The Washington herald., 1907-04-01
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Achates. Sir Ernest Cassell The late
Marquis OF Salisbury while prime minister
was the chief. If not the only. opposition
to the elevation Of Sir Ernest TO the peer
age. The King wanted it done soon after
his accession, but Lord Salisbury opposed
lit not on his own account. but in difference
70 that unknown person. "the man In the
street, who would object. Lord Sails
bury is dead. his party is out Of power,
and there Is no reason the King should
mot try again. as 1t is almost certain
that &C. 3. would have no objections,
and as for the man in the street" he
would approve Of his soyereign's reward
ling his friends. especially those who had
helped in financial straits. THE man
in the street" OF all others knows what
it means 10 want 10 borrow pound or
two.
In the contest for the chancellorship of
the University Of oxford. Lord CurzoB Of
Kedleston is opposed by the nomination
OF the Earl of Rosebery. The preiimi-
nary list OF supporters shows that Lord
ICurzon has already obtained strong sup
Iport in various quarters. Among the
nominations Of Lord Rosebery the name
/ University, Baltimore. appears. The
! choice seems TO hinge on political fol-
lowlngs. as the names Of each candidates s
supporters belong 70 The Liberals IN
Lord Rosebery's case, and TO the Con-
serYatlyes in Lord Curz0ns.
There have been alarming rumors for
some time about the health OF Baroness
Alphonse de Rothschild, the widow Of
the head Of the Paris branch Of the
famous banking house, but, fortunately,
| These rumors are without fundstion
/ The baroness has had "a severe attack OF
/ influenza. from which she has now recov-
cred, and is able 10 leave her house In the
j Rue de Riv0li, at the corner that faces
the Place de la Concorde. This house is
the one so well described by Ouida In
/ her novel The Masserines. as the resi-
dence Of VandeTlin, tho Jew banker But
there is no likeness between the late
Baron Alphonse de Rothschild. who died
/ In 1890 ard the man described in Ouida
book.
The whole Of the C!aollino merhIe used
/ IN the new Sessions House in the magnif-
/ cent structure just erected on the site
/ Of Old Bailey. in London Is Greek and
! came from the Marmor quarries in the
Island Of Euboea, in the Grecian Archi-
/ pelag0.
! On March 10 the bells Of St. Georges
Chapel, Windsor Castle were rung in
honor Of the forty-fourth anniversary OF
I King Edwards and Queen Alexandra IS
wedding. The Queen gave a private din
ner at Buckingham Palace the same
/ evening. at which her sister, the Dowager
Empress Of Russia, was present TIE
/ King sent kilograms from Biarritz. where
he now is. The Dowager Empress
and Queen Alexandra are having the
/ best of times in London together.
They go shopping in Bond street and
| Regent street without Cutriders or escort
I Of any kind driving IN "a quiet brougham
with only one fo0tman. and he on the
/ front box with the coachman. not In the
rumble as usually the case with the royal
! carriage The Queen and the Empress
went alsl 10 the National Gallery unat-
/ tended, an = 20 the National Portrait Gal
/ lery. The royal sisters were driven in
the Queens new white motor car and
were received by the officials without
formalues of any kind on entering the
buildings. No guide accompanied the
ladies, as Queen Alexandra has paid many
visits TO these famous collections OF
pictures, and was well able 70 direct her
sisters attention to all that was most
likely to interest her Their ma jesties did
their sightseeing side by side with casual
visitors, many OF whom were quite un-
aware Of their Identity. The same after
noon the Queen and her sister went to
Manchester Square 10 view the celebrated
Wallace collection. They spent over an
hour there in absolute privacy, the gen
eral public being excluded during the
time of their visit. The Empress Marie
FeodOravna does not resemble her sister,
the Queen of England in feature, the
Queen is undoubtedly the beauty of the
Danish royal family. but Princess Dag
mar, as she formerly was, is ike her
sister in character, particularly in the
whole-hearted sincerity with which they
have absolutely identified themselves
with the countries OF their marriage. The
DOwager Empress has been accused of
making cause with the grand dukes to
coerce the Car, her son, into various un-
desirable steps during the Russo-Japanese
war How little the authors of those
stories understood her character. She
was never d politician, her tastes were
for the innocent amusements of a lady of
the old schOol-she is said to be the best
waltzer in Europe-and her interests cen
tered IN nar husband and children Her
marriage to Alexander III, while con-
tracted for reasons OF state. she having
been engaged to his elder brother who
died, turned out to be a love match, and
F4a IVA rs1ffr 4a1
Alexander was absolutely faithful to his
wife, and il is well known that after her
father-in-law' assassination she never
allowed her husband to appear in public
without her. Since his death the Empress
has lived in the Anitchkof Palace, where
she spent the happy years of early mar
ried life. The widowed Empress rarely
leaves Russia, which she feels to be her
home, as she has assuredly shown by her
earnest work in behalf of the sick and
wounded In the late war
The royal sisters had another pleasant
excursion together on the day following
their inspection of the galleries. This
time. however. they were accompanied
by a suite considerable in number. COM
posed of two or three ambassadors and
the ladies and gentlemen in waiting on
their majesties. The whole party motored
10 Hatfield House, the historic residence
of the Marquis of Salisbury. where Queen
Elizabeth passed her childhood, and where
there are so many mementos of the girl
hood and life OF the virgin queen. After
luncheon. which was served in the marble
hail. a stately apartment with superb oak
paneling and old Spanish tapestries, the
Queen and Empress made a tour Of in
speetion of the art treasures of this won
derfu mansion.