The Washington times., 1906-05-30
.ANGLO-ANER|CANS
AWAIT LONGWORTHS
Lavish Entertainment For
Couple in London.
HOSTESSES ON QUI vlVE
Every One viii Keep Open House for
Presidents Daughter and
Son-in-Law.

LONDON. May SO.-Nearly every
American hostess OF note is Lying in
wait" for .Irs. Nicholas Longworth,
who is expected to reach Dorchester
House, the American ambassador $
house, IN Park Lane. on June g.
1t Is now definitely decided that Mr..
and Mrs. Lonoworth will be received
not only by the King in private aud
ience. but by the Queen, who has all
along taken an immense interest in the
young couple.
Among the comparatively new Amer
lean hostesses who will entertain this
season are Mrs. Francis j. Leggett. Of
New York. and Mrs. Charles Wheeler,
of Philadelphia.
Mrs. Leggett has the same house
which she took last year in Bruton
street. and intends giving cotnIon later
on. Mrs. Wheeler has not quite decided
-on house but II Will be somewhere in
Mayfair. Her daughter is married TO
Count Pappenheim and lives in the Isle
Of Wight. Mrs Wheeler intends 10 have
her daughter with her most Of the time.
King Death Rumor.
The real facts about the recent scare
caused by the rumor that King Edward
had died suddenly In Paris. have only
Just Ie&--ed out Many persons, OF
sourse, jumped 70 the conclusion that
the rumor was spread by people inter
ested in sending the prices OF govern
ment stock down on the stock exchange.
but the actual facts are as follows:
A business man named Joseph King.
who is fairly well known in Paris and
London business circles, dropped dead
IN the French capital from heart fail
ure. His friends at once wired his
agents in London the words. king died
suddenly this afternoon The lady
clerk who opened the telegram AZ once
told every one in the office that the
King was dead
The rumOr spread In an incredibly
short time throughout the business
quarter and the next morning there was
almost a panic in the newspaper offices
and distinct slump on the exchange.
These facts were gathered at the earn
est request of the King himself. who
was very much disturbed about the mat
ter. and insisted on knowing how the
report had arisen.
Remembered False Curls.
There was an amusing scene at the
opera house. Convent Garden. the other
day during one Of the early Wagnerian
performances. which begin at O'Clock
and end at Il OF later The majority of
people do not know what 10 wear on
these sacred occasions and the result
is chaos.
Mrs. George CornwaIIls Nest for
merly Lady Randolph CT in chill, nee
Jerome) was quite decided about the
matter. She strolled into the stalls wear
ing en- enormous hat covered with feath-
ers and perched at the fashionable angle
OF forty-iive degrees. At the back or
the hat. and attached TO il. was a
bunch of false curls 10 match her dark
haiT-also the latest fashion.
For a lohS time sons enthusiastic
Wagnerian ladies in the row behind,
who had come without hats in high
biouses. tried 10 Se patient. but at
length they broke out into hostile dem
CnstratiOn AMI called upon AIRS West
in one loud voice TO remove her head
gear.
For long time Mrs West preserved
a dignihed calm but at length she. TOO.
lost patience and turning round. icily
remarked: When the lights go out I
may possibly oblige you. but not be
fore" She had remembered the bunch
OF curls. But she took OF her hat in
the dark part
Dunrsven's Bad Luck.
The Earl of Dunraven. whose efforts
10 win the Americas Cup New Workers
will not soon forget. has sustained one
blew after the other OF late.
The deaths OF his two daughters were
a great SORROW TO him. Fortunately. his
surviving daughter, Lady Eileen Wynd
ham-Quin. is so devoted 10 her parents
that she positively refuses to think OF
marriage
Lord Dunraven's latest blow is very
large pecuniary loss. He invested a for
tune in an American printing concern.
which came 10 grief. and this loss has
seriously crippled his capital.
He has always lived in great state, is
an excellent and lavish landlord and has
no fewer than three large eststes-one
Adare Manor in Ireland. another IN
Wales. and the third near London.
On the first named he has spent vast
sums Of money and has even latel-- en-
pleyed a famous landscape gardener and
architect 10 further besutify IT, In Ire
land II is freely stated that the heir.
who is a nephew, will succeed TO very
much decreased property.
The "Teck Frown"
Notwithstanding the immense fuss
made over the Prince Of Wales return
from his historic Indian tour the recep-
ton accorded 10 his royal highness can
only be described as lukewarm Some
how, TIE man in the street does not
take to either the prince or princess,
and yet the members of his household
are devoted 10 both OF them. They say
that both he and the princess are the
kindest and most considerate couple.
Unfortunately they are both distinctly
shy and the princess has what is known
as the 'Teck frown." which is only a
formS tion of the eyebrows peculiar to
her family
The princes health is IN no way bene-
hted by his tour. Although brown and
apparently healthy he is not nearly so
robust as his father. He constantly
takes stimula ting drugs. especially when
he has 10 make d speech, and. although
not consumptiVe. he is very much
frsofr III H.