The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-14
SOCIETY IN LONDON
SEASON is MICH GAYER THAN THE
WEST END HAD EXPECTED
IT TO BE
CROWDED WITH AMERICANS
British Bonifaces Have reason to
Bless the Abundance of DOIIa1a
in Pockets OF Yankee
Tourists

LONDON, July 19.-The society season.
which opened Ws1h all promises of mourn
Ing and dullness, is gradually drawing to
a close in a round of gaiety as appre-
ciated as it was unexpected. With no
court functions it could scarcely be eX-
pected to be brilliant, but there has been
laVlshness Of entertainment which las
quite surpassed the same period OF 1900
and which forms striking testimony to
the change OF regime. The members Of
the royal family and the society leaders
are now slipping out Of town. The ma
jorlty has gone or is going to the con-
tinent.
The theaters are closing up, but the
hotels, thanks chiefly to the large num-
Der Of American visitors, continue to
be packed.
One of the most interesting Of the many
functions which have marked the end
of the season is the reopening of Apsley
house. For nearly half a century this
enormous mansion in which lived and
died the great Duke of wellington has
remained closed, for the recent duke,
through bad health, was unable to live
in London.
The present duke, who is scarcely out of
mourning for his predecessor, threw open
the immense halls and galleries on Thurs
day to one of the most fashionable as
semblages which ever gathered In Lon
don. Nearly all the members of the dip
lomatic corps were present. Dukes. earls.
narquises, duchesses and titled person.
ages of all descriptions crowded the re-
ception and inspected the room in which
the Duke of Wellington died; his study.
with it's little office stool in which he al
ways sat; the pictures by the greatest
artists Several Of the paintings are
worth &50,GC0 to say nothing of the his
toric relics Of the first dukes many cam
paigns).
Hereafter once week the public viii
be allowed to inspect these treasures.
THEATERS ARE CLOSING.
This week witnessed the closing of the
st. James, Wyndhams, the Criterion and
the Court theaters. Wyndhams theater
reopens in September with the4.Mummy
and the Humming Bird" Edna May
closes her season July 20 and recon-
mences playing in September at the Apol-
10 theater. In contradistinctiOn Of the
social season the theatrical season opened
well and ended badly. Sarah Bernhard
lately has not done anything like her In
itial business, though she has been great
ly sought after by society. This week
she Kept half a dozen cabinet ministers
and other distinguished persons waiting
forty minutes for dinner
THE Fortune Teller" for which ev
eryone predicted success has ended its
run lamentably. 1t is not yet certain if
the SALISBURY theater will have another
American piece in the near future
japanese troop opens there Monday with
Loie Fuller assisting
Mrs. LauS.ry starts on a country tour
with THE Queens Necklace" In Au-
gust. Robert Taber, her American lead
ing man, gives place to James Erskine,
who takes the part of Count Fersen.
Pinero, who has produced nothing since
The Cay Lord" two years ago, has
completed another play. It's rehearsals
have commenced at the Gaiety. Fay
Davis viii be the heroine
Charles Frohman announces that dur
ing the next season Of the Kniekerbocl1er
theater, New York, Maude Adams will
produce "As You Like It," playing Rosa
lind. Sydney Broagh viii impersona5e
Orlando. Miss Adams will open with
Barrie's new comedy.
NOBLE LORD AS A DRUMMER.
The Earl Of Rosslyn appeared today in
new role, that Of a drummer. His
lordship has been filing in the time be-
tween his recent employment as a cor
respondent IN SoIth Africa and his ap-
preaching return to the stage as a mem
Der Of Mrs. Langtry's company by trav-
cling for a cattle cake firm. It appears
that he was so successful that his en-
his lordship sued them for six months
wages The earl. attire1 in the pink
of fashion, entered the witness box and
got verdict in his favor
KING ON A VISIT
King Edward has gone to Stafordshire
to visit the Grand Duke Michael ana
the Countess Torby at. KeeIe Hall, says
the Tribune's London correspondent. This
is the first country house visited by HIM
since he assembled the throne. He has
accepted engagements for several other
visits.
ROSEBERY TALES DENIED.
According to the Tribunes London cor
respondent, the reported enga cement Of
Lord Rosebery and the Duchess OF Al
bany is not credited by his intimate
friends and is dismissed in British dip
lonatic circles as an idle tale. Those
who ordinarily have his confidence de-
cline to believe that he win ever Marcy
again and are disposed to regard the
rurnor of royal alliance as an invention