Evening star., 1903-08-01
MAY Do MUCH GOOD
Visit of British Royalty to
Ireland.
HOPE FOR NATIVES
THE UNIQUE GUILD HALL AT
PLYMOUTH.
Americans Who Go to See Places
Dickens Made Famous-London
News and Gossip.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.

News and Gossip.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
| LONDON, July o. 1903.
| The present royal visit to ireland is the
| most hopeful visit to the distressed coun-
| try" since that paid by Henry II In III.
| King Edwards recent visit to France has
| been productive Of excellent results
| His present visit to Ireland promises
to be productive of results, If not
| SO important, at least more apparent in
| domestic sense. Ireland has never been
| a formidable foe to the empire, but she has
| ever been thorn in the side, and some-
| times O thorn with a nasty point. Every
| body Is now agreed that at last an English
| king is going to receive a hearty welcome
| at the hands of the whole people.
The natural courtesy and hospitality Of
! the people will take care of that In the
| first instance, and when once the king and
queen have come into personal contact with
| the people it may be left to themselves to
| DO the rest. King Edwards genial man.
ner is certain to make friends, while it
| is not likely that Queen Alexandra's hith-
erto Irresistible charm will fall to win the
| impressionabe Celt. This Is the first time
| a queen consort has accompanied her hus-
Irish channel. But then for the most part
| they have been on wariike errands bent
| His majesty is the first OF the English Ed
wards to visit Ireland as king Somebody
has made the discovery, however, that he Is
| a lneal descendant of the royal races, both
Of Eva, daughter of the King of Leinster,
who married Strongbow, ana of Roderick
O'Connor, the last King OF Ireland, so If
any irreconcilable nationalist wants an ex-
| cuse for displaying loyalty 1t is ready to
his hand.
Friends of the Lord Lieutenant.
The personal pleasure Of the kings and
queens visit to Dublin will no doubt be
enhanced by the fact that a very warm
| friendship exists between their majesties
and the present lord lieutenant of Ireland,
the Earl of Dudley, and his beautiful young
countess. The earl, on whom 1t Is rumored
the king will bestow the title of marquis
on his visit, Is the son Of the still lovely
Georgina, Countess Of Dudley, who has for
many years enjoyed in a very special de-
gree the friendship of tho king and queen.
The Dowager Lady Dudley was, it will be
remembered, one of the beautiful daughters
of Sir Thomas Moncrieffe, and one of her
sisters was the late Duchess of Athol.
The Earl and Countess of Dudley, who
have made themselves most popular in the
green isle, have four lovely children, two
girls and two boys. The Oldest of the
family Is the Lady Honor Ward, tall.
graceful girl. with the dark eyes and long
| dark hair of her mother. She Is remem-
bered among the society children of London
for her graceful skirt-dancing at the first
of Lady Ancaster's childrens 8 fetes in the
Botanic Gardens a year or two ago. l
| hear that Queen Alexandra, who has al
ways encouraged the Irish industries, in
which Lady Londonderry is so warmly In
terested, has ordered several beautiful
dresses of Irish poplin and embroderies of
Irish manufacture for wear during her
visit to the Emerald Isle.
The Royal Train
The train de luxe" in which the king
and queen performed the first stages of
their journey is a veritable hotel on wheels.
In addition to the two coaches containing
the royal apartments, the train consists of
| five saloons and two brake vans, the total
| length being $50 feet, with a weight, when
empty, of $50 tons. The kings day COM
partment is decorated with white enamel,
and the furniture is in saunwood inlaid
| hogany, inlaid with rosewood and SATIN
wood. The chairs are in green morocco,
and the curtains and carpets are In tones
| of the same color. The queens saloon Is
| similar in general arrangement to the
kings, br. accommodation is also provided
| for Princess Victoria. All the compart-
ments IRE in white enamel, and the pre-
| dominating color is blue, which is lightened
| in effect with the light brocades and very
| soft shade of pink The queens bed room,
| which is fitted up with two dressing rooms,
is draped in pink and has a silver-plated
bed and fittings. The royal special is fitted
throughout with electrical appliances for
cooking and is a model Of compact con-
venience.
Their majesties' visit to Ireland is at
tracing large numbers of people to the
green isle and 1t is to be hoped they will
| be better treated by hotel keepers and the
like than were the motor visitors the other
week. One of the best known of French
motorists Baron de Crawhez, was charged
the extraordinary sum of IA los. for din
ner at an hotel near the course the night
before the Gordon-Bennett race, and the
repetition Of this sort of thing will serious
ly jeopardize the development OF the island
as holiday resort. Here in London there
is disposition to celebrate the visit by
| wearing Irish poplin ties They of
brilliant hues, and the shop windows are
full of them.
Plymouth's Unique Guild Hall.
When the Prince and Princess of Wales
day afternoon. the one to receive his
insignia as high steward of the
borough and the other to unveil a
| memorial to Plymouth volunteers who
fell In South Africa, they enjoyed that
rare experience, sight OF the unique.
Plymouth has decreed that her Guild Hall
shall illustrate her history from the days
| of the Armada and enibarkation of the Pill
grim Fathers onward by means of stained
glass windows One of these windows COM
| memorates the opening of the Guild Hall.
nearly thirty years ago. by the present
king. who appears therein holding his staff
of office as his sons predecessor in the Of
| flee of high steward. and wearing an i'm
! maculately fitting frock coat, with flower
in it's buttonhole. and silk hat! This
amazing piece of incongruity has been
striking strangers dumb with horror or
| moving them to derisive laughter ever since
IL was perpetrated Still. 1t has the dis
| tinction that inevitably belongs to the un-
precedented and uncopied. There Is no
other stained glass window in the world
from which a gentleman in frOck coat
and topper" looks blandly down on
to be.
Mecca for New Wed Couples.
London Just now is full Of honeymoon
couples. You meet them,everywhere, clothed