New-York tribune., 1901-10-07

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Avening Court. which the scene of a brilliant
bazaar a week or two ago. held to raise money
for the restoration of Avening Church. the home
of the Saxon kings until the time of Edmund Iron
sides. who gave it TO Aylward the Fair when the
latter married into the royal family. The Duchess
and opened it, to Show her interest in 1ozt the old
church was much earlier in origin, but was rebuilt
at that date by Queen Matilda, wife Of William
a TX. c. Erskine Pollock.
Among the recent visitors to Buffalo the
three deaf. dumb and blind children. Edith Thomas
Elizabeth Robin and Thomas Strnser. from the
Perkins Institution, South Boston Mass. One of
the rich friends of the institution paid the
penses OF their trip and those of the teacher
companying them The delight of the unfortunate
is said have been unbounded, and they
were made free Of the exposition to extent
that few other visitors have been. Cases that
We're closed to all others opened that they
might See with their sensitive finger tips, no
don't touch" sign existing for them. Specimens of
the choicest fruit that ordinary visitors might only
every way did his best to atone to the
afflicted ones for their deDriyations. They took
de h scents a e a4d S
japanese and the sondola and steam launch voy
ages on the lagoon Were all unalloyed delights
were thringly interesting and the Streets, Of
derive as much enjoyment it is declared from their
sense of vibration as most people do from all their
interesting of their experiences. and they went
home full of enthusiasm and "Reminiscences
Queen Alexandra's request that silk OF English
manufacture should lie used much as possible for
the coronation robes recalls the fact that King
James tried naturaze the silkworm IN Eng
land IN order to establish the silk growing in
dustry" says 1.-The Ladies' Pictorial ITO this
end a great many mulberry trees were imported
from North America and fine plantation Of them
was made st. Jamess Palace on ground where
buckingham Palace now stands. This plantation
known the Mulberry Gardens and became
kind Of recreation ground ar S B9 Eyeyn n sa ana
to have taken woman friend there to enjoy the
houses and appliances for rearing the siikworms
and the & of the silk Bat fne kngs ers
given up. and Arlington House the residence OF OF
MnisrE of GhaTes 0 rs regn Covered its Site
Many Of the young trees were dispersed among the the
London area. hut which then were quite in the the
at Chiswck.'
The Duchess of Bedford is considered one of the
best shots in England. When at Woburn Abbey.
where she has a pack of fine dogs. the duchess
often goes out a shooting expedition ditto without
the attendance of beater She Is also an eXperf
angler.
Quite a new departure was made the other day
by a Turkish family of high social position. who
issued cards to all their foreign acquaintances to
attend an evening party. Needless to say, the in
vitatons eagerly accepted, as no one had the
fantest idea Of what a Turkish evening party
might be. The only thing of the sort known In
Constantinople a soiree given some years ago
by the Grand Vizier's wife. or course, only women
were asked. The entertainment began at 4;3o with
dinner at which about a hundred ladies, Turkish.
French and English. sat down in one of the vast
halls of the rambling stored house on the
waters edge The dinner lasted till o'clock and
included dozens of courses, which followed each
other the most extraordinary confusion. accord
ing to European ideas. Meats followed sweets till
the guests did not know where they had got TO. In
fact il equal TO about six different dinners
rolled into one, the whole winding up with the ira
ditonal pilaf.
After this the guests took their places on large
dvans ranged round the big salons. All the
Younger Turkish ladies dressed in smart
shapeIess garments held in at the waist by ribs
bon They then supplied with coffee and
cigarettes, and the proceedings became very monot-
onous. The Turkish ladies were introduced to the
foreigners and IL astonishing how many OF
them spoke excellent English and French but their
conversation very weak and consisted mostly
of questions about whether the foreign ladies'
were married not, and il not why not. AT last
one of the girls of the house had brilliant in
sniratton. A piano brought in, and she asked
a French lady TO play. and then begged the
euccess and the Turkish ladies were delighted. but
their delight passed all bounds when a pas de
onatre was danced. About o'clock most of the
suests left but some remained to partake OF huge
Gunner at g. and got away about O'Clock In the
,noprnng-U.ondon Daily Telegraph.