Evening Star Newspaper, October 31, 1937, Page 76

THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO! D.” C., 'OCTOBER *31, "1937—PART ~FIVE Capital Has Been Host To Royalty in Past Duke of Windsor Preceded by Other Representatives Of Ruling Lines. By John Clagett Proctor. N ABOUT a fortnight we are to have as our guests the most cele- brated and most talked of newly- weds that have ever visited this or any other country—the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, the former King Edward VIII of Great Britain, and his wife, who was, until her marriage last June, just plain Mrs. Wallis Warfleld. Of course, this is not the first time we have ever entertained royalty, and it will surely not be the last time, but the situation is unique, since it is probably only the second time that any: former king has visited this coun- try, unless he was of minor degree. One of the earliest members of a royal family to visit this city was Je- rome Bonaparte, youngest brother of Napoleon I, who was placed in com- mand of a corvette at 18 and during one of his voyages sailed into New York to escape capture. There he re- mained until ordered home by his brother, who had become Emperor in the meantime. It was when Jerome was visiting this city—most likely in 1803—that he stopped at the Union Hotel in George- town. This building was destroyed by fire in 1832 and rebuilt in 1836, an until recently included business houses numbered 2921 to 2929 M street N.W.| It was shortly after this that he was married in Baltimore to Miss Elizabeth Patterson, a famous belle of her day. NAPOLEON never recognized this marriage because of the youth of his brother, although the service was performed by the Bishop of Baltimore, 2 member of the distinguished Carroll family of Maryland. His determina- tion to get rid of his American sister- in-law even led him to attempt to mislead the Pope. But failing in this, he resorted to a civil decree and sub- sequently married Jerome to a German | princess, Frederica, and three weeks | later rewarded Jerome by making him | King of Wurttemberg. | In 1821 another one of Napoleon's brothers, who had been King of Spain, left France and located in Bordentown, N. J.; passed some of the summer | months at the Sun Inn at Bethlehem, | Pa., and no doubt visited elsewhere in this country before settling in Jersey, one of the British Channel islands. this country, Baron Renfrew—was in- vited here by President Buchanan. He arrived in Washington on Octo- ber 3, coming to the city by way of Baltimore, and in an attempt to avoid the crowd his carriage and retinue were routed through the city, west- wardly by way of Indiana avenue, past the Court House, along Louisiana ave- nue (now Indiana avenue) to Penn- sylvania avenue to the White House. His visit to Mount Vernon at this time was one of the most interesting features of his coming to America, and of this event The Star said, in part: “Arriving opposite Mount Vernon, the Harriet Lane dropped her anchor, and the steamer’s boats having been low- ered, the party prepared to proceed to the shore. The Prince stepped into the first launch, immediately stationed himself at the stern and seized the tiller ropes and steered the boat ashore in a sailor-like style, which showed him to have had some expe- | rience in that way. In the boat with him were the President and Miss Lane. “At the wharf they were received by George W. Riggs, Esq., the treasurer of the Ladies’ Mount Vernon Associa- tion; Mrs. Riggs, Miss Seaton and Mrs. Merrick, the lady of the distin- uished associate judge of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, by whom they were escorted through the grounds. *“The baron, followed by his retinue, proceeded at orice to the tomb of Washintgon, where the scene was deeply interesting and not likely ever to be forgotten by those who partici- pa_bed in the trip. The exceeding sim- plicity of everything connected with the last resting place of him whose glorious deeds as warrior and states- man have won for his memory the ven- eration of all nations of the world, impressed the royal visitor and his noble retinue, and simultaneously, as they approached the tomb, all uncov- ered their heads in obedience to the common impulse. “The illustrious party then proceeded through the grounds, examining every- thing connected with the estate with minute interest, and, returning to the tomb, a solemn dirge was played by the Marine Band while all stood with uncovered heads.” It was some time between 1796 and | 1800 that the youthful Duke of Or- leans, accompanied by his younger! brothers, the Duke de Montpensier and | the Duke de Beaujolois, stopped af{ this same hotel, which until about 1807 i was operated by a Mr. McLaughlin| and for a time subsequent to that date | by William Crawford. The Duke, in| after years Louis Philippe, was crowned | King of the French and served from 1830 to 1848. THE old Arlington Hotel, one of the [ most noted hostelries of its day | and which stood on the site now oc- cupied by the Arlington Building, which houses the Veterans’ Adminis- tration, was the stopping place of many distinguished foreigners, includ- ing President Diaz of Mexico, Empe- ror Dom Pedro II and King Kala- kaua of the Hawaiian Islands. President Diaz, though not classed @s royalty, was nevertheless the chief officer of his country and as many of us recall a very good one, for while he served, from 1877 to 1880 and from 1884 to 1911, his country was prosperous and comparatively peaceful. His long service as Presi- dent indicates the esteem in which he was held at home. Dom Pedro, who stopped at the Ar- lington when visiting this city, was Emperor of Brazil from 1831 until 1889, when he was deposed by the revolution of that year, since which | time Brazil has been a republic. King Kalakaua of the Hawaiian | or Sandwich Islands, visited Washing- ton in October, 1881, and while here made his home at the Arlington. His trip included not only a visit to the United States but also to some of the European and Asiatic countries. Five years later Queen Kapiolani #nd Princess Liliuokalani of Hawail visted this city. By the time of the | revolution in Hawaii, when the reins of | government were seized by officials and residents of Honolulu, Princess Liliuokalani had become Queen and | after being dethroned visited this city, first in December of 1896, when on her way to Boston. The following| month she returned and was received by President Cleveland. After an ex- tended trip throughout the States she | again returned to this city in 1898 to prosecute her claims for indemnity before Congress and remained here for 8 while and became well known about | the city. The former Queen was then grow- ing stout, dressed plainly and no doubt spoke excellent English, since this was | the prevailing language among the | Hawaiian royalty at the time the re- publican form of government was es- tablished there. N OCTOBER 7, 1890, a claimant to the French throne visited ‘Washington, his title being Louis Phil- ippe Albert d'Orleans, Comte de Paris. But France never saw fit to put him upon the throne, preferring its pres- ent form of government, and the duke never reigned but remained a plain citizen with a big title Prince Henry of Prussia, brother to the former German Kaiser, who has resided since the World War at Doorn, Holland, came here 35 years ago and was entertained lavishly. Germany was then on the flood of prosperity and power, and no country cared to pick a quarrel with it. Its great mili- tary maneuvers were attended by ac- credited army and navy representa- tives from all big countries. Perhaps it will be agreed that the Prince of Wales, afterward King Edward VII, King of Great Britain and Ireland and Emperor of India, was more highly entertained here than any other royal person be- fore or since his time. Edward V'I, both as King and Prince, was very much admired by his subjects. He was fairly democratic in his ways, liked to play baccarat—even if he did lose occasionally—and was fond of gay company. But whatever may have been his shortcomings, he made Eng- land a good soverign during the 11 years of his reign, and his people sin- cerely regretted his loss. When he visited this country in 1860 he was around the interesting age of 19 and enjoyed his sojourn in the United States to the fullest. Indeed, even more 5o, it might be said, than he did in his own Dominion of Can- ada, for there his visits were repeat- edly interrupted by Orangemen upon one hand and by their opponents on LOSE to the tomb, the young British Prince planted an acorn and he took some of these away with him to plant, as he stated, in the Royal Park at Windsor. What a ereign to have—to transplant a part of Mount Vernon, the home of Wash- ington—to his beloved English soil. On October 6 “Lord Renfrew” left Washington for Richmond, Va., and on bis return north, on October 8, passed through the Capital City to| the railroad depot, then at C street and New Jersey avenue. Subsequently he visited New York, Boston, Bunker Hill and other cities and places, and left this country by way of Portland, Me., on Saturday, October 20. If The Star was as accurate in its statements in 1860 as it always has been, then King Edward VII, as the Prince of Wales, was not the first of his line to visit this country, for The Star said at that time that the Prince's grandfather, the Duke of Kent, came to the United States about 1800. To those familiar with English his- tory, as well as our own, it will be recalled that the Duke of Kent was the fourth son of George III, with ! principles. For this I do not blame whom the people of the American them; but we claim for ouselves the beautiful thought for a young mv.i mother of the Duke of Windsor, who | * Colonies had such a thorough disagree- ment that they were finally forced to sever their relations with his kingdom entirely and establish a government of their own. | HEN George III died in 1820, he | was succeeded by his son, the| next in line, who became George IV. Upon his death, his line having failed | of issue, the crown went to his brother, | who became William IV, and when he died in 1837, leaving no heir, the crown would have gone to the next brother, or son of George III, who was Edward, Duke of Kent, but fortu- nately, or unfortunately, as one may view it, the Duke had died early in 1820. Unlike his two brothers, who| had served as King, he did leave an | heir, and this was his daughter, Vic- toria, who was born in Kensington | Palace, May 24, 1819, and who as-| cended the throne June 28, 1838, as| Victoria 1. She was the great-grand- | is soon to come to Washington. No doubt the Duke of Kent would have made a very fine ruler had he lived, for he was broad-minded and be- nevolent to the poor, “and had a heart feelingly alive to all the sorrows of hu- manity.” Of him it is said, that at a public dinner he remarked: “I am & friend of civil and religious liberty, all the world over. I am an enemy to all religious tests. I am a supporter to a general system of education. All men are my brethren, and I hold that power is only delegated for the benefit of the people.” This was said at a time when his father, George III, was on the throne, when it must have required much courage to speak out as plainly as he did, and yet, he continued his remarks by saying: “These principles are not popular just now; that is, they do not conduct to place of office. All the members of the royal family do not hold the same . a gl gy ;‘n Y A Baltimore Belle, who mar- ried Jerome Bonaparte. Wik i bl sl SO S right of thinking and acting as we think best, and we proclaim ourselves members of his majesty's loyal oppo- sition.” From such lofty sentiments, it is apparent that the fine qualities exemplified by his descendants can be well traced to the Duke of Kent. WHEN King Edward VIII, now the Duke of Windsor, determined to leave the throne, and did so because the British Government would not consent to have his flance as their Queen, the gesture was looked upon by many as a sacrifice or move such as had never been made by any mon- arch before, but it is hard, indeed, nowadays even to think of a love affair of this nature that history does not record a similar one, although it is admittedly a new thing for Great Britain. GENERATIONS TO ATTEND CENTENARY OF SCHOOL Mount Vernon Seminary’s Event to Draw Many ‘ Graduates Here. | By Rebecca Dick. ITTING tribute will be paid to | the memory of one of America’s | great headmistresses when { alumnae of Mount Vernon Seminary from all over the country} and even from across the seas gather | in Washington to celebrate the cen- tenary of the birth of the founder of the school, Elizabeth Jane Somers, on November 5. The daughter of a pioneer Methodist, preacher, Elizabeth Jane Eddy was born in Rusch County, Ind., on Novem- ber 5, 1837. She attended Ohio Wes- leyan Female College in Cincinnati and graduated in June, 1855, with the degree of mistress of English literature. She became a teacher at Northwestern Female College at Evanston, Ill., where she formed a lifelong friendship with the famed feminist, Frances Willard. Later she taught at the Methodist Fe- male College in Pittsburgh, prior to her marriage in 1863 to James w. Somers. The rest of her long life was spent in Washington. The fame of this brilliant young teacher followed her from the Middle West to Washington, and so urgent were the requests that she take a few private pupils for tutoring that finally, in the fall of 1875, Mrs. Somers opened in her own home on F street “a family and day school for young ladies” which she named Mount Vernon Seminary, n-t, as might readily be supposed, be- cause of its mearness to historic Mount Vernon, but to honor Mount Vernon Methodist Church in Balti- more, of which a1 adored brother was pastor. First resident school in Washing- ton, Mount Vernon Seminary also had a day school, and from the first at- tracted daughters of prominent Wash- ington officials, Senators and Repre- sentatives, and soon acquired a na- tional reputation. One year, the school had all but one State repre- sented in its enrollment. “Poor little Vermont,” one of her early pupils re- calls Mrs. Somers saying. “Not a single child has she sent us this year.” In the first catalogue, a small sin- gle-fold leaflet barely covering: three pages, we find the school's standards summarized in one brief statement, “The faculty requires ladylike conduct and faithful work.” Ending the list of articles to be brought from home is this, “And each pupil will furnish a fork and two spoons.” The statement of the school's term charges is fol- lowed by, “This includes the entire ex- pense of board, washing, pew rent, tuition in all branches of the regular course, and class singing.” the other. TBE Prince of Wales—or as he styled himself while traveling in & BOASTINO of five Methodist minis- ters in her immediate family, Mrs. Somers was herself a pillar of the [ church, and in her great love for teaching she conducted a Bible class at the Metropolitan Methodist Epis- copal Church, of which she was & member. The class grew to be most popular and many of its members still recall Mrs. Somers’ teaching and in- fluence. “References” in the first catalogue are three bishops, seven reverends, in- cluding the Chaplain of the United States Senate; one Governor, three Senators, three Representatives, in- cluding the Speaker of the House, and one general. Pioneering in the field of prepara- tory education for girls, Mrs. Somers also carried from the first a collegiate division which was a forerunner of the modern idea of the junior college, explaining her aim to patrons thus: “For -those young ladies who wish to avoid the stress and strain of the fo_r-year college and yet feel the in- adequacies of the high school cur- riculum to prepare them for their po- sitions in life, Mount Vernon Seminary offers a two-year course of selected college work.” For 40 years, from 1875 to 1915, Mrs. Somers was headmistress of Mount Vernon Seminary. Her Friday “at homes” on M street, where her in- creasing enrollment forced her to move after a few years, became a cen- ter of Washington cultural life, where students were presented to literary celebrities of the day. As long ago as 1887 Mrs. Somers introduced cur- rent events in a course of “American Thought on Social and Political Ques- tions of the Day,” and, in the early 90s, she invited the ablest advocates of both parties in Congress to present their political views on current topics at the school—an unprecedented pro- ceeding in a young ladles’ seminary in those far-off days. Older alumnae, returning for the centenary celebration on November 5, will recall how in the 80s Mrs. Somers carried her girls to-hear Paderewski, De Pachmann, Modjeska, the Drews in “The Rivals,” and Joe Jefferson in “Rip Van Winkle.” Best loved by the alumnae of all the stories of Mrs. Somers’ picturesque life is one which tells how, in the twilight of & November day long ago, & tired traveler was pressing toward his home, 8 pioneer settlement in the sparsely settled Middle West. Seeing , Louisa Caton, Duchess of Leeds, a Baltimore beauty. However, Louis I, King of Bavaria, | quit his throne when upward of 60 for his “darling Lola,” an Irish beauty, who was getting along in years her- self, and William Frederick, King of Holland, according to an early story, settled down in his old age to the en- joyment of two passions—money-mak- ing, and a romantic attachment for & Roman Catholic lady of a Belgian family. Somewhat like the Duke of Windsor, the King consulted his fam- ily and his ministers; all agreed that the countess could not be Queen; so on October 7, 1840, the King formally abdicated, and married his sweetheart. | And, undoubtedly, similar romances could be unearthed. UT as to the Duchess of Windsor, though she is, so far as we know, the only American girl to marry a former king of any importance, she is not the first or the only one to be- come a real duchess or to marry into a royal family, for we have several cases that stand out prominently in history, and strangely enough another lady who became a duchess was a na- tive of Baltimore, early home of our present duchess, and where there are said to be s0 many beautiful women— almost, we might say, as many as we have here in Washington. However, strange as it might seem, the duchess referred to was none other than Louisa Caton, granddaugh- ter of Charles Carroll of Carroliton, last surviving signer of the Declara- tion of Independence and during his lifetime, and at the time of his death one of America’s wealthiest men. An- other daughter of this patriot, Eliza- beth Caton, married Baron Stafford, and the writer picked up an an- nouncement of her marriage in an Eglish publication that said: “May 26, 1836.—At St. Roch, Paris, the Lord Stafford, to Elizabeth, daugh- ter of Richard Caton, Esq, of the State of Maryland and sister to the Marchioness of Wellesley.” Still a third granddaughter of the last surviving signer of the Dec-| laration of Independence, Mary Caton, | married as her second husband Rich- erd Wellesley, second Earl of Morn- ington and first Marquis of Wellesley. Mary Caton was the oldest of the | three famous Caton sisters. Her first husband, whom she married at the age of 19, was Robert, son of William | Patterson, who was richer, if any- | thing, than was Charles Carroll of | Carrollton. Mr. Patterson, sr., was & wealthy merchant, and it was his| daughter, Elizabeth, another famous | Baltimore beauty, who married Jerome Bonaparte. ROBERT PATTERSON died in the autumn of 1822, and his widow, said to be the handsomest of the Caton sisters, became the wife of the Marquis of Wellesley. He was 85; she was 31, and of this important event an early account says: “A series of brilliant entertainments | was given in honor of the new vice queen. Gay and splendid was the Irish court when the lovely Mary Caton, Marchioness of Wellesley, pre- sided over Dublin Castle—more splen- did than the court of George IV, where there was rno queen. The celebrated Miss Ambrose who occupied the throne | of beauty at the court of Lord Ches- terfield in the middle of the 18th century, was surpassed in grace, beauty and dignity by the peerless | American who ruled the heart and | court of the Marquis of Wellesley in the second quarter of the 19th cen- tury. “A gentleman who was present on the occasion gives the following en- tertaining description of the lord lieu- tenant and Lady Wellesley at a public ball held at the rotunda—one of the purest specimens of architecture in Dublin. The affair came off on May 11, 1826. At 10 o'clock the Viceroy entertained in the magnificent saloon with his beautiful marchioness lean- | E R | : ; B | greater elegance | suite. Mary Caton, Marchioness of Wellesley. “ { CHARLES CARROLL of Carrollton, last surviving signer of the Declaration of | Independence and grand- father of the famous Caton sisters. with acclamations, and all eyes were fixed upon the viceroyal pair as with slow and stately steps they advanced | up the saloon, followed by a brilliant | They were a noble-looking | couple, for although the lord lieutenant was small in stature, his bearing was! princely and dignified. He still pre- | served much of the remarkable beauty | which had distinguished him in his youth. “A throne, surmounted by a mag- nificent canopy of scarlet and gold, was erected at the extreme end of the reception room; here they seated themselves, while their suite formed | 2 hollow square around it, to exclude the crowd of spectators from a too ing on his arm. They were received near approach. ELIZABETH JANE SOMERS, Distinguished Washingtonian and founder of Mount Vernon Seminary, the centenary of whose birth will be celebrated here on November 5. —Photo by Lewis P. Woltz, from a portrait. an old friend, he hailed him with, “Hello, Jim, what’s happened since I went away?” “Oh, I don’t know—nothing. Noth- ing ever happens in these parts. Same old folks doing the same old things— nobody’s died, nobody’s born—yes, hold on, I recollect now, the parson has a new baby up to his house, a little gal. I believe they named her Elizabeth Jane,” That was on November 5, 100 years ago. Elizabeth Jane Eddy was “the parson’s” seventh child, ANY of the 3,000 graduates and former students of Mount Ver- non Seminary would be surprised to learn that their number include several “co-eds,” men who as little boys in the 80s and 90s attended Mrs. Somers’ school in the kindergarten and primary grades. For, in addition to her pre- paratory school and collegiate depart- ment, Mrs. Somers carried in those early days of the school the lower grades, and into thess she accepted boys as well as girls. Mrs. Somers lived 1o seé her school ) ” —Harris-Ewing Photo. in 1916 incorporated under a Board of Trustees as a non-profit-making educational institution, with national recognition and accreditation, and she moved with the school in 1917 to its present home, where it is housed in a spacious Georgian type building on a quadrangle, surrounded by 31 acres of athletic fields and park on Nebraska avenue, at the edge of the Capital. Mrs. Somers was one of those great headmistresses who left an indeliblé impress upon succeeding generations of “daughters of Mount Vernon,” as she used to call her girls. Even after she had resigned the post of headmis- tress to her successor, Mrs. Adelia Gate Hensley in 1916, she continued to be absorbed‘in the affairs of the school and in the social and philan- thropic interests of the alumnae the country over. The present headmis- tress, Miss Jean Dean Cole, came to Mount Vernon Seminary in 1905, and in 1906 taught the school’s first class in sociology. Mrs. Somers was greatly interested in the American University, a neighbor of Mount Vernon Seminary in its present home. In March, 1918, this university awarded her the honorary degree of Doctor of Literature. Realizing that whatever else her girls might set out to do, most of them would marry shortly after returning to their homes, Mrs. Somers insisted upon- the developing of each individ- ual's capacity to measure up to what is expected of a gentlewoman as an in- telligent wife and mother, as a cultured member of society and as a responsible citizen in her community. AMONO the early students at Mount Vernon Seminary was one who was destined to still greater fame in the field of education—Ada Louise Comstock, daughter of the Senator from Minnesota, who is now president of Radcliffe College. ladies, Mrs. Somers, bequeathed to her school a rare tradition in the art of living. From all over the world grad- uates and former students have sent daughters back to Washington to at- tend Mount Vernon Seminary, where, for 63 years, while moving ir the van- guard of modern methods of education, the school has never lost Mrs. Somers’ emphasis upon those fine qualities that are caught rather than taught in daily living. ' Today, dsughters, - granddaughters, FOUNDER Elizabeth Jane Somers as| Headmistress Lauded as Great Teacher. -~ | nieces and sisters of former Mount Vernon Seminary students comprise one-fifth of the enrollment of the school. Upon Mrs. Somers’ death at the age of 86 in Washington, on June 8, 1924, | the alumnae erected and dedicated | to her memory the beautiful Memorial Chapel which is used for daily morning | prayers at the school today, where traditions of gracious living survive alongside modern concepts of educa- tion. In the great hall where the boarding students gather each evening of the founder by Irving Ramsay Wiles reigns today, a striking likeness of a | great headmistress, far in advance of | her day in her thinking and in her accomplishment in the world of edu- cation. DRA MARY E. WOOLLEY, president emeritus of Mount Holyoke Col- lege, will be the speaker at the cente- nary ceremonies on the morning of November 5. At the banquet to be held in the evening at the Mayflower Hotel the speaker will be Madame Samaroff- Stokowski, internationally-known pia- nist, teacher and lecturer, whose “Lay- man's Music Course” is being given at Mount Vernon Seminary. The afternoon ceremonies Wwill be featured by the cutting of the birthday cake bearing 100 candles and the “parade of the Hundred Years," in which 100 of Mount Vernon Seminary students will wear authentic costumes to represent each of the years since Mrs. Somers’ birth. From grand- mothers’ trunks and many another treasure spot these dresses have been brought to Washington by the girls who will wear them to honor the hundredth birthday of the founder of their school. A special train from Chicago will bring returning alumnae from the Middle West regions. Special cars have been arranged from nearer points. Mrs. Joseph-E. Davies, wife of the American Ambassador to Russia, an alumna of Mount - Vernon Seminary and & member of the Board of Trustees, is returning to Washington for the occasion of the centenary celebration. Also returning to cele- brate Mrs. Somers' hundredth birth- day are the alumnae trustees, Miss Elsie Foerderer of Philadelphia and Mrs. Robert S. Riley of Worcester, One of Washington’s truly great| Mass. Among the Washington alumnae of Mount Vernon Seminary are: Mrs. Gilbert Grosvenor, daughter of Alex- ander Graham Bell and wife of the editor of the National Geographic Magazine; Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean, Mrs. Henry Parsons E: win, Mrs. Edwin M. Watson, Mrs. Barry Mohun, Mrs. Willoughby S. Chesley, Mrs. John K. McKee, Mrs. Fleming Newbold, Miss Alice Clapp, Mrs. Levi Cooke, Mrs, Charles W. Pairfax, Mrs, Victor Ksuff- mann and others, before dinner time, the stately portrait | “The Marquis of Wellesley wore on this occasion a rich uniform profusely decorated with orders. The mar= chioness was dressed simply in white, but looked every inch a queen. She was dignified, but at the same time easy in her manners. Her figure was exquisitely proportioned, her arms and shoulders were beautifully molded: her features were classical, her profile delicate and distinguished, her come plexion fair and lovely beyond de- scription, her cheeks softly chiseled, and her nose, that difficult feature, was straight and Grecian in form. Certainly no other court in Europe could have produced a woman of or more aeccom- plished manners than the American queen of the Irish court.” THE Marquis of Wellesley was the brother to the Duke of Welling= | ton, but, like many brothers, they did not always agree. When the Duke of Wellington became Prime Minister of England, there was a lack of agree- ment between the brothers upon the subject of Catholic emancipation, and the marquis resigned the government of Ireland. But, as we are told, after the accession of William IV, “the marquis was appointed controller of the royal household, and the mar- chioness was made the first lady in waiting at Windsor Castle. The King admired her excessively, because of her freedom from all court gallantry.” Louisa Caton’s husband, Col. Bir Felton Bathurst Hervey, K. C. B, was a distinguished military officer, and served under the Duke of Well- ington. A notice of their marriage, printed at the time and taken from an English source, briefly states: “By special license, at the Duke of Well- ington’s, Col, Felton-Bathurst Hervey, to Louisa-Catherine, third daughter of R. Caton, esq., of Maryland.” Their marriage occurred on March 1, 1817, and 8ir Felton died two years later. Subsequently she married Prancis Godolphin D’Arcy Osborne, the eldest son of the Duke of Leeds. His title was Marquis of Carmarthen and she became the Marchioness of Carmarthen. At the time of their marriage she was while he was seven years her junior. In 1838, upon the death of the Duke of Leeds, father of the Marquis of Carmarthen, the marquis succeeded to the dukedom and his wife became the Duchess of Leeds. Another notable romance connects the American name Leeds with the Greek royal family, but that has noth- ing to do with the Duke's British title. Woodlot an Aid. \NE neglected feature of many farms is the wood lot. The Forest Serv- ice is devoting considerable energy to a campaign to educate neglectful farm- | ers to an understanding of the possi- | bilities in their woods if properly farmed. Careful farmers find that in their trees they have a cash crop or a erop | which serves well in barter. As one farmer expressed it, his wood lot is his bank to which he goes for cash and which, when properly cultivated, restores the principal constantly. Fire wood, lumber, cross-ties, poles and other forms of forest products are a steady source of income. When the trees are properly selected for cutting, healthy trees have an opportunity to mature and seedlings get off to a good start. Crowded sections result in a twisted mass of malformed trees of no use to any one. Where the wood lot receives the same care as the fields a prosperous farmer is usually to be found. More Trumpeter Swans. ONE of the rare species of birds in the United States is on the in- crease, although the total is still so low as to amount almost to extinction. The bird, the trumpeter swan, has gained 43 since the last previous count By the Biological Survey. Now the species has 158 representatives in the United States. Of these, 77 are young, an increase in young over last year of 36. The swan gets its name from its call, which sounds much like the note of the French trumpet. When matured, the bird weighs about 30 pounds. It nests in the Red Rocks Migratory ‘Waterfowl Refuge, in Wyoming. Birds Fly Low. ‘HOSE who have watched migratory birds on their flight and have won- dered just how high the birds go on their long trips are given the answer by the Biological Survey. Seldom, the Survey has discovered, do the birds attain an altitude of more than 3,000 feet, while 1,000 feet would be an average. This is easily explained, of course, for the higher the altitude the less the buoyancy of the air and the greater the labor for the birds. For that rea- son they fly low. 1In case of stormy weather or weather with a low ceiling the birds fly below the clouds. This explains why so many are killed, particularly at night by flying into buildings and monuments. )