Evening star., 1926-11-28
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Niscountess Rhondda Challenges Interest of
l. Feminine World-Crand Duke CyriIs
o. Christmas Plans for Russian Exiles

an achievement which brings the
dream of the founders of this club one
step nearer to realization-namely, to
connect all parts of the upper Adj
rondacks region by a network of
trails for eqHestrianS. DR.. Owens and
MS associates. among whom are DR..
Albert Judd of Paul Smiths and Mr.
Roger {. Holden of Lake Placid. in
tend, when such work is possible in
the Spring. to begin bride pa:!i
which will completely circle this beau
tiful lake and will be cut through vir-
gin forest, and it is intended to open
in places viStas of distant lakes and
lofty peaks. The completed Pointed
t'irs trail is of soft Dirt and gravel
and is positively forbidden to any
sort of vehicular travel. There will
be six gates. all to be opened by the
rider by pulling string. but in the
times Of deep SHOWS these barriers
will be removed in order to make way
for the skiing and sleighing and ski
joring. The Lake Placid Winter
sports are now as well esta blished in
the popular esteem of those who like
robust exercise in Winter, as the
pleasures of Palm Beach and the Cali
fOrnia resorts are for those who like
warmth and sunshine.
Lord North. Britain's premier
huntsman. celebrated his ninetieth
birthday anniversary November II
and King George presented him
with two hounds from his mothers
kennels in Yorkshire. The late
queen mother, Alexandra, was a
follower of the hounds and many
times she rode behind the famous
pointers and settlers reared by Lord
North at his breeding stables at
Wroxton Abbey in Banbury, Oxford
shire. This venerable man, looking
tall and straight in his bottle green
hunting coat, velvet cap and white
breeCheS and CATERS, is still master
cf the WroXton hounds and goes forth
vice a week in pursuance of his
luties. He entertained Col. Roosevelt
when, soon after laying down the
presidency, he visited England and
he continent and in token of that
visit an autographed photo of the
strenuous American executive hangs
in the vast hunting trophy hall of
WroXton Abbey. Lord North is the
grapdSon of that very unpopular
premier of Britain during the war of
Independence. Historians, British and
American. blame that astute states
man equally with George III for the
separation of the colonies from the
mother country, but this has not pre-
vented the present Lord North from
holding high place in the regard of
all Americans who have known him.
He never concerned himself more than
necessarily with politics. He is a
member Of the Lords who believe in
reform of that ancient and, to many
obsolete body, and he votes stoutly
every time the question comes up to
admit to membership the hereditary
'eeresses WHO have been clamOring in
vain for thir obvious rights.
Gen. Guy +. Tripp, we'll known
throughout the country as the head
of the Westinghouse corporation. has
been furnishing some good reasons
why the residents of the Atlantic sea
board will follow the lead of the Pa
clflc population and live in the. coun-
try instead of the city, whenever their
income and avocatiOns permit. Hotels
and apartments will, in Gen. Tripp's
opinion, offer shelter for the few
severe months, while Semi-urban
homes will be maintained all the year
through. Philadelphia offers a strik-
ing example Of the truth of this pre-
dlctlon, very few of the city houses
now being used or even owned bv
their nineteenth century owners. and
the suburbs are crowded in Winter
ana IN Summer. This fad came into
existence when coal was so difficult
to obtain during the World War, and
When homes were closed for a time
because of this. Finding hotels or
apartments SO satisfactory for a time,
1t IS estimated that practically the
entire social set of the Quaker CITY
llVes in the country and goes to town
only for special occasions, and then
andes at hostelries. New York fol
lows closely, and almost daily the
sale of some famous establishment in
the CITY is announced. while country
homes are reproduced in every avail