The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-06-24
THE LONDON SEASON.
Immence Success Of the
American Bar at the
Charity Bazaar.
| IBy Gable, Copyright 1899, by The Associated

| TBy Gable, Copyright, 1ss9 by The Associated
Press
| LONDON, June "a, 1899.-The Queen ar
rived at Windsor Castle. Friday, after
| spending month at Balmoral Castle,
| Scotland, where the weather enabled her
to enjoy constant driving, to the benefit
of her health.
Great preparations are being made at
Aldershot Camp for the review of roops
by Her Majesty, Monday. Most of the
Princes and Princesses will be present.
Royalties were much in evidence during
the past week. The Queen and the
Prince of Wales won number of prizes
for horses and cattle at the Royal Ag-
ricultural Societys show at Maidstone,
Kent, while almost daily members of the
Royal Family have been engaged in ad-
yancing the cause of charity, opening
bazaars and sales of needlework, or Civ
ing garden fetes.
Tuesday, the anniversary of Her Ma
jesty's accession to the throne, in 1887,
was a specially busy day. The Dixie OF
Connaught reviewed the Yeomen o-o the
Guard at Buckingham Palace. 1t Tas a
brilliant society function, the royalties,
Mr.. Henry White, Secretary of the Unit
ed States Embassy; Mr.. j. r, Carter.
Second Secretary of the United States
Embassy. and Mrs. Carter; Col. Samuel
S. sumner, the United States Military
Attache and Mrs Sumner, and Lieuten-
ant Colwell, the United States Naval At,
tache. and Mrs. Colwell being among
those present.
The Duchess Of AIbany's garden party
held in behalf of charity, was the rem
devious of most of the fashionable peo-
pie, including the Duke and Duchess Oh
Connaught, the Marquis and Marchioness
of Salisbury, the Duke and Ducness ol
Marlborough, Lord and Lady mount
Stephen, Lady William Beresford, LORD
and Lady Stratheena and Mount Royal
and Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew ]. Carnegie.
Princess Christians sale of work from
the Royal School of Art NeedleWofk'
Monday and subsequent days, was
great success Many distinguished per-
sons were among the salespeople, lnciud-
ing some Americans, Lady Deerhurst
and Mesdames Bonynge and Braaley-
Martin. The Albert Hall Bazaar, now
ever. in aid of the fund for the Chaflng
Cross Hospital, was the crowning cnar-
itable function of the season. The ad-
mirable. untiring work of Mesdames Pa
get and Ronalds in connection therewltht
IS a matter of general comment and
pronises to lead to insistent demands for
! their services at all future events OF
similar character 1t was an immense
success, beyond the most roseate dreams,
The receipts were over $4,000 Ihe mower
stall, where the Duchess Of Marlborough
and Mrs. Paget were active TOOK IN
81 900. and the American stall OF Mes
danes Maekey, Ronalds, Bradiey-Martih
| and Lady Randolph Churchill netted ST.
500. Mrs. Brown-Potter says thousand
drinks were sold and the tips to the
ladies dispensing them aggregated 5000,
The greatest success of the bazaar was
the American bar, at which Ladies Hes
keith and Anglesey and Mrs. Frank
Mackay, all Americans, assisted mrs
Brown Potter But the chief attraction
Of the bar was an array of smart young
men in white, bar dress customary IN
America but quite a novelty here. They
included the Duke Of Manchester, LORD
Yarmouth, Lord Vivian, Lord Edward
Somerset. Lord Henry Somerset and Mr.
Ralph Pulitzer. They were all IN much
demand by fashionable customers and re-
ceived large tips, a lady presenting the
Duke of Manchester with $50 note (S5O
in payment for cocktail, telling him ito
keep the change"
The season, on the whole, is proving
most successful and the shopkeepers and
| dressmakers are jubilant. They say they
were never so busy late in the season as
during the present year, one reason given
being the extremely fragile character OF
the dress materials which are now fash
ionable. Instead of dresses lasting sea-
son, as usual, ladies are obliged to have
entirely new outfits in the middle of the
season. Money seems in every way more
plentiful The lavish entertainments OF
past seasons have been surpassed this
season and the sums paid to singers and
pianists for private entertainment are
fabulous Nine. Melba is booked for
eleven private parties, at which she re-
ceives 400 guineas (about $4,000 each.
Mrs. Harmsworth has issued invitations
to party early in July at which Pader-
ewski Melba, Susan Strong and Cobelin
will all perform.
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