The Irish standard., 1886-12-04
RICH MRS. MACKAY.
The Bonanza Queen Royalty En-
tertains England's Heir.
Splendid Decorations of Her Artistic
London Palace The Grant-Cairns
Rupture SPICY Gossip Cur
rent In London and Paris.


London Palace - The Grant-Cairns
Rupture Spicy Gossip Cur
rent In London and Paris.
aLucy II. Hooper, In N. Y. World.a
Monday last Mrs. j. w. Mackay gave at
her palatial residence in London dinner
party, followed by a soiree musicale in
honor of the Prince Of Wales. The house
occupied 10y oar fair countrywoman is the
town residence of Lord Sudley, and is one
of the best adapted for entertaining in
London. The reception-rooms are of
colossal dimensions OF these there are
four-the library and dining-room on the
ground floor and the grand drawing-room
and ballroom on the floor above. The
last-named splendid apartment which
in size and proportions and decora-
tions would do honor to Versailles,
is paneled with oil paintings exc
cuted in Italy expressly for this room.
A gallery for musicians extends across
one end, and q row OF large windows ct
one side, opening to che floor, gives access
to spacious balcony. Monday night the
whole house seemed transformed into
vast conservatory. The staircase was
lined with tropical plants, and at every
curve were placed great masses OF white
flowers, chiefly lilies and hydrangeas. The
upper flight was transformed into g. bower
of verdure, long and tender branches of
exotic trees being SO placed that ON look
ing up the eve met vault Of overarching
boughs sparkling with lights. La the draw
ing-room each window was filed with
groups of palms and Towering plants The
al hoy ,Ef f1r11
with rare Orchids and the fireplace was
one vast bouquet of crimson roses, white
hydrangeas and large white lilies The
ballroom, transformed for the evening
into miniature theater, was exquisitely
and profusely adorned with flowers. At
eisher side of the mantle-piece was placed
spiral column, some eight feet high,
formed Of tea-roses white hyacinths and
pale pink orchids. The Fireplace was
filled with masses of ferns, white lilies and
crimson meadow-sweet. The balcony was
shut in from the street by mirrors and
draperies, and in each of the recesses thus
produced at the windows WAS pl aced q
column formed of great superposed blocks
of ice, surrounded with palms and light
feathery ferns.
iLrs Mackay received her guests in q
toilet Of white satin embroidered with
silver thread and seed pearls, Che skirt
front being covered with draperies in
mousseline de sole. The guests at the din
ner we're the Prince and Princess di Gala
-Colonna, the Duke and Duchess Of
Manchester, Maria, Marctioness Of Allies
bury, tho Earl and Countess of Gosford,
theECount and Countess Of Tyszkiewicz,
Lord and Lady Charles E>resford, Lady
Vaudeville. L;ard and Lady Sturt, Miss
Stcnor, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Sir Christie
pher Sykes Colonel Clarke, Colonel
Brabazon and G. de Mu,ieta.
The performers of the occasion were the
number; NJ Coquelin and Mime. Blanche
.Pierson oe the Comedie Franchise, Mile.
Rejane Of the Vaudeville, and Mr.. Edward
O,din. the American baritone. The whole
affair passed off brilliantly, Mrs. Mackay
being hostess beyond compare. The
Princess Colonna, who, with her husband,
came from Paris on a visit to her mother
q few days before. is in brilliant
health and is looking charming. her deli
cate brunette beauty never having shown
to greater advantage. She would have
been the beauty Of the evening had it not
been for her mother, who is enc of the
fairest of our many fair female represen-
tatives in European society. Mrs. Mackay
has a petite and perfectly -proportioned
figure, her neck and shoulders being what
the Germans call ''statue-iovely" in mold
and whiteness Her features are fine and
delicately cut, her hair dark and sjlken,
with a natural ripple ia its glossy masses.
Her eyes are nnost lovely, being of dark,
transparent blue too pure in color tr, look
black even under the SHADOW Of tl,eir thick,
dark lashes. Her bands and feet arc o.
the true American type, being remarkably
onnaN and we'll I,roportioned. She is one
Of the most accomplished American ladies
in Europe, speaking French aud Spanish
with as much ease and Huency as she does
En- nglish. She is renowned for the elegance
aud taste displayed in her toilets and her
entertainments, and is, moreover, and
best Of all, devoted wife and mother and
daughter, the kindest Of friends and the
SHE is an honor to her sex and to our
country people abroad.
The ca dits have been flying thick and
fast respecting the rupture OF the engage
n1ent between Miss Adele Giant and Earl
cairns, Ihe IacLS 50 Iaf rs can gaIllea
them FROM the rumo1s of the day; arc
simply as follows: The young gentle
mans deceased father wisely tied up the
fortune he left him so that the princi-
pal could not be spent, leaving tho man
agemenJ of the estate in the hands Of Lady
Cairns 1.-THE Earl has an income Of $4,000
year, and be has spent for some time
past, at the rate Of 100000 per annum.
There has been no bound to his extrava-
ganca. The ball that hs gave last year at
Cannes, for instance, cost $4,000. The
german favors were countless and superb
One of the prettiest and least expensive of
the sets was composed Of silver oars on
each Of which was painted the word Adele,
that being the name of his yacht, witch
had just been rec]lristened in honor Of the
betrothed The boat, all in white camelias,
IN which he figured at the Battle of Flow
ars, was gotten up at q cost Of some S., ,000
His gifts to his future bride in the way Of
precious stones were numerous and SUI
perb A diamond tisra, watch with the
back formed of single cats eye surround