The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-06-30
KING EDWARD ID
 VISIT IRELAND Feels That His Presence Will Soothe the People SOME AMUSING GOSSIP Stocks of Wedding Presents Are Laid in at the Beginning of Each Year by Impoverished English
 Aristocracy.
SOME AMUSING GOSSIP
BY PAUL LAMBETH.

speical Cable to Tine Age-Herald from
 the Hearst News Service. Copyright,
 1907 by W. R. Hearst.
 London June 29-The King is going to
 Ireland from strict sense of duty be-
 cause he feels that his presence may
 soothe the present irritated feeling of
 the Irish people who are in far more
 dangerous mood at present than any one
 in this country dreams about.
 The King is anxious. too, to give some , encouragement to the Dublin exhibition
 which is being sadly neglected by English | tourists. It is well known in court cir ! cles, however, that Queen Alexandria Is | dreading the short visit and the King ] was forced to put his foot down firmly f when Her Majesty pleaded to be left be- : hind.
 l The Queen is so accustomed to tremend- I ous receptions in the streets of London : that she dreads being received codly by the citizens of Dublin. On one point the | Queen was as firm as the King she in sisted on sleeping aboard the royal yacht on each night of the visit and in this matter the King gave way. At the races both the King and Queen are assured of a splendid welcome as the Irish love a good sportsman, whether he be King of England or any one else.
 The amazing marriage of Mrs McVickar to Mr. H. Patrick Tappe, who is young enough to be her son, has had a rather remarkable sequel.
 MT. and Mrs. Tappe, although very lit- tie blessed with this worlds goods, have been honeymooning at the Ritz hotel as a sort of last fling but a few weeks hence they sail for New York, where they will jointly set up a hat and millinery shop. | Mrs Tappe was one of the Jaffrays of New York and is a sister of Mrs. Poult- ney Bigelow.
 The entire Jaffray family were shocked at the marriage and certain busybodies declare that MT Tappe has been in the millinery business for the past six years in Paris and elsewhere and knows the business "backwards.'
 Anyhow, the Tapes have laid in an enormous stock of the iatest creations from Paris with which to adorn their New York shop and in spite of the Jaf- fray protestations they are likely to do we'll
 Miss Jean Reid who enjoyed herself immensely when she first came to London, does not now attempt to conct,l the fact that she is terribly bored and tired with the perpetual entertainments given by her father and mother at Dorchester house.
 She now goes for long walks in the park in the morning to try and escape from the social whirl but in the afternoon her mother always insists on her being present to receive the countless callers, who come and stay until they have almost to be turned out.
 Miss Reid told one of her girl friends recently that she was now acquainted intimately with every article of jewelry worn by every Duchess in England, and that she pined to go away into the coun- try and rest.
 The ambassador and Mrs. Reid have, contrary to expectations, decided not to give another ball this season, but they will give many more dinner parties.
 There is much amusing gossip in the clubs just now about the cotllon given by MT. and Mrs. Sigismund Neumann at their huge house next to Lord Roths- child's in Piccadlly. MT. Neumann's brother the South African mining mag nate, made his entry into society by talk ing Invercauld, the house next to Bal moral, in Queen Victoria's last years.
 The Queen, of course, called on the Neu. manns and took fancy to Mrs Neu- mann. Mrs. Sgsmund Is not, however, so well known, so she arranged for Mrs. Hwfa Williams. who jumped at the chance, and Lady Paget to give a cotil | lon. These enterprising ladies sent out all the invitations to their smart women friends ana clupmel, ana the party was great success.
 Unfortunately, very few guests knew 1 Mrs Neumann, even by sight, and the l majority imagined that Mrs Williams , had hired somebody elses house and that she and Lady Paget were joint host esses. The result was that Mrs. Neumann was put entirely in the background, but | she provided gorgeous cotillon favors. Mrs. Williams, however, enjoyed herself thoroughly and is laying in a new stock | of gowns.