The San Francisco call., 1906-07-06

LONDON, June 23.-Society is great
ly excited over the arrival of Miss
Harriet DAILY, an American heiress, who
is reputed to be worth S35,000,00O.
which is amply sufficient to give her
the pick of all the matrimonially un-
incumbered noblemen in the realm She
is a daughter of Marcus Daily, the
Copper King" and is to go about un-
der the wing of Mrs. Almeric Paget.
She was to have made her first off
cial" appearance at the party that lady
had arranged for Mr.. and Mrs. Long
worth, but which had to be abandoned
owing to the sudden indisposition of
the hostess. Miss Daily is a good deal
of a Bohemian, and when in Paris
much preferred lunching and dining in
cafes in the Latin Quarter instead of
at the Ritz or the Bristol. She was,
1t is said, hurried out of the gay and
giddy city because her friends feared
she would marry a penniless artist.
According to another version of the
story, the painter, while protesting the
most ardent affection for the heiresS,
declared that he had no intention of
marrying her until he had won his
laurels, and she, on her part, has de-
clared her intention of waiting for
him, even If that means not marrying
for twenty years. But this does not
prevent aristocratic danes with un-
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attention. Already she has found it
necessary to employ a secretary to an
swer the invitations which pour in
upon her by every post
Another American who is causing a
sensation is the beautiful Mrs. Law.
She is the richest widow (after Lady
Naylor-Leyland) just now in London,
having an income, it is said, of over
S250,000. She has been received by the
Il n q nd Onaan b7S had fho urfUi-
lege of an invitation to Sandringham
for a weekend, a fact which proves
great intimacy, as 1t is only special
friends who are ever asked to stay at
Norfolk with the King and Queen. 1
hear her late husband was so devoted
to her that he made her promise. even
In the event of her remarriage. she
would arrange that she should be
buried beside him, and 1t was on this
condition he left her his immense for
tune The suggestion is rather grew
some, but probably was worth the
$250.000 a year which he left her for
the promise
Although we have not been struck
"all of heap" by Mrs. Longworth's s
frocks or her jewels, her manners
have been all that could be desired. In
the following incident she has shown
herself peculiarly tactful and kind
hearted. While at Wrest Park with
the Whitelaw Reids there were vari-
Gus dinner parties. One night the
vicar and his wife and the curate and
his wife from an adjoining parish were
among those invited. As Mrs. Long
worth was entering the drawing
room, dressed in all the glory of pale
yellow satin and diamonds before din
ner, she saw in front of her quaint
little figure in rusty black gown
trimmed with washed lace, with the
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wives usually have in England. She
was not young nor was she prepos-
sessing. Both women arrived at the
door simultaneously but the curate's
wife-as she proved to be-stood back
to allow the tall, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
ing daughter of the President to pass
in front of her. "Oh, please, no. said
Mrs. Longworth, Interpreting the ac-
tion. Whether with fright or awe the
curate's wife stood stock still. We'll,
we will compromise matters" said the
American and taking the other by the
arm, they walked into the room to-
gether and talked until dinner was
announced.
The finest club in Europe, as the
House of Commons used to be called,
has developed into washhouse! The
story is vouched for that on entering
one of the dressing-rooms sacred to
members recently Mr.. Chamberlain
was confronted by the spectacle of
lone of the Labor members washing his
shirt, while hanging on an improvised
clothes line-a cord fastened from
window to window by screw in
either shutter-were other shirts,
socks and sundry articles of apparel
being dried The right honorable
member stood in amazement and de-
manded If he had made some mistake.
Nothing abashed, the occupant of the
apartment explained he did not think
so. But this being a dressing room
which was rarely used he thought
there was no harm In utilizing 1t for
| "rinsing out a few things" 1t seems
there is no law to put stop to