Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-21
Tales of Well Known Folk
In Social and Official Life
Minister Jardine, U. S. Representative in Egypt,
Privileged to Witness Observance of Pic
turesque Old-Time Custom.

journey will be overland through an
cient and picturesque areas until Adds
Abaha, capital of Abyssinia, Is reached
about october %. Mr.. Cooke has mas
tered all varieties of etiquette and has
diligently studied all details of this his
torie land of East Africa. Although he
has only been ofieially In charge OF
ceremonials since 1912, for many years
he had acted as prop and q stan Tor
social Washington Not alone In regard
to precedent and all the thorny ques-
lions growing out of it, but he has al
ways proved most amiable in answering
questions as to proper apparel and the
mode of procedure at all formal fune-
tons Born in Washington, Mr.. Cooke
comes from colonial family established
in Frederick, Md, prior to the stormy
years when the stamp act and its COM
misSioners were burnt in efhgy. His
father was the late Luther M Cooke,
and his mother, who had been Mary
Stephens was well known in the Capt.
tails social and club life. The hospitable
home near the Monocacy held a special
welcome for fishermen, ana many rec
ords for bass catching have been made
on the river thereabout.
The home of Count and Countess
Folke Bernadotte in Stockholm is
planned entirely after the manner of
living in the United States Contrary to
the usual procedure, when Miss Estelle
Manville married the scion of the
reigning house of Sweden she had
shipped over all her personal belongings
and had her entire suite of rooms fur
nished exactly as 1t was in her girlhood
in Pleasantville, N. j. Count Folke had
purchased some American furniture and
his apartments were such as may be
seen in any mansion of the more lux
urious families Of New York and Jersey
The home of this nephew and niece-in-
law of King Gustav of Sweden is in the
heart of the capital and is regarded as
an excellent type of domestic environ
ment in the Republic of the West. Al
though Sweden has famous household
suite and in the imposing dining hall
came from this country, and as a rule
show the most pleasing adaptations of
the colonial. Count Folke Bernadotte is
the son of King Gustav's romantic
brother Oscar Charles, who renowned
his royal perogatives in order to wed
the maiden of his choice who was not
Of royal status. Count Folke spent
many years In New York.
Great Britain will have another Duke
VI HilnOl YEAS bttuusH ltlS 0cakh Vi
Alan Ian Percy, 9th, Duke of North
cumberland, as his eldest son, Henry
George Alan, is just II. This head of
the famous house of Percy was news
paper scribe and was one of the pub
fishers of the London Morning Post.
He was only SO and was deemed one
of the implacable conservatives of pres
ent times. The late duke was the
oldest brother of one Of the most pop
ular members of the British embassy
during the terms of Lord Bryce and Sir
Cecil Spring Rice, Lord Eustace Percy,
Boy Scout leader and q promoter Of
social welfare in every country to
which he was assigned, was Of general
interest to Washingtonians. But great
er interest has centered in the fifth
Duke of Northumberland, whose natural
son was James Smithson, this republics
first benefactor, represented by the
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