New-York tribune., 1910-06-05
international Exhibition Will
Draw Big Crowds.
MANY WEDDINGS IN JUNE
Delegates to Mission Conference
Effect of Mr.. Roosevelt's
Speech at the Guildhall.
TBy Cable to The Tribune. ]


London. June 4-Mayfair is filled with
smart people, who are getting what com
fort they can find out of side shows dur
ing the season Of mourning. The horse
show and June weddings are the most
attractive features. The horse show,
which will open on Monday, will bring
together riders and breeders from Amer
ica. France, Belgium, Holland. Germany
and the United Kingdom The scheme of
decoration is more gorgeous than ever
before. and the Challenge and Champion
cups have increased in value. The show
mas become so great a social function
that there is talk of obtaining a perma-
rent home for it, with a larger arena
and better stabling accommodation than
can be had at Olympia.
The marriage of Niscount Maidstone
and Miss Margaretta Drexel next week
will be the most brilliant wedding of the
season. Among the ten bridesmaids will
be Miss Mildred Carter and Miss Nellie
Post. who will themselves be brides
American Minister at Bucharest. has ar
rived in London for his daughters we'd
ding.
Mr.. Roosevelt. after spending Sunday
with Sir George Trevelyan and Lord
Morley, will return to London for his
engagements with the Fauna Society
and leading journalists. He will be the
the American Amba ssa6or. for the Ro-
names lecture, and there will be an af-
ternoon reception at Dorchester House
to enable him to meet the Pilgrims and
the Society Of American Women. whose
hospitality he has not been able to ac-
cept. While hard pressed with engage
ments. he is steadily improving in health
and is thoroughly enjoying his stay in
England
There have been signs OF touchiness on
the part of the Radical press over his
Guildhall speech. but on the whole it has
increased his popularity in England. AS
The Spectator we'll says; He knew the
people to whom he spoke
Bishop Lawrence has arrived from
Boston to attend the mission conference
at Edinburgh, and has been followed by
Bishop Robinson, from Nevada, and
Bishop Anderson, from Chicago. Amer
lean missionary bishops from Toxic,
Hankow and the Philippines are also ex-
pected. DR.. Alsop, from Brooklyn, is also
here for the same purpose. and Seth
Low. John W. Wood, William J. Scfief-
felin and Silas McBee are among the lay
delegates. The Worlds Missionary Con-
gress. with Lord Balfour of Burleigh as
chairman, promises the object lesson Of
Christian unity at time when little
progress has been made in the direc-
tion of Presbyterian unity in Scotland
by the two general ass1Mplies nov, in
session ". J. Bryan. who is lecturlng
in the North Of England. will be among
the speakers. Admiral Nahan has writ
ten a letter expressing regret that he
cannot attend the conference.
Captain Scott has jocularIy told his
friends TO remember him on Christmas
Day. when ne expects TO dine lightly at
the South Pole. ---
Commander Peary will receive the
honor of a send-off dinner from the Pill
erims before sailing for America. -
John Burns will soon receive the hon
orary degree of doctor of laws.
Sir John Hare will unveil Thomas
Brooks statue OF Sir Henry Irving. which
has been cast in bronze. The likeness