Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-09-22
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Two Prominent Diplomats Win Confidence in
Countries to Which They Are Assigned
as National Enjoys.

service and has ever since been vice
| consul at BiarritZ. France, as any
other country, has its regional iealousies,
and visitors are quite accustomed to
hearing the glories of the Basque coun-
| try extolled against the attractions ct
the Azure Coast or OF the Riviera. ST..
Paul and Minneapolis are nothing COM
pared to the rivalry of Biarritz and
other sea resorts, and the versatile and
popular vice consul who maintains an
all-the-year home there Is acknowledged
| to be an invaluable asset for the Basque
coast,
Lady Astor's age still remains a pro-
found mystery In the official sense
though the British law, like that of the
United States, requires regularly
elected lawmaker to register the day
month. year and place of birth. APP
parently no law exists to compel lady
legislators to comply with the age regis
tration and 1t remains optional If they
comply with the legal requirements.
Miss Susan Lawrence and Miss Mar
garet Bonfield, who have secured cabi-
net posts. disclose their ages as So and
56 and these two are probably the old
est of the women legislators. Miss Me-
gan Lloyd George is the youngest, being
Just past %, and the next youngest is
Miss Jennie Lee, who Is 81. Miss Flea
nor Rathbone, who Is in her early sos,
is the first woman to win seat from
oxford She Is master of philosophy
from that seat of learning and sits on
the Liverpool City Council. Lady Gym
thia Moseley, who makes her debut in
the Commons, is 81. She Is considered
a fine speaker and will no doubt win
some of the llonors held by Lady Astor.
She Is a daughter of the late Viscount
Curzon and his first wife, Mary Letter.
and her large fortune and that of her
husband. Sir Oswald Moseley, has been
freely spent in electing the Macdonald
ministry.
The Minister from the United States
| to Hungary and Mrs. Joshua Butler
Wright are so essentially of the Capital
that few Washingtonians penetrating
into regions washed by the Blue Danube
| fail after visiting Vienna to take the
charming night trip to Budapest, the
fairy city on both sides of the illus
trious river of the waltz. Those
who knew the capital of Hungary in
the days of Austria's supremacy can
| not but be Saddened by its reduced
estate and the subdued air apparent on
the once gay and colorful streets. Not
| that the residents do not carry them
selves with superb dignity and with
cheerful demeanor, but the shops lack
| attractive appearance, and those VINO
knew the toothsome dainties of by
gone years lament that during the war
times Budapest learned the value OF
substitutes and for economical reasons
has never returned to rich creams and
pure unsalted butter. Spoiled travellers
from Uncle Sans domain felt resentful
and then regretful that Budapest is not
what 1t used to be. But Mr.. and Mrs.
Butler Wright are ideal persons to rep
resent this country, since their expert
ence stretches into many lands and
under varied conditions. A young girl
| just out in the social world, as Miss
Harriet Switzerland daughter OF Ad-
miral Switzerland she visited the dusky
court of the Sultan of Sulu and the
Minister was In Russia when the empire
of the Romanoffs crashed.
AS every one in Hungary lives fru-
gally, officials of the United States and
the diplomatic corps in general observe
the rules established by the regency
But a simple code of hospitality pre-
walls and the twin cities, no longer
hyphenated, offer so many attractions
that the most captious have small rea-
son to complain. East meets the west
with courtesy. and youth and age join
hands, for Pest is marvelously up to
date and planned with tall modern
magnificence, while Buda, built on the
high picturesque hills across the blue
green Danube, shows In its architecture
and winding streets the passing of the
centuries. HungarianS are. superb