mellon. Senator Bruce
had, long before their son had met his
bride, written very entertainingly or
his kinship and the part they played
in the Virginia of colonial days. Con-
trary to the usual statement. the
Bruces from whom he descends came
20 the Old Dominion direct from Scot
land more than half a century before
the second clan of Bruce went into
North Carolina after the collapse of
Bonnie Prince Charlie. The ancestral
home of the Bruces, built in the
16S0s, is Staunton Hill, near Staun-
here the Senator and his sisters and
brothers were born. This home was
occupied by the late Mr.. Philip Alex
ander Hill, a noted historical writer
and for many years professor OF let
tiers in the University of Virginia, and
1t has now become the property Of the
Youngest brother, Charles Morelle
young sister of the Senator from
Maryland, was the first wife of
Thomas Nelson Page, but she died
long before the beloved Southern
author came to Washington. The
Mrs. Page of that day was the widow
of Thomas Field, brother of Marshall,
and his associate in business. Besides
the Bruces who are eminent in Vir-
ginia, the Maryland statesman is the
grandson of Jefferson Davis, his
mother having been Miss Sallie Sed-
don. He is also a lineal descendant Of
that robust Governor of Virginia,
William Cabell.
Senator Lawrence Phipps of Colo
RADIO and Senator Peter GOelet Gerry
of Rhode Island have fine assert
ment of Summer houses where they
could enjoy life to q trimming cup,
but it is doubtful if either will find
much time to indulge in fishing or
hunting or even lolling in the shade
during the torrid hours. On the Colo
RADIO man devolves the task of send
ing every Republican Senator up for
election this Autumn back to his seat
in the upper chamber of the National
Legislature. On Senator Gerry rests
the burden of multiplying the program
of his colleague and of filling these
same seats with followers of Jeffer-
son. Mrs. Phipps, mindful of strenu-
Gus days to come, has persuaded her
husband to snatch q short vacation
with relatives on Long Island. Mrs.
Gerry has been in Biltmore and the
Senator spent few days there. But
after the adjournment of Congress
there will be few restful days for the
=. chairmen of the senatorial campaign
committees, Republican and Demo
cratic. Senator Phipps usually passes
part of his Summer entertaining the
visiting polo teams, which play
around Colorado Springs. Senator
Gerry likes to get back to the wild
and canoes, SWimS and fishes In his
secluded lodge near Warwick Neck.
Mr.. Marshall Owen Roberts, a mem
Der of the well known New York
family 50 abundantly represented by
its daughters in the British peerage,
has recently been elected NJ. F. H.
of the Be!voir Hunting Club, one of
the oldest and most exclusive in Eng
land, and of which the Prince of
Wales is a member. 1t was on the
Belvoir course that the heir of the
British throne has suffered some of
his most spectacular falls, and Mr..
Roberts has frequently been his COM
panion. In his early teens Mr..
Roberts was entered in the public
school at Hackney and then pursued
his higher studies at Oxford. His
only relatives being established in
Great Britain, in 1912 ne became a
citizen Of King George and joined the
Scots Guards, one OF the modish regi-
ments of London. He saw active serv-
Ice during the World War and,
wounded at Ypres. he was attached
TO the foreign office in London for a
time and then became a visitor to
American camps within the British
lines In Belgium and France. The
Belvoir has the smartest pack of
hounds in all of England. and the
young American is the first foreigner,
although BritonS do not exactly re-
gard the sons of Uncle Sam as aliens,
to be elected to this particular club
and he has succeeded the Duke of
York in the presidency as well as in
the post of M. f. Fl. Mr.. Roberts
married the daughter of his cousin,
Lady Roberts, about 10 years ago, and
his home in Grosvenor Square, Lon