Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-05-11
Mrs. Maokay Brings on Some Wonderful
Pictures and Rare Tapestries,
MRS. NEWHoUSE CREATES A SENSATION
Displays Valuable String of Pearls to
Excite the Envy of Other Women.
COUNTESS OF ESSEX BPEAKs DOWN
Strain of Fitting n SER S. a.SIinE
Costumes for COroI % yeek
Proves Too ssS
Her Ne

LONDON. May York World
can nvasoH fo4 nation phS Sas SmS5l
really begun. George estinghouse is at
the Carlton, as well as Mrs Charles San
ford and Mrs. George Crocker, while Mrs.
Endicott has arrived on a visit to her
daughter, Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain, accom-
panied by Mr.. and Mrs. Endicott, jr. Mrs.
Mackay has returned to Carlton House
Terrace, bringing with her some wonderful
pictures, including a fine Romney and a
Mrs. Siddons by Sir Thomas Lawrence,
which, with a number of other extremely
valuable eighteenth century French tapes
tries and furniture. she purchased from an
old French chateau in a secluded part of
Tourane.
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Mackay have rented
Lord Chesterfields house in Upper Gros-
venor street and gone shares with Lady
Charles Beresford In her opera box for two
nights per week.
Mrs. Newhouse is creating a sensation
with wonderful string Of pearls, reputed
to be worth $250,O00. Mr.. Newhouse has
been collecting them for four years and
many Of them have been pierced for the
first time. The largest will cover a g.
penny piece and the clasp is formed Of a
ldI go WulCu dlOub 10 VI
very great value. Mrs. Newhouse is spend
ing the season at Claridiges. She has been
installed in a luxurious suite Of rooms and
is going out everywhere. She had box
allotted to her at the opera for only one
night weekly, but has arranged to occupy
Lord Lichester's box twice week as we'll.
Arnold Lawson, the son of Thomas N.
| Lawson Of Boston, has arrived from Egypt
where he has been wintering with his
| sisters, Gladys and Marion. who are at
present in Rome and are coming on here
at the end OF the month. Young Lawson
| is an undergraduate at Worcester college
oxford, where he will shortly resume his
| studies.
| Colonel and Mrs. Lake of Boston, as y eli
| as Colonel Henry Borup, aide de camp N
| General Wilson, are In London, while Mr.
and Mrs. Tony Drexel are expected shortly
though Mrs. Drexel is still in Indifferent
health.
Costume Fitting Too Severe.
Commodore Gerry and Mrs. Gerry have
Just passed through to Paris, where, by the
way, the countess of Essex is broken dowr
and laid up very i'll in her mothers apart
ment in the Elysee, under the strain Of
fitting on a series Of dazzling costumes fol
i the coronation.
Mr.. Donoghue of the San Francisco bank
ing Arm has been in London some months
under medical care. He is often seen lunch
ing and dining at the Carlton with hii
| medical attendant, who also takes hin
around to many Of the theaters.
The youngest peeress who will attend thu
coronation is Baroness Clifton. who will
be exactly 2h years old when she appears
in her robes at Westminster abbey on june
26 She is an extremely pretty child ant
poses with the pride that might be expected
in one who the moment she was born In
herited one of the few titles which descend
In the female line. Baroness Clifton, who II
a peeress in her own right, is a daughter o
the late earl OF Darnley, who died in 1900
The heir presumptive to Baroness Clifton
title is her uncle. the present earl Of Darn
ley better known as Hon. Ivo Bligh, whit
succeeded his brother last year. Baroness
Clifton's mother, Jemima, countess of Darn
ley, before her marriage was a Miss Black
| wood.