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Evening star., 1937-05-30

Wasngtonian Tells of Being Guest Chateau Cande Where
Wallis War1eld Weds the Duke of Windsor This Week.
Finds Fireplace and Golf Course MAGNIFICENT.

Chateau Cande is perched upon
lofty height overlooking a great sweep
OF the Loire Valley. The sun had set.
but in the soft twilight the colors of
the sky and the landscape were most
vivid. We were uncomfortably full Of
dinner, but hurried along nevertheless
to see all We could before nightfalI,
OoR f1rst stop was the ninth tee
The fairway sloped down abrupt
~ for about hundred yards. Then
broad artificial lake intervened, its
opposite shore licking the edge of the
green another hundred yards away.
"A beautiful hole" I exclaimed,
even more Impressed than by the
Loire Valley. What a thrill it would
be to carry that pond and plop the
ball on the green. but what a kick
in the ear to miss"
Look at your inspiration" smiled
Jasques, pointing beyond the green.
The sloping lawn. along which We
had blithely skipped three minutes
before, had become light green ave-
nue. hedged by dark evergreens. Above
the tree tops were the crenellated
battlements and conical turrets of the
chateau, peach-colored clouds and
deep-blue sky in the background
Here man and nature had agreed to
paint picture together.
Soon afterward we left the golf
course and descended a path through
a dense ravine. We walked around
another lake, climbed out of the
ravine, and found ourselves in the
yard Of the estate farm, which sup
piled the kitchens of the chateau
with dairy products and vegetables.
It was dark when we returned. We
found the others In the coach house.
in which there were all manner of
grown-up's toys for the amusement
Of guests. One table had been built
for indoor hockey, another for table
soccer. Both had mechanical COM
petitors operated by the players. At
one end OF the room was rifle case,
containing, among other types of
weapons, an elephant gun. Several
seventeenth and eighteenth century
pistols lay upon the tables and man
telpiece. Leopard and tiger pelts,
glass eyes glaring upward. we're strewn
upon the floor.
We gath .red around huge billiard
table at the far end Of the room and
played a game called "f1ves." Played
without cues, it consisted principally
OF bowling the balls with a sweep of
the hand against the end cushion. so
that they would rebound and strike
the opposite CUSHION before an oppo-
nent could stop them. It was a bit
rough for an indoor sport. Most Of
us scraped our hands and elbows and
barely escaped cracked heads from
flying balls
Quickly the evening sped by. Re-
gretfully, we bade good-by to the
Bedeaux, and rolled away through the
gates and down Touraine lanes, sing
ing such soothing dtties as Frankie
and Johnnie" and "Abdullah Bullbul
Ameers"
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We'll, to hear him talk, you'd think
he was an American, but he Was really
born in France. At 20 he was almost
penniless. He scraped enough together
to buy a steerage ticket to America.
There he married an American girl
and became one of the first industrial
engineers. He invented q wage incen-
tive system in which normal output
OF work is calculated and divided into
units called BIS If worker produces
more than so BIS of work an hour, he
paid graduated bonus. Clear?"
Not very" replied. II once worked
IN factory and sometimes wondered
where the money went that should
have earned"
Mostly in the bosses pockets" :"
grunted Jacques. Properly applied,
the Bedeaux point system would be
advantageous to the workers Anyway
let's forget 1t for while and go down
to dinner. They hold their informal
dinner parties down in the old dun
geon.'
OPAAAA ooOAAC oVNkC lCu uONu 1IlLU
what might once have been a torture
chamber. A log blazed in a fireplace
fully IL feet across. Along one wall
was cocktail bar. backed with shelves
OF bottles; near another wall, the din
ing table, its linen glowing and its
glass and silverware rejecting the fire.
light.
THERE was nothing stiff or formal
about our little party. The can
apes on the bar were tantaliAng.
Smooth cocktails oiled our tongues and
spirit Of gaiety prevailed. We sat
down to dinner. Three gold-buttoned
buffers stalked about silently filling
our wine glasses and presenting us
with a dainty array of hors doeuvres.
Next the soup arrived, then an i'm
mense salmon on platter. There was
refreshing gurgle of wine tumbling
into crystal glasses, and at the side of
my plate appeared goblet of Touraine
"a white nectar with little bubbles
floating lazily to the surface and a
dreamy bouquet.
Jacques tells me you're q golfer"
Mr.. Bedeaux said to me.
Il like to play" I answered, 'but
I'm rather out of practice"
Nonsense! I have nine lonely holes
out there and no one to play with.
Another nine are under construction.
Come over in the morning and have a
game. I've plenty OF club"
THAT sounds great. Mr.. Bedeaux,
but I'm afraid I'll have to get back to
Paris tomorrow. But If I may, I'd like
to have look at the course after din
ner"
Pressed meat. truffles, green peas
and beans comprised the main course,
and its companion was dark red bur-
gundy. For dessert we had baked
Alaska block Of ice cream buried in
a cake-assorted fruits, and cham
pagne. We returned to the library for
coffee and iqueurs. Then jacques
and I sailed out to the golf course.
Evening star., 1937-05-30
Bv Stella Mead.

- XACTLY 10 years ago tele-
~ phone bell rang in my room In
the Avenue d Eylau. in the six
- teenth reimbursement Of Paris.
An excited French voice. stumbling
over English idioms. cried, That Lind
bergh is here, you know. He's on the
front Of the American Embassy just
now. Come on and come out!"
So, with the French girl, I joined
a mass of people huddled toward a
young man who stood with his back to
a wall, and who smiled in a shy, en-
chanting fashion upon an adoring
crowd. Not for . moment did we
think Of that young man as an Ameri-
can. He was a modern Ariel, who
had spun girdle across the Atlantic.
A few days ago friend said to me.
"Col. Lindbergh did not 60 to the
coronation. I suppose he had no
heart for It," And thought Of the
Ariel Of Paris. self-exiled in England,
asking only Of the English people leave
to possess his own life in peace, with
his wife and child. OF course we did
not know. then. that the colonel and
his brave little wife had again be-
come parents.
Then another picture rose in my
mind. It was at the first British In
dustries Fair. after the death OF King
George v. had gone with a press
invitation to . trade view. The new.
but as yet uncrowned king. Edward
VIII, was expected. He stepped from
his car and walked carelessly along q
red carpet. In fact. he wandered of
it before he reached the entrance. In
the hall OF textiles he paused at q dis
play Of hosiery and ordered two dozen
pairs Of socks. The girl in attendance
asked what color. King Edward
smiled, almost Lindberghian smile.
He pushed foot forward and pointed
to the socks he was wearing. "Oh.
rather like those" he said.
The frank smile. the warm note in
his voice. brought irresistibly to my
mind that overworked word charm
I had heard so much Of the charm of
the young looking English King. Dur
ing two years in the old rose town of
Toulouse had known q French OFF,
Ger who was with the Prince of Wales
in the war. Monsieur le capitaine had
q forceful supply Of French argot.
Translated into English. the gist Of it
was: The Prince Of Wales has CUTS.
He'll be great King some day. Hes
going to do things that nobody else
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with the connection. They should not
in the least be hurt by the displeasure
OF the Consul. I, myself, although Of
an age to be my own master and
occupying distinguished places under
the government. have also, by my
late marriage, incurred his displeasure,
so that Jerome is not alone"
Jerome did not care to comply with
his brothers orders, to the letter. for,
above everything else, he wanted to
take his wife along with him. At
least that WAS the outward impression
he conveyed
But there was nothing else that he
could do but go to Paris alone, hoping
by personal interview to soften the
Emperor, and Nine Bonaparte was
obliged to sail for England.
Napoleon tried to induce the Pope
to annul the marriage, but failed TO
do So and. being all-powerful at that
time, had the French Imperial Council
enter a decree of divorce in 1906.
In few years Nine Bonaparte
was again back in the States from
her sojourn in England, where the
birth Of her son was announced July
7, as having occurred at her residence,
in Park Place, Camberwell, Surry.
For a while after their separation
Jerome wrote her endearing letters,
but in little while even these ceased,
and on August IL, 1907, We find Ma
poleon marrying his brother of to
the Princess Fredericka Catherine,
daughter of the King of Wurttenberg,
he having previously given him the
throne of Westphalia.
A FTER the birth Of her child. Je-
rome attempted to provide for
them by sending her 1000 guineas,
and after his second marriage he
offered her princlpality and $4,000
year. which she declined, as.
though" according to her statement,
"Westphalia might be a considerable
kingdom. it was not large enough to
hold two Queens" But she felt diff
ferently toward Napoleon and accepted
his offer Of $4,000 cash and an an
nuity Of sl2 1000, which was paid until
the Emperor abdicated.
After their separation at Lisbon,
Nine. Bonaparte never saw her hus-
band again, except in casual meet
ing many years after their separation.
1t was some time after the down
fall of Napoleon. when she was visit
ing in Europe. that she encountered
him with his princess in the Pitti
Palace in Florence On observing
her, Jerome started aside and said to
the princess. That lady is my for
mer wife" He instantly left the gal
Evening star., 1937-05-30
By Vesfa CUMMINGS.

- HE familiar phrase, I'D rather
stay at home than travel
with baby" may disappear
L from use as the aviation era
develops.
At any rate, American mothers
have discovered that an enormous
amount of mileage can be obtained
in the air from one nursing bottle.
and are conspicuous along the aerial
TRANSPORTATION front as the vacation
season opens.
After an unusual proportion of
women with children in their arms
we're noticed boarding arplanes at
Washington Hoover Airport, aviation
officials were queried. AS one man
they said:
"Of course. we have lots of infant
passengers. Women say it's simpler
to get from place to place by air with
youngsters"
There they drop the matter, ap-
parently willing to let giant airliners,
ordinarily regarded as the last word
In transportation or deadly weapons
Of offense, substitute for the cradle
above the tree tops in the rock-a- bye
song.
A mother seen waiting for . New
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was practicing law, with his office at
6l0 Thirteenth street northwest, this
city, and had his residence in Cleve-
land Park
The Warfield family stands very
high in American prestige. especially
| in Maryland and throughout the
South, where the members are nu-
merous.
| Just where Mrs Wallis Warfield's
father got the name Teackle Wallis
Is interesting. though the writer is
unable to answer the question at this
time. 1t is notable Maryland name.
and Severn Teackle Wallis was one
OF the foremost lawyers Of the Bal
timore bar.
He was not in favor of the Civil
War and may be called a pacifclst
1 or Southern sympathizer and took
part in opposing the passing through
Baltimore Of the 9th Massa chusetts
Regiment on April 10, 1851. After
the riot that ensued he addressed the
citizens. and evidently what he said
did not suit the Federal authorities
and the result was that he and Otho
Scott, Charles Pitts, Lawrence Sang
ston w. H. Gatchell and others were
| arrested and imprisoned in Fort Nc
Henry
While he was thus imprisoned he
wrote a poem on Peace" a very we'll
written and worthy composition. He
was lncarcerated for about one year,
then he was released and resumed the
practice Of his profession.
In the camapign of 1910 Mr.. Wallis
was an enthusiastic supporter Of
Gen. Harrison, but later said he
thought he had supported a Gin
cinnatus but found that he had
voted for a blackguard.
IN BALTIMORE he struggled for re-
form In politics. and in the Bal
timore local campaign of 1888. In
making an address from the plat
form Of Concordia Opera House, he
said:
Democrat as I am. partisan as I
am. when I see as I have so long
seen the party Of my choice dragged
down and debased by the traders
who corrupt it while they destroy it,
feel as II the hoof Of an unclean
beast were upon my neck, and l
must throw 1t OF if I die
Mr.. Wallis is described as being
tall, distinguished looking, of classical
features, with gray hair and neatly
trimmed side vhiskers and musta che
and with mines of literary wealth and
culture
He died April II. 1894. in the 18th
year OF his age and was buried in
Greenmount Cemetery. At this time
the Baltimore courts adjourned out
of respect to his memory after dis
Evening star., 1937-05-30
By John W. F0lYOws.

r T is nearly six years since I drove
with Jacques along green-banked
lanes and through the crooked
L streets of Touraine villages, in
that section of France where Mrs.
Wallis Warfeld will become the bride
Of the Duke of Windsor next Thurs
day. and was dinner guest at
Chateau Cande. Jacques, my COM
panion, looked like the tabled Che
shire cat, his eyes betokening i'm
pending surprise and pleasure.
Who is this fellow Bedeaux, that
invited us to dinner?" 1 asked.
III tell you later" grinned Jacques,
wait till you see his cute little bunga-
low
Our road wound upward now,
through woods and meadows. Pres
entity the car stopped before grilled
iron gates, with an ivied lodge beside
them. A lodge keeper hurried out
swung back the gates, and We drove
on. On either side Of >us was rolling
parkland, thick woods above, and be-
low greensward descending to a
small lake mirroring heavy -boughed
trees. Beyond that was a clump Of
white stables and riding field, pro-
Vided with hedge hurdles and water
jumps. Then the road curled about
the side of hill, and there before
us were the gray stone towers Of
Chateau Cande.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bedeaux greeted us
at the entrance and led us into the
library. Mr.. Bedeaux was an ener-
getic-looking man of about IS years
Of age, who spoke quickly and with
great assurance. His wife was dark
and slender, gracious but more re-
served. Both were as artlessly en-
thusiastic over their palace as honey
moon couple might be about their
first cottage.
Old and new leather-bound books
lined the library walls from floor to
ceiling. A narrow gallery Of carved
wood about 10 feet above the floor
enabled the book browser to study
titles on the upper shelves. At one
END OF the room, a pipe organ; at the
other, carved stone fireplace.
III ERE's bit Of luck remarked
Mrs. Bedeaux After we came
here Charles had An expert appraise
this fireplace. 1t turned out to be
worth more than we'd paid for the
entire estate!"
When dinner was announced
Jacques and I we're shown to a bath
room beautifully fitted in black marble.
1T may be an old castle" observed,
"but it certainly has all modern i'm
provements."
"You haven't seen anything yet,"
was the reply, "the coach house or
whatever it was, has been made into
. sort of gaming hall. Well probably
be going there after dinner"
"You still haven't told me about Mr..
8edeaux?"
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has done. He'll just charm you all t
socialism,"

has done. He'll just charm you all to
socialism
WHEN I returned to my own land
I found that words similar to
those were being spoken everywhere.
and believed most paSsionately. The
Prince OF Wales was so modern, peo-
pie said, as they saw his name flash
ing in electric lights over new homes
for London slum dwellers. Even those
who most gloried in the English ira
dition believed that he would combine
kingship with democracy and that it
would be good for England.
The story of King Edwards friend
ship with Mrs. Simpson began TO sp-
pear in the American press, but it was
ignored in England. Those who re-
ceiyed newspapers from America did
not discuss all their contents in pub
lie. When Ellen Wilkinson asked in
Parliament why American papers were
coming over to London with parts
slashed out, nobody took any notice.
From time to time one heard ru-
mors in clubs and social gatherings
that the King might marry an Ameri-
can bride. Such remarks were in
variably received with enthusiasm.
"An Anglo American match would be
so nice" said dear old lady OF my
acquaintance. You know. they have
some sweet American girls over
there"
Then suddenly the true situation
was revealed to a bewildered nation
and empire.
Being England returned" after
some years in other countries, I WAS
able to sit back and study the reac-
tions. / imagine If a newly-elected
President OF the United States sud-
denly proposed to bring twice.
divorced woman as bride to the
White House the fiercest scandal the
country has known would ensue. In
England such situation seemed for
a few days to rock an empire.
There was minority Of intellectuals,
for whom H. @. Wells has adequately
spoken, who are still wondering how
1t was possible for labor organizations
to unite with the church and the die.
hards to change one King for another.
But the vast majority Of the middle
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lery, and the next morning departed
from Florence.
In 1915, by special act Of the
Maryland Legislature, Nine. Bona
parte was divorced from her husband,
in order to prevent him. after the
downfall Of Napoleon. from claiming
any share in her fortune
During the active part Of her life
she spent much time abroad in an
effort to estab blSh the right to sue
oession to the throne of France for
her son and grandsons. but met with
a stone wall at every turn. though
her issue did receive some social rec
ognition.
Jerome Bonaperte died near Paris
June "a. 1850, and was buried in the
Invalides.
Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte
was born in Baltimore February 6.
l785, and died there April 4, 1879.
She left an estate valued at be-
tween sl,20O00o and 81 100000, nearly
all of which was acquired through her
own shrewd Investments She is
buried in Greenmount Cemetery.
MRS. WARF1ELD mother. Alice
Warheld. who married first
Teackle Wallis Warfield, jr. of Bal
timore, was of the distinguished Mon
tague family. and she was certainly
not an ordinary person. She was
married when young and shortly after
the birth Of her daughter, Wallis. be-
came a widow, AS the writer UNDER
stands it. she remained widow for
quite while before she was married
to a Mr.. Raisen, and later she mar
ried Charles G. Allen, who in 1899
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there was scarcely any waist to it
and no sleeves; her back, part of her
waist and her arms we're uncovered
and the rest of her form visible. She
was engaged the next evening at Nine.
F's. Mrs. R. Smith and several other
ladies sent her word If she wished to
meet them there she must promise
to have more clothes on"
Miss Phoebe Morris, who was a
guest at . the White House in 1912.
summaries Nine. Bonaparte's beauty
in the following Wor6s. written to her
sister Rebecca. in Philadelphia:
How l wish you could see Nine
Bonaparte in all her splendor of dress
and all the attractions Of beauty. l
think never beheld a human form
so faultless. To the utmost symmetry
OF features is added so much vlvacity,
such captivating sweetness! And her
sylphlc form, 'thinly veiled,' displays
all the graces of Venus. She appears
particularly lovely in a fine crepe
robe of beautiful azure color inter-
woven with silver. In this attire she
is truly celestial, and it is impossible
to look on any one else when she is
present
EXTREME happiness is usually Of
brief duration, and so it was not
long before the vision of eternal bliss
and heavenly JOY began to fade away,
when Napoleon refused to recognize
the alliance. and even ordered his
brother home in a French vessel,
where no place would be provided for
Miss Patterson" as he chose to call
her
The other members Of the family
seemed perfectly satisfied with the
marriage and offered no objection.
as will be seen by an interview re-
corded as having taken place on
March IA. 1904, between Lucien Bona
parte and Robert Patterson. through
an interpreter, in which the former
said:
Tell Mr. Patterson, and let his
father know, that our mother, myself
and the whole family. with one voice
and as heartily as I do. highly approve
OF the match. The Consul, it is true.
does not for the present concur with
us, but he is to be considered as
isolated from the family Placed on
the lofty ground on which he stands
as the first magistrate of a great and
powerful nation, all his actions and
ideas are directed by policy with
which we have nothing to DO. We still
remain plain citizens, and as such,
from all We have learned of the young
lady's character and the respectability
Of her friends, we feel highly gratifed
Evening star., 1937-05-30
By John CIdgeft Proctor.

FEW more days and the mar
n riage of the Duke of Windsor
"A to Mrs. Wallis Warf1eld will
4 \ take place and the British
royal family will be joined in lawful
vedlock with representative Ameri-
can woman who will be known as her
royal highness, the Duchess Of Wind
sor, which goes to prove that the
world is getting more democratic
every day.
When King gives up his throne
Tor, as he put it, the woman I love, "
and patiently waits for her six months
thereafter or until her divorce be-
comes final and all other obstacles are
out OF the way it does seem that it
would be a congenial match, and that
their married life will be just one
sweet bed Of roses with silver lined
clouds and everything else that is
glorious and bright thrown in beside.
To philosopher. being a king, en-
peror or other ruler means but little
that does not apply to the rest of
mankind He has the same impulses,
the same desires; he must eat and
sleep in order to live. he has his
happy moments and his sad ones, his
coming into the world was the same
as that of the humblest serf and his
going out will be the same, and should
he live to be more than threescore
and ten, or even as long as John D.
Rockefeller lived. still death will
finally overtake him, and, as in a
great many instances, he will be for
gotten in five or six years, and even
before his body has had time to turn
to dust.
RUT not 50 with the former King
Edward and Wallis Warfield, for
In centuries to come poets and play
writers will still be writing poems
and plays around their romance and
the most notable episode Of the twen-
tieth century in which they played
the leading parts. All present men,
bers of the British royal family,
judging by past performances, will
soon be forgotten after they leave
this earth, but not the Duke of
Windsor, who will be remembered
as long as Julius Caesar, Napoleon
Bonaparte and William the Con-
oueror of the Old World and our
own George Washington of North
America. Not particularly, of course,
for anything he has ever done or may
ever do for the benefit of mankind,
but just because of the spectacular
way he quilted the throne after hav-
ing been King for less than a year,
when the pleasure of taking a wife
Of his own choice was denied him.
Just where the duke and duchess
will make their permanent home
after they have had time to settle
down Is a question most every one
would like to have answered, though
no one can do SO. but as a good
wife has quite an influence over her
husband and as Mrs. Warheld lived
nearly all of her early life in Bal
tin1ore, it does seem that she might
eventually induce the duke to buy
home in the Green Spring Valley or
in one of the other beautiful Sec
tions near the Monumental City and
away from English social priority
which means but little in the long
run.
RALTIMORE, as so many Well-in-
formed people know, was also the
home of another famous beauty who
captivated a royal parsonage and
lived sincerely to regret it. Her name,
as you will recall, was Elizabeth
Evening star., 1937-05-30
WINSOME WINDSOR.
Anniversary of Lindbergh Flight Brings to
Mind Comparison Between "Charm" of
Flyer and Former Monarch.

Editors note: The author Of
the following article is a British
writer OF newspaper articles and
children's books and verses who
has been visiting Washington on
her first trip to America.