Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-10

its weight in gold. This china has been
to Buckingham palace for the inspection
OF the queen. who readily acknowledged
she had nothing at any of the royal palaces
to rival It. The Yarboroughs' splendid gold
dinner service is also at the disposal OF
their tenants. The Selfridges are paying
a fancy price for the house and its fur
niture, as we'll as a sum apart for linen
and the gold plate.
Mrs, Selfridge is expected in London from
your side of the Atlantic this week. The
family is spending the holidays in the
country, but are coming back to town d.
rectly and, IL reports speak truly, there
are TO be numerous festivities at Il Ar
lington street during the early season. In
deed, 1t would seem that WI may calculate
upon finding Mrs. Selfridge among the
greatest hostesses of next year. Hitherto
she has kept in the background in the mat
ter of entertaining. at least. on anything
like a large scale. and her hospitalities
have ben extended mostly to her own com
patriots.
Yankees Scarce In london.
As 1 write there is scarcely an American
of great social Importance in London, the
murky, foggy atmosphere and dreaIy out
look. having sent them all flying to the
continent, to America. or TO country
houses. But It is mostly TO the sunny
south that they have migrated.
To please her solemn and patriotic duke,
the duchess OF RoXburghe is spending the
first days of the holidays at Floors, where.
as usual, she is dispensing hospitality and
charity alike with a lavish hand. To all
mtents and purposes in the neighborhood
of Floors her grace is queen. The weather
a. VbFg 1gp,a fg a1uray VI arrfir In Grnf1ap nd
and the duchess feels It very much. To
Gin inish the u-npleasantness she has had
double glass put into every window in
the castle this year and a new heating
system was introduced some time ago, so
that she does not have TO nndure as hith-
eTto. Directly she has done her duty
ct the great feudal castle she will fly
south.
Lady Suffolk is at Charlton, which she
never seems to want to leave. People who
knew rer as the gay Daisy Letter cannot
realize how she could ever have beccmJ
the dignified stay-at-home matron into
which she has developed. Her sisters
children. the Curzon youngsters. are spend.
ing the holidays with her. These littls
! girls are growing with alarming rapidly
They are all pretty and extraordinarily
like their late mother.
Lady Maxwell Busy.
An unusually large number of Americans
are In Cairo or on the way just now. II
is said that Lady Maxwell the wife OF
the governor, who is an American, being
the daughter OF Mr.. BOnynge, means tC
make the season exceptionally brilliant thi:
year at Government House. She is ar.
ranging a series OF dances and other festi,
vities and is going TO have a succession OF
house parties, which will be made VI
mostly Of compatriots. Her mother and
father will pay Lady Maxwell a long visi
early in the new year.
Mrs. Harry Higgins is. according L
present arrangements. going to Cairo will
her son-in-lsw and daughter, Lord an'
Lady Allistair Innes-Ker, and there 1
mention OF Lord and Lady Willoughb,
d'ESesby also being Of the party.
Mrs. Henry Coventry. who has been en-
pertaining ~energetically all through tn
shooting season at Stonor Park. is anothe
Of those who will be in Cairo shortly.
LADY MARY.