Evening star., 1930-06-15
BY MARGARET B. DOWNING.


held by cadet branches of the house
Of Howard His father was the second
Lord Henry Howard of MolyneuX, the
barony of that name having come to
the Henry who in 1854 married Jullana
Molyneux. heir of the barony with the
seat at Greystoke Castle in Cumber-
land Here the former Sir Esme was
born. the sixth child of his father who
had married Hon. Charlotte Long of
Hampton Lodge, Surrey. He inherited
no title not even an honorable AS
Mr.. Esme Howard, he was counselor OF
the embassy in Washington in 1907
under Mr.. James Bryce. After serving.
successfully as British Minister in
Budapest and Berne. he was named
Ambassador to Madrid and soon after |
was knighted. and he returned to |
Washington as Sir EsTne
One of the older branches of the |
Howards of Norfolk now in the peerage |
Is that of the Earls of Shrewsbury a |
minor title of the Dukes of Sutherland !
which came with the marriage of Lord |
Edward FitZalan Howard with Lady |
Charlotte Leveson-Gower in 1914. The |
Earls of Suffolk and Berkshire are an
other Howard line. The widowed
Countess of Suffolk, formerly Marguerite
Letter, is we'll known in Washington,
where she was married in 1904. The
present earl nephew of Mr.. Joseph
letter of this city and Chicago, was
born at Charlton Park, Malmebury in
Wiltshire, in 1906. He spends most OF
his time in South Africa and is unnar-
ried The Earls of Carlisle are another
branch and their seat is in Cumberland
near Greystone Castle. The present
earl and the countess were frequently
entertained during the regime of their
kinsman in Washington. There are
several other titled Howards and among
those with close ties with Washington
are the Howards of Corby Castle In
Cumberland. Sir Henry Howard OF
Corby was attached to the British lega-
ton in 1868 under Sir Howard Thorn
ton and married Miss eczema Riggs
daughter of the banker, the late George
z. Riggs.
Mrs. Edward E. Gam probably Us
the only exponent of the fine art OF
needlework left in the upper regions OF
oficialdom Mrs Gam for many years
has made lace, principally for curtains
and fine table drapings, and having re-
turned to the much-loved home IN
Cleveland Park, she Is busy with her
needle at every spare moment catching
IN stitches which have been rent and
adding a few new furbelows to the
household treasures. Mrs. Joseph Lei
ter is an an expert needlewoman, but
she confines her efforts to what Is
known as needlepoint tapestry for chairs
or sofa cushions Mrs. Hoover, like
Mrs. Coolidge, knits, crochets and does
expert plain sewing, but she has never
attempted lace as Queen Mary and
her daughter and many other exalted
women in Europe have successfully done.
Princess Pat of Connaugh makes mar
velour lace and has Just finished COM
plete bed set, spread. drapings for the
canopy and numerous lesser articles for
the various pieces Of furniture.
Mrs. Henrietta Tower Wurts, sister
of the famous Charlemagne Tower,
sometime Ambassador to st. Petersburg
in the dazS of the Car and 10 Berlin
when Kaiser Wilhelm was on the crest
of the wave, has lived in Rome for
more than so years and is one of the
grande danes in the international cir
Gle of the Italian capital. She Is the
widow of Theodore Wurts, veteran
member of the United States Foreign
Service He was a German who had
first taken a post under the Minister
in Berlin in 1862, in the years when
that bustling capital was only the chief
city of Prussia. Mr.. Wurts had the
gift of languages and from Berlin he
was sent to Rome to aid in the COM
pick situation which arose after the
unification of Italy. He was secretary
devote more time to antiquarian studies,
Just before the legation was raised to
an embassy. His wife brought him an
ample fortune and he had private
means of his own. He purchased a
splendid tract of land on the Janiculum
Hill. once a villa in the Augustan days
belonging to the powerful family Of
Sciarri, and after tracing the original
outlines of both mansion and gardens,
he restored the place with incredible
skill. Mr. Wurts died in this idyllic
spot about three years ago when he was
approaching the ninetieth mile -stone.
Mrs. WurtS finds Rome changing and
the creation of Vatican City has so
greatly altered the approaches of her
home, that she has given the property
to the Italian government with a sum
Of $4,000 for its perpetual care, and
to be memorial to her husband She
has spacious Winter apartment in the
Palazzo Mattel in the Street of the
Rope Makers on the Tiber. and there
she proposes to pass the season. In the
Summer she will go to Switzerland.
X
Sir Julian Calm. who is one of
Britain's leading sportSmen and who
recently sailed for Buenos Aires tc
assume direction of his cricket team
on tour Of the Argentine modestly
sent to the home secretary the deeds
of Newstead Abbey, which ne has pre-
Sented to the nation as a memorial tc
Lord Byron. Of a keen literary trenc
he has always resented that England!
famous bard had been so neglected
and that not even a tablet had been
erected TO his memory in Westminster
Abbey. The illustrious poet was not
however, born at Newstead but wen
there when 10 years of age, and even
tually Inherited this chief seat of th'
Byron family bestowed by Henry VII
on Sir John Byron, the founder ST
Julian intends TO a: out the ruineC
castle and park with Byron memorial
and TO establish a library of the poet
works and the chief critical contribu
tions TO his fame which have beer
made in the l10 years since the poet
romantic death fighting for the inde
pendence Of Greece.
Mrs. Arthur CurtiSs James. VIII
during the past Winter established Il
her Newport gardens one of the love
liest collections of blue flowers TO b
admired in this country, has turne'
her attention TO palms on the estat
at Palm Beach. Although she ha
been riding this hobby less than tw
years, she already has assemble
what is becoming known as paine
tum" Of more than 20 distinct varieties
After studying the subject and viSttin
various regions Of the world where rar
and beautiful palms flourish, she ha
decided that In Florida this fine oil
biblical tree can thrive just as Ger
tainly. One exceptionally interestin