The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-01

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King with the difference due his
rank, yet preserving her characteristic
naturaltless and merrimcnt.
Beautiful Scene.
After this, the King passed around the
circle Of guests, Shaking hands with Senfh;
this brought him back % Mrs. Reid, g
whom he gave his arm, to take her.SiinS
to dinner. It was one OF the &prcttiest
sigh Is possible. sosone OF the guests toolHo
U.S. 10 see the long processlon,E Windlns
uupa& tho great marble stntrwny--Whlichsi is
tho widest Elm al ondon-betwe the
rows OF pink rose-trees which lined me
entire flight. 4 NJ
when the dininlg-hall, which 8was. s
tirrely decorated in orchids, was reached
ills Majesty escorted Mrs. Reid To- the
scat Of honor on his right, while the
Duke OF Marlborough, who took ssM rs.
|sIongworth In. conducted her 70 the seat
at Ii King s. left. which she TOOK q tne
special request of$His Majesty. Vein
our ignorance have been wondering Why
Mrs. wor was not given tho seat
q h at his right, and perhaps others
IA u~ncnlightened as we Were&uponM conrt
%etluuette viii b glad to have this ex-
%puianhtion, too. It seems that. since 4 -
was the American Embassy,, Or tne h r
OF the Ambassador, MIS- Was
really on American soil. In other words,
aha was at home and MI the English PED.
pla present were her guests. ms Rell. az
Mrs. Reds, in8a way. Therefore, Wh1les
INA seat at the Kings right was 4occu.
niad nv Mrs. Reid, as HIS hostess, the
sent at his left would. according to ell ell
quette, have gone TO the EIngh 81" !nn =
Of the highest rank present. and the
other seats would have followed 10 Eng
5lishwomen, n5sSorder OF rank, Il was only
$by special request. herefore,a hat Y ell!
ouuetts was waived, and Mrs. Lone worth
was placed at the King 9 left An
During the dinner, Ills Majesty ana
Mrs. Longworth chatted volubly, ana
more than once the King threw &DacS
his head and laughed heartily. He ex-
pressed himself afterward as having been
charmed with her. qnd thisapparently
was not merely a courteous speech, for
tho little sign which always the
fact that he Is 5bored-the dropping oil
his, heavy lids-when hls interest Is per-
functory, did not appear4once during the
evening, Indeed, while his carriage was
ordered for early3in tho e~yenlnE-since ne
rarely remains long after @ ~&dlnner--Tlt
was half--ppeast one8when he eft$Dorches-
ter House. Not only this. hut he broke
his usual custom OF remaining away from
the Informal supper following the con-
cort-which on that night wns8one which
would have filed the largest theater. In
Guiding, as It did. Eames. Caruso. kirby
fLunn 1ka#!G llibert-and went out to the
beautiful tiower-hung pavilion in tho gar
den, where he sat at the table Of honor.
again requesting that Mrs. LongWorth be
seated near HIM
The Great Reception.
The reception the next evening was,
Of course, less exclusive. but At really.
was moro brilliant. and we could not
help thinking OF the old lines:
There was a a sound 81 revolry by
night" and all the 3g
Capital had gathered there
It's beauty and Its chlvalry.5'
There were about n thousand guests,
OF the nobility of 5Englnnd,T55and I really
believe that outside OF the Embassy IT
self, We were about the only ones with
out titles! Yet we were Just loyal enough
to feel, way inaide.Athat we had o inner
possession than anySsof their titles, ana
that was az return ticket to America ~
the l fall, They are beautiful Y, evening
d~ress-these NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.; anu
all the naughty things a had said about
Their bury dressing,%I was Enthusiastically
forced to 3retract.$ EOur&Amerlcan sWO amen
In street or afternoon dress, arc far and
away better-dressed than the English wo-
men, but In evening dress they certainly
more than mako good" They have 9
|sET0Co CLM EdGTldkS aAIlO W lawn III atlS 80
which is a. sheer delight to behold, And
really, their l!nes-from the daintly
co!lrured head to the tail OF the long
shIimmering train-are faultless, ! spoke
before of the way the English girls hcld
their chins, but 1t Impressed me again
that night as being peculiarly Character
$istic. & The American girl has a. little
trick OF poklng her ohm out q slhlt,, In 2
|4tantalizing way, which Is wonderfully
nretfy nut the English girl draws her
small chin down until It nearly touches
her throat, and then looks UP In o. little
shy way which Is quite as pretty. out8of
her appealing eyes,
Nearly. every man present was deco
rated tn some way. Either he Wore his
insignia across his si.Urt-front, on his
lapel, or suspended from q narrow red
ribbon around his neck-or all three. IT
made n very brilliant effect, In contrast
with the shtmmerlng gowns and magnify
cent diamonds OF tho women,
Mrs. Held stood at the head of the
great stairway to receive her guests, Shs
Is Just nsi charming as can he,sfor She
has, even on such n formal occasion as
this, a simple warmth and sincerity IT
manner which makes peopleafee really
welcome. All OF a sudden. even In so!
stately a mansion, you feel drawn into
friendly honehkeness, She was very
attractive IN her beautiful satin lowered
BRIGADE, with many and very beautiful
diamonds, Next her stood Mrs. Long,
worth, meeting all London with a sweet
composure and possibly a little nav dig
nifty. Her hair was dressed very high, I'M
a soft mass OF puffs and anrls, and ghola-
Ing u diamond tiara, lier gown was
yellow satin, cut very low, and with q
long court train, Around her neck We're
two necklaeess--one q broad band lof three
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