The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-03-27
KING EDWARD PAYS
FOR HIS OWN POLICE
He Is Going to Visit the ManChesters and They Are Not
Charged for Observation-Disclosures in England
Are Busy Socially and Are Going Some.

the action of the late r. w Hanbury'S
handsome widow in persuading Victor
Bowring-to whom she was married
the other. day-to add the name of her
former lord to his own. He now is
known as Victor Bowring Hamburg,
and this is said to be unique instance
of first husbands name being added
to that of the second. Several men
marrying heiresses have. however, n.y.
phenated the lady's name to their own,
and sometimes the husbands name has
disappeared altogether, as in the case
of Burdett Coutts.
+ r. W. Hanbury, Mrs. Bowring Han
bury's first husband was president of
the British board of agriculture, and
immensely wealth. He left all his
property to his wife absolutely, so it
is possible that she had other reasons
than mere independence of spirit for
insisting, as she is said to have done,
that his successor should take his
name. One of these may have been
that, as Mrs. Hanbury," this regal
looking woman has been for several
years a prominent figure in London
social life.
Victor Henry Bowring is young So
ciety man of a family well known in
fashionable circles, and besides a town
house in Eaton Square he, has coun-
try place near Brighton, England's
most fashionable watering place. His
father, who has been librarian and
registrar to the Metropolitan Board of
Trade is former member of parlia-
ment and very popular in Liberal cir
cles.
Friends of the Bowring- Hanburys
are wondering how the heir to this
strange combination of names will be
called. In this country the law allows
person to take as many names as
he likes provided there be no fraudu-
lent intent, so Bowring- Hamburg Bow
ring may be the next link in this rath-
er unusual chain of appellations.
One disadvantage about being a
king is that one can't be laid up with
the slightest complaint without a lot
of rumors Immediately gaining cur
rency as to what is really the trou-
BILE or aVerring some contretempS or
other for which the "indisposition" is
supposedly a blind. When it was an
nounced from Buckingham palace last
year that a cold which the king had
caught would prevent the eontemplat-
ed royal visit to the Duke and Ouch
ess of Devonshire from taking place,
rumor Immediately declared that Ed
ward VII was not ill at all, but that
the queen at the last moment declined
to go to ChatSworth on account OF the
presence there of certain society Wom-
en- of whom her majesty is said not TO
approve, and SO some excuse had to
be made And hardly had the news
been placarded yesterday that the
king was suffering from slight chill
caught at Cambridge than an ingen-
ious canard was circulated in the West
end which affirmed that a certain
royal indiscretion was intended to be
cloaked by the official statement.
Only once since the kings accession,
in fact, have the gossips allowed him
to be really ill-this being at the time
of his intended coronation, and then
they insisted on making him good
deal worse than he actually was.
To Americans in London who dance
! it always has been a source OF sur
| prise that, although the cake walk
came. was seen, and conquered, and
various fancy dances from home at
| tanned popularity, the ''two-step' fail
ed for some reason to get imported.
Sousa's marches and the various
other melodies to which this popular
| American dance is done have been
| favorites here for several years, but
| even at the "smartest'' London Dall
| one never could find partner who
| ever heard of the 'two-step.
Henceforth however, there probably
will be another story to tell, Tor
Crompton, the fashionable London
professor of dancing, has just de-
clared that the "two-step" will be the
| dance of the coming season. 1t was
| first seen in London at the leap year
ball at the Empress rooms, Kensing-
ton, last Monday night.
Lady Mary.