Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-04
LONDON SEASON
IN FULL SWING
CHARITY BAzAARs ATTENDED
- BY THE ELITE
ARTISTS MAKE GREAT HITS
Westminster Hospital Entertainment
Dazzles Society with erIIIIsnoy
and Variety Of Historic Co.'S
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LONDON, June S.-The London sea-
son may now be said to be in full
swing, dinner parties and dances fol-
lowing hard upon and chasing with
one another so that would-be hostesses
are at their wits end to find exclusive
dates.
This week. what with so many
parties and two big bazaars, one In
aid of the Westminster hospital, opened
by the duchess of Connaught. and the
other for home arts and industries.
opened by the Princess Henry OF
Battenberg, has been a very busy one,
indeed. ,.,
The Westminster hospital bazaa r
made an exceedingly beautiful spec
tacle. All the stalls were decorated
alike, in green and white, while the
stall holders were dressed to represent
the costumes worn during the various
reigns of English monarchs.
Lady, Liangattock wore, the quaint
costumeand high headdress of the time
OF Henry w Lady Horatio Erskine
ana Lady Knutsford wore black satin
dresses sashed with pale blue satin
and big, cavalier hats with waving os-
trich feathers of the time of Charles L.
Mrs. Asquith and Lady 'Sassoon were
beautifully dressed according to the
reign of Queen Anne, with stiff, out
standing brocade skirts and quantities
of gold embroidery and high golden
ornaments in their ringleted hair.
The duchess of Somerset. ii mauve
taffetas, had the duchess of West
minister helping her, wearing lovely
pearl gray satin dress embroidered In
China blue and a big white hat with
sweeping paradise plumes.
Duchess of Sutherland
lovely in blue taffeta, with vivid or
ange colored sash and black hat. Her
helpers included Lady Harmsworth. in
white chiffon, with a little coat Of green
taffeta and feathered hat. The duch-
ess of Roxburghe, in vieux rose cloth,
with huge ostrich feather in her black
hat and white bow. was accompanied
by Lady Evelyn Innes-Ker, in blue,
with a little cloth cape over the shoul-
ders
Support home industries" please
contribute to poor artist for the hos
tfal IL fyn mi, rfa ~
such were the legends posted above the
head of an old salt in corduroys and
Jersey, who, with bandaged limbs and
medal on his breast. squatted on the
pavement in front Of the flower kiosk
in Deans yard, busy with his marine
sketches.
When the duke and duchess of Con-
naught and their daughters made the
round iof, the bazaar the duke stood
laughing heartily and remarked that
1t was an excellent joke, while Prin-
cess, Margaret and Princess Patricia,
both good amateur artists, watched sea
and sky and the black hull of a man
o'-war grow into vivid reality under
the able fingers of the yachtsman ar
tist
Later when the sketches were put
up at auction they commanded high
prices, for the pavement artist, whose
dark eyes twinkled merrily beneath his
gray hair as he looked up from his
work, was no other than England's
most distinguished marine painter, w.
L.. Wyllie, A.. r. A., whose pictures,
hung on the line at Burlington house,
always attract crowds of admirers.
Mr.. Wyllie, who is at home on any
thing that sails the sea and has taken
part In many an exciting ocean race.
was aided and abetted by, another
sturdy beggar, f. C. Bliss, who, sup
porting an obviously sound limb on a.
wooden leg, passed round his hat, or
rather hats. for there were two one for
gold and another for silver, which
jingled merrily as the crowds gathered
to enjoy the. pictorial joke.
First to contribute to the contents of
the gold hat was the duke of Con-
naught. who threw in by proxy two
half soyereigns. an example which re-
suited in quite a tidy sum for the
struggling artist and his aceomplice.
'All real ,uns." remarked the accom-
plice ais he stumped or to consult a
specialist about his wooden leg. for both
declared laughingly they were working
hard to get into the hospital, Prince
Gustav Adolf OF Sweden Joined his
fiancee and his future father-in-law in