Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-28

IL J richer in honor and prestige than In
financial opportunity. "a remark
A which applies these sad democratic
DAYS to all royal and court posts
~verywhere)
Captain the Hon. Bruce Ogilvy, late Of tho
Horse Guards, n dark, cheerful young man
known as "Brucie." has just come to that
conclusion. For the last seven years ne mas
baen one of H. r. HIS two equerries. His
brother the Earl Of Airlie, Is lord In waiting
To the King. His mother, the Dowager Lady
Airlte is a lady Of the bedchamber to queen
Mary. But the young guardsman-courtier mas
thrust aside family tradition and the pleasant
habits of an eousrrys existence. He Is retiring
from st. James Palace to the city, from royal
circles to the insurance business.
The event makes bigger dent IN H. H. H.s
routine and affairs than those who DO not
realize the modest size Of his establishment
might suppose. He is one Of the worlds busy
men but he lives In bachelor quarters IN the
smallest of the palaces. does without personal
stenographer. uses fountain pen for private
correspondence and . folding typewriter Tor
official letters, and limits his encourage to
controller private secretary and an assistant
nrivate secretary and brace Of equerries.
There also used to be master Of the horse
"a give an ofhcial title to Q cavalry oficer the
Prince casually picked up In India and gave
1900 O year Tor the purck1ASe "a AAS AoAocO
but he married and dropped out.
The encourage may be small. but 1t Is cum
hingiy chosen and adroity regardful of the
claims of the three component parts Of the
United kingdom There are three English ON
oers Of his majesty's Foot Guards, one OF whom
has embassy connections and first-hand ex-
Ansrience of the East while another has been
p governor generals aide in Canada and Is
married to an American woman with Canadian
Connections; an English admiral who mas
ranged the world, fought tn half dozen land
and sea battles and Is an expert organizer
and man of figures; q Welsh diplomat who Is
an expert in international law and has afnlia-
tons with the state church, and the retiring
eusnerry who Is q Scot
a FEET the statesman Of the establishment.
Ava Sir Godfrey Thomas-lean saturnine, the
tenth baronet 40, welsh; q black Basque OF
charm, with shy manner but direct mind. a
-hesitant mode Of speech but much expressive
,hess, and habit-acquired no doubt In the
'Hiplomatic game-of dropping enigmatic lids
; ever black eyes when he has private thoughts to
Eonceal
1 with Maj. Lascelles, cousin Of Princess
&Earys husband for aide, he runs the private
eecretarys department. But he Is q private
"
6tions counsel and state department in one.
II newspaper publishes an erroneous state
k,ent that the Prince attended o bull fight
khiIe the guest Of King Alfonso Of Spain,
it is Godfrey Thomas who rings up the editor
lind privately says hard words to him. He is
Interested in what the worlds press says about
she young man he calls my master"
!. His resource is boundless. But once ne was
hanled. It was when the Prince was visiting
EIatin American republic. Engagements stood
10 Deep The Prince was IN the hands OF ms
hest, the President. As they SAT late az
xtate banquet in the capital one night the
Question Of the next days engagements arose.
sEcmething had to be cut. They ran down the
k1isk. A visit to o school attracted the presi-
Rental eye. Wen cut that" he said
! Next day the children Of that school went
I'm parade and waited and waited. No
&prince ALI the newspapers raised yen. IL
sSWas echoed in the British press, and the
Guardian Of British interests, the august
Etmes, spoke Of bad staff work. In short, the
Princes encourage got Il In the neck.
| what had actually happened was that the
president had forgotten to convey his over
hight decision to any one: he maintained
bland silence when the storm burst, having
his popularity to consider, and an the Princes
Encourage could do was grin and take the
krickbats. They couldn't give his excellency
sway.
/;
roDFREY THOMAS was intended for .
~ military career, following his father, an
artillery officer, but his eyesight headed him
tfr that path, and he went instead into tho
diplomatic service. where they don't mind
glasses so long as the equipment behind the
eyes and above the ears Is sound. He was an
&ttache in Berlin had a spell ct the foreign
6fnce, was in Paris with the peace delegation,
and then the Prince took him into his service
when he set up separate establishment and
moved into st. James Palace, where Godfrey
Thomas now has permanent quarters.
A very earnest man, despite streak of sar-
uonic humor. His wife, tall, good-looking. Is
The daughter of an archdeacon, and strong ON
kae Established Church. They were married in
ksSkathedral