The St. Louis Republic., 1902-02-09
AMERICAN EMBASSY
IN LONDON COMPLETE
Probably Will Move Into More Os-
tentatious Quarters Before
the Coronation.
TITLE ADVERTISED FOR SALE.
Poverty-Striclsen Noble Wants a
Wife Who Has S125, 900 Yearly
to Maintain His Rank and
His Estates.

spECIAI. BY CABLE TO THE NEW YORK
HERALD AND THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLIC
London, Feb S--tCopyright, l9o2)-With
the arrival OF Mr.. John Ridgely Carter, Sec
ond Secretary, and Major Edward b. cas-
satt. Military Attache, the staff of the }jn-
bassy. for the first time in several months,
are all in London. Before the recent arriv-
al OF Ambassador Choate and Commander
Glover Naval Attache Mr.. Henry White
and Mr. Eustis. Third Secretary. were the
only Official representatives Of the Ameri-
can Government at the Embassy
. 1 have heard that Mr.. Choate is anxious
to have the officers of the Embassy moved
from their dingy quarters in Victoria street
to a place more betting the Government
he represents. / am tod that he had 4
talk with Secretary Hay while in Washing
ton on this subject.
/ am afraid the Americans in London In
tend doing little to celebrate Wasnington's
Birthday. There was some talk of ban
quet, but hear the plan has been given up.
American Girls TO Ee Presented.
One of the beautiful! American girls who
will be presented at the coming drawing
rooms is Miss, Adele Colgate, who will be
taken to court by her mother. Cora. Lady
STAFFORD. The latter has been quite Ill
lately but is now convalescing satisfacto-
rily and hopes to be fully recovered for
the season.
Mr. Ronalds has also been laid up with
bronchitis. but is progressing nicely, rs is
also Mrs. Arthur Pasct.
Miss Gladys Deacon. whose beauty has
made quite stir. may also be presented.
She is at present in Rome, the guest of
Lord and Lady Currie at the British En-
bassy.
Rivalry between Duchesses.
Duke and Duchess of Marlborough are ex-
pected to return shortly from st. Peters
burg. where the Duchess is having great
social triumph. The beautiful Duchess of
Sutherland is also in st. Petersburg.
There is quite bit of rivalry between
these two fair wearers of the strawberry
leaves with regard to jewels and dresses.
Steel King I'm London.
Mr. Charles NJ. Schwab's visit to London
has been. OF course, seized upon by the
press as au occasion for sketches and anec-
dotes. and the newspapers have devoted
considerable attention to him. Although Mr..
SchUab was presumably on vacation, he
was not permitted to rest much, as the
Carlton. where he was staying, vas .nvad-
ed every day by small army of persons
who wished to see the steel king.
a fact that struck ME was that Mr.. Ar
thur Keene. who lately formed a. combina-
tion of British steel manufacturers, was
at dinner given TO Mr.. Schwab the other
night. The English papers have been full Of
the intention of the new concern to fight
the American Steel Trust The English
combination is a pigmy compared with the
Anercar its capital being only one-twenti-
eth or less OF that trust.
Extension of London Tramways.
To any one familiar with the effect OF
street railway competition In America In
stimulating travel it will be matter of
surprise to learn that the extension. Of
tramways in the suburban districts of Lon
don IS seriously affecting the receipts Of
the railroad companies In one case alone.
that Of the London and Southwestern, the
chairman of the Board of Directors report
ed at the haf-yearfy meeting the other day
that this extension has resulted in a loss
of nearly I,5N0 600 passengers.
The result Is not surprising to any one
who has ridden In the suburban trains
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