Evening star., 1927-09-25
Tales of Well known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Incidents and Personal Sketches of Special Inter-
est Relating to Noteworthy individuals
in u. S. and Abroad
by MARC ARET B. DOWNING.

by MARC ARET B. DOWNING.
Mr. David Estes kirkpatrick
Bruce's resignation from the foreign
service was regretted by those who
had prepared him for that field of en-
deavor. as it appeared he had eXcep-
tional talents for such Il career. How
ever. his wife. the former Miss Atls1
Mellon. suffered so acutely from home
sickness that her health became i'm
haired and it was evident that the
wandering life of diplomat was not
10 he conducive to her happiness.
Mr.. Bruce was the honor man of his
class in 1926. and became vice consul
in Rome under brilliant promise for
speedy promotion. But no favorS are
10 be obtained in the diplomatic ranks
for those who begin at the bottom and
hope to gather laurels as they climb
upward The regimen is as strict as
that of the military service. AS the
Secretary of the Treasury felt embar-
lassed in seeking favors for his SON
in.law. the resignation was the only
alternative, since physicians now ac-
cept nostalgia as disease, impalring
the health of those who suffer from
II. Mr.. Bruce'S retirement Is coincl-
dent with the appointment OF the
Hon Patrick Maule Ramsay as coun-
seIor Of the British embassy in Ma
drid. His wife is the lovely Princess
Patricia of Connaught. who on her
marriage became simply Lady Patricia
Ramsay. The Hon. Mr.. Ramsay has
hoen in the foreign service since his
>o,Ith. though lie served in the World
War and during that conflict won his
bride. He has been continuously IN
the Downing street office. London. but
now will take his place in any capital
"a which he is sent before he is pro-
,noted TO the rank of minister The
elder brother of these RamSays is the
Earl of Dalhousie. who is the four
.eenth holder of the title, established
in Scotland in the twelfth century.
Little King AIihai of Rumania recalls
10 many of the older generation the
last child King of Europe, Alfonso
NH. and the wave of sympathy for
the lad when this country was com
pelled to make war against him. AS
n boy Alfonso. according to many who
were at the Spanish court before he
attained his majority, was delight
fully informal, much as he Is now,
and he had the habit of addressing all
strangers whom he encountered in the
palace grounds He was born in 1856,
and. his father having died, his mother,
Queen Marie Christine of the house
of Hapsburg, was regent until ne
reached his eighteenth year. Alfonso
is perhaps the best known monarch of
Europe and is a welcome visitor in
most Of its capitals. He makes an
annual visit to London with his wife.
who was Princess Ena of Battenberg.
4 40 nf Victoria
while he is the guest of King George
and Queen Mary, he is to be seen all
over the city from the theaters to the
races and even enjoying the music
hall attractions Every Amba Ssador
which this country has dispatched to
Spain tells the same story, that the
King is consumed with ambition to
visit the New World, and but for the
ceremony which hedges around
throne he would have done so long
ago No doubt, little King Mihai will
grow up on stories of the marvellous
land across the sea in which his grand
parents are held in such high regard.
Miss Genevieve Carpenter and her
cousin. Miss Louise Winterbotham,
two of Chicago's popular maids. have
electrified the social element by re-
nouncing the pomps and pleasures Of
fashionable life and have entered the
Roosevelt Hospital in New York City
TO prepare for the career of trained
nurse. Miss CarpenterefS a Daughter
OF Mr. and Mrs. John A. Carpenter,
whose suburban residence on the Yer
mont side Of Lake Champlain is IA
miliar to all who travel North on the
boat route. Mr.. Carpenter used the
natural beauty of the situation to re-
produce in miniature the delightful
environment about Lake Maggiore i'll
Lombardy, Italy. Not far distant is
the home of Mr., and Mrs. John II.
Winterbothara, the latter the sister OF
Mrs. Carpenter, and their estate Is
set in a 300-acre farm, the edge OF
which includes the outskirts Of Yer
gennes, once the capital city of Presi-
dent Coolidge'S native State. Mr.. Car
penter, as all the world knows, is the
celebrated musician of Chicago whose
symphonies and ballet music have
added much to the reputation of the
lake city as a musical center. When
he bought the property in order that
his family and the Winterbothams
could spend their summers together,
there was an old inn facing the lake
which had seen thrilling days in the
French and British warfare and when
the war Of American Independence
was being waged. This old hostelry
was not torn down, but has been used
to the last inch Of the space in maxi
ing one Of the most complete and
beautiful studios of the section. Miss
Carpenter and her cousin were pre-
sented to the social world last Winter,
but they never seemed to take much
interest in the frivols. But their sud-
den determination to devote their tai
ents and energy to philanthropy came
as a blow to their colleagues in the
Junior League.
Mr.. Thomas w. Slocum, who has
become the absolute owner of a roof
apartment in what New Workers call
away down town'-that is, on Forty
fourth street west-has transformed
his unique domicile into a choice bit
of Florentine roof villa and he might
be OH the banks of the Arno, except
for the sky scrapers which surround
the outer line of vision. But this view
of New York City in one Of its most
congested spots is softened by the