The Washington times., 1929-08-19
OF
PRINCESS ARE
CLEVER
Daisy Of Pless Writes Of
Her Life AS Wife Of
German Ruler

Iantes OF EdWardlan Lon
don, has written an autobi-
ography just off the press,
entitled, "Daisy, Princess Of
Pless," in which she pre-.
sents an extraordinarily
candid picture Of English
and continental society and
rsalon = politics Of the pre-
1 war period, and her expert
bnces as a Red Cross nurse.
"Her main preoccupations
! were the relationships be-
tween England and Ger
many; again and again she
acted as an unofficial peace
maker between the two
countries, says Major
] Chapman Huston in the In
production.
Sense Of Humor
The Princess describes the
many difficulties Of her position
as an Englishwoman married to
q German ruling prince during
the war. She also tells anec-
dotes Of King Edward VII, por-
traying him as a delightful per-
son, with a decided sense OF
humor.g She describes one eve
ming he spent at CoWes.
For q Game!
''King Edward came ashore from
The Victoria and Albert one night
to play bridge. He did not want
any fuss, brought only one
equerry, and they hired . crazy
cab to drive them to Egypt House
lwhere the Princess was staying
with the Duchess of Manchesterl
The driver did not know where 1t
was and took them to the wrong
place. 1t was quite dark and the
eQuerry got out and rang. A VIM
dow upstairs was opened and two
outraged old ladies' peered out de-
manding what all the noise was
about. The King shouted up that
he had come to play bridge with
the Duchess Of Manchester. The
angry ladies declared that they
knew nothing about either bridge
or Duchess, that he was drunk
and if he did not go away quietly
at once they would telephone for
! the police"
Irish Stories
4 She says that the former Kaiser
eOuld at times be very amusing.
II never met q man who can
remember such millions OF things
ut the same time, even Irish
stories, which / suppose he heard
In England-he repeated one in
German-I nearly died Of laughter.
And then he half-acts when he
tells stories, one evening he went
on from eleven to a quarter to
one. And then at tea-tine too he
! keeps On till nearly dinner-time.
! At Court
Many American debutantes-at
least the frank ones-would ad.
init sharing the feelings of the
Princess of Pless at the time when
she was presented at the English
/ Court. She writes: When I
was duly presented to Queen Vic.
toria. wore, for the first time, a
long dress, en enormously long
train, and three white plumes in
my hair. I tried to look nice,
but simply felt what q little
! donkey was"
Cabinet
The Attorney General, William
| De Witt Mitchell, is returning to-
day from Rehobeth, Del, where he
passed the weekend as the guest
| OF the former Assistant Attorney
General and Mrs. John r.
| Marshall.
Senator and Mrs. Charles c..
dill have taken an apartment in
the Presidential for the coming
winter. Mrs. Dill has been In the
] East for a week and is now with
her family at Cold Spring Harbor,
! Long Island, until the end of the
month, when she will come to
Washington to join Senator Dill.
The latter, who is in Spokane,
/ Wash, will come to town later
in the month.
Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg,
who is passing the summer with
5 Mrs. Vandenberg and their son
~ EhaiVs hAVIaA fwa AEfnfa|aeo1 SwsiIN
return to the Wardman Park
Hotel the first o: September.
Mr.. and Mrs. William W. But.
terworth who are arriving today
on the lie de France will pass a
few days in New York at the
Ritz-Carlton before coming to
Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emett G. Choate
of Miami, Florida, motoring
through to New York, are spend
Ing a few days at The Mayflower.
In Brussels
The Commercial Attache Of the
Cuban Embassy. Marino Perez,
is in Brussels, attending the sugar
conference as q delegate from
Cuba. He will join Nine. Perez
in Havana before returning to
Washington this fall.
4
Maj. Gen. and Mrs. Herbert B.
Crosby have with them for the re-
mainder bf the summer their son,
Lieut.. George Crosby, and Lieut..
Malin Craig, jr., who have come
from station In Panama and are
en- route to Fort Sill, Okla, for
duty. @
Miss Jane Crosby has with her
for several weeks Miss Catherine
Morris, daughter Of Col. and Mrs.
Willis v. Morris. who are motor.
ing from Fort Riley, Kan, to Gov.