, 1902-01-30
LATEST LONDON NEWS

which are naturally popular amonr N.
young matrons in the government
house set. The Curzon regime is a
very brilliant one, and innovations in
troduced by the present viceroy. which
excited some criticism at first. bave
certainly tended to enhance the dig
nifty and brightness of the viceregal
court. A state carriage is now used
Tor all important functions. and in.
stead of merely holding formal recep-
tons. Lady Curzon gives gay little din.
ners constantly.
The ladies' dinner of the 20. p" club
at the Criterion, last Sunday, was o
most CHEEKY and successful function,
lighted up by a positive constellation
OF stars" The beautiful Miss Maxine
Elliott was in the chair, looking ra-
diant in a gown of white Irish lace
and black Chantilly insertions: her
pretty sister, Miss Gertrude Elliott
wearing white chiffon INT lace. with
a big corsage bouquet of violets). sit
ting close by with her husband. Forbes
Robertson. Miss Marie Tempest, in a
wonderful gown of cobwebby lace veil
ing chiffon, which was showered with
gold paillettes, wore a wreath of gold
en- ivy leaves in her ruddy hair, and
Mrs. Cecil Raleigh's black gov was
frightened by some superb diamond
n emerald ornaments.
By the death of Lord Seton. who
passed away last week as the result of
an accident that befell him over seven
years ago while riding in a steeple-
chase at Aintree. one of the largest and
most valuable estates in England (the
Liverpool property alone is worth
G15O.OOO a year, they say passes to a
new owner, and the most distressing
or recent tragedies among the nobl
born has been brought to a bitter con
summation. Early in the spring of
1894, young Lord Molyneux, as he was
known while still his fathers heir, fell
in love with the Lady Mary Willough-
by, the lovely young daughter of Lord
and Lady Ancaster. He was rs and
she was IT, and still in the schoolroom
The parents IN both sides approved
II the young people became formally
engaged. A few weeks later the gall
liant young lover was riding in the Ait
car steeplechase, and at the fourth
fence his horse fell. throwing him
heavily on his head. He did not ap-
pear to be seriously hurt. but he was
too much shaken to continue the con-
test, and another rider mounted his
horse. Scotch Bride, strange to say, in
spite of the accident to her first rider,
won the race, but poor Molyneux
crossed a horse again.
1t became apparent, a few weeks aft
erward, that Lord Molyneux had sus.
tanned serious injuries to his brain
n ever since-for seven long years
he has lain demented, dead while still
alive, a burden to himself and to those
around him, an object of hopeless pity.
During that long eve years the af-
ficted mans father-himself a famous
sportsman-died, and the helpless
wreck that had been a splendid figure
in so many scenes succeeded to his
honors and his vast states. Then his
mother, one of the greatest of great
ladies, who resisted to the last the ir-
resistible invasion of the nouveaux
riches, followed her husband, broken
hearted, to the grave; n now the
poor inheritor of so much wealth, and
pride, and greatness of position. has
Joined them where the weary be at
rest. And DOOR young Lady Mary re-
mains unmarried Inc mourns him like
a widowed bride.