Evening star., 1927-11-06
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Former Viscountess Benoist day. Well Known
in Washington, Makes Art of Angling
Fashion able in French Society.

premises. Both young men are ex-
perjenced flyers and have won their
medals in races and exhibits. They
fy for recreation after their serious
avocations in the city and both are
committed 10 working for space
enough in the heart Of Chicago for
small planes to land their passengers
and then so home to their own han
gars. This may take some time. for
the deepest prejudice prevails against
| low flying over cities, and the best
| those in such centers Of population
as the lake metropolis can hope for is
field on it's outskirts and then TO
! have an auto waiting to make the
| remainder OF the trip.
| Lake Geneva, however. is only IS
| miles from Chicago, too meagef a dis
tance for an aviator to tune up his
machine. But there exists the ad-
vocates Of flying no matter how short
| the distance, when perfect controls
are invented. Many visualize the
daring birdman who is in haste. cut
ting his plane loose and landing from
parachute all in about S minutes in
stead of zig.zagging i'll and out Of the
Congested motor traffic OF the morn
ing hours and the snails pace that
it means
The former Margaretta Drexel. one
Of the loveliest of American peeresses.
has recently stepped into the rank Of
countesses after being familiar To the
public for almost 20 years as Viscount.
| ess Maidstone. Her husband. Wis
| count Maidstone, succeeded his father,
the Earl Of Winchilsea and Noting
| ham, during the past month. The
only daughter Of Anthony J. Drexel
and his former wife. now Mrs. Brins-
| ley Fitzgerald of London, the Count
ess of WinchilSea will hold an envia-
bic position in London's political
world.
| Mr.. Drexel gave his daughter a
! handsome dover when she wed the
heir of these ancient titles, and a
| fine mansion at 10 Grosvenor street in
London. But he was adamant against
| spending q fortune in restoring the
| famous and historic castle which the
Earls of Nottingham had built in the
| days Of Richard the Lion Hearted.
| He pointed out to the earl that his
| daughter did not care for country life
and had declined to take any part in
the lively affairs about her natal city
Philadelphia He also said he thought
| that the money could be more wisely
expended than in restoring the
| fifteenth century castle. This was
| very disappointing to the earl, espe'
ciallv as nearly all rich American
peeresses were engaged in doing for
their husbands what Mr.. DrexeI would
not undertake for his daughter.
Whether this restoration will engage
the attention of the new earl and his
! wife remains to be seen. They have
spent much time in China. where the
Viscount Maidstone was head Of an
Anglo.American bank. There are four
children. the young Viscount Maid.
stone being about Is.
| DR. Leo s. Rowe IL arranging a con-
cert some time in the early Winter at
which the celebrated Chilean soprano.
Sofia del Campo. will sing. This young
songstress recently arrived in New
York City. after a triumphant concert
OF the principal cities Of South Amer
| lea and Of Europe. She sang at the
Carnegia Hall. and captured her audi
ence. She comes OF one of Chile's
most honorable families. her grand
| mother having been the Marquesa de
le Pena. lineal descendant Of Gnz-
man Ell Bueno. the valiant Castilian
captain. Though this young singer
showed phenomenal talent from her
! early childhood. her family ~efused tn
permit her to seek a professional
career and only an accident in the