Evening star., 1929-12-15
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
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in China, but which did not reach very
far in Washington. But the Tang fam
lily was rich. for she was a younger
daughter of the powerful prime minis
ter of the Dowager Empress Tang Shoa
vi, and handsome allowance was made
on her marriage. This charming lady
had been educated in England, and was
"a classmate as we'll as a cousin of Nine.
Alfred SEE, wife of the second Minister
sent to Washington by the Chinese re-
public who is now with her family in
London. M. Henry Chang's appoint
ment proves that China, though torn
with civil strife, is falling into line in
naming diplomats and conSuls thor
oughly familiar with their field OF ac-
tivity.
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Princess Mary of Great Britain, who
now also includes Countess of Hare
wood in her titles, is an intimate friend
of King Victor Emmanuels daughter
Yolande, and these are perhaps the
leading royal ladies who really follow
horse racing with a scientific trend.
Princess Mary keeps an eye on King
Georges racing stable, for that mon
arch maintains the national tradition
more as a sense of duty to his father
rather than by inclination. The Prince of
Wales retired from active horse interests
during his fathers illness and his
three brothers appear at the Derby and
the Ascot more in the social role than
as SportSmen. The Earl of Hardwood
has a handsome fortune and his stables
at KnareSborough, in Yorkshire, are
entirely under his wifeS management.
The Hardwood fortune was acquired
in the thrilling days of pirates along
the Spanish Main and through rich
plantations in the Barbados and in
Jamaica. The eldest son of the earl
and his royal wife, Edward LascelleS,
is now entitled to be called Lord Las
GALES. when before he and his brother
George, who rank seventh and eighth
in the line of succession to the British
throne, were only honorableS. Princess
Yolande of Savoy, married to the caval-
ry officer, Capt. Calvi de Bergoli, is
so accurate a judge of horsef1esh that
her advice is sought by remount officers
and her racing tips are highly priced.
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Mr.. John Piarpont Morgan and many
of his associates are members of the
board of trustees of Trinity Church,
in lower Broadway, and the list reads
like a page from the financial directory.
Fabulously rich is Trinity Church, and
its chronicles are just as rich in his
torical material and in the visible evil
dence that New York City, chief gate
way of the Western World, has proved
the open sesame to fortune. King
William III sat on the English throne
when, on May 6, 1897, a group of citi-
zenS of New York who described them
selves as managers of the affairs of
the Church of England in the New
World presented a petition which COW
ers three sheets of parchment and is
a treasure of Americana deposited in
the British Museum, asking that they
be allowed to build and maintain q
church on lower Broadway, asking GER
tain special privileges. The petition was
granted the same day it was presented
and Trinity's documentary history be-
gan on that date, now more than 227
years in the past. Every May Trinity
celebrates its birthday by solemn re-
Iglous services and then a social oc-
caslon for the lay members.
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Mrs. Elizabeth Mcqueen of Beverly
Hills has been appointed aerial police
woman, and the honor is claimed that
Beverly Hills, Calf, that lovely neigh
boring suburb of Hollywood, is the first
municipality to name feminine
guardian of the air in all the history of
aviation. Mrs. Mcqueen has won laurels
as a safe and dependable air pilot, al
though she has never attempted stunt
hy1ng or tried caperS of any sort in the
ether or on the ground. All above the
capital of hlmdom and its surroundings
the air is as busy a thoroughfare as the
boulevards leading to Los Angeles and
toward Mexico, and vigilant monitreSS
is needed. Mrs. Mcqueen has given les
sons in aviation, and she considers that
the field opens splendid opportunities
for her sex, and her appointment simply
blazes the way for many others of a
similar nature. She calls attention to
the fact that in the recent national air
derby for women alone there were 20
entrants, and that of this number IA
finished the course from Santa Monica
to Cleveland and landed safely and with
precision. This, she says, is the highest
percentage ever made of entrants who