Evening star., 1928-12-09
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Exqusitely Illuminated Volume of Papal
State Papers to Congress Library.

Alexander Graham Bell and sister Of
Mrs. Gilbert H. Crosvenor.
Emily Roosevelt, who made such an
outstanding success in Aida" presented
last month by the Philadelphia Civic
Opera Company Is the daughter OF the
late George Washington Roosevelt.
lineal descendant in the major line OF
that Claes Martensen van Rosenfelt
who emigrated from Holland to New
Amsterdam in the middle seventeenth
century and founded on New York the
family now known as Roosevelt. Miss
Roosevelt proves that the gifts of this
dominant family in the annals OF this
Republic have been placed along many
lines. She studied in New York. Milan
and Paris, and is evidently endowed
with talents distinctive enough to place
her permanently with the native and
imported prima donnas of grand opera.
Naturally the professional debut of this
charming young singer was marked by
brilliant social activity. During her
engagement in the Quaker City, Miss
Roosevelt was entertained by Mrs. Her
man v. Hilprecht formerly Miss Sallie
Grocer, and one. of the jealous patron
esses of good music in her home city.
It was through Mrs. Hilprecht'S en-
deavors that the Metropolitan Opera
Company made its first visit to Phila-
delphia and she was a generous SUBJ
scriber to the Oscar HammerStein
Opera Troupe. She is at present chair
man of the executive committee of the
Philadelphia Orchestra's general board
of patrons.
Princess Francoise d'Orleans daugh- !
ter of the Duke of Guise, pretender to
the throne of France, who soon is TO
wed Princess Christopher of Greece is
a cousin of that Prince Charles Philippe,
Duke de Nemours who last Spring SO
romantically married Miss Marguerite
Watson of this city Charles and his
bride have never been pardoned for
their unconventional Interpretation Hf
the cast iron customs of the Bourbon
family and they do not mingle with
others in the circle. But they enjoy
life with the best in Paris and London.
Possibly FRANCHISE IN marrying Jne
widower of the former Mrs. Wllilam
Leeds, and who has proflted SO greatly
by her fortune, may take a Droauer
view of her relatives gallant conduct
in marrying a dowerleSS bride unrelated
to royalty of present or past dynasCleS:
Anna Helene, younger daugnter OF
the Duke of Guise, last year, under daz-
z'ingly brilliant auspices, married IN
Naples a member of the Italian roya!
line, Prince Amedeo of Savoy, Duke OF
Apulia. All these various branches OF
the exiled Bourbons have resided in
London for the past three generations.
The Duke of Guise is son OF the late
Prince Louis Philippe, Duke OF Char
tres, who died in 1910 at his home at
Kingston on the Thames. He had mar
ried his cousin. Princess Francoise. OF
the Orleans branch, and he LETT g tre-
mendous fortune to his five children,
the elder son being the Duke OF Guise.
The oldest daughter married lineal
descendant of Marchal MacMahon,
Patrice, second Duke of Magenta.
London's new lord mayor, Sir John
Edward Kynaston Studd. inducted into
office recently with all the ceremonial
dear to British hearts, has brought into
the post of fiji ST lady of that vast munic-
ipality a distinguished Russian, Prin-
cess Alexandra Lieven. She is the
second wife of the octogenarian mayor |
and was married to him less than four |
years ago. A daughter of the late |
Prince Paul Lieven, master OF cere- |
monies at the court of Czar Nicholas
IL she fed from the terrors Of the
revolution as nursing sister, and
found refuge in London, where 90 many
ariStocratic Russians have been hospi- |
tabiy received. Two Russian nieces OF
the lady mayoreSs, Princess lima Lieven
and Princess Mary. Lieven, were among
her nine maids -of-honOr at the grand
ball given in Mansion House the eve
ming of the mayors installation and
many courtiers from Petrograd in the
days of the RomanoffS attended. Lady
Studd has heroic career back of her
social triumphs in London. She was
given the medal of st. George for
bravery in rescuing Britons and An2acs
in the fateful Turkish campaign and
after the failure of the Britons to
seize the BoSporus she Joined the
nursing corps in Mesopotamia and was
with the armies of Gen. Allenby when
he entered Jerusalem. The mayor of
London is a man of vast wealth and,
with such an accomplished wife, Lon
don IN its municipal Mile Square is
anticipating a regime Of unparalleled
brilliancy.
Miss Elizabeth Houghton second
daughter of the Ambassador to London,
aStonished her friends during her re-
cent visit to her Corning, NJ Y, home,
by her smart runabout of French