Los Angeles herald., 1910-04-22
Some Women

"a girl who went to Melilla not long
a ago to help i'm the Red Cross work
of mendng broken Spanish soldiers,
attracted the attention Of the duke OF
Tamames, holder of a very illustrlouS
title, and therefore with an attention
very hard to catch, by the deVotedness
of her service. The duke had diner
intme," which must be very fine, for
Miss Wolff at his beautiful house in
Madrid. There were a number Of noted
personages at the "diner intime' with
long names and pretentious titles.
Among them was King AlfonSoS per-
sonal id-de-camp. General Echague.
The king himself is soon to receive
the pretty young lady, and it is stated
that his majesty will confer dlstln-
guished Spanish order on her in recog-
milton of her services to the Spanish
army and as a compliment to the
American nation in the person OF MISS
Wolff. The king may be sure that the
American nation will be proud OF ms
recognition of the American girl and
proud Of his compliment to the Amerl-
can nation.
Mrs. Alice Longworth seems really
to have settled down to old-tdShloHed
housekeeping. OF course she IS not
occupied with pans and the like, but
she has settled down and Is DONG III
Tie to create publicity having become
serious in her ambitions. Indeed, IL
may not be said that she ever dld
anything to create publicity nor thaI
her purpose was ever tickle, but get
ting married and travelling are not
counted as very serious thlnSs anu II
the leading lady is q presidents dau8h-
ter they cannot but stir up the cor
RESPONDENTS. AS Miss Alice Roosevelt,
the former presidents brilliant daugh-
ter. II must be confessed, ala not I'M
ger long in the presence of graVer
things and persons. Literature, art
politics and philanthropy We're neg
iected by Miss Roosevelt Tor the pleas
ures of youth. ,. -,
Now Mrs. Longworth is giving much
time TO study and she is showing mucH
interest in the things which might be
classed as abstruse. Her home, mou-
oct i'm comparison with those or many
of her acouaintances. is the scene OF
MANY meetings at which the cohEer-
sation is of far higher order than tHdl
to which the smart set is ACCUSE I
That is why it is said that Mrs. Lohs
worth has settled down to housekeep-
ing. Her serious side, however, is qulte
az charming as her girlish buoyancy
was formerly. She is still the llkaole
Alice in spite of the fact that she IN
sists on knitting her broWs over an
occasional book grim ana dusty anu
heavy with wisdom.
The necessity of arresting the in
crease of national arinalnehts "
large subject for a little woman 70
discuss in any circle, but Anna Eek
stein of Boston recently delivered a
lecture with such a topic before tle
German Peace society in Ham purg
without a culver of her eyelids. More
than that. she announced to the grlz-
zled peace veterans OF the pedSe %
ciety that she proposes to collect ~
600, 900 signatures OF subJects ol tll0
powers represented at Inc hdsue 80
ference to a petition to arrest lHoSe
same ornaments, abolish war ana SUP
etitute nacifc means to settle interna-
tional difficulties. When she gets thlS
done II is not known whether she M MWIl
undertake. further activity or conteh'
herself with the distinction or oeile
the worlds greatest autograph "c0u
mulator.
Tho neirhbors of Mrs. Ruby Hannah
1102 washington avenue, New YORK. say
| that she used to keep fifty cats. MIs
| Hannah protests that she had oiiIS
| 6fteen i'm the house. Whether tn'
neighbors of Mrs. Hannah are corIGct'
no one will refuse to admit tnaI MI M .
Hannah should not have become raiil ran
nant I'm her desire for more cats Sle
i,od anouoh II she desired more she
must hear the accusation that she was
unrea sonable in her desire for cat COM
Mrs Hannah is blind. She and her
cate were her family. Until the nelgh-
hors complained to the board OIL healIl
and had some of them removed II wa Was
a happy family. The house the hg!sn- 1,,s
bors said, was full of cats Iney
nrowled all over the place when they
piom i'iayo 'o NOT sleeping on their owners
non1e ~, arms. Mrs. Hannah knew them
oil she could tell the white ones
from the black ones by touch. Sne
hos orieved much and wept coplously
since the Society for the prevention OF
Crneltv TO Animals called and TOOK
away all but five OF her precious
friends.
oueen Alexandra of England viii at
+apd the marriage in June OF her mald
of honor, the Hon. Sylvia EdWardes
and Count Gleichen. Queen AleXandra
is more indulgent of her maids imam
the late Queen Victoria, whose mama
for early rising and opening dratty
windows created another mama put vi
a different sort among those "ilolii
she was pleased to honor. ,,...4
The maid OIL nOllOT lhuSI w - -'--o I,
and musician. She attends her royal
mistress at various functions and is
given the title of honorable for life
She sees the inside court life. Conse-
ouently she must be the soul or as
cretion. ,4
There are a number of aspirants
among the daughters Of peers for the
position of the official English soul OF
discretion, 1t being understood that the
present soul will relinquish her posi-
tion upon her marriage. A peerage con
nection is not an absolute prerequisite
for the place, but it is convenient for
candidates to possess one when pos
sible. n.
Among those receiving mention for the
Mace now are Lady Louvima, daugh-
ter of Lord Knollys, the king
secretary; Miss Acheson, daughter OF
the Lord Gosford and sister OF Nls-
count Acheson, who is to marry MIL
dred Carter, and Miss Carrlngtoh'
daughter of the Earl of Darlington.