The San Francisco call., 1903-09-20
AMERICAN WOMAN IN LONDON
DOES SMART ENTERTAINING
AT HER PRETTY TOWN HOUSE
Mrs. Henry Higgins, Who Was Formerly Mrs.
Breese of New York, Is Particularly
Popular in the "Opera Set"

onage Lady Constance has endured little
The Duke Of Sutherland and the Duke OF
Argyle have given up their attempts to
force conventional education upon Lady
Constance.
Contrary to rumor ambassador and
Mrs. ChOate have no intention OF giving
UP the house they have so long occupied
in Carlton House Terrace. Instead Of
buying big country place and moving
into 1t this season they are still IN town.
and with the exception Of vveek-eu6s will
remain at home for the present Recent
visits to the Duke and Duchess OF Marl-
borough and to Lady Battersea at Over
strand, near Cromer were "week-ends."
Mr. and Mrs. Henry White are at CarIs-
bad for Mrs. Whites health. Mrs. Whites
friends in London are all sorry sne is not
quite we'll. Her social career here has
been one series of triumphs. Her daugh-
ter Miss MurfeI White inherits her
mothers social facilities and is the in
innate friend Of several almost royal
ladies.
J. Ridgely Carter, second secretary OF
the embassy, is still in town, on duty.
Mrs. Carter has gone to Paris and viii
not be in London much until the late
autumn
Although the coronation last year prob
ably drew to England more Americans
than ever before the supply Of pond
crossers seems to be unlimited and il is
estimated that 120,OOO Americans have
been N Europe this summer The extra
weight of this invasion is felt
especially at the American embassy in
London owing to the universal desire to
visit the Houses Of Parliament. For sew
eraI years it has been the custom to ad-
nit the public TO the buildings on Satur-
day afternoons when the bodies were not
in session. but in order to enter at other
times a ticket from one OF the members
or from one of the embassies has been
necessary. Since few Americans happen
to be personally acquainted with real
lord or NJ P. the dingy offices under the
American flag in Victoria street have
been kept hustling. There has been
hardly a day during the last few weeks
that the number Of applicants for tickets
at the American embassy has fallen below
a hundred. Now a notice just inside the
door informs you that the ambassadors
supply of tickets for the season has run
out.
The latest addition to the Duchess OF
Bedford's private zoo at Woburn Abbey
is a dwarf pony two and half feet high.
This little creature is being taught by
her Grace the Duchess to accompany her
all over the Bedford estates II runs
along like dog, and many persons, see
ing it from a distance. think It just a
collie or some other dog Of moderate size.
The Duchess of Bedford visits her hos
pital at Woburn every morning and she
intends teaching the pony to wipe its
feet on the doormat in order that It may
accompany her on her rounds Of the
wards. visiting the patients
.
ever since stood the girls friend. Unlike
many Of her wealthy family. Miss de
RothschiId INDUCES in little public char
ity. She does her kindnesses to individ-
uals.
BEAUTIFUL MRS. LEO"
Then there is the beautiful Mrs. Leo
RothschiId. She is of Italian birth, but
she has taken to English life enthusiasts
tically. She is more strictly a society
woman" than Lady -sothschiId. She was
the chaDerone of Lady sybn Grant when
she made her debut as Lady Sybil Prim-
rose, and now that her sons are grown
fine young men she Is seen about with
them a great deal She dresses in what
some one has termed IA neat. unObtru-
sive style" Mrs. Leos skill as a rider is
proverbial and as a patron of the opera
she has no superior in enthusiasm. Many
American women who during the Eng
lish meeting of the International Council
of Women were entertained at the Tring
Park garden party by Lady Rothschnd
will remember that Mrs. Leo. the per-
sonification of dainty face and figure.
stood by Lady Rothschild all afternoon
and shook hands with ali the guesta