Evening star., 1926-04-25

Letter He is the twentieth Earl OF
! Suffolk and the thirteenth Earl OF
! Berkshire. and he claims direct
descent from the fourth Duke OF
| Norfolk. While it seems astounding
| to Americans, it is a significant fact
! that several hundred titled and
wealthy young Britons have taken
! humble places in the ranks OF bread
/ winners in order to prepare them
selves for the new era they hope to
! inaugurate when their turn comes to
manage public affairs.
! Mrs. Henry White has recently pur-
| chased the George Grant Mason resi-
| dence at S54 Firth avenue. ana the
great mansion adjoining that of her
! father. William II. Vanderbilt, ON the
I corner of the same boulevard ana
/ F'ifty-seventh street. Will soon De
abandoned This magnificent group
of homes were so lanned that While
in reality four separate houses, theN
{ appeared as one, and were oulll
nearly half century ago. EVentu-
ally Mr. Vanderbilt turned two houses
into one and occupied them with his
family. while two nf his married
daughters. Mrs. William Douglas
sloane and Mrs Eliot F. Sheppard,
lived in the others. Mrs. sheppard
later sold her portion to her sister
now Mrs. White, who made the man
sion into one after the same design
as her fathers. She has Sturully
clung to this home when she was III
New York despite the fact that just
across from her the beautlful nome
oe the William X. Nanderbilts was De
tug demol shed. and in the past yea
each of the other homes were SOFA
Ind then devoted to commefclal pui'
loses. Mrs. White has. however
n,,rcbased another house right In
the downtown district ana alreauE
there are business houses on the
game street. But her idea was TO
obtain n smaller and more compact
home since she has no longer any
need of the space as in former times
I Mr. and Mrs. Henry White divide the
wear almost into quartefS-lh Ne"
York City. in the fine mansion MT.
White erected some years ago III
CRESCENT place on Meridian Hill, TINS
city: at Elm Court in LenoN ana IN
their villa at Newport. Both nav { {
given up the habit OF foreign lrdVel
and are now content to change as the
season changes into then se'e'' oh
homes.
! Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius y. Bliss are
going to present their eldest daughter.
Niss Elizabeth Bliss, at a series OF
outdoor functions given this Summer
in their home. Oceanic, on the North
Shrewsbury River. in New jersey.
This custom holds in this region
though the bud will, of course. nave
her glorious day later In the year
when the important maids OF Ne"
York society are presented. MISS
bliss is the granddaughter of Cor
nelius y. Bliss. who was Secretary Oh
Interior for three years in the nrst
Mckinley cabinet. Her mother was
belle of Washington and was MISS
Zaidee Cobb. daughter OF Mr. ana
Mrs. Edmund NJ. Cobb. Her romance
with the son of the Secretary OF the
Interior was one of several which
engaged popular attention. The mar
r-iage. however, did not occur While
the elder Cornelius n. Bliss was IN
the cabinet. Miss Bliss has been
member, of the Junior League for the
past year and has been getting Meet
ing glimpses of social pleasures In
these activities. Mr. and Mrs. Cor
nelius Bliss have a handsome nome
at Park avenue and Thirty seventh
street. but they spend practically the
entire year in the country. Next
Winter, however, their daughters
debut will change this schedule.
Sir Lionel Earle. who as permanent
secretary of the state department or
public works, came to Washington
last Autumn to consider the problem
of the erection of the new British
embassy, has astonished his friends
bv falling in love with Miss Betty
Marriott. daughter of the late VIII
liam +. Marriott of Baltimore and of
Mrs Lindsay Jopling of London. Sir
Lionel is in his 61st year and was
considered an incorrigible bachelor.
He has been one of the popular gal
lants of London society. for, by vtr-
tue of his position. he has control
byer the royal palaces and gardens of
the British capital and could grant
some highly esteemed favors for visit
ors. such as an inspection of parts
Of st. James Palace or Buckingham,
Windsor, Kensington or Hampton
Courts not open to the general public.
Long in the diplomatic service, Sir
Lionel was an especial friend of the
late Whitelaw Reid, the intimacy be-
ginning when the Ambassador was
serving in Paris and the Br1ton was
attached to his country's embassy
there Last Autumn, after remaining
for some weeks with Sir Esme How
ard at the British embassy here. he
was entertained by Mrs. Whitelaw
Reid, in Westchester, y. Y. and
later by Mr.. Ogden Mills at his
country seat. Staateshurg.on.the. he.