The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-05-10
FOOD FOR SOCIETY GOSSIPS
DOINGs OF THE PRINCE OF WALES
AND COUNTESS OF WARWICK.
The Lafter's ROUNDABOUT Presenta-
Aristocrats and the Bicycle Craze.


10 committee on inquiry into the affairs of
the British Chartered South Africa Com
pany would be approved until after Dr.
Jamesons trial. which cannot be proceeded
with until June IL, and that Cecil Rhodes in
the meanwhile is to be allowed to retain his
position as coadministrator of the company's
territory and as director of the organ
ization, have caused great disappointment
among the mass of En9Shnen and others.
who have exper.encedsSa feeling OF shame
and humiliation at the recent developments
at Pretoria. Mr.. Chamberlain, it is we'll
known. yielded to the pressure brought to
bear on him by friends of the company. who
are influential socially and politically, and
it seems evident that the government has
decided TO shield Cecil Rhodes. Thus. loom
Ing darkly in the distance is a scandal that
may wreck a Ministry. Influential weekly
papers here, like the Spectator. National
Observer and Saturday Review, protest
against the governments leaning toward the
Chartered Company after the latter's COM
plicity in the Jameson. raid has been estab-
lished beyond the possibility of a doubt. The
Saturday Review, for instance, publishes six
pages devoted. to exposing the plot against
the Transvaal, and as further evidence OF
the guilt of Cecil Rhodes, declares that Pres
ident Kruger has proofs that DR.. jameson,
under Rhodes's orders intended to march on
Pretoria after the capture of johannesburg
should have overturned the government.
The Prince of Wales and the Countess of
Warwick have succeeded in once more abb
sorbing the gossips of society for the best
part of the week. and many Of the favorable
danes and blushing bids of the world of
ori hav
or whispering over tAe' doings of the heir
apparent and his beautiful friend. some
times referred to as "Babbling Brooke" in
the days of the great baccarat scandal"
when she was simply Lady Brooke. The
Prince, the mischief mongers point ou.,
spent Sunday at Warwick Castle. where
hastily arranged house party. which included
Ladies Boslyn and Carnes. Lord Willoughby
DeBroke. Sir Frederick Sykes. Maj. Gen. Sir
Francis GrenfeH, Willie Low and others
had been gathered together TO meet him.
The lively Countess took the Prince of
Wales up the river Avon in an electric
launch and in the afternoon the party en-
joyed tea" on the lawn of the courtyard,
where the ladies and. gentlemen all played
tennis and cycled. and, in short, enjoyed
themselves greatly.
OF course. this in itself was sufficient TO
start the tongues of the gossips off at full
speed; but the rate they went at them was
nothing to the clatter which followed the
announcement on Thursday that the Count
ess of Warwick had been practically pre-
scented to the Queen. on her accession to the
title. at the drawing room held at Bucking-
ham Palace. II is true that Princess Chris
tan, of Schleswig- Holstein (second daughter
of her Majesty, presided, but IL was in be-
half" of Queen Victoria that she did 50, and
a presentation to the Princess upon that oc-
casion was equivalent to being presented to
the Queen herself. The Princess OF Wales,
who was TO have presided at the function.
was 'unavoidably" absent In the south or
France, where she is visiting her sister, the
ex- Empress of Russia, while the latter
nurses her son, the nlong-suifering Care
witch, said to be in the last stages OF con-
sumption. To add to the triumph of the
Countess, she was presented by no less per-
sonage than the Marchioness Of Salisbury.
wife of the Premier. and was the center of
admiration. Her dress was OF the richest
white satin and part. of II profusely en-
broidered with diamonds Over her Shout
ders were fiat bows with long erds of tur-
quois satin edged with diamonds; her skirt
was richly flecked with diamonds, and round
the hem of her train was blue velvet. en-
broidered with silver and diamonds. Her
jewelry consisted of diamonds, turquoises
and pearls
Growing interest is taken in the coming
wedding of Princess Maud of Wales to
Prince Charles OF Denmark. The royal fam
lily will put off their mourning for Prince
Henry of Battenberg On the day of the
ceremony, and IL is expected that the or
der for dress will be the same as at the
wedding of the Duke and Duchess of York.
The proposal that the wedding shall take
place in the private chapel at Buckingham
Palace. where the Duke and Duchess or Fife
were married, has not been kindly received
in the quarters most concerned. II will be
practically impossible TO have a semi-private
ceremony. owing to the TACT tnat Prince
Charles is the son of reigning monarch and
is. moreover. closely allied to the English
house.
It is not likely that the young Duke and
Duchess of Marlborough will spend any por-
ton of the summer at Newport. The couple
are making extensive arrangements for the
helm at the conclusion Of the London season.
They will entertain largely In town in add
ton to giving the looked forward-to week
end parties at Blenheim.
ST. Petersburg society Is agitated by the
Czarina's order forbidding ladies and women
servants from smoking TN the palace. AS
they are all habitual smokers. the edict has
caused great sensation and is imperiling
the Czarina's popularity,
The wild speculation in bicycle company
shares continues here, in spite Of the fact
that decline in the ridingrcraze has been
noticed among the leaders Of fashion, who
were the first to give up their horses for
the wheel. These shares fuctOate los or lbs
in FEW MINUTES Pqno RIopday wtS
a capital Of 100000. The Earls of Delaware
and Albemarle and the Duke of Somerset
are on the board OF directors.
The formation of an influential committee.
headed by the Marquis of LorDe, TO pur-
chase the house of the late Lord Leighton
for 10000 TO be held In trust for the nation
and as permanent residence for the presi-
dent CT the Royal Academy. is not received
with general favor. Besides the fact that
London has more museums than the people
care TO attend. IL is very doubtful whether
Sir John Millais. the present president Of
the Royal Academy. or other presidents to
dences for the late Lord Leighton's fancifui
structure. The Chronicle, alfuding to the
subject says: THE house is an example
that his taste was often faulty and nearly
always second rate. The woodwork is an
inferior example OF cabinet making, the fur
the wor,z in the celebrated Moorish court is
modern and surpassed in many o'ner houses
in London. $500
The family estate OF Hinton. st. George
Park covering about a thousand acres OF
ground. and manv Treasures including a
10000 tsse.oo0) Van Dyck, are offered fer sale
at 100000 fs3. 00o.0sDl II Is believed that the
proceedings are taken In order 10 prevent
the organ grinder viscoent from inheriting
the heirloons-
Lord Durham has SOLD his coliieries. from
which he derived an income OF about f7O.-
ooc ($550.o00. to Sir James Joicey. the
wealthy north country coal owner who for
years has been sort OF gold mine Tor the