Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1929, Page 64

14 Tales of Well In Social an Count Czechenyi, Hungarian Minister, Is Awarded Honor of Establishing Dip]omatic Rclations Between U. S. and His Nation. BY MARGARET B. DOWNING. Count Laszlo Szechenyi, minister from Hungary is, according to persist- ent rumor, seon to be called to the foreign office of Budapest to give his country the benefit of his eight years of residence service in the Capital of the United States. This envoy estad- lished diplomatic intercourse between Hungary, restored to sovereignty, and this republic. It was in January, 1922, that he presented credentials to Presi- dent Harding, but of all of the imposing group of diplomats who came during that year there remain in the local corps only Count Szechenyl, the min- ister from Colombia, Senor Enrigue Olaya, and the minister from Panama, Senor Ricardo Alfaro. Members of the Hungarian legation have shown a pro- nounced trend toward selecting wives from this nation, so that Washingto- nians have not become familiar with the unique customs of the Magyars. But in one way Count Szechenyl will figure permanently in the annals of the Na- tional Capital. He was the first mem- ber of the corps to establish his chan- celry out Massachusetts avenue, a sec- tion eminently popular now and con- stantly threatening the prestige of Six- teenth street. But the minister bought Jand and erected the handsome legation near Twenty-ninth street more of necessity than of choice, and he had no idea of starting & fashion when he did s0. Coming to Washington in the aftermath of the World War, he found the city overcrowded and what he and his wife, formerly Miss Gladys ‘Vander- Dbilt, - considered essential was a home, ot to be rented, leased or purchased. Massachusetts avenue has also made a strong appeal to Sir Esme Howard and the fine group of buildings which will become the Pritish embassy show the clear-sightedness of the Hungarian envoy. President Hoover, in the years he was Becretary of Commerce, vs'l,gmcl hx‘;s name Herbert C. Hoover, “C. for Clar] s the maiden name of his mother. Bu he has followed the lead of 21 out of the 31 Chief Magistrates and now uses his first and last names only. Johr} Quincy Adams was first in the list A;J those Presidents who took office wit] three names but there were scores of the name of John Adams, descendants of the immigrant who brought eight sons to the New World. Like the Charles Carrolls and Daniel Carrolls of ‘Maryland he was compelled to place himself. William Henry Harrison makes the next departure from the sim- ple fashion begun by George Washing- fon. Then came James Knox Polk. Nearly a quarter of a century elapsed before Ulysses S. Grant appears and then in succession Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson having had three names, the former Stephen and the latter Thomas, but they had eliminated them before reaching the supreme office. Willlam Howard Taft and Warren G. Harding complete the list of Presidents with three names, if the present Executive is excluded. He signs only ‘Herbert Hoover,” and began to do so during his campai * kX K el r. Arthur Wilson Page, son of Wal- 'ng Hines Page, war-time Ambassador from Washington to London, who re- cently was appointed personal aide of the Secretary of State during the five- power naval conference to be held in Tondon, was well known in ‘Washing- ton during his father’s service at the Court of St. James. Though he was editor of World's Work, the monthly ublication through which the late Am- ed national fame during diplomatic years, he found lor nearly all S it London as well as m v!.sel was particularly helpful to President Wilson’s activities in framing ‘public opinion through the press. In Tecent years Mr. Page has deserted the rinting business in all its forms and s become potent in business: now be- ing vice president of the American ‘Tele- phone & Telegraph Co., and owns a fine estate on Long Island. Although much younger, he was frequently the companion of Mr. Stimson, now Secre- tary of State, and although he much prefers golf, he frequently joins in a game of tennis. He also owns a large country seat in New Hampshire in what is called the literary belt, in which Win- ston Churchill has a home, as have Booth Tarkington and others of equal fame, and where President Wilson spent the Summer of 1913, after taking over his manifold duties. Mr. Page attended all of the conferences in Paris and Versailles in 1919-20, and has been a student of the various treatles growing out of those aimed, like that to be held in London in January, outlawing war on land and sea. * ok x X i Prince Louis Cesar Maurice, Duke de Broglie, who a few* weeks ago received the Nobel prize for physics, is perhaps the most aristocratic beneficiary of that celebrated Swedish fund. The duke had a great-great-grandfather, after- ward a marshal of France, in Rocham- beau’s army of alliance, famed as Prince Victor Claude, who won laurels at York- town and was received as a hero at the court of Louis XVI. This scion of the ancient house De Broglie turned Jacobin after the French revolution got under way, but he opposed the tyrant Robe- spierre and died under the guillotine near the end of the terror era. The present Duke de Broglie graduated with honors from Oxford and then_entered | the French Naval Academy. He soon resigned to devote his time to the study of physics. He returned to the navy during the World War, and his inven- tion of a wireless receiver for submerged submarines brought him first the cov- eted rosette of the Legion of Honor and $46,750 of the Nobel fund. The De Broglies were nobles of Turin in 1254, and they are written into the Golden Book of Italy’s ancient regime. The 1llustrious scientist was born in 1875 and married Countess Marie Camille Bernou de Rochetaillee in 1904. As there are no_heirs, the title and estate will pass to Prince Louls Amedee Eric, son of the late Prince Amedee Eugene, uncle of the present duke. The family retains much of its wealth and possesses large landed estate in Piedmont, near Rome, and the Broglie at Eure in France. | * k k * i Lady Patricia Ramsay, so well known as Princess Pat of Connaught, is' Eu- rope's most accomplished royal needle- | woman, especially in the exquisite em- | broideries known as_“gros point” and | “petit point.” Lady Patricia draws her | own designs and then paints them, after ‘which she does the crewel work so per- fectly she sometimes declares that if| evil days fall upon Briton’s royalty as it had upon the Romanoffs, she could | secure an excellent post with the Gobe- ! lin tapestries. Queen Mary, spurred on by the example of her briiliant young kinswoman, has spent many hours since King George was so ill a year ago do- ing petit point. She recently completed ; a dainty little woodland scene designed by Lady Patricia, and which now cov- | ers a Queen Anne footstool which has been a cherished possession of the royal consort since her girlhood. Princess ! Mary also has turned her hand to this | sort of embroidery, but, frankly, she has | no love of a nesdle, though she enjoys knitting and crocheting. Britain’s Queen does not use a frame for her embrroidery, something which those in this city deem a prime necessity for gros po{nt of the finer variety. Lady Patricia Ramsay has a number of historic Chateau de | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO:! Known Folk d Official Life made the tapestry for all her d.nwlng‘ Toom equipment and for her dining | room, besides giving away countless cov- | ers for stools and for cushions, | * ok Kk ok Mr. Herbert Putnam, for many years the efficient librarian 'of Congress, is. | according to the opinion of foreign scholars who seek knowledge bound in | the hundreds of thousands of books and | manuscripts of the great congressional Institution, master of the best system found in any library of the world— that is, if the books are to be read and not merely kept in safe custody. Those who have attempted to have rare books from the Cluny Musee in Paris placed for them on a convenient table where they might read and ponder and annote will vouch for this. Never less than a week is required before all formalities have been complied with. These had to do with photographs pasted on forms and indorsement of character from re- sponsible persons known to the custo- dians of the books. In the British Mu- seum, conditions are far less difficult, but there is more red tape required than | in the domain of Mr. Putnam. It is| true that the Washington library does | occasionally lose something valuable, | but that genuine researchers should be placed under suspicion is not the result. | Rather a system of watchfulness has been installed while such books are in the hands of persons not known to the reading room officials, and this has proved sufficiently effective. Manu- scripts in any form are almost inacces- sible all over Europe, but in London less than in other capitals. In Wash- ington’ the formalities are few, and if | the credentials meet requirements, the | reader may have all he desires within | an hour after application. * ok % % Mr. W. Cameron Forbes of Boston became Governor General of the Phil- ippines in 1909 and, being an ardent polo player, one of his first acts after beceming accustomed to the routine of his office was to form a club and select & quartet from the Army. He pur- chased a suitable tract of land near Manila, presented it to the club and began preparations to erect the low, rambling headquarters of the Manila Association, with its distinguishing roof of nipa palm, which has since become a social center of the island. The Ma- nila Polo Club recently has been cele- brating its twentieth birthday, and with particular regard to the four Army players who iater had brilliant careers in more serious activities than sport. Col. George T. Langhorne was captain. He then was major, and it will be re- called that he was detached from his martial assignment to act for four years as assistant to Gen. Leonard Wood. Maj. Gen. Henry T. Allen, who com- manded the army of occupation in Germany after a notable service in the World War, was a member. At the time Gov. Forbes founded the club’ he was head of the Philippine Constabu- lary. The others were Charles G. Treat, who retired from the Army in 1922 with the rank of brigadier general, and (B;l:r_:. mn .'Y:gns(o;l, who served on g 's staff and subsequen Gov. Stimson’s. Hyie * K * % Walter Evans Edge, former Senator from New Jersey, who will soon depart to assume his role as Ambassador to France, makes a powerful appeal to Parisians as the first native Philade!. phian who has filled the post of envo; from the Republic of the West sinc Benjamin Franklin. The fine distinc- tion between a native son and a polit- ical son does mnot trouble those who seek historic parallels. Franklin was a native of Boston and a Philadelphian by adoption. Edge, though born in the Quaker City, has passed his life in New Jersey and all his business enterprises, together with his political service, have been centered in that State. Citizens of the United States see in him a worthy successor of the lamented Her- rick. Both eminently successful careers in business and each amassed 2 fortune. Mr. Herrick was Governor of INTERESTING ANNOUNCEMENT MISS ELSIE TALBERT, Whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Hume Talbert of Chevy Chase, announce her engagement to Mr. Charles Latimer Shelton. The wedding will take place in the early Summer. —Eastland Studio. lives the attainment of an ambassador- ship, with a sense of leadership and a pronounced faculty of knowing how to get along with all sorts of people. M Herrick had failed to secure the sen: torship from Ohio and he turned to diplomacy as the next best way of serv- ing his country. As an appointee from New Jersey, Ambassador Edge has had one predecessor, William L. Drayton of ‘Trenton, who was appointed by Presi- dent Lincoln in March, 1861, as envoy to succeed Charles J. Faulkner of Vir- ginia, appointee of President Buchanan. o Nk ke President von Hindenburg was & leadey in the strong crusade against dueling in Germany which has recently resulted in the act by the Reichstag de- claring all participants in such en- counters felons and liable to the ex- treme penalty of the law. Duels in Germany were not the farces which they are in France and Italy. Too often they resulted in death or in permanent injury and even such grave offenses were punished only by a few months' incarceration in a military fortress where the offenders enjoyed all the comforts of home. This law in Germany is not aimed at the Mensur or student duels which are a sort of athletic sport, though these also are declining in popular favor. The young German of today does not relish having his countenance slashed and disfigured, and he cultivates sports which improve instead of disfigure his physical appearance. It is said that more of Berlin’s young men under 30 years old have permanently waved hair than in any capital of Europe and that the body cult, looking to superb health and comeliness, thrive in classes. ‘The warrior President of the German republic encourages all this and believes that students can show their strength and courage in a better way than in having their faces slashed and then putting salt into the open wounds. All that savors of the former imperial habit also is frowned on by the venerable Hindenburg. Everybody who visited Berlin in the days of the empire 1e- member how tke approach of the Kaiser to the Brandenburg gate was announced by the silvery tones of Slegfried’s horn, and all pedestrians Ohio, Mr. Edge of New Jersey, and both # PICTU bring into the major honor of their had stood at attention until the equipage passed. A few attempts to revive i} COMPTON'S [ RED y ENCYCLOPEDIA the custom was made when Gen. von Hindenburg became President, but he sternly silenced the bugler as he rode from his residence in Wilhelmstrasse to the Reichstag. * K ok ok Sis Charles Seymour, master of the West Norfolk hunt and for three gen- erations companion of royal hunters from Britain's reigning house, has re- signed his honors into the hands of his nephew, Mr. Oliver Birkbeck, who has been his able aide for the past five years, Edward VII was Prince of Wales when the venerable master took over the ‘West Norfolk Hunt Club, the headquar- ters of which adjoin the royal resi- dence, Sandringham, and the chase often leads through its domain. All the sons of Queen Victoria were members of the West Norfolk aid pursued the game under the leadership of its retir- ing president. But neither Edward VII, nor King George was the ardent huntsmen that the present Prince of Wales is, although they dutifully fol- lowed the hounds from the West Nor- folk Club. The King has joined once or twice the season just closing, but he rode carefully and only for a brief period. His great joy is to mount the turbulent waves in a sail boat and to be dashed about at will. But he has been allowed very little of this recreation. The West Norfolk Club takes note that Mr. Birkbeck in assuming the office is exactly the age of the retiring master when he took the reins, and that the Prince of Wales, who became Edward VII, and the present holder of the title are approximately of the same number of years as at that distant period. All the members of-the British royal circle are devoted to Sandringham for the reason that the happy days of child- hood in the three generations since Victoria, were passed there. e ‘The London education committee re- ports that there are 48,943 fewer chil- dren of elementary school age in Lon- don_than two years 280, YOUR XMAS DRAPERIES SHOULD —be made mow. Let us consulb with you and suggest the exact color scheme best suited to your home. PHONE DISTRICT 3211 McDEVITT 1211 F 8t. 2nd Floor Distriet 3211 Only $3.50 Down Brings This Wonderful Children’s Gift in Time for Christmas - | ERE is the most wonderful gift frames, all made by the deft hand of her husband, Capt. Alexander Ramsay of the Royal Navy and heir of Earl Dal- houste, and she changes them for the more delicate work of her tapestry with the skill--of & professional, She has of all. Here is the gift your children, and all the children of the world, have been waiting for. Here is the gift that makes them learn everything there is to know in the world, without even know- ing they are learning it. The gift that starts them on the great devel- opment of the mind and binds them to you forever. Perhaps you hadn’t thought of giving such a wonderful gift this year. But our special Christmas offer makes it possible for you to put the whole ten volumes under their Christmas tree this Christmas time for a first payment of only $3.50 down. This most wonderful gift is Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia for Children. A complete encyclopedia, writ- ten and pictured entirely for chil- dren in terms of their own under- standing. And sointerestingly done that you just can’t keep them away from it. A whole library they can turn to Com <P ton’ Encyclopedia for everything they want to know, and such a wonderful help in their school work that you will hardly believe your eyes when you see their report car The moment they get Compton’s, they will be- gin to read it night and day, be- cause they will love it. And the moment they begin reading it, they will begin zemnfi better marks in school, they wil begin showing greater leadership amongst their playmates; and, of course, that means greater success in after life. Send Coupon for Big Free Sample Section and Full Information Just mail the coupon below, and wewillsend you,atonce, absolutely free, a big, sample, pictured section of the encyclopedia itself, so that you can see what a glorious gift it is and what a wonderful help it will be to any child. We shall also tell you how you can have this wonderful gift under Write, Phone, Wire; or Use This Coupon Today your children’s Christmas tree for a first payment of only $3.50 down if you’ll act right away. Cut out the special Christmas coupon, right now without delay, and this big sample section, to- gether with our free Questionario Game and full information will go forward to you immediately. e e ey | F.E.COMPTON & COMPANY 1 Portland Hotel, 14th and Thomas } Cirele, Washin; . C. Phone Metropol n 4053 Gentlemen: Please send me immedi- tely without obligation your big free sample pictured section, rmlr free onario Game, and full informa. 1 &nllmhfiwmg‘:«lllfll\.in X yelopedia | G e Chriseman: o | Name | Address. D. €, % = DECEMBER 8, PSS SR SR SR SR S Mi F Now! Justin Time for Holiday Wearing SIGMUND’S FAMOUS SPECIALIZED PRICE Compare Them With Any $15 Frocks! MATERIALS & COLORS Flat Crepes, Cantons, Geor- gettes, Satins, Velvet or Lace combinations in new high shades Blacks, Browns and Navys. Pas- tel shades in Evening wear. Smart Taffetas for Evening. Sigmund’s $8.98 Dr. Fopular, Durable, Smart, Warm! Roadster Coats ly Worth $19.75 belted models fur-like mate; al that is the rage for portswear, for motor- for achool, or for 14 Coats—Second Floor That Were $29 and $39 NOW REDUCED TO Chosen Fashions—Generously Furred Included in this wonderful group are very popular All Black Coats, Black Coats with lighter Furs, and new Green Coats with con- trasting Furs like Lapin. . . . Straightline and gracefully flared models. misses, women and larger women, especially larger women. BargainBasement New rrivals in Holiday SILK Monday We Continue This Extraordinary Sale sses’ & Women’s OTWEAR Regularly $3.95 and $4.95 =1 Choose from over a thousand pairs of in fifty of the id and Suede, Satins and -u::-t combinations. Novelties. Victory Arc! Supports also included in this event. Main Floor Shoe Dept. Sizes for juniors, 1929—_PART THREE. Christmas Savings Checks Cheerfully Cashed #5333 X 820 SN M2R 8288 Why Not Take Advantage of Lower Cash Prices in Buying Your GIFTS and New Holiday Apparel! WOMEN'S AND EXTRA SIZES Featuring the gracefully ly new silhouettes with and uneven hems. many others. s—Second Floor Spider Web Leatherette, Tweed Jersey and Gabardine Smart Raincoats | Easily Worth $7.80 Trench coat, Aviatrix, ian mo that ar they are wel lined to keep you well as dry. Newest shades. Raincoats—Second Floor DRESSES No Wonder There Are “rowds Around the Racks With $7.50 and $8 Values at Just ilhouette ‘n the wanted ma- rials and colors and styled the manner of at this low price. Why, you'll want several to wear during the O e a0 G O O O OO O OO OGO O GO K KO CHOHOHOHOHO G OO G OO O G O OHOHCHCHOHOHHOHH OO OHOH KOO OO OO GO G G O A Great Pre-Holiday Sale Children’s Smart THESE NEW STYLES added length, moulded hiplines, New sleeve treatments, lingerie touches, and BRI NCR IR e =g o e ot ey o, e A Tt - Ch. St 2 e e love- their 2 ) C N Main Floor GIFTS Take advantage of our lower prices on a wonderful variety of brand-new gift items. purchases tively wrapped. Also men will be pleased to find men to wait on them should they so desire. KID GLOVES § e 3&‘09&636@;@ Fine Silk Hose Newest styles with pull-on or novelty cuffs. In Black, Tan and Brown. All chiffon or BCRICR RSB R HANDBAGS TEDDIES Clever £ > 4 service ; 57 s shades. All Of Crepe aooyuirssacion styles in Pink, 36 to 44. §' B weights. Sizes '\§ Real leather B \/ shapes and de Chine fl} gnhhl, Lido, BLOOMERS 814 to 10, RN S *;L bags in newest IRtadt sk, tizes. X /‘_| and Peach. ! g s e Rayon or Chardonize, ) full cut and beautifully trimmed. Reg- ular or extra zes. Of fine Rayon inlovely flowered pat - terns with con- ERTNT COATS Featuring New Chinchillas o & Caracul Fabrics, Bolivias, Etc. Very Specially Priced 95 coats, in sizes 2 hats to match, 0 14 there are clever belted models. Included, too, are many models in sport materials, both with and without fur. Chase’s Pile Fabric bility a rmth, Belted models, sizes 7 o 14. trasting front lanket Robe $2.98 Of “Wilt- shile’s” Blanket Cloth, with satin or cord binding. In at- tractive colors and plaids. TOILET SETS $4.69 Beautiful sets, consisting cf Com aagmm&m Christmpas Savings Checks Cheerfully Cashed RRNR MR NR IR 33