The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1900-07-13
HOSPITAL SCANDALS.
The Disclosures OF Burdett- Coutts
Threatened to Swamp the
Government.

lnFSdIeneG TO swamp the
Government.
London, June Bottle yellow peril"
as the Chinese crisis is now called here,
Is, for the moment, relegated to second
place. Public interest in the hospital
scandals in South Africa so absorbs at
tention that no amount of official uuib-
bling can suppress it, The treatment of
thousands of wounded and fever-stricken
British soldiers in the field threatens to
necome as serious matter for public ag-
itatlon as the military camps were after
the Spanish American war.
II Lord Roberts was not so frankly
willing to shoulder the major part of the
responslDility the cutlery which Burdett-
Coutts letters raised would weIl-nigh
nave swamped the government. How
ever, few people care to seriously criti-
clse the successful general whose consid-
Grafton for his men. especially the
wounded, is hyword in the army and
elsewhere
The action of Lord Lans,,ovne, the sec
ietary OF state for war, in submitting
the criticism of Lord Roberts himself
was was a masterstroke of politics which
temporarily saved the g,"ernment's
head. However, if the proposed pariia
mentary committee finds the war office
Ialled TO adopt necessary medical pre-
cautions it will take the Conservatives a
long time to re-estabish their prestige
WIN WIN thousands in Great Britai IN who
and illness of relatives in South Africa,
II mas been hard enough for those be-
reaved to grin and bear" the long casn
aalty lists, but, with the suspicion that
' yves We're neediessly wasted there is no
longer any restraint to their sorrow mr.
unit to their Indignation
Lessons of the Bocr War.
significant sign of the times is the
mnnf in IT,
Nineteenth Century that some Of the
most distinguished men, regardless of
| party, have agreed to join an association
with the object of fixing steadily public
attention on the lessons of the war, fore
most among which is the necessity for
IA Hamilllng the defenses of the empire and
| the need Of conducting the various do
| partments of state on ordinary business
prlnclp:es Among those who have prom
!sed to become members are Lord Rose
berry, the Earl of Leven and Melville. the
Earl of Rosse, the Earl of Clanwilliam.
niscount Peel. the bishop of London (the
Right Rev. Mandcll Creighton. d BY
Cardinal Vaughan, Sir Wemyss Reid 81; 81
Howard Vincent and large number of
members of the House of Commons and
army officers.
Viscount Deerhurst, colonel of a VOL
unteer battalion of the Worcester regi-
ment, who married an American. Miss
VI Virginia Bonynge daughter of Charles
w. .Bonynge, formerly of San Francis
COZ, in testifying before the parliament
tary committee this week, brought home
with startling force the rottenness of the
material supplied to the army He de-
clared that after paying an extra price
Tor Shoes for the battalion, after one
march they were like paper bags, with
| shreds of leather inside" and you could
jority of the solos,
Bocr House Perfumed.
An amusing story is current regarding
Harry Beaumont, one of the est-dressed
London clubmen, who married Miss Jes-
sic Fellowes of New York, and went to
South Africa as an officer of the Che
shire .yeomanry. 1t is said that he re-
Questioned Boer house for his own
cred the building with insect powder
and "drenched it with eau de cologne"
| How tired the people of England are
becoming of such kid-glove methods of
warfare could be judged the other night
when Sir Evelyn Wood, the adjutant.
| general to the forces. who is VIGOROUSLY
| influenced by feminine advice received IL
hostile reception at the hands of such Il
broad-minded body as the Institution of
Mechanical Engineers.
M scRewhdt on ths these Ks+ Lines Sir Claude
China, is coming in for criticism. 1t is
frequently said that he is better hand
at afternoon teas than in preserving thu.
empires interests i'll China. \ local pa
per at lien Tsin once said it was evil
dent Sir Charles motto was: Il do not
care what Ter flag is so long as she is
| fair"
1t is not generally known that last
September Sir Claude Macdonald was
suffering so much from heart disease and
other complications that he could scarce
" walk a hundred HaEds-
Society Again Active.
Real social gaiety reigned this week
for the first time this season. Heri,k
fore the festivities have been few and "
between and of rather forced order
But during the last few days, what with
the arrival of the Khedive of Egypt, ba
zaars, entertainments, the state concert
and countless dinners, London has taken
on its Old-time aspect for this time of the
year. The Americans here have taken
a conspicuous share in the festivities.
Mrs. Mackays house, which had so long
been closed on account Of mourning in
the family, was reopened Thursday with
concert. Mrs. Mackay received her
guests at the top of the historic staircase,
which once was in an Italian palace. She
was dressed simply in black. her orna-
ments consisting of a few costly black
pearls. With her was her daughter, the
Princess Colonna, and her daughter-in-
law, Mrs. Clarence Mackay, who was
much admired. in white and silver with
mauve. orchids and diamond tiara with
turquoise points. Most of the notable
were present, including Mr.. and Mrs.
Bradley Martin. Eugene Kelly. Ladies
Craven and Herketh, the Dowager Lady
STAFFORD, Mrs. Padelford, and Mrs
Mooreton Frewton.
William Waldorf Aston, who also lives
I in Nn f0~r
the same night, at which his numerous
guests heard Nine. Calve and Paderew-
ski
Dinner that Cost $4,000.
: The mostl avish entertainment of the
week, however, was Mrs Rischoffsheim's
dinner party for the Prince of Wales,
Wednesday. The papers announce that
it cost over $4,000. 1t began with a
dinner which was not over until II and
ended with a supper. While royalty feast
ed Japanese troupe, which came here
from New York on its way to the Paris
| exposition, but which seemed in no hurry
to go there, performed three plays in a
, large tent erected in the garden. The
prince, the Duke of York, and Prince
Christian, with their hostess and her
daughter, occupied the center seats in the
were the Duke and Duchess of Devon
shire, Lady Randolph Churchill, Mrs.
George Keppel, Lady CRANKY, Mrs. Will
liam James and Mr.. and Mrs. William
Grenfel.
The afternoon reception of Mrs. Joseph
B. Choate, wife Of the American embas-
. sador, was as crowded as ever. Many
Americans were present, including Mrs.
]. J. Van Allen, who has just returned
from trip to South Africa, and Mrs.
Rcnalds.
Lady Randolph Churchill is seen al.
most everywhere and has been constant
, ~ congratulated. with varying degrees
, of sincerity, on her approaching mar
, riage to Lieut.. Corvallis West. and the
announcement that the young lieutenant
had been ordered back to South Africa
came as surprise: Society believes II
i, is one more sign that the high ant
, mighty influences are still working
against the match. foremost among then
being, it is said. the Prince of Wales.
Il According to Truth. the Gar has is
+ sued ukase positively prohibiting bac
carat playing within his domains, evel
in private houses, under pain of a heav,