The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-21


ington and now there is but one Kitchen
er." But | am wandering from my point
What I intended to point out at this time
was that American wives have become the
handspring behind their husbands. Lord
salisburys retirement. which is expect
ed to take place in September. will make
many openings for preferments Among
! those who are hopeful are Lord Dom
oughmore, the Irish Earl, whose wife Is
the daughter Of Mike Grace, the New
York merchant. Lady Donoughmore is
making herself felt as political infu-
( enee. She is clever, handsome and a
taetician. consuelo, the young Duchess
of Marlborough, Mrs. Chamberlain, Lady
Curzon and the Dowager Duchess of Man
chester and Mrs. Winston ChurchfllQady
Randolph churchilD are all active poll
/ ticians
Your fair country women have certainly
! reigned during the past week. The Cor
onation bazaar has afforded the oppor-
tunity. One section, presided over by
I the Americans in and out of the peerage.
1 has been called the American Court
! When queen Alexandra, the Prince and
| Princess of Wales, the Duke and Duchess
/ of Connaught and their respective suits
| visited the bazaar, they were escorted
through the American Court by Mrs
Choat, wife of the American Ambassa-
dor and Mrs Whiteaw Reid wife of the
Special Ambassador to the Coronation
Mrs Arthur Paget wife of a general In
whose career the King has often shown
special interest, herself known In New
York as the daughter of Mrs. Paran
Stevens, has the most important booth
that of 5ewelry. The main attraction In
! this stall is the largest diamond In the
world, weighing 207 carats. 1t was shown
at the Buffalo Exposition by the De Beers
mines. This gem is offered at the price
of $o2, 500 The Great Southern Cross,
nine large pearls found Joined together In
one oyster on the West Australian coast.
is another feature of Mrs. Arthur Paget 8
display 1t Is valued above $4,000 One
Paris firm sent jewolry worth more than
$1,000,000 to this exhibit, which is altogeth-
er an unrivalled feature of the bazaar.
Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough pre-
sides over a stall devoted to American
/ books, embroideries and furniture. Mrs.
! Bradley Martin sells American preserved
fruits; Mrs. Ronalds, American drinks;
Mrs. Eaton, American sweets; the OUCH
ess of Manchester is selling embroider-
les; Cora, Countess of STAFFORD, silver
ware and Lady Oxford and Mrs. Ralph
Vivian, fans.
At this moment London has gone wild
In admiration of the conquering hero,
General Kitchener, who is now on his
way to visit the King. Enthusiasm re-
strained by the Kings Illness yet stored
up through weeks to be let off on Corona
tion Day, found safety valve in Kitch-
ener's return and blew off steam In lusty
style. And of all the memorable events
of the past three weeks the public well
| come to Lord Kitchener may be put down
as one of the most remarkable. AT Pad
dington station he was met by the Prince
of Wales, the Duke of Connaught the
Duke of Cambridge, who is now very in
firm; Lord Roberts, the commander-in-
! chief; Lord Lansdowne, the Foreign Sec
rotary; Mr.. Broderick, the War Secre-
tary; the Duchess of Somerset, Lady
| Roberts, Lady French, Major General
Sir Francis R. Wingate, who succeeded
| Lord Kitchener as Sirdar of the Egyptian
army and Governor-General of the Sou
dan, and Major General Slatin Pacha,
| British Inspector General of the Soudan,
| were among those who assembled to
greet the General When Lord Kitchen
er's train arrived punctual to the minute,
a tremendous cheer greeted the latest
hero as he emerged from his car and
| shook hands with the Prince of Wales.
He stood head and shoulders above nearly
every one on the platform and his work
manlfke khaki uniform, with the large
brown sun helmet made familiar by his
pictures, was in striking contrast to the
glittering uniforms and rows of medals
and orders worn by most of those In wait
/ ing. The reception lasted ten or fifteen
minutes when the Prince of Wales and
other members of the royal family drove
! of. After an interval Lord Kitchener
and Generals French and Ian Hamilton
| took seats In one of the royal carriages
and, followed by the brilliant headquar-
tiers staff headed by Lord Roberts and
ESCORT mi lOttd
cheers, which grew into a perfect roar
as Lord Kitchener and his companions
came in sight of the great gathering
Lord Kitchener was at once driven to st.
James Palace, where he was entertained
at luncheon by the Prince of Wales, Lord
Salisbury being one of the fifty guests
He was then taken to Buckingham Pal
ace and admitted to King Edwards sick
room, where the sovereign presented him
with the badge of the Order of Merit,
conferred upon him as one of the Corona
ton honors.
Just as I write these lines a friend in
forms me that Mrs. Alexander. the novel
list, is dead 1t seems only a few days
ago when all the reading world stood pa
tently waiting the advent from the press
of the latest of Mrs Alexander's novels.
And yet, 1t has been some years since this
lady put her well worn pen aside. Hers
was simple and delightful style; and
her vogue was once worldwide. Her
stories were simple and pleasing in SEN
timent and readily touched the heart
Her best known novels were the "Wooing
OFT" Her Dearest Foe" Barbara"
(Which Shall 1t Be?'' and by Woman's
Wit" Although Mrs Alexander is
known to the English speaking world
around as Mrs. Alexander, 1t was only a
name of the pen, her real name being
Mrs. Alexander Hector. She was born in