The San Francisco call., 1904-04-17
FAVORTE BLACK
is CAREFULLY GUARDED IN QUAINT OLD HOME SUSSEX COUNT
Rare Relic of the Great Bard Occupies a Place
of Honor in a Room Reserved
for Antiquities

the wicked forgeries Of young Ireland.
which had deceived not only his own
father, but scholars OF considerable re-
nown, including Parr, Wharton and
Chalmers. Young Ireland. in his CON
: fessions," mentions that the Shakes
pearean chair, which had a place in
Mr.. Ireland's study, on being conveyed
to London, was perfectly well known to
all the inspectors of manuscripts, many
of whom have often seen seated
therein to hear the perusal Of the
(forged) papers; and their settled
physiognomies have frequently excited
in me a desire for laughter which 1t
required every effort on my part to
restrain"
The perfidy OF his son, who afterward
run away in a fit Of remorse, broke
poor Samuel Irelands heart and he did
not live long, The old chair at his
death became the property of a we'll
known club, known as the Ancient and
Honorable Lumber Troop" a sort of
literary and powerful political club, to
which Samuel Ireland himself belonged.
This club. which existed for two or
three centuries, was said to have been
originally formed from one of the
trained bands raised at the time Of the
attempted raid by the Spanish Armada.
In Queen Anne's time, her consort,
Prince George of Denmark, was a
Lumber Trooper" and later on, Ho-
garth was member ana painted their
escutcheon of arms, which long after
hung in their troop-haII. It's aims
were chiefly political and it was a
recognized matter that any candidate
for the City of London aspiring to sue
cess should become a trooper" and
be admitted by their colonel. Their
anthem commencing I'VE are full ten
thousand boys" was probably not far
from the truth, for even in 1888 their
numbers were credibly estimated at
5000 to 5000 members. Their troop-halI
was what was afterward known as DR..
Johnsons Tavern, in Holt Court, Fleet
street, London. But with the disuse
of the punch bowl came the end of the
days of the Lumber Troop" and in
1859 the properties and arms of the
troop, including royal and celebrated
autographs, furniture, paintings, etc.
was put up for sale by auction at
Messrs. Price & Clarks rooms in Chan
cery lane, London.
The catalogue which now lies before
the writer gives Tot IT, as the oak
Glastonbury chair, which belonged to
Shakespeare and called the 'Abbot's
chair Full particulars Of this lot to
be obtained at the offices Of the auc-
. tioneers.''
The chair was sold to a Mr. Joseph
Drew of Weymouth and was later
on purchased by Lieutenant Colonel
Money Carter. 1t was purchased by
Mr. Charles Dawson, a fellow of the
Society of Antiquities, London. from
Colonel Carter's daughter in 1900, and
is now In his possession at Uckfeld,
Sussex.
GAVE NEW HUSBAND A TITLE.
London society was set all agog by
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- -Hanbury,
and this is said to be unique instance
of a first husbahd's name being added
to that of the second. Several men
marrying heiresses have, however, hy-
phenated the lady's name to their own.
and sometimes the husbands name has
disappeared altogether, as in the case
of Mr. Burdett-Coutts.
r. W. Hanbury, Mrs. Bcwring-H Han
bury's first husband. was president of
the British Board of Agriculture and
immensely wealthy. 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 he is said to have done. s
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 a young
society man of a family we'll knokn in
fashionable circles and besides town
house in Eaton Square he has a 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 per-
son to take as many. names as he
likes. provided there be no fraudulent
intent, so Bowring -Hanbury Bowring
may be the next link in this rather
unusual chain of appellations.
To Americans in London who dance
it always has been source of surprise
that although the cakewalk came, was
seen and conquered, and various fancy
dances from home attained popularity.
the 'two-step' failed, 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' Lon
don ball one never could find partner
who ever had heard of the "two-step.'
Henceforth. however. there probably
will be another story to tell. for Cromp-
ton, the fashionable London professor
of dancing. has just declared that the
''two-step'' will be the dance of the