Evening star., 1928-10-28
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Modest Buildings in Washington Due Hereafter to
Be Jointly Known Birthplace of
Czechoslovakian Republic

| Hanbury williams is the younger Of the
two daughters of the former Julia
| Grant, granddaughter of President
| Grant. who spent much of her youth in
| Washington Her father, Prince Mi
| chael Cantacuzene, was a major gen.
| eral in the imperial army of the Gear.
/ He possessed vast estates near Moscow
! and a famous Winter palace in the
Russian capital With his wife and son,
| the younger prince Michael made
| spectacular escape disguised as peas
| ants after the triumph of the soviet
| cause They were able to save but lit
| tie of their personal property, and their
entire fortune was confscated by Len1ne
| and Trotsky. Prince Michael took over
| the orange groves of the late Mrs. Pot
ter Palmer in the Daytona district of
| Florida and was eminently successful.
| The future Mrs. Hanbury Williams and
her sister, Mrs. Bruce Smith of Louis
Vile, were saved all the misery of
forced fight from Russia, as they were
both at school in Washington under the
care of Mrs. Fred Grant.
What the phenomenally early dates
which Mrs. Coolidge announced for the
| opening of the social official season in
Washington has accomplished by hast
ening many events scheduled for No
vember and December. the Metropolitan
Opera Co. of New York City accom-
plishes for debuts and balls of that Sec
ton. The director of the Metropolitan
has exceeded the haste shown in
Washington. and for the first time in
memory of personnel has gathered and
the curtain is to be raised tomorrow
night, October 90. The traditional Au-
tumn ball at Tuxedo Park has been
eliminated, although the board of man.
ayers makes it plain that next season
arrangements will be made in time for
such an eXigency as the opening of the
opera creates. This ball has hitherto
ended the horse show and horse racing
interval at this famous rendezvous OF
the late August Belmont, and 1t has
been one of the colorful events of the
year, inspiring many artists and fiction
lists new clubhouse with a magnih-
cent ballroom will be In readiness for
the ball of 1929. Many New York
deoutantes who we're to have been pre-
sented during the week before the ball
at Tuxedo have postponed their coming
out parties until late November. A
number of charity balls have announced
later dates in order not to conflict with
popular opera rendition and the sup
pers which follow. Some of the dehu-
tantes, discouraged by the crowded cal
endar, have taken up music, art or the
languages and have postponed their
presentations until next Spring.
Mr.. Alexis H G. o. Lundh, coun-
selor of the Norwegian Legation and
its charge daffaires during the absence
of the minister, adds another to the
list of those who passed a profitable
vacation fishing and thus joins the
illustrious company of President Cool
idge, the governor general OF Canada,
V1scount wilmington and the Arch
bishop of Baltimore. But, unlike those
eminent sons of IZaak Walton, Mr..
Lundh cares nothing for fishing with
a line and fly and nothing but probing
the depths of the ocean appeals. With
his wife and young son, Peter Alexis,
he spent nearly two months on tiny
island of Frageroe on the Norwegian
Coast, and mackerel and cod were the
principal finds. The cod runs about
the same size as in corresponding lati-
tude on this side of the Atlantic, but
the mackerel is much larger. Deep
sea fishing has been the delight OF
Mr.. Lundh from his boyhood, and he
intends in more leisurely days to jour-
ney to the Catalina Island, off the
Pacific Coast, near Les Angeles, and
have a trial at fishing for tuna, sport
acknowledged all over the world to be
unequaled for those who prefer fishing
in the deep waters. Such luck at
tended the efforts of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lundh and young Peter that they feel
they have satisfied their appetite for
cod and mackerel for some months,
perhaps until next Summer.
Miss Ellen Waller Borden's engage
ment to Mr. Adlai Stevenson, I'd, grand
son of the Vice President in President
Cleveland's second term, and son of
Mr. Lewis e. Stevenson, who spent his
boyhood in Washington, is of interest
to a wide circle of friends here. Mr..
and Mrs Lewis Stevenson spent much
time in the Capital when the former
was the business manager of Mrs.
Matthew T. Scott's large agricultural
| and real estate interests, and young
Adlai, I'd, and his sisters attended local
schools. Miss Borden is daughter of
Mr.. John Borden by his first marriage
| to Miss Ellen Waller of Chicago, an
author and artist of note in the club
section of the Lake City and a con-
| Spicuous and discriminating hostess.
Mr.. Borden married the second time
| the former Miss Courtney Let's, who
was among the brilliant bellies of the
season, in which the Prince of Wales
visited Washington and who was one
| of the coterie who visited White Sui
| phur Springs during the visit of the
British heir to that resort Mr.. and
| Mrs. Lewis Stevenson have for some
| years lived in Chicago, Mr. Stevenson
| having sold the home of Vice President
| Stevenson in Bloomington, Ill, some
| 10 years ago. Mrs Matthew T. SCOTS
well known domicile adjoining the Ste
Venson'S is now occupied at times by
! Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Vrooman, who also
took over the handsome place on Lake
| Michigan at Charlevoix, adjacent to
that of former Ambassador to Japan
Thomas O'Brien.
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Mr.. Wendell Phillips Dodge, who has
been so earnestly promoting the build
ing and equipping of an American the
ater In Paris, is meeting with such sue
cess that he confidently predicts the
crop of tourists in the French capital
next year can hear plays in their own
language. Mr.. Dodge and his associate
in this business, Mr.. OrSon Kilborn,
have received cordial support from the
| French government in recognition of
the valuable services of both gentlemen
in fostering the production of French
plays in the United States. Mr.. Kill
born Is a son of the late Horace M.
kilborn, who was an official of the Ma
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