The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-17

Tashing ton, July 1b.-Durlng her re-
ut visit to Manchester. the Presi-
5.1t,s daughter was entertained prin-
-4rs1lv at dinner parties. Besides the
,.rge and brilliant dinner party, fol-
lowed by a cotillion, given by her host
an the evening of her arrival, Mrs.
7ongworth, mother of Representative
~ioholas Longworth, gave another din
,Ar in her honor, and a dozen other
,.eu known ladies followed suit. The
,,st and most notable of the dinners
WAS given by Miss Roosevelt's ma
+arnal aunt, Mrs. S. H. Fessington. at
her cottage near Coolidge Point. At
The same time Mrs. Fessington was en-
terraining her mother Mrs. George T.
Lee of Brookline, Mass, who is Miss
Poosevelt's grandmother. The young
ladv is now at the home of her grand
mother in Brookline.
A ceremony of interest to all Ameri-
cans occurred in London last week in
the christening of Lord and Lady Cur
IONS youngest daughter. Lady Cur
ION. as everybody knows, was former
" Miss Mary Letter of Washington and
Chicago. She is not only titled and
wealthy, but is greatly beloved for her
bAauty and her sterling and lovable
qualities. The christening of the baby,
whose name is Alexandra MADEIRA oc-
cured in the Chapel Royal, and Queen
Alexandra of England was her god
mother The child is the Queens
namesake, and her majesty was pres
ent at the ceremony. Her gift to the
infant was pearl heart, hung upon
a slender gold chain, and with the
babys name inscribed upon the back.
There was a second god-mother the
Countess CoWper, who gave her god
child tiny jeWeled bangle, a ruby set
in a small circle of diamonds. The
god-fathers We're the colonial secre-
taries, Lyttleton and Secretary for In
dia Broderick, the latter one of the
trustees for Lady Curzon's fortune I'M
der the will of her father. the late
Mr.. Levi z. Letter.
The Queens gown for the ceremony
was a pale gray crepe de chine, with
a boa of gray feathers. The Coun-
tess Cowper wore a white lace gown
and large pink hat. Lady Curzon
was in a magnificent black costume,
being in mourning for her father,
with a large hat covered with black
feathers. She looked thin and pale,
and her rich brown hair is beginning
to show threads of gray. A years
residence in India is warranted to take
at least ten years from the life of
the average foreigner. The scene in
the chapel, as described by one of
the guests, was an extremely pretty
one. 1t was a bright day and q beam
pf sunshine fell directly upon the
baptismal fount. But the baby scream
ed the whole time at the very top
Of its lungs, while in its royal spon-
sors arms. According to a popular
English superstition, the infant that
cries good and hard at its christening
will have long life and good luck, the
louder the screams the better the luck.
The Duchess of Marlborough, formerly
Consuelo Vanderbilt, was present
gowned in pale blue glace silk, with
white picture-hat loaded with white
feathers. The little party which sign
ed the register afterwards lunched
with the Curzons at their home in
Charlton House Terrace. Few daugh-
tiers of American mothers have start
ed out in life under the wing Of
royalty and with the eclat enjoyed by
this little scion of a Chicago mer-
chant.
Francisco the other day of the betro-
thai of Mr.. Charles w. Clark to
young lady of that city, is immediate
" followed by the astonishing news
that his father, Senator William A.
Clark of Montana, otherwise known
as The Copper King" was secretly
married in France a little more than
three years ago. Think of all the
caps that have since been set at
taken to attract his favorable atten-
ton by managing mammas with mar
rlageable daughters and widows and
Fplnsters of certain and uncertain
age! 1t is now stated in Washington
that the reason of the Senator's
secrecy on the subject was that his
groWn-up children, the daughters es-
peclally. were violently opposed to the
marriage. The young wife's health is
very frail,. however. and it is said to
be extremely doubtful if she ever
comes to the United States to reside.
The health of Lady Durand, wife
OF the British ambassador, has been
very poor since the arrival of the fam
lly at LennoX. By the advice of her
physician she remains indoors after
mghtfall, and so far has not been able
70 participate in any of the numerous
IIuHeTs ana evening festivities which
nave been the feature of Lennox life
since the first week of the opening of
lhe embassy. Something in the eli
mate of that popular resort does not
agree with Lady Durand, and it is
possible that the embassy will have to
oe moved to some other place.
count Frederick Hoyos, attache of
we Hungarian embassy, and
MAJ Won Etzel, military attache of the
German embassy, met with a serious
accident in Bar Harbor last week, in
consequence of which they have since
Teen spending the time in the Bar
hafhor hospital. They were riding
near the tea house when their horse
.ook fright and kicked the front part
their carriage into kindling wood
ana ended by throwing both the oc-
ttIpants violently to the ground. Count
Hoyos suffered a couple of fractured