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responnence. Her Majesty's late lord in-waiting,
Lord Camoys, will be much missed at
Marlborough house, as Le acd bis
brother and sister the Hon. Harry
Stoner and the Marquise d'Haut
poul are among the clowft friends
of the family there. When the
Marquise was Julia Stoner ebe and the
young Princteses weie almost insepa
rable. The Stoner family is one of our
oldest Roman Catholic houses. Pcor
Lord Gamoye, who was on!- forty-onef
leaves four sons. He was president of
Henley regetta, and derated to the
river. It was really the accidental
swallowing of a cherry stone which
killed him; but he was already in
danger owing to a chill following an
operation.
The Prince of Wales was in great form
at the Duchess of Sutherland's charity
garden party en Tuesday. Ihe object
of the affair was to popularize the
Harris tweeds and kindred manufac
turers, and the fair young Duchess had
cleverly managed to extract a promise
that "tbe fitst gentleman in England"
would ear a coat of her tweed. He
ag e;d, but stipulated that the stuff
should be dyed black. Really it lookt d
very nic, and so did be, for the new
way of cutting coats with seamless backs
suits him extremely well.
He was very jolly, too, and co wonder,
for all his favorite beauties were present.
Tbe Duchess herself, all in white; Lady
Warwick, in a quaint printed muslin
and the big blaci hat which is ber
favorite wear because it so sets off her
fairness; Lady Randolph Churchill, in
gray; Mrs. Leslie, in crtam; Mrs. More'
ton Fremen, in blue; tbe Duchess of
Portland, a wee bit cold and stately, but
gentle as ever; the Duchess of Devon
shire, beaming as usual, and piquant
Mrs. "Willie' Greufell. Mr. Ronalds
bad a wonderful frock a soitof biscuit
silk with sprays of mimosi embroidered
in high relief but her pink and green
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hat spoiled the effect. The lovely sisters,
Lady Helen Vincent and Lady Cynthia
Graham, kept together as usual; they
seem to know how they eet off each
other's beauty. Lady Helen is a "Helen"
in very truth, a divinely tall golden
blonde, with a skin like rose petals, while
her sister is a brilliant brunette with
glorious eyes. Both have the proud
carriage of the head that is characteris
tic of the Duncombes; alap, that the
"three graces" should be parted for ever
since the Duchess of Leinster died. The
youngest girl. Lady Ulrica, will be quite
as handsome and might take the vacant
p'ace, but she is less often seen in so
ciety, for she is very serious and studi
ous, caring more for her studies at Gir
ton than for tbe things that usually be
guile a besutiful girl in her fa' ret season
or two. I must not forget to add that
the Harris garden party was a big sue
cess. Tbe Duchess had brought over
some of the islanders, who sat under
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wool, and looking very picturesque in
their quaint white cape.
Another piettyefe was Lady War
wick's party to the colonial premiers,
quite worth going out of town to see.
The gardens alone repaid one for the
journey. Lady Warwick's "Shakespere
garden," having a specimen of every plant
mentioned by the bard, with its quota,
tion appended, and her "friendship
garden," in which everything that
grows was presented by some celebrity.
Lord Warwick dutifully helped to do
the honors, and wa3 seen to present
Marie Corelli with a pink water lily or
lotus, of a kind specially cultivated by
himself. That vivaciouo little lady was
in a much befrilled frock of white
chiffon embroidered with pink dog
roses and decked with pink and green
baby ribbons. Her hat and sunshade
matched, and so most exactly did the
pink lily, which chows that Lord War
wick baa profited, if only in the matter
of tas'e in color, by his experience as
husband of one of tbe most fastidious
dressers in society.
bo poor Barnato s house in Park La-.e
has been sold to Sir Edward Sassoon
for 100,030. Doubtless the new Baronet
means to enteitain on a scale of Oriental
magniffcence. During old Sir Albert's
lifetime nothing in that line was done,
as he was an invalid. Sir Edward is
nephew to Arthur and Reuben Sassoon,
the Prince of Wales's great friends, Mrs.
Arthur Sassoon, who is very handsome,
was a Mile. Perugia, sister to Mrs. Leo
Rothschild.
I hear that Mr. Winston Churchi.l,
Lord Rancolph eldest soon, who is now
n the Husr are, wants to go in for po
litical life, and is Icoking out for a seat
in parliament. He is rather like poor
Lord Randy in coloring, though his face
lacks strength. The younger brother,
John, is only seventeen and, of course
still at college. His inclination is sup
posed to be for the bar which, indeed,
seems tn attract many of our voune
sprigs of aristocracy.
remaps you noted that much or the
success of the famous libel action of the
war specials, just concluded, was due to
the careful working up of the case by
the plaintiff's junior counsel. This was
Lord Robert Cecil, Lord Salisbury'
third son, who is botL clever and per
severing. He never declines any brief,
but "fags" away like any other barrister,
while when he gets a chance for a
speech, tbe Cecil acumen and some of
tbe Cecil satire, too show him to hn
chip of the old block. He is married to
one of Lord Durham's clever little sis
ters and his friends confidedtlv exnect
to see him Attorney General some day.
is it true that -Anthony Hone" is en-
gaged to Ethel Barry-Boref One never
Knows whether to believe matrimonial
rumors about him or whether to regard
them as mere "Comedies of Courtship'.''
The opera season has been a financial
success, at least, so it is said on good
authority. Melba has not been reen
gaged, but we are promised Calve next
seaton. Jean de Reszke has given a
verbal promise. He goes now to Mount
Dore, having netted the neat little sum
of 3 200 for sixteen performances; and
thence to Bayreutb, to Etudy "Parifal."
Afterward he will proceed to his beloved
pine forests, pausing on his way to sing
to the Tsar. He was been waxing sar
castic to an interviewer on the subject
of musical criticisms. The foreign critics
have been accusing bim of singing
-Salve dimora" to the footlizhts. "Do
they think I shall kiss all the bricks of
the lady's cottage?" he asked, scornfully.
1iai's, I do not sing 'ealut' to the bricks
only, but to the flower?, the trees, the
whole air that surrounds her; eo I sing
and stretch out my arms to it all, not to
the ga lamps. Ah, those stupid
papers!"
He added that he had made love to
fifteen Juliets. He told a funny story of
how his brother and Lasalle went to
sleep during the "Meistersinger." at
Bayreuto, and bow he had to kick then
to stop tLe snot e which were scandal
izing the reverent public. He is longing
to get away to my forests" and his
great wish is to secure the estate neit
his own for his frit n J Paderewski.
Poor Patti is in the throes of domeatic
trouble. Nicolini's illness, cancer, is, of
course, hopeless; but ever thing is being
done to prolong his lire. For the 6ake
of tbe sea air he has been moved to a
hotel at Swanssa; but she is forbidden
to stay by the sea, so she has been going
up from Craig-y-nos every day -a tiring
journey by road and rail, only stajing
the night on Saturday and Sunday, be
cause there is no Sunday train service.
The dress craze of the moment is the
blue hat. Oh, those blues! About four
shades often appear on one hat; straw,
tulle, flowers, ribbon, all are blue; and.
cf course, the hat is worn tilted up ont he
side till it looks as though it must fall
off. Most women look sallow in these
hats, especially dot; that a long spell of
gayety has left us shorn of our roses.
However, we shall see many blue hats
at Goodwood.
LouU Napoleon t NaT-
At the Tuilleries madam received
me in a salon hun? with tapestry.
Through a half open door I heani a
child's voice; it was that of the P"nce
imperial, who was playing " l"
next room. Soon we heard th.- noe
of a saw and a hammer, and a
listened Mme. Bizot led me 1metV
the door of that room. 'Tax. n
said, speaking low and opening "
Joor a little wider. Then I saw w
emperor seated on tho carpft an
making toys for his son. -u
Octave Feuillet
