The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-20
NO7ES FROM LONDON.
Lady j. une's rurction for Miss NJ trsden.
the Leper Nurse.

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the Leper Nurse.
LoSpoS. Oct 81.
To have the honour OF meeting H. H. H. Princess Mary
Adelaide. Duchess OF Teck
Lady Jeuns requests the pleasure Of Mr. and Mrs.
Wild Vests company Thursday Oct. ~ at o'clock.
to hear Mis- arsdens account Of her work IN Siberia
in aid OF tho l-pcrs and OF her proposed expedition TO
found settlement there. Tea and coffee = O'Clock.
No. ~ HARLEY STREET.
Now. to tho uninitiated this card bears on
tho face OF 1t an invitation to be introduced to
the Duchess OF Teck and to have the dis
tinguished honor OF a cup OF tea in her pres
once. Isn't It SOP All. that is only because
you have not been In England. You do not
know the manners and customs of this most
august. most noble country. To meet tho
Duchess OF Teck" means to stand up !umbly
when she and tho Princess Nav cntcr the
room. and to look at her while she is listening
encouragingly and amiably whlo Miss Mars
don spenks. then afterward to have your tea
in another room while the Duchess and a
select few are gathered together in Lady
Jeunes boudoir Is it worth cold drive on n
cold afternoon2 No: unless you are. as l
happen to be. a student OF English manners.
or the want OF them. as the case may be.
Miss Marsden Is a fine grcnadier. about flvo
feot eleven. with q good-natured hawk face Of
q thoroughly English type. She was dressed
In a becoming nurses costume. including the
cap and apron. and wore several medals. Sho
Is a big. kind. capable looking woman. with
delightful. musical voice. Her delivery is bad.
and her lecture somewhat pointless AMI very
feminine. for she makes 80 many divagations
before she finally reaches the !epers that once
or twice thought she had given thom up al
together. But at length after host Of mos
Quitoes. horseback ride of some hundreds OF
mil nd ch IN nd Gil
ject OF her discourse. Tho Queen. who is worry
dull ut Bamora. and Welcomes any little
advertisement. summoned Miss Marsden to
her presence and gave her decoration
This insures for her. in England at least.
hearing and Il good deal OF sympathy.
Tho Princess May OF Teck. who listened
with absorbed attention throughout the long
hour. has lost much OF hcr good looks since
the death Of the young Prince. The fresh.
girish contours have gone and tho faco has
gotten into somewhat fixed lines. Sadness
sits Ill upon nor buoyant little turnod-up
nose and large mobile mouth. She was
dressed in plain black serge, with tight fitting
black cloth Jacket braided II good deal about the
waist and sleeves which showed off her figure.
which is really beautiful. to perfection. She
wore upon her pretty brown hair q small jot
and feather bonnet: no. n very graceful one.
for it bore too evidently tho hand of the Eng
lish milliner. an ALWAYS exact and heavy
hand. unlike tho gay Gaelic touch rs II
humminC bird is unlike an owl. The Princess
May copies closely the style Of tine Princess
OF Wales. which is rather n pity. for the Prn-
cess Of Wales. while excessively neat. has
something OF the .raceiulness Of tho women
OF the Continent. Her stiffness and cxactitude
OF dress are easily copied. but it is rather an
unfortunate example for an English woman.
0t,o To nal tn, olSl,y CT. Ia %
straight lines and angles. The royalties have.
generally speaking, good manners. and prin-
cess Mary and her daughter unite with good
manners the ease and aniaiiity Of assured
fayortes. The example OF these tw" great
the room turned her whole attention t" Miss
Marsden. who was really worh listening to.
As l said before. she j., not a
map OF Russia. her dulcot tones ana
frequent stumbling pausr.s. there was room
cruel and homeless wilderness OF hi'ieous and
horrible disease. tie most horrible on all
ths vide e EARTH it was nrnS"mt +" nS
n tic colony Well organized and methodcul-
~ governsd,-n IittIe colony Of iepsrs rr%n-
dead to every interest in life. hui with the pale
CLEAN Of the SUNSHINE Of existence IrouSh,
devoted soul. Ii Is u line charity. and 1t
deserves to be encouraged by every "ren-
tturs who. like. Anon ben A,lhem. loves his
cry VI" SS Sehnl Of those s VIII" ar" wynn dnmS
Miss Marsden sails in few lays to deliver
course Of lectures in Amer ca. The only time
SeGGed in "" Hous name mo for ssstunre Of any
and every kind. Then she became SO earnest
that for q moment conventionaty was thrust
aside and she spoke from her heart Of hearts.
1t was almost as II the lerer was praying to
y;Hu himself ms, and you heard the cry o. IN,
from him but one, the onr who made him
SOUND and whole again. At the end Of the l.c-
be luxurious OF its kind. there was strong
odor 9f skins ~; Is, not rroncrIy cured that sug-
Lady Jeune divided her tim" equally
between o,t the Toy;alties and tho news:
tie is as T.r nni
unsellish as u black ROBBED sister If charity
She has peculiar kind OF genius for getting
casionnlly she makes the most Naporonc
moves ana mixes people who are publicly
er Sa 'nHy u nSs
s s1%% ,ss lay lady, Isan s nyited %Sonn"T
yXell,!known ltadical and no lover q ROYALTY:
pressed themselves As delighted win hin.
very young old ladies In London fashionable
society While the Duchess OF Tcck dresses
like 2 matron ot3o. the Countess Of shrows-
The news has reached London Of the death
Of Harry yane Milbank. tho eldest son Of Sir
Frederick Milank. Bart. He was We" known
to many Americans here. IIa married many
years ago a French woman with history. and
has since lived in Paris. He was an accom-;
VERY wiasl m
versal favorlte, having. charming manners
and a fine ,prescnce 10 was I, ieet =. blue
eyed. fair haired. ana looked like viking
Inherited great fortune through IN. win Of
and estates. II Harry, yano Mlnamk had
and had married an ambitious English
woman, he would have been to-day "A
prominent llGurr in English politics Sir
Frederick MiIhank; III, father. WAS for
9ne time GI9nsidered tn. Iands;"n,est nan nan il
Bill and has a Buffalo Bill record for grouse,.or
something OF tho sort. iie stl ish magnill-
ure In his scarlet coat and white waistcoat,
which no wears always. In the hunting season
for dinner. With his beautiful. brilliant blue
coat and white flower in the buttonhole he