The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-07
American Women Take Part
in Fitting Jacks Palace.
GAVE MUCH OF THE MONEY
Ambassador Choate Had Place OF Honor
Beside Prince Of Wales at Open
ing Ceremony-Marie Corelli
Chats With Duke.
BY PAUL LAMBETH.
Special Gable to The mes-Dspatch'
Copyright IeO3)


furnishing the Sailors Palace" or
.Jack's Palace" as 1t is called in White
chapel
Jacks Palace" is In the heart Of Sail
or town" overlooking the great docks
down the Thames where ships from all
the seven seas arrive and depart daily.
The Prince and Princess Of Wales
opened this Mills Hotel for sailors. and
noZens of American women resident IN
London were present.
Besides contributing a large sum OF
money to the general building fund, the
American women of London fitted UP in
most comfortable style one or the largest
rooms In the home.
n ia TO be known as 1.-THE American
Room" Over the doorway hangs a huge
silk American flag, presented by the las
dies of the American Society In London
Mrs Morgan Richards (mother of John
oliver Hobbies Mrs Craigie, the novelisD
contributed bust of Queen Victoria.
Besides tho photographs of King Ed
ward and Queen Alexandra is q large pho
tograph OF President Roosevelt. contrib
uted by him.
On all the china in this room the flag
Of the United States Is entwined with the
British jack. In one room OF Jack
.'snug harbor" is the piano that Queen
Victoria had in her private rooms at
Windsor Castle.
Ambassador Choate at the opening had
tho place of honor beside the Prince of
Wales. Mr. Choate and the Prince have
come to be great friends. They are
chummy, indeed
When the Prince wanted any point in
any Of the speeches explained no appealed
to the tall, slender. satirical-looking
American ambassador
TO speak directly into the ear of
member OF the royal family Is bad form
hut Mr.. Choate cares little for form, and
to the amusement of tho fashionable
throng present he placed his mouth close
to the Princes head and whispered into
the royal ear.
Mr.. Choate must have told his Royal
1Iighness n lot of good American stories,
for the Prince laughed heartily frcquent-
ly
Mr.. Choate was the last Of many dis
tinguished men to speak, and the report
ers present noticed with amusement that
he omitted what all the distinguished
titled Englishmen who preceded him laid
most emphasis on in beginning their
speechcs-the conventional and essential
"Mny IT please your Royal HiEhness.
Although he omitted the phrase, an
omission that would have covered q Brit
tsh nobeman with confusion, Mr.. Chonte
must have pleased his Royal Highness.
for tho latter laughed and applauded
heartily all the American ambassadors
telling points.
The sailor ashore. now that this home
has been opened, WILL or ought to. find
Il difficult to find any attraction In the
gin palaces that blaze along the high
ways that skirt the miles OF East End
London docks.
Marie CoreIll.
The ancient Duke of Cambridge might
have been seen at reception the other
night chatting vivaciously with Miss Mn-
RE Corelli the pretty blonde novelist, who
Is defending Stratford- on-Avon, the birth
place of Shakespeare. from vandal build
ers.
The Duke of Cambridge Ia tho Oldest
man in London who Is active socially.
He is eighty-four.
He attends public dinners. mass meet
Ings. cornerstone layings. and generally
Ia much more spry than tho Prince OF
Wales who isn't half his ago.
The Duke is a cousin OF the late Queen
Victoria and the oldest member Of the
royal family. =.
He probably Is the oldest active mem
Der of any European royal family
This Duke is beginning to feel the bur-
den Of his years.
He walks slowly and his shoulders are
stopped. His face Is almost purple. In
contrast with which his snowy moustache
!s very prominent
THE Duke IS a good liver, and eats with
gusto through all the courses OF long
elaborate public dinner.
Tho Duke isn't rich. but he holds num-
Der of soft snaps" like tho post OF
Ranger OF Hyde Park that bring him In
e very handsome income,
There ara only a few men older than
the Duke among the royalties of Europe.
They and their ages are Tho Grand
Duke OF Luxembourg eighty-slx: King
Christian TX. of Denmark. eighty-fi
the Grand Duke OF Mecklenburg- Strelitz.
elghty-four the Regent OF Bavaria
seventy-seyan; the Emperor of Austria
seventy-thre
Make Big Income.
Miss Marie corelli, who Is the most sue
cessful novelist in England, so far as in.
come goes s a slight. we'll dressed wo
man. with pretty blonde hair, wei
moulded features and big, impressive
eyes,
She lives and works In strntford- on
Avon. and has made herself the defende
of tho Shakespeare relics,
Miss Corelli is an industrious writer
and the income from her novels is large
than K!pl!ng's,
A new Corelli novel always command
first edition OF 10000 In England.
Miss corelli turns out her copy on tn
typewriter, and when she starts a ne,
novel takes little relaxation until IT
finished
She doesn't come 10 London often, pre-
ferrlHg the quietude of Stanford on
Avon, where she is rarely disturbed ex
cept by autograph-huntins American tour
lists.
King 'cycler,
Despite his devotion TO automohiline
King Edward hasn't altogether aban
aoned cycling, and when he is at Wind
tor or sandringhan. is often to be see
taking exercise on a tricycle.,
lie keeps q machine always at. hi
command IN the country, and depend
upon II wholly for exercise and for reduc
Ing his fat. for His Majesty IS recover
Ing the flesh he lost during his severe Ill
ness last year.
Queen Alexandra has never ridden q tri
cycle. but the Prince of Wales and hi
Princess ride bicycles frequently whe
they are at their country house,
london society has abandoned the t
cycle for the motor ear, and ono rarel
sees fashionable woman riding a bicy
Gle In Mayfair or Belgrayia,
New Agricultural Minister.
The government has found an exceller