Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-07-10
Tales of Well Known Folk
/: In Social and Official Life
Interesting Sketches of World Notables Gathered
at Random IN u 5 and Foreign
Countre-Personal Mention.
nv MARGARET b. DOWNING.

her friendship for the Americah'bott
Duchess OF RoXburghe is that WieI
she visits Floors Castle all activities
are regulated by the hours ouFIns
which King George and his consoft de
sire 10 give to this sport. On the es
tate of the Duke OF RoXburghe IS some
Of The finest salmon fishing of Scot
land, and thanks to the splendlu IN
come which his wife brought this
neer has not been compelled either Il
incorporate his holdings or to let his
fishing and hunting preserves. Queen
Mary formed a friendship for the tor
ner Nav Goelet some 20 years ago
and this has increased with the pass
ing of time. Not every year can the
Queen accept the abundant hospital
itv Of this ancient Highland domain,
hut she does 40 whenever she can, ana
the King, who greatly admires the
duke, is always glad TO accompany
her. Floors Castle is just beyond the
picturesque village of kelso, so often
mentioned BY Walter Scott and IN
other writings dealing with the land
of the kilties. and the duCal estate eX'
tends into the town and holds title to
the entire northwest section. Inc
duke met Miss Mary Wilson Goe!et
during a visit to New York soon after
he came of age and the marriage took
, place in 1908. 1t has been an ideally
happy union. and the birth OF the
young Marquis of Beaumont 10 years
after the nuptia1s was the eliminating
joy. The duke is the eighth to hold
this title, but the house of lnnes-ker,
OF which he is the head, held baronial
rights in the thirteenth century, and
from their stronghold at Selkirk For
l,x-ax in tho thick nf
the Highland wars.
Young Lord Nunburnholme. who
was so often entertained in sporting
clubs of this country when he was
contending for steeplechase champion
ship honors, recently met with such a
serious accident on the hunting field
that he has been compelled to retire
from the 10th Hussars, in which he
was q brother officer of the Prince OF
Wales. This Is the regiment which is
called the Prince of Wales Own, and
which has the cockade of feathers SO
familiar all over the world. Fortu'
nately the young peer has handsome
private fortune and will at once enter
the great shipping firm of Wilson at
Liverpool, in which his family has the
controlling power. Lord Nunburn'
holme Is just 25 and his resignation
from the Hussars is deeply depl0red.
Medieval customs maintain when off,
GERS for the Hussars are chosen. Rec
ords of honor from the career of the
candidate are posted, and King George,
who once served in the corps, scans
these honors carefully. His recon-
mendation Is imperative before the
most Distinguished officer can be adj
Dat, q yalA
as much time as he can spare with
this regiment, for he is enthusiastic
over the steeplechase and the best
riding In England is done on it's field.
Prince George is a member of the Hus.
sars, and as he has more leisure than
his older brother he often occupies his
quarters on the field.
Mr.. Leander Mccormick Goodhart,
commercial secretary Of the British
embassy, has given the environment
about his home at Langley Park. in
the Hyattsville section of Prince
Georges County, an air Of the English
midlands. in that the stately brick
mansion, with long. rambling stables,
Is plainly in view on the Riggs road.
Mr.. Goodhart Mccormick purchased
the estate from the heirs Of the late
Samuel Langley, and when the house
used by that lamented scientist
burned down. some five years ago, he
erected the present Georgian manor,
which blends so tremendously on the
long stretch OF sunny hills fringed
with trees. Following English tradi.
tions, the present owner has rebuilt
the fences and carefully trained the
honeysuckle and Virginia creeper,
and already they are completely COW
cred and present a tidy appearance
compared to the boundaries commonly
seen in the country. The long lane
which leads from Blair road to the
private park where the manor house
stands is treated with the utmost
simplicity, with no imposing entrance,
nor even a gate. The road is fine
gravel and there are cedars Of ancient
growth scattered here and there. and
only a plain sign giving the name Of
the estate and the potent word 'Pri-
waite" distinguishes this from sur.
rounding farm Enclosures. The fields
will always be historic, in that Prof.
Langley tried out some Of his theories
In flying in the most specious grounds
and his workshop still stands on the
outer edge.
Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, jr., has
purchased a famous estate at Manhas-
set, Long Island. and on her return
from Paris will take possession OF 1t,
possibly as an "all the year round"
home. The house and garden were
the pride and recreation Of the cele-
brated caterer, Louis Sherry. and
every detail, even to the number of
cultivated acres, was replica of
Little Trianon. off the great gardens
of Versailles, where the unhappy
Marie Antoinette and her friends
played as dairy maids and shep-
herdesses. The second owner Of this
exquisite bit of French architecture
and landscape gardening was the
late Frank Munsey. The publisher
cared but little for the dairy part Of
the Fairgrounds, hut he improved the
SO acres by the importation Of many
of the plants indigenous to Versailles
and he ran the stone wall along Shell.
ter Rock road for 100 feet and COW
cred IL with exotic Towering vines.
Mrs. Vanderbilt sold her home
at 666 Fifth avenue in June, and
rumor had it that she would hence
forth live in q roof apartment on the
same site But she decided on the
Manhassett place, which she had fire.
ouently visited. She plans TO have
space enough ItI ldIliiN ItIIlDHSs
children and grandchildren in the
Summer and at the feasts sacred to
gathering under one rooftree Thanks
giving day. Christmas and birthdays.
Her second daughter. Mrs. Earl
Smith, is partial TO Long Island and
cares nothing for Newport. The fam
fly owns a villa there, which this
Summer is occupied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Frederic Cameron Church.
Prince Farouk. heir of King Fuad
Of Egypt, is one of the handsomest Of
the younger crown princes of the day
and his fathers subjects are particu-
1arly pleased over his skill in riding.
Though barely years of age, he is
fearless on a horse and may be en-
countered on the desert roads or along
the Nile Galloping his pony with the
cavalry officers. This desCe ndant Of
the pharaOhs destined to rule their