The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-07-28
Prince and Princess of Wales
 Do Not Like Us
KING EDWARDS MISTAKE
Makes a Slip of the Tongue That Leads to a Most Absurd "Red Tape' Tangle-Eneage-
 ment of Interest.
BY PAUL LAMBETH. Especial Cable to The Age-Herald from the Hearst News Serviee)

the Hearst News Serviee)
 Copyright. 1907, by W R. Hearst)
 London, July 27-The almost complete absence of Americans was very generally remarked upon at the garden party given by the Prince and Princess of Wales at Marlborough House.
 Neither the Prince nor the Princess is fond of Americans as the King. and their particular set" is d very exclusive one which does not include wealthy Eng fish and German financiers or their wives The one bright exception at the garden party was the Countess of Orford tnee Louise Corbn of New York, to whom the Princess has become genuinely attached of late.
 It was about two years ago, when Lady Ollord was suffering from q nervous breakdown, that the Princess, herself d very shy woman, was told by one of her intimate friends that Lady Orford was the "only shy American in London The Princess laughingly declared that she did not believe such a person existed in the American colony, but she became ac- quainted with the Countess and has ever since been her friend.
 Both women, strangely enough, have improved immensely in the matter of shy ness in public, and the Princess has now all the self-possessed graeiousness of her mother-in-law, Queen Alexandra.
 King Edward has seldom been known 10 make official mistakes but slip of the tongue by his majesty the other day has led to most absurd red tape tangle.
 On unveiling the statue of the late Duke of Cambridge in Whitehall, opposite the new War office, the King at the end of his speech formally handed oyer the mon ument to the keeping of the Westminster city council
 The statue should have been handed over to his majesty's commissioners of works. who the keepers of all Lon dons public monuments. The result of this slip q long and weird correspond ence between the Westminster city coun- vii and the commissioners of works.
 The news of the correspondence reached the Kings ears. of course. and his maj esty was a first annoyed, but afterwards amused at the incident The ridiculous formalities continued until last week, when the Westminster city council for mally ''presented' the commissioners of works with the statue.
 An engagement which has aroused great interest in London is that of Lord liver ton. the son of the Earl of Halsbury, the eX-chancelor of the exchequer, to Miss Esma Wallace, q daughter by her first marriage of Lady Dun-Gordon, who ls still better known in town Madame Lucille, the fashionable dressmaker.
 fLady Duff-Gordon's first marriage was r not a complete success, and after her sec ond marriage she set up as a dressmakcr, and she Is renowned one of the clever est show women in this country. Her pet form of advertisement is periodical dis play of emotional gowns" which always creates d sensation,
 Miss Wallace. her daughter has such dazzling complexion that many people have often insisted, and very loudly, that she painted her face. As a>matter of fac, Miss Wallace owes nothing to artificial aids to beauty, and is the possessor of probably the most beautiful skin and com plexlon to be found even In London
 Lord TiVerton, although a very different type, is very much like the late Lord Anglesey in his passion for amateur the Htricals, and not long ago he took a "com- pany" on tour in the provinces
 American hostesses in London are con- fronted with serious rival in the person of Mrs. Rattan Tata. Parsee lady of as tonishing beauty. She is the wife of q Parsee of almost fabulous wealth. who has been in the habit of paying periodical visits to London. Attracted by the glitter of society, they determined to take up permanent residence in the capital.
 An imposing home the first neees- sity, and the Parsee Croesus cast longing eyes on Orleans House. the up-Thames mansion of the Due d'Orleans. That no- bleman was not impervious to the offers of MT. Rattan Tata and the house changed hands at an enormous sum. Since then the coored hostess-whose sartorial glories are indescribabe-has been enter taining on a lavish scale and has al ready been honored by English royalty.
 Many Anglo-Amerieans. who have bulked largely in the exclusive walks of English society, have made no secret of their annoyance at the Parsee ladys sue cess, and some interesting social develop ments are promised Mrs. Rattan Tata' garden party this week was one of the most brilliant assemblies of the season, ebn in nj everybody in London worth having.
 Miss Nathalie Enos and Miss Bessie Tuos, of White Plains, probably lead tho most strenuous lives of any American girls in London. Their Saturday half holiday" has become a standing joke in the American colony.
 The Misses Enos have just emerged tr- umphantly from three-days' summer sale in the lingerie shop near Berkeley Square which they not only manage but where they act as saleswomen Every night after they have put np the shut tors after a brisk days business. off they go to the opera with a party of friends or to one of the many big American par ties so constantly given.
 On Saturday afternoons they take their half-holdays at such fashionable places as Raneagh CT Huntington, where they are always surrounded by friends. They are extremely clever and amusing eonN ersa- tfOndlStS ana are aDSOluttlA to make their business a success, after which they will once more retire into the less strenuous social life to which they had been accustomed before their family fortunes disappeared.
 The engagement of Miss Mary CurZon. who is acknowledged to be the most bead- tjful girl of the season, to her second cousin, Lord Curzon, who will eventually become Earl Howe, caused no surprise, but only d few people are aware of the date of the actual engagement.
 This took place when Miss Curzon vas Yo years old. She had run away from . tJarticular dragon-lille governess and met her boy cousin in the garden. Shs was in tears and implored her cousin to protect her. He did so very magnan- imously by proposing. He declared that was the only way to deal with govern esses and so the boy and girl pighted their troth under the shade of the goose berry bushes, and unknown 10 the world in general they have remained engaged ever since.
 Lord Curzon, however, felt he must keep tender eye on his beloved. who, 1t Is Nhispered has received and declined 10 fewer than fifteen other offers of mar riage. The young couple will be married In. october. Miss Curzon is perfect type of British beauty, very tall With bright golden hair and deep violet eyes.