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of the fashionable English
hostess. The king may provide th
gli : tir nnil grand shows, hut it Is "up to"
the feminine leaders of society, so to speak,
to second his efforts and satisfy the many
hundreds of thousands of foreigners with
the sort of hospitality that lingers warmly
in the memory cf strangers. As long agi
us last autumn some of the wonn n, who
have already assumed leading positions as
entertainers, began to set their huge Park
l.ar.e and South Kensington houses In order
for this spring's eampaign.
The grand city mansion belonging to the
duke of Westminster was, for example,
done over from top to bottom for the ex
ceedingly handsome young duchess, whose
marriage made such a social stir a year
ago, and who promisee to become the most
powerful hostess In English society. This
lady is the second daughter of Mrs. Wil
liam Cornwallis-West, who was a famous
beauty In the day when Mrs. Langtry
first appeared. The duchess' elder sis
ter Is the beautiful Princess of Pices and Is
one of the great ladies and leading
beauties of Emperor William's court. All
things considered, however, Miss Constance
Edwina Cornwallls-West made a more bril
liant alliance than her sister, when she
married the richest of the English dukes.
His grace of Westminster met with sharp
family opposition when he announced his
desire to marry Miss CornwalHs-West. He
is even now only 23 years of age, his wife's
junior by five years, and his Btern, simple
old grandfather, whom he succeeded, was
bitterly opposed, not only to such an early
marriage, but also to an alliance with a
family whose achivements and ambitions
have been no more strenuous nor intellectual
than those of a flock of butterflies. The
oung duke has, nevertheless, followed the
inclinations of his heart, and though his wife
may not be a marchioness of Salisbury for
brains, she is a beauty of the first-class, a
lady of wit, ready tact, great enterprise
and blessed with the looks and the gift
that will give her the leadership among
m- ijui-i'iny nosi esses 01 mis regal season.
I he Americans now in London take an
infinite pride and Interest in one of the
smart hostesses who hails from the United
States, and who does the land of her birth
every credit. This Is Lady Grey-Egerton,
who, as Miss May Carolyn Cuyler, married
Sir Philip Grey-Egerton In 1803. Lady
Grey-Egertcn'e beauty of feature and color
ing Is beyond criticism and she has all the
crisp wit and sweet friendliness of man
ner typical of the well born American
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LADY ANNESLEY.
woman. Usually she lives at her hus
band's country seat, Oulton Park, near
old Chester, but last winter she rented
and set in order a splendid old house in
Ilerkley Square that Is said to be quite
incurably haunted, and for the coronation
season she is going to entertain her Ameri
can friends especially. Very often this fair
lady has been seen of late driving in
Hyde Park, accompanied by her remarkably
beautiful twin etins, whose romantic names
are Philip de Malpas and Rowland de liel
ward. These boys were born in 180j( and
have Inherited their mother's features and
coloring.
Another woman whose personality is of
intense Interest to London's visitors, is
that blonde and enterprising social favorite
and hostess, the Countess of Warwick.
Though her eldest eon, Lord Brooke, wa
MRS. CECIL POWNEY.
sent out to South Africa n year ago, and
though her only daughter. Lady Mnjorie,
is Just about to make her debut at one
of the court receptions, Lady Warwick
is a,-i fresh as a girl ami maintains her
youth as rnarvc le us'y as dues Queen Alex
andra. So hospitable Is this countess and
so pleasing In r manner that it is said she
win.- first the acquaintance and then the
friendship cf every person worth knowing
who visits England. She even persuaded
the unsociable Cecil Rhodes to visit her
nt Warwick ensile, the critical Marie
Corelll adores her and Lady Warwick boasts
that nil" never saw the American w limn
she could not win to complete frielid.-'hlp
In half mi hour. I ndy Warw ick Is no re
specter ef money or blue blood as n claim
to her liking and hospitality, and her tiny
London drawing room Is filled with people
whose clever minds, Interesting achieve
ments or charming personality have recom
mended them to her favor.
l-ady Annesley Is an Irish beauty whose
dinner Invitations are regarded In London
society as though they were prizes, she
Is the young wife of the aged Earl of
Annesley, one of the few rich Irish peers,
and socially she Is most nmbltious and
successful. She Is one of the few close
friends of tjiieen Alexandra, and. unlike
Lady Winborne and the marchioness of
Londonderry, the other two most famous
dinner hostesses, she never gives what are
callid "great spreads." ller guests are
rarely more than twelve In number nn.l
h"r menus are short, but very wonderful.
Two of the most potent and popular
ladles In London society whose entertain
ments nre as carefully chronicled as the
hospltallt les dispensed by royalty Itself nre
lacking both In titles and In great city
hmnes. Mrs. Oeorgo Keppel and Mrs.
Cecil Powin y m e possi ssors of small
houses, cramnnd, howevi r, with objects of
art, ami Ihey are both the friends of roy
alty. The king himself stood gidfather to
Mrs. Keppel's little boy, and under the new
and exclusive regime Mrs. Pow ney is In
vit'd to court quite as though she was a
duchess. Mrs. Powney, as Is now th.
fashion for specializing anions hostesses,
gives the most perfect little musical enter
tainments in London. She Is herself an
accomplished violinist, and Jan Kulielll.,
Jean de Res.ke, etc., come to dine or
breakfast nnd play nml sing afterward i,
quite In a friendly way.
Mrs. Keppel's specialty Is for lions of
the first magnitude. She knows moro
famous folk and more royal men and
women than nny other woman In England.
Sho does not assume to be witty, partic
ularly wise, nor beautiful, but her gracn
of manner is said t.i be so li resist iblo th at
crowned heads unbend In her presence,
and her populnrlly Is so great that even
'In critical gossiping, envious s iciety she
has few, If nny, enemies.
Princess from Punjab Studying in America
HE Princess Duleep Singh, with
her great Siberian hound and her
equally Great Dane, forms per
haps the most intert sting of the
foreign personages In America
today. The princess' history, If so it may
be callid, is unique; her purpase In this
country Is unusual. She herself Is alto
gether charming.
As a daughter of the old king of the
Punjab, she belongs to the highest cast
among the East Indian royalties. To those
versed in such genealogy her personality
proclaims her exalted birth, while from
her soft, large eyes sometimes flash Bentl
ments akin to those of her famous grand
mother, one of the greatest insurrectionists
against whom England ever held a re
straining hand. The almest prrfect type
of features, often identified with these
people, belongs also to this princess and
seems somehow to be accentuated by the
copper color of her skin and her exquisitely
long taper-pointed fingers.
At the time of the suppression of her
father's power he and his family were
taken to live in England. India then be
came a forbidden land to them. Thus It is
that the princess has never seen her native
country, she later having been born in Eng
land. Some time ago her parents died, but
etill she, her two brothers and two sis
ters are each supplied with unusually
large Incomes by the English crown and
given a residence at Hamilton court. There,
during the long, delightful summers, the
princess and her sisters remain together;
but when the winter comes she can not
stand the damp, foggy atmosphere of Eng
land, so she gives ful' rein to her keen
desire for travel and adventure. Some
times her younger sister, who, however, Is
Intensely fond of society, goes with her;
or again, as this year, she ventured alone
ti America. Twice she has been around
the world, but never stopping on Indian
soil. In accordance with the supervision of
the Englith officials. At present the prin
cess Is making her second visit to America
and this time she has come with a purpose.
It has been for a long time her earnest
wish to study medicine, that eventually
she might practice It for the relief of the
poor. In this noble ambition, however, she
Is hampered by the traditions of her people,
which prevent her from regarding It as
proper to study In any of the co-education
colleges. To her there lurks the taint of
immodesty in receiving medical instruction
with and from men. Her desire Is to re
ceive all her teaching from women. In
England or any other foreign country this
prejudice would have prevented her from
receiving instruction, and in America It
still remains a problem to know Just how
far she will be able to progress In the
four years' course of study.
At the medical college In Chicago, where
there are women able to give her the full
Instructon for the firwt year, she Is now
studying diligently. Her second year she
plans to spend in Philadelphia, where, at
th college, Instruction for that term can
be taken from women. In Philadelphia,
also, the princess found, when Investigating
this subject, that there was one woman en
the board of college directors, and from
this Incident she argues that ere long
many more women will hold similar posi
tions In lhi medical world of America.
The question which still perplexes is
whether or not the princess will be able
to get Instruction for the last two years
from women, and even If so, wheth r.
uinler these tin urn. tun es, sh will be abb
to obtain a degree. Without this, of
course, ebe would not be allowed to prac
tice. It Is only recently that the princess has
returned to Chicago from a trip on which
she paid flying visits to Toronto, Buffalo,
New York and Philadelphia. Her Inten
tion was then to find out Just what were
tho possibilities of achieving her medlral
studies under the self-Imp i-ed conditions.
Through mofct of the cities she passed
incognito, her beautiful face and the un-u.-uiilness
of her questions attracting, how-e-vcr,
attention to her wherever she ap
peared. Interest also was centered in the
gnat dogs which t-hared her cabs, her rail
way carriages and even accompanied her
to the- hotels.
Since her return to Chicago It has bet n
ltarnel that In New Yerk the princess met,
under social circumstances, a number of
eminent physicians, who have determined
to smooth out all possible difficulties which
might stand in the way of a degree. Sh
they argue, is animated by too Intense a
desire to leum, Is altogether too much In
earnest not to have the advantage of every
Hble woman teacher In the country.
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