Omaha daily bee., 1903-06-07
cONIURER PROVIDES ENTERTAINMENT
Premier Bal our Tries to Fool the Performer
and Gets Surprise.
FINDS HIS MARKED BILL IN AN ORANGE
Naval Attache Glover Completes Term and
Sails for America.
HIS SUCCESSOR IS NOT A SOCIETY MAN
Dlrs. Adair opens the London Sea-
son with n Brilliant Party
Attended by All the
swell Set.

sweu Set.
Copyright 1903, by Press Publishing Coz
LONDON, June 6.-(New York World
Cablegram-Special Telegram. )-Secretary
Henry White, Of the United States EN-
bassy and Mrs. White. gave a royal party
at Wilton Park on Saturday having nearly
the whole cabinet to meet important guests.
The day was very fine, and until a thunder
storm broke In the afternoon the house
party passed the time in the beautiful
grounds.
Thirty-sx people were invited to dine,
including Prime Minister Balfour ex-Prime
Minister Rosebery and Chancellor of the
Exchequer Ritchie, all of whom stayed over
the Whitsuntide holidays.
The princess of Wales wore a rich gold
embroidered dress, with emeralds and
diamonds flashing her head and neck.
The prince OF Wales seemed to enjoy the
party Immensely" Mrs. White has much
tact in getting congenial people together.
The dinner was delightful, yet nothing was
30 enjoyable as were the tricks of an
American conjurer, who took up the work
Of entertaining the company in the drawing
u. room afterward. His name is M. Manlni.
More will certainly be heard OF him. The
royal pair were spell-bound, and the cabinet
minister's were dumb founded. Lord Rose
berry was the only skeptc. He main
tained that the tricks were a fraud. Mr..
Balfour invited him to investigate, but
NLord Rosebery ignored the remark.
When the prime minister was asked to
produce some money for a trick he
handed over & fve-pound note, and, after
having written his name on the back Of it,
the conjurer asked for dish Of fruit A
Il pile Of oranges and lemons on a silver dish
- was placed on the sideboard. Manlini took
up the five-pound note rolled it into ball.
standing right in the middle of the floor
far from the fruit and invited the prime
minister to take any orange from the dish
and peel It. The prime minister thought
he would catch the conjurer so he picked
over several pieces Of fruit, finally deciding
on the lowermost one.
This he opened when lo he found the
ave-pound note stuffed In the fruit. Lord
Fosebery and everybody else were highly
amused.
Card Tricks the Fad.
When Maniini nrst arrived in London
with letters to Ambassador Choate the
latter was so tickled at the idea OF new
conjurer that he invited him to give few
demonstrations OF his art then and there
in the RECEPTION room OF the embassy, on
Victoria street, before the whole embassy
staff
The embassy seems to have actually
gone crazy on card tricks. 1t is
whispered that card Juggling is one of the
ambassadors pet fads and that he is ar
expert On his return. ten days hence Il
is said that a party will be given at his
residence on Calton House Terrace will
Manlini as an entertainer. Manlnis fe'
for an after-dinner "seance' is $500
Henry Whites only son is back again ir
London from Harvard. He has grown
tall and is quite goodlooking. The public
probably win hear soon that he is betrotheC
70 some one OF the pretty English girls
who are intimate friends Of his sister
NSIuriel and for whom his mother has grea
affection. Mrs. White likes TO have arounC
her these girls, all of whom. daughters o.
peers in many cases have very eligible
brothers
Craig wadsworth returned to the embassy
Saturday, after a long absence in weis
baden under Doctor Pagensteoker, who say
that had the former not gone at once fo
treatment he certainly would have lost tn,
sight of one eye. Mr.. Wadsworth has beeI
greatly missed at dances this season, bu
several eotllions are coming on that h
still may lead.
Captain Glover, the popular naval attach
TO the embassy whose term of service re
Gently expired. and Mrs. Glover sailei
wednesday on Kaiser Wilhelm IL On tn
same steamship were Levi P. Morton. Her
mann oerichs. William M. Grinnell
George T. Lorillard and Richard Harding
Davis A large number OF friends saw tn
Clovers on. All the embassy stan turne'
out 70 wish them bon voyage"
Attache Not society Man.
Captain Charles H. Stockton OF New
York, the new naval attache, is now set
tied at work in the embassy. Mrs Stock
ton has arrived with her daughter The
dat fua
on Victoria street. Al the next court. o
the Path OF this month--which will b
the last court of this season-Mrs. Stock
ton will be presented by Mrs. Choate. Al
though Miss stockton is II. her mother wi
defer her daughters presentation until mex
year, in order 10 allow her TO see a little {
London and English life first
Captain Stockton is not rich. and a
neither he nor his wife is fond Of society
It is not expected that they will be muc
heard OF in a social way. except at otficis
gatherings,
Mr.. und Mrs. ]. ]. Astor. who are at pres
ent - Paris. with pretty Mrs. Shaw,
sister OF Mrs. Dana Gibson. are comm
here June l6. in time for the Ascot race
They will stay at Claridges for ten day
before sailing for New York.
The story that Waldorf Astor had sur
stroke was untrue. He Is well now. but h
felt the heat considerable last week.
Mr.. and Mrs Oliver Hartman are now !
Claridges.
General Greely is at Hotel Cecil. Anon
other Americans here are Bishop LawrenC
Of Massachusetts, and Rev. Dr. Park,
Morgan OF the Church OF the Heavenl
Rest OF New York City
John w, Gates has gone to Paris. {
have Senator and Mrs Scott
Mrs. Adair in Evidence.
Mrs. Adair gave another big dinner la
Wednesday. Twenty people sat dow
NJ among them Earl and Countess Howe, n
earl OF Sandwich, Lord and Lady Barr!
more. The tables were a mass OF yello
irises. band stationed out in the ha
was softly heard during the dinner.
The Anglo American contingent In Lol