The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-12-22
GOSSIP OF L ONDON TOWN
Especial Gable to tho Central News and The
N TImns. Dsphtcll.l
BY the Countess Of Blankshitc.

lSpecial Gable to tho Central News and The
Timns- Disphtchi1
LONDON. December 2t.--Occaslon-
ally that ultrn-Radical publications,
"Rcytiolds's Newspaper, publishes perth
nent, or, ono might say, iinpcrtincnt,
paragraphs, which must amuso Amcrl-
cans. ReynoIds's IL largely famous for
insisting on referring to- Victoria the
Good during her reign ms Mrs. Victim
Cher family nance, and to King Ed
ward ms mr.. Albert Victim,
In the paragraphs speak or an
English flurkey Is supposedsto to he talk
Ing to another flunkey. They are as
follows:
Nov. John Jcnincs," asked Mulvany's
man, us that there young Prince
Francis OF Teck pro- Boer and Lit
Gle Englahdcr?" "Caitiff," says !, ''be-
ware how you speak OF noble royalty"
"Bnt don't you see, John Je1mes." goes
on the fellow, that he says 1t is quite
ridiciilois to even think that he's go-
Ing to marry that rich American lady?
! ask you, John Jeames. rs man to man.
n this is adding OF his duty to Old
England, the battle Dnd thc breeze.
and Rule Britannia? What does Provi-
dcnce allow them Yankees to make
money for? Why of course, that their
daughters may hand 1t over to the
blue-blooded English aristocracy what
amt got oof Themselves. All Provi-l
dence asks that arlstocracy to say, as
1t pockets the golden COLLINS, is that
its 1ove-match."
] see in number OF the ha'penny
paper that "a number of sctons OF
noble English houses are to visit
America this Christmas" Here is a
chance for all the American women
who have chcck-book to become, so
20 speak, n scioness--that 10. if the
balance is large enough. When read
this thought this was very noble on
the part OF the sclons.
or course. when two or three of the
richest -of the American girls had the
impudence to marry dirty foreigners,
they thought OF holding mass meet
Ing IN Hyde Park and to call on old
England to lombard New York. But"
says little Claudey Montmorency. "let
us first turn the other cheek to the
smiter. Let us go EN- at Christmas,
carry certificates with us to show that
we are Tariff Reformers and belong
TO the Primrose League, and thus mix
In the best society"
The impetuous methods OF His Mai
esty Alphonso of Spain were In evil
dence in Bond Street London, tho
other day. Darling out of shop in
his own impulsive fashion, he came in
violent collision with one of the best
known of the younger SCHOOL of British
composers. or course, a gracious apol-
ogy followed. and was smilngly ac-
cepted. but. although there were many
people about. 1t was curious to note
how few of them appeared to be aware
of the identity OF the high colliding
parties.
1t is not generally known that Mr..
Arthur Balfour caught the rather se-
we're cold from which he has been suf-
fering while at the great dance given
by the Duke of Portland. Mr.. Balfour
Is not much OF dancing man as a rule,
but on this occasion he quits let him
self go. Lady Cynthia Needham. one
OF the prettiest girls present, WAS his
partner on several occasions The I'M
foreground ballroom was uncomfort-
ably hot. however, and while sitting
out" in much lower temperature Mr..
Balfour caught the chill which has
since laid him up.
The keenest rivalry exists among
society iiostesses anxious to lionize
Tetrazzini.. Some of them have re-
sorted to extraordinary expcdients with
the object OF attempting to secure the
presence OF the nightingale" of the
opera at their "at homes" but the IA
nous singer is extremely careful as
TO whose invitations she accepts, and
one lady. distinguished more for the
display she makes with her husbands
millions than for her own tact. is
greatly piqued at her failure to be able
10 "trot out" Nine. Tctrazzini before her
guests the other evening.
The Americanizlng of the Shircs.'' as
the Invasion during the present season
of several famous English hunting GEN.
tres by wealthy citizens of the United
States has been described. is not at all