The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-24
MRS. LONGWORTTIs AND AMBASSADOR REID At
III #ss65 5fLEs$5iSlW WATERLOO STATION.

the little tender which came alongside
to take passengers to p lynorth was seen
4 to be crowded til people who had come
sdownAwith the expectatonEof seeing tho
American Princess as Engl land Is still
calling her. It. was laughable to- see
them all stralnlng their eyes up at the
great steamer, searching for their Alne1!-
can guests, while all the time Mr.. and
Mrs Long hatless and leaning care-
lessly over the rail, looked down at them
unrecognized y. The tribute paid to them
everywhere Is very pretty, and the
B hearty spirit of welcome was Write over
every English face Ho passed as we came
into port ut Southampton Tho moment
tho gang-plank was slipped across, a
little party Of English people came on
board, and made their wa W. to Mr., and
Mrs. Longworth. The Mayor &of South
ampton, q sandy lttleEmnn, with g pleas
ant, pompous manner, made made g little
speech, full OF such very sentimental
phrases, such congratulations and such
compliments that poor Mr.. Long%orth
Swriggled uncomfortably at the brlde-and-
groom flavor OF the remarks, and Mrs.
lLongworth suppressed astwitohing at the
corners Of her mouth, We thought she
looked very slim and simple and pretty,
2 In her light checked ta.iored gown and
big black hat, especially among the group
OF English women, who were arrayed I'm
gowns OF the most elaborate colors and
set off by q white feather boa, Indeed,
the whole OF London seems to have
gone mad on the subject OF the white
feather boa They are simply onani-
present, and as universally worn as were
the long black glace gloves In America
this spring. High and low, rich and
poor, al womanklnd sports the white
feather boa. The I1ast-End girls display
long stringy, pathetic affairs, with a
limp feather every inch or two; the Park
Lane aristocrat seems Hurled In a fluffy
mass OF down, but they all do It., every
one--and even we are beginning to feel
that to be In Lon4on without white
feather boa is to be without the pale
OF bare responsibility. All over again
ono Is impressed with the confusion OF
the English woman's dress. u In her cheap
er guise she is tawdy and oddlylput TO-
gether, like q patchwork quit; if she Is
rich, she Is q sumptuous muss, q beauli-
full chaos, This was especially notice.
able when the train from Southampton
drew In at the Waterloo Station In I4on-
don. The whole place seemed full OF
rolls OF lace. pillows OF chiffon, rivers
Z OF feather boas, but out of t.tese showed
the delicate faces OF these pink and
white Englshwonlen, whom at least
shall spend the rest Of my life enyylng,
The Royal Carriage.
The royal carriage VIII .,ad been sent
TO Southampton to lneet Mr., and Mrs
Longworth-that IL, the royal railway
carrage-dffered from the other compart-
ments only In its inner finishing, y was
furnished In old gold satin, boosted a
little center table, loose chairs and other
comforts. A great bouquet OF lilies Of
the valley stood on the little table. and
several Of the Southampton party escorted
up to Lndon. the Mayor and "Mayoress.n
ns she IS seriously csiled. and the United
States Consul, Mr., Swain, being among
them.
The meeting between the Ambassador
and Mrs. Reid and Mr.. and Mrs. Long
worth was very pretty. Mrs. Reid is very
handsome. with her bright gray hair and
her graceful carriage, and Miss Reid Is
extraordinarily pre.ty:-Yery slender and