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Society Initiating the Brad
ley Martin Ball With
Oriental Variations.
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LONDON, May 5, 1S97.-Cold weather
still prevails in most parts of England
and on Wednesday last there was frost
in London
Although the town is full, and the
summer clubs, like the birmingham and
Rsnelagh, are open, outdoor gaieties hang
fire. The ladies are still wearing their
furs and overcats are quite comfortable.
Society is already on the qui vive in an
ticipation of the five fancy-dress balls to
be given by prominent hostesses. They
promise connection approaching the
Bradley Martins ball. They are all to
be representations of different periods of
history and will entail great expense. A
feature of the Duchess of Devonshire's
will be an Oriental quadrille, with Lady
De Gray as Cleopatra and Lady Dudley
in Byzantine costume.
Mrs. Arthur Paget, Lady Calebrool1e
and Miss Muriel Wilson will give the
second ball at Holland House The guests
will appear in the costumes of their an
cestors as painted by Gainsborough and
Reynolds.
NAt Mrs. Cavandish Bentinck's ball, the
costumes will be similar to those which
We're the fashion at the beginning of the
reign Of Queen Victoria.
Lady Naylor-Leyland formerly Miss
Jane Chamberlain of Cleveland, Ohio,
will also give costume ball.
The Queen did a graceful thing on
Thursday and delighted Mr. and Mrs.
Gladstone by sulnmoning their grand
daughter, Doorthy Drew, to Windsor
Castle Her Majesty was anxious to see
the child who has figured so prominently
in Mr.. Gladstone's domestic life.
Dorathy left Hawarden on Wednesday,
accompanied by her mother, and from
London to Windsor Travelled with the
Princess Louise. On arriving at Wind
sor, they were met by Colonel the Hon.
William H. P. Darlington, one of the
Equerries in Ordinary, with Royal car
riage, to take them to the Castle.
Dorathy wore an olive green costume.
After luncheon with the Queen, Miss
Drew returned to town.
The Prince and Princess of Wales and
Princess Maud of Wales (Princess Charles
of Denmark) are spending Sunday with
the Duke of Westminster at Eaton
Hall, Chester, where a large party has
been gathered to meet them. On Monday
the Prince and Princess of Wales will
drive to Hawardah and lunch with Mr.
and Mrs. Gladstone. Each member of the
Royal family will plant tree at Hawar-
den as memorial of the occasion
The appeals to the charity of the Lon
doners are endless and are generally an
swered generously. The Mansion House
Indian Famine Fund has now nearly
reached the sum Of 952000O ($2, COG, ,OOO) or
$4,000 ,0O0) more than was raised dur
ing the whole cost of the last famine
There is in addition to this sum, as sew
eral of the large Provincial funds have
been remitted to India direct. Every
class has contributed. The children of
the London Board Schools have given
S., 500 $7,50O. 1t is understood that the
efforts to raise money for the relief OF
the Indian sufferers will in no way be re-
laxed, as the famine will be severely felt
throughout the year.
The DAILY Chroncicle,'' within a week.
has raised nearly 5000 pounds (s45,OO0 for
the Greek wounded.
The Prince of Wales Hospital Fund
alone hangs fire. The yearly deficit of the
Lendon hospitals is over 100000 pounds
($5OO.O00), and the Prince hoped to raise
II even 10000 pounds ($2,500,OOW, will be
obtained, but the Prince of Wales will
personally address a meeting of bankers,
merchants and other prominent people in
the city and appeal for more money for
the hospital fund
Mr.. William Waldorf Astor gave a tea
on Tuesday in his Office Building on the
Thames Embanklnent, the inside of
which has just been completed. The
United States Ambassador, Colonel John
Hay, Mrs. Hay. the Duchess of Cleye-
land, the Duchess of st. AIbans. the
Duchess of Buckingham, Lady Wolseley.
Lady Vernon Harcourt, Viscount Peel
Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Martin, Colonel
Ralph Vivian and Mrs. Vivian. Lord
Iveagh and host of others were present.
One of the features of the building is a
marble and malachite staircase leading
to the second floor. Mr.. Astor was show
ing this with great gusto to the Duchess
of Cleveland, when she said
Yes; it is far finer than mine at Bat
tie Abbey (Sussex), where the steps are
spoiled by the marks left by the knights
spurs"
Great Importance is attached to the de-
cision of the Transvaal Volksraad, at
secret session held at Pretoria, the Capt.
tai, on Wednesday last to repeal the
Transvaal immigration law. The meet
ing was held to discuss the answer to be
made to the dispatches of the British
Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr.
Joseph Chamberlain, who demanded
repeal Of the law. The law was repeal
ed, but. it is expected, this step was