The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-05-22
GOSSIP OF LONDON
Marlborongh's Red Carri-
age and Coats and Her
GraCe's Diamonds.
NAUGHTINEss in HIGH LIFE
Belis Anerscaine's Luncheon Parties
Jubilee Preparations
On the Stage.
NAUGHTINESS in HIGH LIFE
by Cable Copyright. 1857. by The AS
sociated Press.l

LONDON, May %, 1s97-London is
already plunged in the Queens Jubilee
preparations and for the next six weeks
it promises to be the most uncomfortable
city in Europe. Along the route of the
procession the fronts of the buildings are
disfigured by hideous scaffoldings, pre-
paratory to building seats. Even churches
like St. Martins-in-th the-Fields have been
sold to spectators who have almost COM
pletely covered the edifice mentioned with
building preparations, a little sign reading
services as usual" being about the only
indication left of the church proper. st.
Pauls Cathedral is likewise disfgured by
huge stands.
The price of provisions has already ad-
vanced and everything has at least
doubled in cost For the Jubilee week
several of the large hotels refuse to make
any definite arrangements for rooms, even
to old patrons, until a week before the
Jubilee. Every person who has been
able to do SO has let his or her house
for the celebration and is preparing to
flee to the country. The fact is that
every one in London is to use a slang
expression. ION the make.''
Tuesdays Drawing Room at Bucking-
ham Palace was by far the smartest of
the year. The weather was beautiful and
enormous crowds of people lined the
streets in the neighborhood of the Palace
and the Mall. A striking feature of the
day was the many State carriages in
line. The coach of the Duke and Duchess
of Marlborough eclpsed all of them It
cost $1,000 and has taken a long time to
finish. The body was of a deep red and
the coach was adorned, in addition to a
ducal crown and coat-of-arms, by a
princely coronet, as the Duke of Marl-
borough is a prince of the Roman En-
pire, and as the DAILY Mali says
He is not inclined to aoate one jot or
little of his titles"
The supports of the carriage are in the
shape of red-mounted silver serpents,
with real silver ornaments, made by a
skilled jeweler on the hammer-cloths
There were three footmen behind the
Were covered with gold embroidery, that
part of the work being done in Italy in
order to insure the embroidery against
furnishing.
There IS story printed here to the
effect that when the Duke of MARI
borough ordered his liveries he chose a
brighter red; but the tailor refused to
make the liveries of that color and point
ed out to the Duke that the particular
shade of red which he most desired was
confined to the use of Royalty. The
Duke, as a result was Obliged to be con-
tented with the shade of red used by his
ancestors for the liveries of their SER
wants.
The Duchess of Marlborough wore more
Drawing Room. and her very tall dia-
mond crown and her necklace, composed
of the famous Vanderbilt pearls, caused a
The trial at Edinburgh of the suit for
divorce brought by Sir Charles Henry
Ross of Balmagowan Castle, Rosshire
against his wife, Lady Winifred Ross IS
furnishing considerable gossip. as the
parties to the suit are prominent in So
ciety.
The proceedings, which were commenced
last year, W ere resumed on Wednes-
day before the Edinburgh Court of Ses-
signs, siGns; LADY Lady Ross is a sister of Lady
The correspondents, De Battle and Brin-
ton, are officers of the Eighth Hussars
and Life Guards, respectively. Some of
the evidence presented was of a nature
TOO disgusting for publication. The hus-
bands evidence of adultery was fully
confirmed by the testimony of the SER
wants who told extraordinary tales of the
conduct of Lady Ross with the co-respon-
dents, both in the house anu in secluded
hooks in the Park of Balmagowan. These
details were so salacious that Lady Ross
left the Court.
Colonel Ivor Herbert, formerly in com
mand of the Canadian Militia, has been
the Colonial military contingents partici-
pating in the Jubilee.
Ten men, under Major Henderson, ar
rived here from Toronto on THURSDAY and
proceeded to Winchester, where they will
begin rifle practice for the Bisley meet
ing.
The Forthcoming suit brought by John
Fraser in an endeavor to recover from
the present holder the title and estates
OF Lord Lovat promises some decidedly
theatrical evidence. 1t introduces Jew
elry discovered in an old London build
ing, documents found in cofiins, tomb
stone inscriptions and secret vault in a
house at Kirk Hall. The case has pecu-
liar interest to the Free Church Of Scot
land, which, if the suit is successful.
loses a mortgage of e25 eco (s125. .GO0).
Lady Oxford formerly Miss Chaplin, of
New. York, is giving series of Sunday
luncheonS a L Americana. They are con-
sidered to be very gorgeous and chic
and there is considerable crush to obtain
invitations to them
Mr.. Appleton sailed for New York from
Liverpool, by the White Star Line steam-
ship Majestic, on Wednesday,. He was
the guest of Hall Caine at the latter's
residence on the Isle of Man and pur-
chased the American rights of Gaines
"Christian,' and also an unnamed work
by Sarah Grand.
According to newspaper called 1.-THE
Princess" Prince George of Greece is in
love with beautiful peasant girl The
newspaper adds
''As his intentions are strictly honor
able. the situation causes much unhappi-
ness