Evening star., 1926-03-28

on the staff Of Lord Reading as mill.
tary attache when that former lord
chancellor OF England and present
viceroy TO India came to Washington
as Amha ssador. The New Zealander
remained about q Year in Washington,
and, being an ardent horseman, he
made an intensive study of the various
breeding farms. which is now being
used to good advantage in this mission
for the polo team. After returning to
his home In New Zealand, Capt. Seldom
entered politics. and for the past two
wears has been "A member OF Parl g.
ment FOR Auckland and has twice
been named AS "a special representative
TO the British Parliament in London.
The NiscounteSs Harcourt. who has
been spending March with her rela-
tives in New York City. is the widow
of the statesman, the Hon. Lewis VII.
liam Edward Harcourt. well known in
the days OF Lord Roseberry. Her son.
the present viscount. is not deeply in.
terested In public affairs. but is giving
his attention to industrial and agrtcul-
tural problems. Lady Harcourt is the
granddaughter OF Junius Spencer Nor
gan. founder Of the great banking
firm of Morgan. and is the daughter
of the late Walter Burns. a New
Yorker whom Mr.. Morgan sent to
London to represent his interests.
Besides this large portion OF American
blood. Lady Harcourt's mother was
the granddaughter OF John Lothrop
Motley. the historian. This eminenf
man Of letters went to London as
Minister in the first years Of Grants
administration, and being summary
recalled because OF the Presidents
quarrel with Charles Sumner. he con-
sidered himself affronted and never
again returned to his native land.
Sumner was Motley's intimate friend
and chief political influence and the
historian had spent much time in
Washington and had gotten TO know
President Grant personally. Motley $
great work, "The Rise Of the Dutch
Republic" was written in London. lie
was made lion Of among the scholar.
ly Of his era and indeed his historical
works have gained in vogue with the
passing years. Mr.. Motley's three
daughters married into distinguished
British families and their descendants
are among the intellectual leaders OF
the day Besides the Morgans. Lady
Harcourt is related 10 Cabots ana
Lowells OF Boston and to the large
family Of benjamin and Rogers III
hymns Park, Hatfield. was inherited
from her father. Walter +. Burns
Vice Admiral Roger Welles. who
passed nearly all Winter in the har-
Dor Of Nilletranche. near Nice. de-
parted about the middle Of March on
hts flagship, the Pittsburgh. for E%yp-
tian waters and will cruise about
Cairo until after the Easter season.
The vice admiral and Mrs. Nelles,
who is now at Sheppeard's. will be
ono central ngure in the gayeties
along the Nice. The vice admiral
nov in command OF the Mediterra-
mean fleet, is a near w ashln@ton an,
though he is really son OF the Nut
meg State, and descends from two OF
its pioneer families, Delanos and
Welles. Commanding the Vermont
and the Wasp during the Spanish
American War, Lieut.. WelleS, as he
vas then, was among the heroes OF
that conflict and he passed several
years afterward in the Navy Depart
ment in Washington. At close inter.
walls he was assigned to bureau service
and was from 1916 to 1920 III charge
of the Naval Intelligence Bureau.
For eminent services in this post he
received the highest decorations
which this Nation and Great Britain
confer. and besides the Order OF King
Leopold from the Belgian King and
of the Rising Sun from the Emperor
Of Japan. Vice Admiral Welles mar
ried Miss Harriet Ogden Deem OF
Staten Island. n. Y. we'll known lit
erary woman whose sketches and
short stories are familiar to readers
Of the more serious class Of maya
zines. Mrs. Welles has been a charm
Ing hostess in the villa which she
occupied in Villefran nche. and her de-
parture in the wake Of the American
feet was deemed double blow to the
colony Of her country people who re-
main on the Riviera until May.
Lady Frederick Treres, wife of the
venerable medico Sir Frederick
Trevce rHo has been chief surgeon