The Washington times., 1895-04-21
hrs. CLEVELAND'S PRESENT
She Will Give Miss Letter Silver
Loving Cup.
esmmcnts Of the Brltish Press-Curzon Nay
Be a Premier if His Wife
Is Popular.

Mrs. ClevelaEd's wedding present TO Miss
Letter is a very magnificent one, silver
loving cup somewhat over foot high.
All about the cup upon the sides stand out
finely carved figures in solid silver Of
appropriate design for loving cup.
Altogether ii is a Iare piece Of workman
ship, an antique with which doubtless q
Viking and his bride in days OF old first
drank their wedding toast together.
There is DO end OF interesting gossip in
connection with the Leiter-Curzon wedding
TO he gathered from come OF the prominent
English people who have recently arrived
in Washington and are now at one Of the
leading hotels.
From this source the statement emanates
that the one all absorbing topic of interest
in the social columns OF the English press
At present is in regard TO the approaching
marriage.
Every smallest detail of the wedding fes-
tiyities has been already described at
length in tie London papers with more or
lsss degree OF accuracy. The wedding gown
is dexcribed in those Journals as being nine
yards around the edge OF the train
Tho amount that Mr.. Letter has given his
daughter as the principal one of hiS Severall
wedding presents, and OF courso the most
important, il the sum OF SO GOO 600 This,
the London authorities state he has given
her outright either Ito have and TO hold
from this time henceforth,' or TO scatter
broadcast as tho fancy may take her,
Another very interesting point upon " hch
the English viaitors essay 10 throw light
is in regard to the future prospects in a
Political way OF Hon. George Nathaniel Cur
Zon. They unheaitatingly give IL as their
opinion that he win be the future premier
of England provided his bride proves popu-
lar with English people
In EHslSEd far more than in America,
the influence of women in politics is para
mount, as has been often demonstrated,
notably in the case of Lady Il andOlph Church
| hill
| As member OF the younger element of
| Engl4Rd's public men, Mr.. Curzon is re-
garded as q bright and shining light, for
| whom the future holds great honors He is
at present thirty siX years of age, just ten
| years the senior OF bis fisncee
The statement was made some time since
| that in Mt CurZon was tho possible future
| Premier OF England. At the time such a
| statement sounded rather too ambitious
! but now th&t it has been repeated by the
British subjects referred to, it gains de-
cdodly in weight and Importance.
| If his future political greatness really
does depend in such great messure upon the
popularity Of his bride with the English
people, IL goes without saying that MI Cur
Zon will reach the top OF the ladder by
easy strides.
Whst with weddings and the other fes-
ivities naturally attendant upon the
Easter season, the past week has been
| repleto with saycties.
The wedding bells that rang so merrily
durin. the early portion OF the week will
echo quito az Joyously during tho coming
week, as, in addition to the Letter -CurZon
| wedding, there are several others in which
society 10 interested.
The jewelers. and dealers in bric-a -brac
generally have been reaping a harvest
on this account for some time past, and
the brides have certainly not had nor
viii they have cause TO feel that their
friends have neglected tAem in the matter
OF presents.
The fashionable dressmakers, too, have
had their hands fall in getting the wedding
finery finished in time for the different
ceromoBialH.
Altogether it has been a happy time all
around, for if there is one thing above
another In which society delights it is
attendance upon tho annual spring crop OF
weddings in Warrington.
Regardless OF whether or not there is
anything in the slightest degree cut of the
conventional at each and overy enc OF
these weddings the church is always sure
to be crowded. Even when cards OF ad
mission arc required, in some mysterious
manner the crowd slips in and the pews
are filled to oyerflowing with the gayly
dressed society that is always bound tC
appear on such occasions.
Perhaps, after all, it is just as well
that things should be SO, for if there is
anything more inc ffably forlorn tlian
for q bridal party to walk down The aisleS
OF compare lively empty church it re
mains to be chronicled. That sort OF
thing may be all very well in England
but fortunately Washington society has
not as yet been Anglicised to the degree
of either introducing or enjoying this ar
rangement for weddings.
Another English idea in regard to
weddings that has so far fortunately beef
omitted from the list of things desirable
in this country is the tedious practice o
having the wedding breakfasts drawn on
to interminable lsngths and utterly spoiled
so far as any real enjoyment goes, by tht
speech making that is considered so indis
pensable a feature OF wedding breakfast
in England.
The English fashion of having all maj
riaGes celebrated before the hour of uoo
is not always tile most convenient in tn
world. This is especially the case whe
the clergyman called upon to officiat,
upon such occasions belongs to that sport
ing fraternity known as hunting parsons
In this connection there were some anus
ing stories told by an English woman IT
Gently visiting in Washington One of he
: friends across the water in popular rurf
parish is a parson who is devoted to hunt
ing, and sometimes in the pursuit of thi
amusement is rather likely to forget tina
he has engagements on hand of more Cleri
cal order.
Shortly before she sailed for this countr
there was hunt gotten up at the countr
house at which abe was staying ForemoE
among the sportsman was the hunting PAL
son alluded to. Shortly before noon whe
the party had returned from the hunt an
stood clustered about waiting for breal
fast to be served the hunting parson sue
denly electrified the company by exclain
ing:
by George, I've a couple to marry a
noon," and then without further to d
sped off across the fields to his churcf
struggling into his surplice as he ran, Il
terry oblivious Of the fact that he sti
wore his pink coat in which he had take
part in the morning hunt.
, This same hunting parson made bis fir.
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