The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-30
NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF OTHER CAPITALS

the recent sale at Christie's OF the late
Sir William Abdy's lace Lady Abby was
present, but was not a purchaser, and
others 20 be noted were Lord Chesterfield
and Lord Ribbiesdale.
Prince Wagram. q Bavarian nobleman,
was one of the largest buyers. his pur-
ehases including a Flemish hounce, a
circular veil, and panel of rose point
! Buyers were present from many coun-
tries, and quite half the collection went
to Partisan purchasers. one Of whom gave
800 for four yards OF gold thread Italian
| lace, upon which were I'VE historical
panels.
From the collectors point of view. no
doubt. this Italian fiounce, which for
meriy belonged 10 the late Sir William
X. Drake, F. S. A, ranks Of first i'm
/ portance among the articles sold. Ii is
! an extraordinarily rare and beautiful
piece, four yards long and thirty inches
deep, showing a design OF arabesque To-
/ liage. introducing animals, birds and
panels OF figures, with scenes represent
/ ing a queen and attendants in a garden,
/ st. John appearing 10 a monk. a monk
/ relating his vision 20 six seated figures,
/ a bride escorted by attendants and doves,
a king with page and soldiers carrying
/ halberds and bearing a present 70 a
4 queen, who Is surrounded by her maids
of honor
Another equisite specimen which was
/ disposed CT was Of point de Venice,
which was made for Maria Theresa,
whose monograms, as We'll as the inn
/ peTial crown and arms of Austria. are
| seen in the Berainesque design. A long
/ lappet Of early Yalenciennes included ia
1 the sale also has special historical in
! terest IL having belonged TO Charles 7
/ of Spain, whose figure and monogram
/ appear among the scroll.
/ II is stated thai the $1,000 realized
/ from this sale is only half Of what the
/ collection cost Sir William Abby.
The most popular personages associ-
ated with London would seem TO be the
| late Queen Victoria, of whom. accord
ing to Return OF Outdoor Memorials
in London" issued by the London city
| council. there are tWenty-four memoir
ais. Taking the number OF these as in
! dicauons OF popularity, We find that
/ next come Daniel, Elizabeth. and Mar
/ garet Reardon, who are commemorated
/ by eight while Robert TrOtter follows
with five, a number that places him on
/ q level with Milton and above Prince
/ Albert. Gladstone, Wellington, and
/ Shakespeare. who have but four.
] Carlyle Byron. Beacons6eld, Nelson.
Johnson, Thackeray. Peel. Sir Rowland
! HID. Sir Isaac Newton, HOgarth. Gar
/ rick, Turner, Reynolds. Pitt. and Pal
merston are shown 10 have two each,
while Browning, Hood. Handel. Burke.
and William Morris have only one me-
/ mortal
/ Many OF these memorials are drinking
fountains and cattle troughs.
Actors and actresses are not overrep-
/ resented among the outdoor memorials
/ Of London The statue OF Mrs. Siddons.
/ on PaddingtOn Green, unveiled by Henry
/ Irving in June. 1897. was TIE first open
/ air memorial to "a player erected in
/ London. IrYing's own statue. IN Char
! ing Cross road which was unveiled not
/ long since. brings the number of such
memorials up TO two: that is, unless We
include among this number the statues
! Of Shakespeare in Leicester Square. the
/ Poets Fountain ia Park lane and the
/ bust Of Sir Augustus Harris on the wall
1 OF Drury Lane Theater. These two great
men, though actors in their youth. are
not commemorated for the sake of their
histriOnic abilities
II you want to know the commonest
name in all England you have 10 go TO
Wales. Tie list of candidates for the
general election may be some guide 10
! the statistician. Brown, Jones, and Rob
inson make up the trio OF tradition in
| that country, and / think that Smith Is
| a fairly common name. But IL Is neither
! of these. There are but two Browns and
| only one Robinson among the candidates.
while the Smiths make rather poor
showing with eight representatives, ard
/ the Joneses with ten. The Williamses top
/ the list OF candidates with fourteen.
/ 1t viii be remembered that Wilson has
/ been the commonest name in the last
/ two parliaments-scoring seven both
/ times. A curious observer has noted
/ that there has never been an English
/ n p. 10 bring Up the list with as the
/ initial Of his name, while Australian
| parliaments have nearly always had at
+ least one such This should be enough
/ 10 induce Mr.. ZangWill 10 become can
didate, since he has averred his pride in
/ always standing last on alphabetical
lists Of celebrities or donors Of subscrip-
tons.
Several hundred pounds worth Of
jewels. all of which are heirlooms with
! interesting historical associations. re-
| Gently have mysteriously disappeared
from the private apartments of the Duke
/ Of Argyll, at Kensington Palace.
/ The discovery was made by the duke
himself. who. in opening The cabinet
where many of the valuable Jewels were
stored, noticed that one of the inner
/ q -.sg r-arg vr-nr rra
/ piCions were Immediately aroused. and
thorough investigation revealed the fact
/ that a number of the precious gems
were among the missing. The cabinet
was locked. and there was nothing what
ever TO show that the lock had been
tempered with in any way, but the
/ jewels could not be found
/ AS far as can be asceTtained. no other
article in the room where the jewel cabi-
/ net stood had been touched. and it is
/ quite possible that the heirlooms may
! only have been mislaid. as is so often
/ the case with ones valuables.
Bismarck would have had little sym
patty with the Kaiser's temperance cru
/ SADIE. IN the record of his conversation
with Dr.. Busch there are several refer
ences 10 his feats as a topper.
Formerly drink did not affect me in
1 the least" said the chancellor on one
| occasion. when I think Of my per-
/ formances in that line, The strong
wines, particularly Burgundy" And after
relating how ne once drank three-quarters
| Of bottle Of champagne at a single
draught he added: such tricks were
4 formerly an Indispensable part of the
diplomats trade. They drank The weaker
/ vessels under the table, wormed all they
/ wanted 10 know out OF them. and made
/ them agree to things contrary 10 their
/ instructions"