The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-06-25
MOBILES TO GATHER
At CATHOLIC
FESTIVAL
ENGLISH CATHOLIC WORLD WILL
BE PRESENT AT GORGEOUS
CHARITY BANQUET.
OLD BATH IS POPULAR
Lady Warwck's Latest Socialist Party
Proves a Distinct Non-success---
Rude Remarks About Beer
bohn1 Tree.

London, June 24.-All the English
Roman Catholic world will be present
at the gorgeous charity banquet to be
given on June ~ at Princes restaur.
ant, Piccadily, to celebrate the jubi-
lee fthe Hospital OF st. John and
Elizabeth. the great Roman Catholic
Hospital in London.
The Duke of Norfolk as head of the
Igreatest and oldest Roman Catholic
family in the country, will preside.
and all the Towards and Talbots will
foregather. The Warehouses of An
glesey the widow of the late eccentric
peer, has taken table and SO has
the Dowager Duchess of Newcastle.
There are only few American Ro-
man Catholics of wealth now in Lon
don, but Mrs John Mackay,, who Is
unable to dine, has sent the Duke of
| Norfolk a splendid donation, and Miss
the dinner The Duke and Duchess of
Norfolk have, by the way. come out
ftheir shells very much lately.
In addition to their town entertain
ments, they gave tn oh estrayd56
ments they gave the other day at
Arundel Castle, their historic seat in
Sussex, superb entertainment which
is still the talk of the county Of Sus
sex.
When the Duchess, who is very ex
elusive, does anything in the way OF
entertaining. she does it in regal
way, which can only be compared to
feudal times. and no hostess OF today
can hope to initiate her.
1t Is noe generally known that Mr..
Beerbohm Tree, the actor-manager,
was inundated with insulting letters
and post cards from lovers of Thack.
cray when he dared to announce that
he was going to play. Colonel New
come"
The Colonel is the very perfection
In many peoples estimation of the per
feet British gentleman, and the char
acter wears halo of sentiment Mr.
Tree has a slight German accent and
Is sometimes given to exaggeration
on the stage, but his conception of the
"Coloneli in Thackeray,s famous nov
ell, The Newcomes," and his magni, |
ficdut restraint have absolutely ST. |
fenced all his detractors.
Some OF the newspaper critics made |
very rude remarks about Mr.. Trees |
daring to play such beloved charac- |
ter, but they have since paid him a |
great tribute. 1t Is certain that Mr. |
Tree has never attempted anything so
before. nor has he ever sur
prised even his warmest admirers so
much.
1t will much surprise everyone If
MI Frohman does not make strenu.
Gus efforts to get Mr.. Tree to appear
in New York
The quaint old town of Bath, which
was the very center of fashion in the
days of the Georges, is growing ,ex.
fremely popular with Americans and
IS ousting Warwick in their affections.
Boston people especially find much FOL
interest them nthe famous old Pump
Rooms, and the houses in which the
,eaux and bellies of those extravagant
lays lived and dictated the fashions.
The other day. for instance, were to
,e seen wandering about the town
Mr. and Mrs. G. N. Crocker. Mr. and
Mrs. Sidney Hosmur. Mr. and Mrs
4lyod Garrison, and NJ. r. II. Stems,
IT.. all Of Boston There were too.
number of well.known Americans
rom Baltimore, some OF whom were
rankly looking mp ancestors. II