The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-01-23
BUSY TIMES AHEAD
FOR COUNTESS
Of GRANARO
WILL BE IN "WHIRL" OF STATE
AND SOCIAL FUNCTlONS-MU
EXPECTED OF NEW YORK So
GETTY WOMAN.

LONDON, Jan. 23.-As the king and
queen Will open parliament in state
on Feb. l6. The new countess OF Gran
ard wilb find herself plunged into pub
lie and court life In England before
her honeymoon IS ended AS master
OF the house. It is the earl's duty TO
organize and personally conduct all
the royal professions. When the king
and queen proceed from Buckingham
palace TO the houses OF parliament,
the earl, mounted, will ride beside the
scvereigns' gilded carriage
The new countess will find herself
Immediately On her arrival in London
In whirl OF state functions and So
cial and political activities Ii is prob
able that, as the king and queen are
devoted friends of the Irish earl, the
countess will be presented 10 them
privately. At any rate she will be
presented at the first court of the sea
son upon her marriage" as the court
newsman phrases IL. Socially the new
countess will find herself in the liberal
radical set In society. the chief hos
tesses OF which are the wives of the
members of the cabinet and liebrai
peeresses like Lady Wimborne, Lady
Colebrook and other elderly peeresses.
1t will be expected Of the new coun-
tess that she take up her duties as
hostess as soon as possible. SO that
the mansion at No. 81 Charles-st., in
the heart of fashionable Mayfair" al
ready leased for year from the earl
of Dartmouth, will enable her to begin
entertaining Immediately. The man.
sion Is one of the finest In London.
Ii was built by Lord Revelstoke. head
of the Barring family, and is splendid
ly decorated with huge ballroom and
reception rooms.
The countess OF Granard will find
the task of assuming the social leader
ship OF the radical-liberal party easy.
because three OF the leading radical
hostesses retired last year, namely
borne and Lady Colebrooke. Crewe
house is indeed for sale which means
that the countess OF Crewe has for
saken society; Lady Colebrooke has
sold her house and retired TO the coun-
try. while Lord Wimborne's health Is
so precarious that her ladyship will
be unable TO entertain.
Mrs. Asqu!th. the wife of the prem
Ter. leads the intellectual set of the
liebral society. but II Is SO large that
there Is room for the countess OF
Granard to establish an inner circle
which may be taken 10 represent the
cabinet and parliament and those OF
the kings friends who are liberals.
The earl has been delnged with of
fers OF splendid houses by agents. but
ii is said the earl has his eye on n
mansion in Carlton house terrace.
which Mrs. George Keppel was nego-
tiating for Her deal Is off, so the earl
may get the mansion.
In Charles-st. the countess Will find
herself among titled neighbors. The
earl OF Camperdown owns the adjoin-
ing house, while nearby are the coun-
tess OF Cork, the earl OF Seton, Lord
Athlumney, Lord Cecil Manners, Lord
Peterborough and the countess OF ID
desleigh Her only American neigh
Dor on the street will be Willard Hun
riker, OF Pittsburg.
Lord Anglesey and Captain Berthe
Paget, son OF Lady Arthur Paget, Will
sail for New York next week Anglesey
is one OF the riches young bachelors
in the peerage He will visit Cornelius
Vanderbilt, with whom he made long
cruise on the North Star. Lord An
glesey and Captain Paget, after doing
New York society. are going to Can
ada, where Paget's twin brother re-
Gently began ranching.
J. ]. Van Allen has begun entertain
,nc NJ RuShtcn hall with n big shoot
ing party Among his guests were tho
duke of Manchester. Sir Bache Cunard.
Lord Douro. Lady Cora Stafford, Lord
and Lady Marlborough and Sir John
Lister Kaye. the kings equerry. Near
" all his guests have American con-
nections by marriage or otherwise.