The record-union., 1899-05-28
The Event Occupying Public Mind
in England Last Week.
The Birthday Celebrations at Windsor Went
Off Without a Hitch.
Emperor William Of Germany to
Visit England in July, to Re-
main Until the Cowes Regatta
Has Been Concluded-To Be En-
tertained During His Stay by
the Queen and the Prince of
Wales.

tertained During His Stay by
the Queen and the Prince of
Wales.
Copyrighted, 1899, by Associated Press.)
LONDON, May 21.-The Queens
birthday celebration and the Whit
suntide holidays have occupied the pub
lie mind this week. The celebrations
went off without a hitch at Windsor,
though the festivities in the provinces
were marred by rain. The weather
throughout the week was extremely
cold and unreasonable in Great Bri-
tain, especially in Scotland.
Queen Victoria started for Balmoral
on Friday evening, and the royal party
which has been staying at Windsor
Castle, is dispersed, the Prince and
Princess of Wales and the Duke and
Duchess of York going to Sandringham.
The court returns to Windsor at the
end of June and will stay there a
month. In August the Queen will go
to Osborne, Isle of Wight.
The Cowes regatta has been fixed
for the first week in August. Emperor
William of Germany is expected to ar
rive at Cowes on the imperial yacht
Hohenzollern on July 26th, and to stay
there until August 9TH. His majesty
will probably attend the Goodwood
races on Cup day The Queen will
entertain the Emperor twice at Os-
borne and the Prince of Wales will en-
tertain him once on board the royal
yacht. His majesty will give dinner
parties on board the Hohenzollern and
will attend the annual dinner of the
Royal Yacht Squadron on August 1st.
The regatta of the Royal Yacht Squa
dron will be the occasion for the gath
ering of royalties at Osborne and will
attract the cream of society to Cowes
1t is understood that the Emperor's trip
is of strictly private nature and that
there will be no public ceremonies dur
ing his visit
Covent Garden Opera house has been
the scene of brilliant gatherings this
week, and there was a strong muster of
wealthy and titled Americans. The
Duchess of Marlborough on Tuesday
made her first appearance of the season
She was dressed in mourning lowing to
the recent death of the widow of the
seventh Duke of Marlborough, Frances
Anne Emily, daughter of the third Mar
quis of Londonderry relieved by a
beautiful crescent of diamonds and a
wide collar of pearls. Lady Randolph
Churchill, who occupied the same box,
was also in black. Mr.. and Mrs. Brad
ley Martin, their daughter, the Countess
of Craven, and the latter's husband, the
Earl of Craven, were among the fash
ionable assemblage, including the Duke
and Duchess of York, which witnessed
the first appearance of Madame Melba
as Juliet on Thursday.
The Bradley Martins are staying at
Claridge's Hotel with the Cravens until
their town house, in Chesterfield Gar
dens, which cost $500, 900, is ready. Mrs.
Bradley Martin wore only a few of her
jewels at the opera, but her appearance
attracted great interest among the au-
dience in view of the cablegramS relat-
ing to the circumstances of the family
leaving America.
The Duchess of Marlborough will
open a bazar at Twickenham on June
9th in aid Of the Refuge for Home
less Children.
According to advices received here,
the Misses Letter are about to start on
India, embarking at Colombo Ceylon,
in August on their way to Paris to re-
join their parents. They have been Wis
iting the Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon
of Kedleston.
Tod Sloan has had a remarkable run
of bad luck Up to Friday he had rid
den fourteen consecutive losers. His
form is ineXplicably bad, as, although
the quality of his mounts was generally
poor, he had one or two capital horses,
such as Little Field, whose victory was
regarded as certainty His host of
hackers "came a cropper" with Sloans
failure. The American jockey takes his
place this week in Vanity Fairs gallery
of caricatures. The short description
accompanying the cartoon concludes:
He is a great little jockey, who is
popular, but he is hardly SO polite as a
good American should be-
The United States ambassador, Jo-
seph H. Choate, and Mrs. Choate are
visiting the Earl of Levan and Mel
vile at Holyrood.
A new paper, designed to promote
Anglo American friendship and entitled
the "Anglo-Saxon," appears this week
A number of letters from prominent
men are published in the first number
Joseph Chamberlain, the Secretary of
State for the Colonies, writes that he
wishes we'll of every movement which
has for its objects a closer union of
the peoples of the United States and
Great Britain. Alfred AUSTIN. the Poet
Laureate, says the consciousness of
brotherhood among the English speak
ing communities comes home closely to
my heart" Algernon Charles Swim
burne expresses cordial sympathy with
any enterprise designed to strengthen
and TO promote reunion for
the two great branches of our race. for
which, since their principles and destiny
are identical, there is most hopeful and
promise in the future"
Former Justice Hawkins and General
Sir Evelyn Wood write in a similar
strain.
The reticence of Captain Watkins of
the stranded American line steamer
Paris and of the officials of the COM
pany respecting the possible cause of
the disaster has caused unfavorable
comment in the papers, but there is
but praise for the behavior of
the officers and men after the vessel
struck. The papers scout the magnetic
current theory, and VANITY Fair" says:
THE Paris certainly did not know