The Saint Paul globe., 1905-04-30
ENTfRTA|NS THE GERMAN ROYAL TIES
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Society Receivers and Functions
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party. Speaking concerning party poll
icy and Mr.. Chamberlain's position he
said:
do not throw away our great In
heritance for the passing rhetoric of
the least consistent of living politi-
Clans"
The earl of Pembroke who owns ex-
tensive property in and around Dublin.
house, Mount Merrion, in County
Wicklow, in the future. For many
years past the place has been let on
lease, but Lord Pembroke has refused
to relet it, and will henceforth go
there after the London season.
Since inheriting the Hatfield estates
the present Lord Salisbury has made ii
his business to visit every one of the
tenants, and when the other day he
reached an isolated cottage occupied
solely by an aged widow, he introduced
himself. The old woman at once asked
him If he had come for the weeks
rent saying that the last week was the
first time during twenty years
that she had not been able to pay il,
and she implored his lordship not to
be too hard on her. At last the mar
quis managed to tell her that he had
that she paid shiihngs rent each
week gave her some money. telling
her not to worry. Several days later
the widow received notice from the
estate offices saying that her rent had
been reduced to l shilling a week for
the remainder of her lifetime.
A replica of Sir John Watson's Cor
don's famous picture of the marquis of
Dalhousie, the well known governor
general of India, has just been painted
by Mr.. Sephton for the India office.
Up to the present time his only memo
rials in the department are the statue
in the principal facade of the building
and a lithograph portrait in the po-
litical secretary's room. The new can
vas will probably be placed in. the
council chamber which contains a
splendid collection of portraits includ-
ing those of Warren Hastings, by an
unknown artist; the Marquis Wellesley,
the marquis of CORVALLIS, the painter
OF which is also unknown, and others.
The 300th anniversary of the death
of John Stow the chronicler, one or
the most famous of London's citizens,
remembered gratefully for his Survey
of London and Westminster" and other
antiquarian works Is being observed
HSTS. 1t WIS llS anu
devotion to his object which enabled
Stow to bring together accounts of the
remote government, early institutions
and landmarks of the two cities. In
his S0tb year, poor and neglected, he
received the ambiguous consolation of
letters patent from King James l au-
thorizing him to collect among our
loving subjects their voluntary con-
tributions and kind gratuities." Among
sundry errors of statement charged
against Stow is one that Pater Noster
row, So-called because of the stationers,
or text writer's who dwelt there, where
as it was called Pater Noster lane Is
early as 1901 and bore reference to the
trade Of ''pater nosters," or prayer
beads.
Social London is taking considerable
interest in the Royal school of art nee
die work Princess Christian herself
is heading the movement and has ap-
pointed Monday, Tuesday and Wednes-
day. June. 5, 6 and for the summer
exhibition.
The duchess of Roxburghe. whose
preference for turquoise is we'll known.
has just had a tiara made of the new
and fashionable design, which has en-
tirely ouSted the conventional pointed
tiara OF several seasons ago. Turquoise
of varying size and precisely matched
swing at intervals among wreaths Of
diamonds, and the whole diaden is
made so as to add to the height with
out an unduly heavy appearance. The
color of the stones perfectly matches
the hue of those in the duchess mas
sive ornament which she wears in the
corsage, and which is composed en-
tirely of turquoises.
The Empress Eugene has again
postponed the fitting out of her yacht
Thistle, and she does not now contem-
plate using the boat before Cowes
week.
The earl of Rosebery's yacht Zaida
has gone to Gibraltar, where Lord
Rosebery will use her for short cruises
in the Mediterranean during his stay
al his villa at Posilpo.
The earl and countess of Mimic. Lady
Eileen Elliott and other members of the
family spent Easter at Mimic. There
has been no meet at Minto for a con-
siderable time, but the duke of Buc-
cleuch's fox hounds are sure to meet
there several times during the season.
There is always a great deal OF sport
on the occasions, but kill is diff
cult because the fox almost invariably
finds refuge in the crags.