The Washington times., 1906-06-17
AMERICANS OBJECT
TO COLORED SULTAN
Zanzibar POtentate Causes
Unpleasantness in London.
LEFT The DINING PARLoRS
Trouble Patched Up Later After Diff
ferences Of Customs Were
Explained.
LEFT The DINING PARLoRs

LONDON, June 15.-The young Sultan
Of Zanzibar. who is the blackest Of Do
tentates ever seen in London. is becom-
ing very familiar figure at all the res
taurants. and he IS seldom ever glanced
at now. except when he drives slowly
through Hyde Park on Sundays during
church parade and doffs his SILK hat TO
his many friends. The other night
there was very unpleasant scene at a
certain hotel much frequented by Amer
leans
The Sultan, who. by the way, was edu-
cst~i at Harrow, and is intensely Eng
iish in his Ideas, was being entertained
in the restaurant by an English business
nan who had asked a small party. in
cluding two or three ladies. TO meet the
dusky Sultan.
At the next table were two newly ar
rived Americans. who Immediately got
up on seeing the Sultan. and after max
ing a few Hl-chosen and loud remarks
moved away u another table. The
business man WIN was entertaining the
Sultan called the manager The manager
foolishly expostulSted with the Amer
leans. and the latter left the restaurant
altogether.
The Sultan beamed through the ordeal,
but a silence fell upon the party for the
rest of the evening. Later on the Eng
Iish host and the Americans met in the
hall and exchanged a few heated re-
marks, but still later on in the evening
when the Americans had had their din
ner elsewhere, the parties parted the
best Of friends. Differences in customs
were explained. and the Americans
asked TO shake hands with the Sultan.
An Amusing Correspondence.
A very amusing correspondence which
has passed between Lady Haversham.
a new peeress. formerly known as Lady
Hayter. a welI-known society woman
and lion hunter" and Mrs John Burns.
the wife of the Labor president OF the
local government board. is the talk Of
the political set just now.
John Burns has. Of course. been feted
a great deal, but it was only when Mrs.
Burns appeared at court for the first
time. looking very sweet in gray dress.
that his wife has attracted any atten-
ton at all Lady Haversham. who has
the idea Of becoming Liberal hostess
wrote a note 10 Mrs Burns to her
humble home II Battersea, as follows:
Dear Mrs Eurns: should be glad II
you could come 70 my at home You
viii excuse my not calling on you, but
find Batte-sea is such a long way from
GCOsvenor Square"
To which Mrs Burns promptly replied:
Lear Lazy EtdNeTSDarn- nave oeeu
studying the map and find that Gros-
venor Square is exactly the same dis
-anCe from BaItersea as Battersea IS
from GrOsvenor Square"
Popular Lady WaterIov.
The whole American colony has given
warm welcome 10 Lady Waterlow,
perhaps the most popular American in
London. All last winter Lady WaterIow
was in very bad health at her villa on
the Riviera. but she is now looking "a
diant and has returned wittier and more
vivaciOUs than ever.
One OF the first to welcome her at her
fine house in Chesham place was Prin-
cess Louise, Duchess Of Argyll, who was
followed day or two later BY the
Duchess Of Albany Lady WaterlOw IS
keenly interested in ''sIum work IN the
East End, and laSt-week the Duchess Of
Albany held a meeting at the WaterloW
mansion IN aid of the parish of Dent
ford. one OF the poorest in London.
The drawing rooms were filed with
flowers sent by various members OF the
American colony, and Lady Waterlouv
managed 10 swell the Deptford fund
considerably by making a cOaxing
speech