Evening star., 1898-07-23
Plenty Of Partners at Newport at
Present.
ECHOES OF TEE LONDON SEASON
How Two Little Cuff Buttons Met
in Washington.
P E r 8 O N A l. TE

| to the war. The whirl Of events In which
| the Count of Turin was the conspicuous
| figure the past ten days brought them all
| to the front Thursday the count refused
| all social invitations. as he had some spe-
| cial sightseeing on hand. but was ready
! again for the fun yesterday and for the
rest of his stay, which concludes by We'd
| nesdsy next. AS the end of the month ap-
| proaches the usual program of dinners and
| dances settles down to everyday regular
| ity although the conspicuous entertain
! ments will not begin until next month, by
| long established custom.
| The cabinet families in town are getting
pretty we'll acquainted with the stay-at
| home fraternity and have little idle time
| on their hands. Secretary ard Mrs. Gage,
| who are comfortably installed in the New
| lands house at Chevy Chase for the sum-
| mer, greatly enjoy the cool evenings there,
| when they are seldom alone. One evening
| of the present week the President and cab
| met took dinner with Secretary Gage
The balls and dinners of the present Lon
| don have been great crus,1es of
| swelldom, but more thoroughly up to date
! in novel ideas and beautiful arrangements
| A great many of the more noted entertain
ments were preceded by concerts, at which
| great artists either sang or played. One
fevening. when Lady Rothschilds was hos
| tess at a large musicale. a dinner preceded.
and the guests went later to Lady Iveagh 5
| ball
| At Lady Portman's ball her gardens were
| illuminated, and all the guests enjoyed
| strolling about in the fresh air between the
| dances. The consideration of the hostess
| for her guests was such that she had q
| great pile of knitted shawls near the gar
den gate for those who wliled TO protect
| themselves against possible colds Those
| who have not splendid establishments have
managed to entertain very handsomely all
| through the season at favorite restaurants
l AZ for one in M he
! were grouped verandas overlooking the
! Thames Nordica sang for the delectation
| of this company. and the event was tre-
| mendous success. The youthful Duchess
| of Marlborough has been distinguished all
the season by her splendid gowns but the
| absence of Jewels. At a dinner party at
| Londonderry House she wore her diamond
| tiara and the Vanderbilt pearls, which al
| ways create a sensation. There Is new
! hint for wedding arrangements in the
| coming marriage of English girl and a
| Russian. There are to be eight or ten lit
tie girl bridesmaids. and their costumes
| are to be topped off with Russian head
| dresses and bouquets tied with the Russian
! coors. The Prinde of Wales was booked
| for a very lively part in the remaining
festivities Of the season. but his injured
knee has cut short his participation in
any more gayety at present.
| The opening day of the Eton and Harrow
| cricket match was gorgeous In point of
| weather Light dresses We're possible In
l
! one of the very prettiest England can
| show. Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain, Miss
| Endicott, was rather too reserved in man
| ner to indicate the success which she has
| attained in her husbands country. She Is
| pointed out again and again the most
| popular American woman in England just
| as her husband was certainly the most pop
| ular Engishman who ever came to the
| United States. He is still Identified with
| his well-known fad of orchid raising which
! Hover adorned his buttonhoie the after
| noon he was married at st. Johns Church.
| Mrs. Chamberiains visits to this country
| have grown farther apart of late years,
! but Americans who figure to any degree in
| the London season see her everywhere.
! Mrs. Stanford, widow of Senator Stan
| ford OF California. contributed a vaIua-
! BILE object lesson to rich people the world
| over the other day when she asked the
| San Francisco courts to reduce the income
! allowed her from her late husbands es-
| tate. when the senator died Mrs Stan
1ord was allowed $4,000 a month to MAIN
| tam her household in the manner to which
she mad been accustomed, but from time
| to time she has had this amount reduced
| until last week she petitioned the court
10 make her allowance $1,000 a month in
| stead of the $500 which she has received
the past two years.
The San Francisco papers call her peti-
tion novelty, but make the explanation
! that Mrs. Stanford is so anxious to see
an the provisions of her husbands will
| Willingly given up her large income that
| IL may be applied to other uses in the es-
| tate This is rendered much easier to her
py the fact that she has been gradually
! cGltlng down her personal expenses, and
lessening the magnificence with which the
senator loved to surround her. and feels
that she gains rather than loses by more
simple ways of living. The two-milion-and-
| a-haif legacy to the Leland Stanford
Junior, University has been paid az we'll
| as larger sum to other benefciarfes by
the senator's will, SO that within COM
| paratively short time his widow need feel
| no further anxiety about his wishes in the
| disposition of his vast estate, for it will
all have been distributed precisely as they
planned between them. and far as pos
! sihle In the way they arranged when the
| instrument was written. Stanford heirs,
however. are just like others who inherit
large slices of great wealth. Several of
them have voluntarily refused to accept
their share, and have presented it to the
Stanford University: others willing to
await the final distribution rather than
embarrass Mrs. Stanford in any way,
, wh1le others again desired cash payment.
Judge Hunt in granting the request for
| the reduction of income said 1t was n
novel experience, but that his confidence
In Mrs. Stanfords Judgment was such 1t
gave him pleasure to sign the order.
Mrs. Stanford keeps several of her Cali
| fornia homes open, but they not con-
| Quoted by the retinues of servants nor in
the elaborate style they were In her hus-
| oand Hmettme. She makes use OF her Mob
| Hill mansion in San Francisco when she Is
In that city, but it Is very seldom she enter
tatns there or gives it any of its former
| Efe. Most of her time Is spent at her
| place, Palo Alto at Menfo Park, which is
near the Leland Stanford Junior. Univer-
sty, and which will, after her death, be-
| long to it.
Mrs. Stanford Enn make what use she
pleases of any Of, these homes The Palo
Alto house is where her husband died, and
| the one from which their SON started hap
py and well with his parents on his last
European journey, and near which his re-
mains rested until they were placed by the
| side of his father in the great marble tomb
| the latter had erected.
| The house is full OF memories of the boy,
| on whom such love was iavished and upon
whom such hopes were built. His whip
still hangs where he left it In the hall. and
| on the front lawn are the miniature track
| and the engine and train of cars which
| were his favorite amusement.
A lady prominently identified with the
administration families. and one of the
brightest and pfettiest of the young ma
irons from the west. was visiting the other
day friend who is a native Washing
tonian. The visitor gave little start when
she noticed small gold breastpin worn by
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