Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-27
Mrs. Adair Gives One Of the Notable Society
Functions Of the Past Week.
MOVEMENTS AMONG THE SWELL SCI
Delay in Coronation oOmpsls PrOlOngatiOr
of the London Season.
FoUR-coRNERED FIGHT IN COURT CIRCLE
Members of Kings Household Quarrel
and Women Take n Hand
by Carrying the Tale
10 the Queen.

Copyright 1902. by Press Publishing Coz
LONDON, July 26.-(New York World
Cablegram-Special Telegram. Mrs. Ar
thur H. Paget is loyalty striving to keep
the coronation season alive. She gave a
so-called boy-and-girl dance Friday night
for her daughter, Leilan, to meet the
crown princess of Roumania but with two
exceptions there was nothing particularly
youthful about the company, which IN
cluded the duchess of Devonshire, Lady
Craven and Princess Hatzfeldt The
smart" Americans are smarting because
the only one Of them Invited was Miss
Deacon. They complain that recep 'rs.
Paget abandoned a dinner party 4 ch
several of them had been inviJ ise.
after invitations had been iss, : Z Sc
cured the duchess of Gonna ID the
crown princess Of Roumanb supper
party the same evening.
Mrs. Adair gave a pretty = 5n Monday
night at her house on street for
her handsome niece, NJ sworth. All
the prettiest girls in were there.
The house was exqv decorated with
festoons, baskets ana of roses. The
air was heavy with the perfume of mimosa
and lilies. The tables were decorated with
roses and trails of smilax looped in and out
of the beautiful silver dishes. Mrs. Adair
wore the loveliest dress Of brocaded silk
trimmed with fine old lace and a magnif-
cent dog collar OF diamonds, as well as
chains Of diamonds around her neck and q
tiara blazing in her pretty gray hair. Miss
Wadsworth looked exceedingly well IN
white, with her hair simply dressed and a
few flowers across the bodice Of her dress
She stood with her aunt, being introduced
to the guests as they arrived Mrs. Arthur
Paget, Mr.. Henry White and Mrs. Caven-
dish Bentinck brought their daughters
while foreign prlncesses, English duchesses
and countesses and untitled persons of dis
tinction were as thick as bIackberries.
Intended for the Mackays.
Mrs. Parkinson Sharpe, who is remaining
here for the coronation, had luncheon
party on Wednesday, at which 1t was
originally intended that Mr.. and Mrs
Mackay should be the guests Of honor The
party included Mrs Beach Grant, Baroness
/ Oppenhein and Mrs. padelford.
The marriage Of Mrs. David Dwight
Wells of Norwich, Conn, with John D
| Allcroft will take place quietly in the
United States in September. Mr.. Allcroft
is the junior partner In the big dry goods
and glove firm of Dent, Allcroft & Co. o.
| London.
| Ethel Barrymore sailed for New YorE
today on her way to Marion, Mass, as the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Harding Davis.
Cornelius Culver of New York is al
| Claridges.
Ex-Governor Brown and Miss Brown are
at the Carlton. being much feted by resi-
dent Americans.
Princess Hatzfeldt is about to leave
| town for her country house In Wiltshire
accompanied by the prince, who has not ye
recovered from the effects of the Hines:
which suddenly seized him recently as h'
was going down stairs in Claridges to joir
the princess at luncheon party.
Society is gossipping freely over a seriou
quadrangular fight now raging at aourt
Lord Farquhar, the master Of King Ed
wards household, and the intimate frienC
and conhdant Of the king Quarreled will
/ the earl of Pembroke, the lord steward.
Then an attempt was made to get a
Pembroke by forcing him to accept tn
lord lieutenancy Of ireland. The earl o
Pembroke refused to be shunted and hi
sister, the beautiful De Grey, a great ia
vorite with Queen Alexandra, put her inge
in the pie by wRrning the queen agains
Lord Farquhar's influence over the kin
and his alleged desire to exalt Mr.. Keppe
at the cost of everybody else.
This brought Mrs. Keppel into the SQUAD
BILE, which is still vigorously proceeding
but promises to be a drawn battle, as tn
; earl OF Pembrokes social influence far ex
| caads that of Baron Faruuhar