PRINCE OF IVAlM CHUM BRINGS HIS BRID m '.imtii t T a'jfTi ' W TO AMERICA FOR "DEMOCRATIC Vftwm r r " -rq q Royal Navy and Net Politics Is Chief Inter est of Yeung Nobleman, Who Was Com panion of Future Ruler en Teurt r Meuntbatten, Cousin of r ' ' . ' fKing of England, and Wife . t ( cr t 7v en "I?ids' Frolic w 99 r "V "W .""V "M T" M "W 7 Vm Mt W r A L-M t U V ! I II I A) JL JL vx V j JL JL rJL S v-V JL V r-.- .- . r .1 'in 1 tmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmimmmmmm -1 - 1 -.'. t, t v. : .j . ... ij -' -rn . . r x m. u . .-i. '.1 . w -. 1 sr , . 1 . .? . j' ,nk.r V leave nnil T tnitreil (lin "Western front. Next thnv nnf mn Kitmnrt In command of the destrejer Portsmouth, of the cb- cert flotilla. During that period i es corted ninny Amerlrnn troops neress th" Chnnnel te France, nnil fine fellows they were! "Thnt J dlil for mere, than n year nnu men inniriciunicii in jurist s v-ei-i . . , icgc, vjauiDriuge. In 11)20. en the Iteiiewn, Lord Meuntbatten accompanied the Prince of Wales en his first long' tour. "I was what you ever here would nnrlinnn Call tinvnl nlifn in tlln 1'rlnpn " he said. "And we toured India and fwnv nt the ncwlywcds old-fashioned housekeeping! $ J And youthful Lord and Lady MeuntWttcn arc net going te miss this ) t orite indoor sport, even though they arc wealthy beyond all casual ' . l!- .nJ ern minted te KintTS and Queens. Scrubbing floors, dishwashing and cooking, says Lady Meuntbatten, ;.. er ieng suits, for didn't she take a domestic science course at Links? Lord Meuntbatten uoneves in werw, tee, -anti wnen we get nemc . " fays he, "I am going te my work, and Edwina will de the heusc- l'hCJ' rcaciieu U" '' "" "; vu mc nun 'Jvi "" "" i it'cend honeymoon," as Lord Leuis himself puts it. .v L,. win tour America for three months. They will be the guests of Cornelius Vnndcrbllt, ana tnen incy wm leave ler overseas again I One must reconstruct u jmcwu.. ' eiptiens one cherishes about royalty ,nd blue bleed after meeting Lord Meuntbatten and his bride, who was Edwina Ashley, England's wealthiest m whose fortune is estimated at jfty millions of dollars. 11 ,, rvnects Lord Leuis and )iii Lady te be aloof, stiff, formal, I difficult te meet, proud and haughty 11 weathercocks, one is due for a 'iSiOrd and Lady Meuntbatten sliced down the Majestic gang--1..1, n Pier Ne. 59 looking like , inytwe rather well-tee happy and my young levers. Rather excited, rather flushed, they worried a little about their bag ge. On beard, he in his yachting tip and she in a sports dress of .... thev had been great favorites. "They danced like two children, muw nasencers said. "They trolled the decks together, thcyi itoed out under the full moon as any . ether sweethearts in the world would aboard ship. They were charming. Se democratic!" "Drmecratic" seems te be the. most fiequetit word America uses te qualify these alien folks who arc nitural, unaffected, amiable. And "democratic" fits the twenty- ; ene.-ycar-eld Lord and his twenty-rcar-eld bride like a glove en a 'ilim, white hand. .Servitors at the Hetel Their Only Formality At their temporary apartment in a ' fiihtenablc New Yerk hotel, the only IfftermaluieH about them are the hotel) pw'iten. whose noses can't help tilting ' 1 little higher and whose manners grew j mere and mere cavalier en the advent , ' l such peisenages. I.adj Meuntbatten sat en dlvnn In tli attract le apartment, her legs curled 1 tirll'hly under her. Hcfere the divnn ' is a iniind table spread with a light 1 lnncli. She is a fairly tall young woman, frith pink elieeke and brown hair. Lord Meuntbatten leeks a bit like the Frlnce of Wales, whose aide he wai during thai gay young future King's ( tour te the four or five corners of the 1 world. He were a dark, well -fitting v wit. His cheeks are as pink as his ( ( lrid'. He Is much taller; like his 1 ' hther, Prince of Battenbcrg, at one tlm FlrM Lord of the King's navy, kutrctclies into the six-feet level. , He reached out a long arm and j fcitMied n firm grip ever the hand of bleTlslter. Should one bow te the Lady 7 1 One hadn't a chance te. Lndy Mount- j bitten held forward her hand. "U'as m te kin ItV Or shake it? One , wondered, but finally one shook It, and ' H leeraed te be what was expected. Lidr Meuntbatten remained en the 'Win, And it might have been the most ' proper iaj for the visitor te greet njbedy en an occasion. At any late, ittvesa most clinimincr. imnrTected wnv. 80 linaflVcted were they that at least Btf AS vMWrn Mk On the golf links at home Japan And in India, 11 1 IMhi. I met v .........CK-II H,,f l..r., tHUl . O-t, Jn()(( A1( iM l)(lli Hl ,,,. re of them the head of the household I Kdwjna Ashlev." -itemed a trifle shy. They were both I Seme say that wns the beginning "f , tii'Itcd. wearied a little bv their tilpUhelr leina'nce. Others irndst that the ud theexigeneies of landing ; they were -jrlage l;-;,,!-:;;-;-1'' tth anticipatory of their thiee months , briiev(,d )e ie t,0 likeliest liriilu for the la a new and exciting 1 euntry. dashing 1'tlnce of Wales himself. ( And thej both were newly married.! "Edwina was stnjlng at thn A icerey s 'npugh, teitamly, te excite thum, eren , at Delhi. Frem there hf went home. ake them diflident. , nnj 1 VPt with the 1'ilnce te .l.ipan.' 'm us go ever in this corner anil lint lUliik I ,lf M.,nll,.il.., "I lllc y"""k '" ''' "... ,im.. ..,.. "' ...".,, iuuuvn.u. ienl I 1011 rnlip 11(111 IS 1 inn. iii'-k lllll I ii. I ..!.. . ...1 ff i 1. . . -. -- ..u,,, kiiii,, .inn nir 11 umiueni ne 1 111 ftn n ..I. .t.. T.. j i' .. V'-i 1 wasn't anything for liim tu gei up im --,.. ..,. ,, ,,01 .or long. '", pvcenting h s emi "nerve" 11 1 imini r anstter (alls en the phone, net 1 Vt eV.is k 1 Td sitting ever en the wy te open the apnitment deer when thrr ld(, 'of jlj(. ,, (,n the dlwin. M rL'n,'!10V d,1 10 ?? ,U i,.lter" ! if t" reassure her thnt nclthc ;;f llieni ill.,- ,,,mt r!,a1'" ''tit he get UI.aH drwiu,ng. but wen- iicluall enl SX1; "''',"nhe '"' waS se b0'vibU' lie I beginning the fust lap of ,. three-month w'lidn t sit Mill. ..vacation. Then he fat deu again. i lair""n,S, ''Vl"S Munjb1n,. "We were mar. led. u knew, en .Lf.y.'.. ..ani1 J. ." ' ? i,.i i5 ..filiUrar. ntSt. Mmgarrff. -. The IV hue of ifirf. s" ."""" ". m. l ,en v. "' ' ; :-;.. w,,t intei "n' r,?" lT"T;tl WnlW'. our best ,.,.,. F.ii.i.. : .......... ...vn . rilin. '"lusumen verc changeil. Yeu knew, iK.TOiUr,T' ,,hnt most et the English erli " stock is of (lermnn He's n Great-Grandsen w uuecn Victeria fin. rnniiif mnn mtitcprl flculn here ' add modestly and apologetically : l I wouldn't tell jeu all that, bin (I knew what newspapers like te pilnl. I He didn't, yuii s-e, want any one ir, l,n,irlin. In wns lilllllllg 011 MUe. , He is a ery likable young man iiEaSH'S?BvirSiHiSs'ii '''' walked te her misbnud's fide. She leaned ever the chair. He looked up at her and said : "New jeu ought te say something about your life." He ttlrned te his visitor. "lit wlfe'M tin inn imnil Id lie. lie began, "JMlwInn Ahley. K-D-" he I heiltuted. "JIew d you spell jeurl name. Kdwlnn? With two tl's?" I ' "Ne, with one." she replied. They both were en their feet new, Inking n turn about the room. One 1 might even go e far as te suggest ' thnt thev frolicked mildly nbeut the room, like youngsters possessed, and en their first picnic. "My wife was horn en November 110, 1001. She is twentj-one years old." Lord Meuntbatten Jet go the beerct with the frankness of it child. Ludy vr..i.MiK.,,... t ., t , i. .iiiriiiiiuiiii-ii, jur inry new luccu pucu 'ether, looked nt him inscrutably for a moment, hut miM niitiilii Mlw tu tint yet old enough, anyhev, , te he really sensitive about her nge. "She was born then. ' continued the husband, "and she went te school, and she get married mid tlut siemt te be about nil of her life hiMerv se far." And Lord Meuntbiitten. 'smiling, leek a step sldewajs, and one te the rear, and came forward again, swinging hN arms. It wasn't cnlUthcnlcs. It was merely nn unconscious expression of hew geed te him life was and hew Inviting the prospect of this long honey moon. Interested in Politics? Ne; He's in the Navy "I went te school at Links, Knst lteurnc. and then at Alhrine. 1 took u course In dometle fclenee. Oh, yes," she laughed, "scrubbing the floors, wnshlng dishes, cooking and everything. MM i like it? .Ne, I Imted it then, lint one has te learn thoe things." She beamed nt the jeting boy who is her husband, and he beamed back. "Are you interested in politics, Lady Meuntbatten?" Hcfore she had a moment te de mere tlwn laugh nt that Lord Meuntbatten brightly Interrupted : "The British Nuvv has nothing te de with politics. I am in the navy, and she's my wife!" It explained everything emphatically. Lndy Meuntbatten, if you plcabc, Is net interested In politics. .She Is profound ly interested in the nnvy and in her husband, but net In politics. Fact of the matter is the doubtless likes tcrtib ' blng floors better than politics, nnd I what mero could any husband wish of . his wife'.' I "When I get back te Kngland I'm going te work and my wife will keep house!" At which they both laughed licrhtlv. but democratically. Indeed. Lord Meuntbatten, who is n lieutenant pronounced "leftennnt is very much Interested in whnt he calls his work. "I don't care two hoots,-' says he, "what you call me." He speaks se of his title. "I mn nn ellicer in the royal navy. I'm tee busv most of the time te worry about whether I'm a Lord or a Commener." And he is u i-lilp r the old block in that respect. His father, l'rlncc of Hnttenberg, admitted he was infinitely mere proud of being in n sundren fljing the lirltlsh ting than of the "miner distinction of bearing n handle te mv name." "This, you knew, isn't exactly my first visit te jour country. I came here with the Prince of Wales, my cousin, but we only touched California then." On their transcontinental tour they will be the guests of Colonel Kebcrt M. Thompson, of New Yerk, who was a. friend of Lord Meuntbnttcn's father. IJnttcnberg. which was the nnme the pracnt lord's father used up until, under King's warrant, it was Angli cized, is a German principally of ie cent origin. The title was first granted te the issue of the mnrringe of Lord Meuntbattcii's grandfather. Prince Al exander of Hesse. In PniMin. nnd n beautiful Itusse-Wcrmnn .Jewish girl, Julia von Ilntike, lndy-in-waitlng te the former Czarina of Kussin. Lord Meuntbatten's father was the third child of this marriage, and lie in turn married Princess Victeria, daugh ter of the Grand Duke of Hesse and favorite granddaughter of Queen Vic Vic eoria of Kngland. There is little, therefore. If any Brit. lsh bleed running in the veins of tills very liritish-loeking lioneymeoner te AmericH. His bleed is German, with nn admixture of Russian .lew. And strangely enough, his jeting wife also Is partly of .Jewish descent. Batlenbery a Second Cousin of Fermer Kaiser Under the patronage of Queen Vic Vic eoria the late Prince of liattenberg, cousin once removed te the former Ger. man Ktnperer. developed most miccchs fullr. He left his native home In Aus- I trio for Knglnnd, te lie naturalized there ' in 1808, when he was only fourteen I years old. His progress was nt first slew. He I was twenty-three jenrs in the navy be fore his promotion te a captaincy. Finally, however, his ability was rce rce egnbed and he was appointed first sea (lord in 1012. 1 In 1IU4, Prince Leuis, ns nil ether englishmen of German origin, became a dupe for jellew journals. Ne charges were made against hnn. but implicn i tlens net te he misunderstood as te I the possible loyalty of a man se high in the JlritiHh naval service whose origin wus German were broadcast. batten" is thename of the little heal land overlooking the eastern harbor of Plymouth, from which Drake sailed. Lady Meuntbatten Is granddaughter of one of the jrcat Jewish bankers of Londen, Sir Kdward Casscl. He was the son of a Cologne hanker, Jacob Cnssel, nnd went te Knglnnd when'he wns a young man. He seen became one of the financial powers in Kngland, with Interests extending ever the entire world. After his friend, the Prince of Wales, became Edward VII, King of Kngland, Mr. Cassel was given hi knighthood, and wea appointed te be the King's financial ndvlser. On the crowning of King Kdward Sir Kdward signalized the occasion hv n gift of .$1,000,000 for the establish ment of a hospital for consumptives. The hospital bears the nunic of the King. He later endowed a million-dollar fund for the benefit of impoverished i-,ngiisiiinen living in Germany. Kir Ed- I hiiiu wui nor Hummed 10 wie peerage. I His only child married "Wilfrid Ashley, . a grantincpnnw of j,eru J'nlmerten. It litis been rumored that Sir Kdward, some while before he died, looked for ward te the marrlage of his grand daughter te royalty. In his will, al though he had bequeathed the famous Parkland street palace, Iiroek Heuse, , te Ills sister, he stipulated that in thn event It should be required for reynl residence she should surrender it. And she has surrendered It. "We are going hack te Iiroek Heuse when our honeymoon is ever," said the young man. And they may be going back te take up housekeeping, but there are grae doubts. Ne doubts at all that they are going back te live there, hut doubts whether It is possible te de light or any sort of housekeeping in a home of palatial proportions. It will require n retinue nn nrrnr I of servants te keep the place tidv. j There will be no usual spring cleaning , in that house and her ladyship cer tainly won't have the opportunity of dusting even the smallest corner of It alone. And the thought lends one te rumina tion. This ceuiile hne all the appear ance of newly weds; they have the samp sort of enthusiasm nbeut this new and I glorious M-nlnre with each ether as Sallj and her beau around the corner l hae. Lady Meuntbatten wants te de little tricks for her lord and master, but ' sbe can never hope te de some of the humble ones. Her grcnt wealth and her position , make it mere or less impossible mostly mere. She won't cook him delicious ham and eggs in the morning and then ; """' "COrm ' "Ami my nieces, the little Princesses n, i Mns born at l'rogmere Heuse. 0f Greece, wcic in He bridal pnity Vil "?" en lu,,c - lt)0n. ' ! . . i i-i i Nu!8. m-v Bf-nt-grandmether." WeddhifJ Second Only te t, vi . V1 ''""te Francis Albeit Vic- ,r,,i '' Prhti'fiS Mail Nicholas Meuntbatten has ether! Fhal ' ' iwtm iU"'" iii. i 'Vlit0 ,,s intwstlnic ns thnt I As matter of fad. the edding wns l L.?(i-irl V"00"1 ,,lh ,0,IHl iR the 'second only In Impennnce te thnt of Sf fi-ii Kl"5 Ucere- and se Is the King, the Prim ess Mnr and isieunt Lns. 01 Bpnln. ',i ' in,,.- ilcircn nnd Oiieen Mmy . I took nir elementary schooling nt 11.. . ' . l,c"'l'iHnrj- M-uoe nig at irv'".rk nml tl,cn 'ntfml the iaf7inval Andcniy at Oiheurne. In Aden ,,.'",'. "'V .V"-l"' "V?l Hi in .i V," '".""'ft '"i", i went te iclles. imiis """" -. . ..-- -- wetc I heic. And tiner i-' "" ",u.. ...'.. i. ,.i,i nt itinii. Heuse, the i-i recepuen wnn '" "-,.', -, .,, .. n Park Lane.n.auMen. hi pi f the In de uicuiiuicc m.,.., f the r Sir Kmcst t'l This house V" . immniifce llve-bteu palace, for l. '.......,'"" ." I '". " " ,";" w - l.ln re irons it ftnn;' unf CH ,, ! J) '"1, ,,, "hul .. . in?r tt. ,rnnsn'frc" ,e ,,,e , r,':e;.'-e!cs"::::ir'!i: iia: eenVcef It. One loom in it, me uem dining loom, will accommodate 100 S,Th?'ncwlj mndc man nd wife then & r? 1iWB1..Pn Submarine K-0. of PHTsn'.fti lf', ,,n reniniHiid? KrtT "vi 'Vn?1"5' .h,,ve "ed mEm&xmsBvmwmmt -0 ' nBHB9vIB0hhHK2HKq. t imHIJUBBIIililililiVllililililililililililil lililillilililililiBE' IIK'' iM '" JEUBmnSum!&&$y?FSt. UBBm&wiJBM?&TB s'K jpjHflBBP3s. EE&m&RSllBBteK The bridal party : Left te right, standing. Princess MnrBarct, Lord B -Mm?'. .4 iBBHBBVBBBVvHBHBMfm3Hrl ..i,.. SBBBBHBCSbRSS. Leuis Motinthatten and Lnd Menntlintten the Prinr, nt" Wnlcs VXBBVXw nBW.""'" Jm iBBBHBBBBBVBBWQyiflBBK$lHrV. BBBBBWJIBuwM!!C' and Princess Thcodesiu: seated. Miss Murv Ashlev. Miss Jean v nmsmtc mw wm iHiBHMBWwfummAMamik- HiHBHBt i "m HHaMHV fl gr avnsHHVgwHymwnnrpUKm. HHaaHamw?' r rnhcnnani, i.auj .Marj snic.v-Loeper ana princess VwVVV; JH jjfilf 7JKPJfc8BBMMBMHBiilByjMx TAMBBRE8fl m$ts i seated in front, Princess Sephia BBlSr ivaT JBm JBjBflMABjBKfa1HH9BBB9DiKSSHlKS9B19BB BS9f9Smtfm. wmMMk smammiMi ua . e t?maammi am Lad .Meuntbatten liont'Miieoueil in Spain, en gin.sin King Alfonse, nnd en September sailed ler Aineiicn. "We leave immedi.ltelj for laguia Falls." resumed the l.eid. "That's the Mecca for hencj moeners, isn't it? I didn't knew thut. Itut new that I de. theie seems te be all the morn reason In flic wnrlil fee "einc llii'ic." I Frem Ningntu Fulls thev will go West te Chicago and then te 1 1 u tnln ll t . In Nevada, te Inspect mines in vvhlcii Lndy Meuntbntlen lields n ceni lulling Interest. They will tour the Gniiii ( nujeii, I hen ictuiii te l-'leildn, vvheie the young hi)sband hopes te jjei in a couple of this h of tarpon fishing. Their Inst week will be spent with Cornelius Vundci b It In .ew lei "We've in uinged our Hip - that we'll return home before flu Minns, I must icturii te mj pest en the Ite pulse nt that time, for mj leave will hni expire.!." lly this time Lndy Meuntbatten had The ncwlywcds en their arrival in the United States It was admitted that the Pm.e was the "soul of houet," but ilmr his, ie-t l.iilenship with the Priinsinu tjal fain iiv rendered hnn subject te gossip and unfounded suspicions and l.mited the I possible servlca lie might de for Ins adopted country. In October. l'.M-l, theiefeic. i lie Prince sent the fellow lug rfnguatieii te Winsten Churchill : "I hnve lately been diiven 10 the painful conclusion tliut at this iiiiietiire I mv lilt th and parentage have the eifei t of impairing In some tespects my use fulness en tlie Heard of the Admiral! In these circumstances I feel it te he' my duty as u loyal s ibject of Ills .Majesty te resign my office of I'lrst ' Sea Lord, hoping theiebv te faulitiite the task of the ndiuinislriitieii of the gieat service te which I have devoted my life and te case the burden laid en His Majesty's ministers " The resignation wa iiiiiiicui.iieiv ae- icpted, but with regret. He w.ih then nppeiutcd n member of the Privy Council by King Geerge The tltl" which the pi event l.enl Meuntbntten holds is one "of cour ceur tesv." In 1!H7, when nil the peerage of German origin and titles ucrc doing It. King Grotge persuaded Prince Leuis te diep his, Hnttenberg titles and lake the name of .Mnuntbatten, with the rank nnd titles of Vlneunt Aldcincy, Lnrl of Median and Mar quis of Mllfenl Haven Tim victim of "spy mania" and unfortunate picjudlce was in tills manner admitted I te the llritish peerage. He died last autumn. It Is of Interest that ".Mount- Cecilia; njej Ins iilcasn i e ever them with th Intriguing consciousness thut lie is eat ing what her own hands helped fry. She'll never darn hi' socks e' nights while he reads the evening paper at his studv lamp. She'll never have ths su preme j,,, of eiderlng him down tint (ellni te bank the furnace fire or put the cat out Ne, bhe'll pi ess buttons. And from a thousand nnd one corners of their greet house svivnnts will come te de her bidding. 1 1 almost makes one weep for fhas fortunate, and at the same time unfor tunate, folk" - weep, and, bcause of the cemplcxlt) of human nature, envy them a little. Mnt lnenev and revnlty can't take till their joys ewuj from them, "I love the out of doers very much," cried Lady Meuntbntten "Hiding en peclallj." There's nothing reinnrkably signifi cant about l lint, excepting that her en thusiasm suggested that" fhe liked rid ing lietter than the drawing room, nnd that's n hopeful sign. At Isittem, Lord and Lady Meuntbntten are homebodies. Tliej are tre. plnk-checked, bglsh bglsh bglsh loekiug homebodies. One finds oneself n-ntlmeptnlly dreaming nbeut them as one does about nny ether garden-Teriety bride nod bridegroom dreaming about lliein nml ct wondering, tee, what cnmprnsnflen tin' geed gods ghe e newly weds whom the world nnd Its curiosity won't let nlene, whose lore-nest Is no Isolated cabin, but n hahice with srrTints and servnnts-A-snd servant. -Jt': Wm em rviiiM i p. j ,. J I J.i ,, , .M-.-X- A. Htf-. ...j 1 . .t f1T , "CS.'Sk ... !h
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