Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-21

the entire royal family was deeply
sympathetic. The marriage will take
place at the splendid country seat OF
the brides father, the Earl of Bath,
and will be attended by the great
world Of fashion, as we'll as by many
I members of the reigning family.
I Princess Marys eight bridesmaids all
/ bore her name, and all have been
/ married some time, and Lady Mary
! Thynne would have been but for the
unfortunate accident which befell her
betrothed two years ago.
Mr.. Nelson Trusler Johnson, who
/ has become one of the Assistant Sec
retaries Of State, filling the post left
I vacant by the appointment of Mr..
Robert E. Olds as Undersecretary. is
a career diplomat whom Washington
S can count as a native son. Mr.. John
son is the son of the late Jeremiah
: johnson, a well known lawyer, and
his wife, who was Salome Truser of
Ohio. and was born in charming
country place on the Bunker Hill
road near Brookland, d. C., for many
wears the home of his parents. He
received his early training IN the
public schools. and from George Wash
ington he obtained his academic de
grees. Through intensive study of
{ the Oriental languages and literature.
& he passed a brilliant examination, and
entered the Foreign Service as stu
dent interpreter a few weeks after
graduating at the local seat of learn
ing. Mr. Johnson is unmarried, and
: thus adds another TO the elgihles In
the high official set and is al present
the sole bachelor in the list of Assist
) ant Secretaries under Mr.. Kellogg. 1t
5 is now 90 years since this compare.
iI1innaat entered the
& State Department. and all this time.
! except the past three years, he has
& been ASSIGNED to the Far East as
Z deputy, consul and consul general in
! various Chinese ports, until he came
Z to Washington to become chief of the
Far Eastern Division. In his high
: Office he will have supervision of this
same territory. He is accounted one
: of the most sympathetic and profound
] students of the complicated Chinese
! problem. and enjoys the confidence
! Of his superiors as we'll as Of the
{ people whose interests he interprets
I for the department.
I Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Lyndal Reed,
/ the latter a former belle of the city
! as Miss Caroline Story. daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John P. Story, will make
. a visit home in the Autumn before
first secretary Of embassy in Brussels.
He has been for the past two years
first secretary in Berlin. and before
this assignment had been a member
of the United States-Panama Commits
! sion to arrange an agreement now in
force between the two countries. Mrs.
. Reed will add another to a growing
colony Of young matrons from this
country who are residing in the Bel
s Er-D col
Emmanuel Havenith, who was Miss
Helen Ffoulke Of this city. NJ. Have
i. NTH, for several years Belgian Min.
lister and before that secretary of lega-
ton under Baron Moncheur, is now
undersecretary of state. Mr.. Hugh
Gibson, the Ambassador, v no has sue
ceeded Mr.. William Phillips. married
Miss Ynes Reyntiens Of Brussels, and
thus has brought to the embassy there
a lady well known in Belgian social
life. Mr.. and Mrs. James Clement
Dunn, the former counselor Of the
embassy, have been in Brussels for
some years, and have established their
own circle Of friends. Some 500 fen1i-
nine students from this country are in
the Catholic seats of learning in Bel
GUM, various converts and noviti-
ates, and twice that number Of mas
culine seekers after learning. The
officials Of Uncle Sam keep a kindly
eye on these young people and mingle
quite freely in the amenities.
The Maharajah Of Rutlam, who is
rated as one of the best native polo
players Of India, has arrived at the
Westchester Biltmore Country Club.
and will remain to witness the polo
games next month. The Maharajah
is captain in the British Army. He
has come at the head of his own polo
team, with a championship title in his
family which dates from 1852, when
it was won by his grandfather, the
country in this section Of Westchester,
n. Y, is entertaining a, unique en-
campment-Britain's native and In
dian soldiers from the Hindoostani
army, who, under command Of Col.
de Ia Poer Beresford and Capt. J. P.
Deming and the Hindoo potentate,
arrived last week with the horses to
be used in the polo contests. These
men are expert judges of horsefesh,
and they are expected to select some
good stock to carry back for breeding
purposes. The American polo pony,
in which the Army, and especially
Gen. Pershing, had so large a part in
rearing, is beginning to command the
respect of the world, and these East
Indians will be vigilant observers Of
their prowess. The Maharajah will
play in all the games, except those
for the cup, being barred from that
competition because he is not of Brit
ish birth. He won the honors at the
coronation contest in 1911, and in 1921
he won the handsome gold cup offered
the Indian players by the Prince of
Wales The Maharajah plays what is
technically known as the fast-gallop-
ing game, and much interest centers
In his appearance as presenting the
major points Of difference between the
Oriental and the Occidental methods
Of playing.
DR.. Henry Crattan Doyle, professor
Of Romance languages at the George
Washington University, who proved
such an able chairman Of the commit
tee in charge Of awarding the prizes
offered for the best translation of N.
Brands notable speech, several of
which, it Will be remembered. were
captured in Washington, had many
distinguished assistants in this task.
Among them We're Representative
Theodore Burton, a personal friend Of
II. BRAND and a student Of interpar-
1iamentary problems, and Mr.. Arthur
Charles Watkins, who, as secretary
Of the National Council for the Pre-.
ventior Of War. works along the
same lines as Mr.. Burton. who is
president Of the American Peace So
Getty. Mrs. Dorothy Garfield Fisher
vac one Of the eminent women who
operated with DR.. Doyle in arousine
interest in this task Mile. Jeanne NJ
Lanz Of Brooklyn, y. Y, was another
well known French scholar. and so
too. Mile. Marguerite Mespoulet. pro
feeSOr 0f French at Wellesley College
All those who served on the commit
tee are convinced Of the wisdom OF
such contests, not only in actual schol
arshin but for the understanding ot