Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-01-08
Appellation Given to the Duchess of
Marlborough.
ENGLISH NOBILITY STAGE STRUCK
Unusual and SpringIike Weather
Prevailing at London.
FOREIGN NEWS AND GOSSIP

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LONDON, January s.-An the country
| houses are most busy entertaining, country
balls. amateur theatricals and tableaux be-
ing the staple attractions. Theatricals
| have become a positive craze, and plays
like Rosemary" and David Garrick." re-
quiring the best acting, are unhesitatingly
| chosen.
The Figaro says that the Duchess Of
Marlborough formerly Miss Consuelo VAN
| derbilD has been led, by the praise OF in
| Judicious friends, to overrate her elocution-
| airy gifts to such an extent that her vic
| tins" have nicknamed her the demon re-
| citer."
| The Duke and Duchess of Devonsh!re's
| party at Chatsworth has been a great Sue
| cess. The shooting was excellent. On
| Thursday the Prince of Wales, Earl de
Grey. Lord Elcho and five others secured
a record bag, including 800 pheasants.
| Everything was the most gorgeous
| style. Instead Of the usual luncheon at a
| Keepers cottage, or in barn, the Duke of
| Devonshire had a huge tent erected at
convenient spot and an elaborate luncheon
was served there daily by the servants
| The Princess of Wales and the ladies' of the
party drove there in a four-horse brake
| with postillions and an escort of mounted
| police.
Wales Violent Trousers.
| Both the Prince Of Wales and the Duke
| OF Devonshire wore astonishingly loud
shooting suits. with enormous checks. At
| ter luncheon the Princess of Wales gener-
ally accompanied the shooters to the snap
shooting scenes. Lady Randolph Churchill
| and Mr.. Arthur J. Balfour the first lord of
| the treasury. generally devoted the days to
| golr. The theatricals on Friday night were
quite successful
| "Wednesday woc tho
| In London since 1890; the temperature was
| AZ degrees In the daytime the temperature
was 30 degrees. or twelve degrees above
| the average. Trees and shrubs are budding
| everywhere.
| The American racing colors which will
l'be seen in 1898 are about the same as in
| 1877 The acceptances for the Lincolnshire
Spring Hancicap Includes Mr.. James R.
| keene's st. Cloud and Voter; for the City
| and Suburban, st. Cloud and Voter and
| Richard Cookers Dobbins and Pierre Lor-
| lizards Diakka are entered. For the Jubi-
lee Stakes, Dobbins, St. Cloud, Voter Diak-
ka, Berzak and Sandia are on the list. For
! the Hurst Park Spring Handicap the en-
| tries include Voter. Diakka, Berzak and
| Sandal For the Alexander Park and Met
| ropolitan Handicap Voter is entered; for
| the Ascot Gold Cup, James r. Keene's
| Criell will be among the runners; St. Cloud
| is also entered for this event. The Ascot
All Aged Stakes will probably find Berzak,
| Bloozen and Doric II at the post. st. Cloud
is entered for the Alexander Plate
| White House Etiquette Rfdfculed.
| The newspapers ridicule the new rules of
etiquette at the White House, saying that
President McKinley's protocol will soon
rival President Faure's. who has long been
tainted with adopting monarchial airs.
| Vanity Fair, quoting the rule beginning
Invitations issued by Mrs. Mckinley take
precedent over all other Invitations" says:
| such rules prove that under the stars
| and stripes 1t is quite possible to be plus
| royalistc Que lie roi We wonder what
! Lincoln would have said to any officious
underStrapper suggesting such rules?"
1t has been ascertained that the loss re-
| sulting from the recent so-called Jewin
| street fire (also known the Cripplegate
| fire. amounts to f750OOO ($3, $50 OOW. The
| inquiry is dragging. the evidence obtained
| being directed toward proving the fire of
| incendiary origin and in the direction of
| demonstrating that the fire brigade is :n-
| efficient
George L. Watson is finishing the design
of a very large steam yacht for Mr.. James
| Gordon Bennett, proprietor of the New
| York Herald, which will probably be built
| en- the Clyde.
The car and czarina will receive their
! friends at the Paris exposition of 1900 in
| their own pavilion, which will cost f90, 900
| (Si5O,0OW.
Prince Arthur Not n Fag.
The newspapers here indignantly deny
1
naught is young Astor's flag at Eton. 1t is
pointed out that the two boys live In diff
ferent houses, which alone makes this i'm
possible. Aside from this, it is added, no
flag lights fires, blacks boots. sweeps rooms
| or performs the other duties described.
| The St. James Gazette says: The alb
surdity and untruth of the story are pat
ent to every English reader"
Living tortoses, with their backs covered
| with jewels, attached by gold chain to
| ladies' dresses, are the rage in Paris They
| cost about ZIG (ss0). The Society for the
Protection of Animals is agftating the mat
ter.
| The French government has purchased,
| for EDS, 600 ($l25,OOW. the large mansion at
| Albert Gate which has long been occupied
| posed to rent three smaller houses adj
| joining the mansion and to build big BAN
quet room and offices for the staff.
| Peter the Great n Failure.
| Now that the enthusiasm aroused by the
! first performance has disappeared, the
| London playgoers and critics have come
| to the conclusion that Peter the Great
| is neither great nor good play. and that
| Sir Henry Irving's impersonation will not
rank among his triumphs. while Ellen
Terry effaces herself in small part, Miss
Barrymore Is quite unsuited for the part of
| Euphrosns. which the critics generally
pronounced beyond her.. According to the
| Pail Mall Gazette, Robert Taber undoubt-
| eddy scores the honors of the production
| Scandal at Rome.
| A scandal Is agitating the Roman aris-
| tocracy. The celebrated ducal house of
Litta Visconti Arese has renowned its
| Italian nationality. The duke married
| Countess Rosa Tarsis, a noted beauty. by
| whom he had two daughters and some
| time afterward a boy. The duke repudiates
| the boys paternity and accuses a very
| high person. He has established the fact
| in the courts that the child is not his but.
| as divorce does not exist in Italy, the duke
| has become French citizen and has in
| stituted proceedings.
Permit to Use Explosives.
The Commissioners today granted H. p.