The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-14
MOTORISTS MUST STOP ''TOOT, FOOT" Astor Objects to Vulgar Noise of the Motor Horn LONDON TOWN GOES MAD "Limerckg Craze Takes Town by Storm, But Bug" May Get
 Desc of Governmental
 Poison.
LONDON TOWN GOES MAD
BY PAUL LAMBERT.

1907, by w. R. Hearst
 London, July 13.-Mr. William Waldorf
 Astor, the feudal lord of Hever Castle,
 as he is called, has lately issued another proclamation, warning all motorists off
 the Tudor village which he has built
 around the castle. The vulgar 'toot- l toot" of a motor horn in such mediaeval
 surroundings is more than MT Astor can
 bear, but of course he cannot prevent
 his weekend guests from footing as they i approach the castle Those who have
 stayed at Hever lately go into ecstacies
 over the place. but they complain that
 the parties are a little stiff and dull, and
 exactly what they would expect from l Bluff King Hal@ of the Tudor days.
 Captain and Mrs. spender Clay, who
 will eventually succeed to this delight l full estate, have been down two week
 ends in succession. At Cliveden, ill
 marked contrast, young Mir. W. Astor ] and his wife have been entertaing par
 ties of over twenty lively young people, In
 spite of the approaching interesting
 event. which will mean so much to the
 Astor family.
 London has gone mad over the "Lim.
 erick craze, and many society women 1 spend their time trying to find a witty 1 fourth line to verses beginning There i was a young woman of Fleet" or some
 other place which rhymes easily.
 The craze. however, will be short lived i Several weekly papers have increased
 their circulate amazingly by giving large
 prizes for the best "Limericks," but it IS
 now whispered in the lobby of the house l of commons that the government, who
 are equally crazy on anti-gamblng tac- 1 tics,' have resolved to prosecute each of
 the weekly papers in turn under the 1 lottery act.
 It will be remembered that the miss l ing word' competitions received their ] death blow some time ago in the same 1 way.
 The friends of the Duke and Duchess
 of Marlborough have now given up all hope of a reconciliat tion between the couple.
 The Duke realizes that the sympa thy of society has now completely veered i around in favor of the Duchess, who has
 made a point of appearing and being seen
 everywhere. at the opera, at the big 1 dances and the receptions. He has ad- | dressed no fewer than five letters to his | wife, entreating her to take him back
 and start life afresh; but the Duchess,
 guided by her relatives and friends, has
 firmly refused the offer every time l The Duchess's greatest triumph, per- l haps, is the attitude of her mother-in- law. the Marchioness of Blandford who has also made a point of being seen in public places with her daughterin-law. The Duke made the Hotel Ritz which l3 only a stones throw from Sunderland House. the doors of which are barred against him. his headquarters whenever
 he is in town. and he has more than once passed the Duchess driving in the street.
 The royal valets and the royal house.
 maids at Windsor Castle breathed great sigh of relief when His Majesty of Siam departed. It was bad enough for them having to climb so many starcases with out being compelled to answer sum mons at the early hour of a. m. Ths King of Siam insisted on having the
 highest attic at the castle, so as to be
 nearer heaven than any one else, and, un- fortunately for the staff. there is no ele- vator in that part of the castle chosen
 for the monarch.
 His Majesty rose each day at a. m. and called for something to amuse him.
 such as toy he had seen the night be- fore, went to bed again and rose again an hour later with another strange re- quest and so on.
 For the first two days the royal house.
 maids kept on bringing up his hot water, leaving it outside the Siamese apartment
 until it got cold, when they would take up more.
 This process was repeated until it
 dawned or the royal servants that His
 Samese Majesty summed water He carefully anointed himself every day with a perfumed cream which no doubt was quite as cleansing.
 Another trying habit of his Siamese Majesty was that of shaking hands for ever five minutes with the Kings equer- ries This he regarded as the last word
 in western politeness. He was nicknamed
 50 long, by the royal servants Miss Gladys Grace. one of the prettiest Anglo American debutantes of the season, is having the time of her life. The big ball given for her bv her mother. Mrs. M P Grace. in Belgrave Square. was certainly one of the best managed and
 smartest affairs yet given, and the other
 day Miss Grace. chaperoned by her sis ter the Countess of Donoughmore. was invited to the Oxford commemmoration week. where she was made much of by l the undergraduates. more especially her
 two young hosts. Sir Walter Hely-Hutch- nsin. son of the late governor of Cape
 
 and heir of Lord Saltoun.
 l She is also likely to have a gay wni- l fer. as her brother-in-law. Mir. Jay Phipps | his brother Harold. and one or two other young American snortsmen will make
 happy hunting family.
 l The British editors who visited Ger l many were the only persons who felt l sire that the feast'ng and sneechma kin.; 1 10 which they iovfuly submitted were a l sort of prelude to some event of inter
 national importance in the near future. 1 The event Is the acceptance by tho 1 Kaiser of King Edwards invitation 10 1 pay him visit at Windsor Castle in No- yember.
 As a matter of fact the visit was all | arranged very nicely before the British l editors left London. but it was kent a tremendous secret at court The King l has again. shown his wonderful tact and diplomacy. He waited until the London
 napers began to say nice things about l Germany and then he allowed the secret 1 to leak out.
 The Kaiser who will be accompan nied 1 hy the Kaisern, will so arrange his state
 visit as to pass through London the das-
 before the ISing's ''real" birthday. No- i verober Q which they will spend at Wind l sor. Somewhere about the end of October
 the Kaiser may be expected to say or
 do something which will insure him q
 fairly hearty reception in London. l