Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-12
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
NJ Cambon Venerable Diplomat of International
Fame Contributes Inform alton of Value to
the London Naval Conference.

younger set before she became the wife
of this brilliant scholar. DR.. Moore be-
gan his career as law clerk of the State
Department in 1885-1891, and he held
several other posts there-Third AS
sistant Secretary during the Spanish
American War and counselor during the
first two years Of President Wilson'S
terms. Between times he served ON
practically every commission or tribunal
where international law was involved
which was sent by this Government
into foreign countries. The result OF
these studies and the decisions rendered
are basis of the monumental work on
which this jurist has been engaged for
half a century. A member of the In
tellectual Moore family of Virginia, he
is a graduate of its famous university
at Charlottesville and made his law
studies there after taking the B. A. de-
gree. Mrs. Moore is a native of the
Capital, although her family Is also
Virginian in origin.
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DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler and his
clever daughter. Miss Sarah Butler,
were mines of illumination to those who
are not as familiar with the background
of the Nations history as they should
be when Columbia, in celebration of
the 175th anniversary of its founding,
held a most interesting art exhibit.
Miss Butler was among those who
pointed out the two famous portraits of
Mrs Alexander Hamilton, showing her
first as a matron of 80 and then an
identical garments when she had passed
the COS. New York modisteS have
been bewailing the sacrifice of youth
involved in the new fashions and insist
ing that a girl of 20 looked like her
grandmother. This seems to be proven
by the wife of the famous financier at
90, looking more comely in the bouffant
styles now becoming the rage than she
did at 80. Mrs. Alexander Hamilton
lived to be 81, and her last years were
passed in Washington in the home of
her youngest daughter, where she died.
She was brisk, witty and energetic
person to the last and held court every
Sunday afternoon, the President and
his cabinet making formal calls and
many Senators paying frequent visits
at the tea hour. All distinguished Wis
itors from foreign lands called on the
widow Of the patriot and flnancier as
punctiliously as they visited the White
House and with the same degree of
courtesy they paid respects to Miss
what Is now the Cosmos Club at the
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Prince Christian of Hesse, who is the
head Of the Philippstal- Barchfleld line
Of the ancient dynasty Of HeSSe-Darm-
stadt, Is among the deposed semi-royal
personages who live principally in Paris
and only part Of the year in their for
mer possessions. Prince Christian, who
is handsome and In the prime of life,
married in Berlin In January, 1915,
while the World War was going entirely
in the Kaiser's favor, Elizabeth Reid
Rogers. She had been belle of WASH
ington who was presented in the Winter
of 1913 with bevy of other winsome
girls from Dixie-Lucy and Sidney Bur-
Lesson, daughters of the Postmaster Cen
eral and Mrs. Burleson; Sallie Williams,
daughter of the renowned John Sharp
Williams, and Lucy Hoke Smith. Miss
Rogers was Of jackson, Tenn, and de-
scended from eminent families, includ-
ing that intrepid commander Of the brig
John Armstrong, to whom Congress
presented the original Betty Ross flag
in recognition of his heroism in the war
with the Algerian pirates, Capt. Reid
Miss Reds associates and friends in
the Capital were not impressed with
her marriage to a reigning Prince OF
Hesse. But she has made several visits
to her kindred on this side. Feelings
that swayed young and old in 1915 no
longer have influence, and Prince Chris
tian has not been held even remotely
responsible for the hirelings sent from
Hesse whom the patriots of the Revo-
luton held in such contempt. This in
ternational marriage has been happy
end there Is a group of pretty children.
Christian and his American wife hold
Summer court at the grand Chateau de
Rotenburg at Fulda, on the German
Danube, and in their handsome man
sion in Paris on Rue de Presbourg they
are very hospitable to visitors from this
part of the world.
Thomas Nelson Page, the well known
author of Virginia and some time AM
bassador from this Nation to Italy, had
a keen historical sense, and few spots
where he took up an abode failed to
profit by his study of local archives.
No more interesting paper has seen the
light in many years than that pub
lished recently relating to the with
drawal by Secretary Seward OF the
United States Minister to the Holy See.
The correspondence is between Lin
coins war Secretary Of State. who also
served Andrew johnson, and Rufus
King, the younger grandson of the emf
nent diplomatist whom John Quincy
Adams sent as Minister to London.
The letter was found by DR.. Page in
the chancellery of the American en-
baSsy in Rome. The Ambassador had
retained the services of the late DR..
Gino Esparanza as his secretary and
literary aid. and it was among the pa
pers Of the latter that these letters
were found. Mr.. King made strong
plea for the retention of the ministry
to the Vatican. but the mission was
closed in 1869 and previous to the fall
of the papal city before Garibaldis
army. In the present aspect Of affairs,
these letters are of value as showing
| that the principal reasons urged in