The Washington times., 1930-07-07
TOWnSendS to
Leave City
Shortly
Capital Woman. and Husband
To Go to Adirondacks Upon
i Her Return From Abroad

Her Return From Abroad
Returning after a colorful
holiday abroad Mrs. Law
renee Townsend will arrive
in New York this evening
on board the Olympic.
After a few days in New
York Mrs. Townsend will
come to Washington and
some time next week will
close her house here and 60
to her place on Schroon
Lake in the Adirondacks.
The Townsend's mountain
retreat is a charming ram
bling old log cabin perched
high on a bluff overlooking
the lake. In the peace and
solitude of her beloved
mountains Mrs. Townsend
is accustomed every summer
to map out her musical pro-
gram for the coming winter
finding inspiration in the
stiffness and beauty of her
surroundings.
Quest of Royalty
She returns with an entirely
new collection of laurel wreaths
garnered during her stay
abroad. One of the most in
teresting episodes Of her visit
was a command" to the royal
box at Albert Hall when the
New York Philharmonic Sym
phony Orchestra made its Lon
don debut.
Both King George and Queen
Mary were present on the oc-
caSion, and Mrs. Townsend
shared honors as their guests
with such distinguished and
titled personages as H. r. H.
Princess Beatrice, mother of the
Queen of Spain; the Duchess Of
York, the Duke of Connaught,
and their royal highnesses,
Princess Marie Louise and Prin-
cess Helen Victoria, nieces of
the duke.
Visit to Prince
Mrs. Townsend has always
been as much at home in Lon
don as in washington. and has
maintained for years the closest
of personal friendships with the
British royal family.
It will be remembered that
the Prince of Wales, upon the
occasion of his first visit to the
United States, made special
point Of calling upon Mr.. and
Mrs. Townsend at their home
in Washington. In the drawing
rooms of her house on Twenty
first Street is a marvellous col
lection of autographed photo
graphs of King George and
Queen Mary and the British
princes and princeSseS in their
childhood days.
Much of Mrs. Townsend's
early life was spent abroad as
a child and later during Mr..
Townsend's career in the diplo-
matte service.
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In New York.
Sir Ronald Lindsay, the
British ambassador, is in New
York where be went to vel
come the Britannia which ar
rived this morning on her
maiden voyage. He was ac-
companied to the dock by Sir
Harry GloSter Armstrong,
British consul general in New
York.
The Attorney General, Will
liam D. Mitchell, and the
Secretary of Commerce, Robert
p. Lamont, are guests of the
Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury, Walter E. Hope, at
his cottage, Ridgecrest, at
Watch Hill, R. I.
On Saturday the Cabinet
members were opposed to their
host and the Solicitor General,
Thomas D. Thacher, who also
has a cottage at Watch Hill,
on the links of the MiSquami-
/ cut Golf Club. The Cabinet
pair were vanquished after a
hard struggle.
Envoy Sails Wednesday
The Minister of the Neither
lands, and Nine. van Royen
will leave Washington on Wed
nesday for New York, and will
sail that night on the S. S.
Olympic for Cherbourg, going
:, on to Paris for a few days be-
fore departing tor their home
in Holland. They will be joined
during the summer by their
son, Robert van Royen, who has
been attending the University
Of Utrecht. The Minister and
Nine. van Royen plan to remain
abroad all summer, passing the
greater part of their time quiet
ly at their home.
L. G. van Hoorn, Counselor
of the Legation, will be charge
d'affaires, and also remaining
in Washington will be the Min
1Ster'S Son Herman van Royen,
who is attached to the legation.
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The Assistant Secretary of
State and Mrs. Francis White
have leased the Rose cottage
at. NarrapanSett Pier r for