The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-06
'OREX[L. MAIDSTONE
WEDDING Il. l ( IN june
Date Set for Marriage Of Ameri-
can Girl to Wis
count.
PUZZLE FOR GEN 0GlsTs.
Students of British Families Be.
ing Led Into Antiquity OF
United States.
BY CHARLES p. NORCROss.
Especial Cable to The Times. Dispatth.1


London. March 5.-Thc Drexel and
the Winchelsea families havo decided
upon June as the month for the we'd
ding Of Miss Margaretta Drexel and
Viscount Maidstone. The ceremony, In
all probability, will be held just at
ter the Ascot races Miss Mildred
Carter will be Miss Drexels chief
bridesmaid, aud tho Hon. Charles
Mills. youngest son OF Lord Hil1ingdon,
VIII be the best man. Lord EIillingdon
Is suffering from an incurable afflic-
ton, and his physicians have given UP
all hopes OF his recovery. Maidstone
and Mills arc officers lii the East Kent
and West Kent Yeomanry, respective
~. and are boylood chums
Early in May Miss Drexel and her
mother propose to so to Paris on the
all-important quest for trousseau,
but only tho wedding gown and few
very elaborate dresses will be pur-
chased there. MS Miss Margaretta has q &
great affection for London, where she
has been SO petted for the last two
years. Like Miss Mildred Carter. Miss
Drexel Is telling her friends that she
never knew ono could BIO so happy.
Tho young couple attend the theatres
and opera almost nightly
Puzzle for Gcncnlogists.
English genealogtsts are now say
ing that II the AnElo-American al
sliances keep up at tho present pace
future students of genealogical trees
VIII have to trace tho limo OF the
British aristocracy back into the an
3tiauity OF the United States.
The London teas, notwithstanding
that the first court has been held,
Will not BIO in full swing for two weeks L
yet Because of an exceptionally
prosperous year in America, greater
number OF the socially prominent from
those shores are expected this year
than heretofore, while tho arrivals
from the Riviera. Cairo and the Con-
tinent arc generally moro noticeable.
Apart from theatres and restaurant
parties. the Americans now in town &
are Misunderstanding. and do not intend
to until April, when Dorcester House
will again be thrown open.
Every one is glad to welcome back
Miss Amory Moore and Mrs. Adatr.
The formers entertainments at her
house in Portland Square are always
gorgeous. She had the King to dinner
twice at Biarritz two seasons ago.
Mrs. Adair. fresh from a long stay
in America, is once moro settled in
Curzon Street. She will be one Of
the hostesses at the Ascot races. She
has charming place near Windsro.
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functions at the castle.
Countess Pappenheim gavo a house
warming function on Friday evening at
| her new house in NIancfield Street 1t
was a most successful and enjoyable
affair."
| The Granards are not entertaining
much because of a recent arrival who.
it has been suggested by the cons
servatlves. should be named Bud
getta."
Mrs. j. j. Aston Goes Skating.
Tho Sunday Club roller-skaters 1t
the Olympia Rink, which was started
& by Lord Crichton. who in the Prince
of Wales household, has caused end
less amusement. The Smart Set want
ed to keep the club exclusive. but
found this impossible. so the would
be exclusives have divided themselves
into camps, each set having a private
stand Of Its own. while the common
people have looked on hungrily.
AS usual. the Americans proved the
best skaters. Mrs. j. j. sAstor. who!
does not miss a Sunday when In town.
looks exceedingly well In a plain blue
costume with a short pleated skirt.
Other American women seen last suns
day were Lady WilloughbySde Ereseby, /
Lady Innes-Ker. the Duchess OF RoX-s
4burghe Mrs. Spender- Clay and Mildred 4
Carter, who came with her ftance. Vis-
count Acheson. Miss Carter is de ~
.sorlbed as "deliriously happy
1t Is known that the King and Queen
regard this engagement as q most
agreeable topic. for by marriage Miss
Mildred will mott only become a rela-
tive OF the Gosfords and Mrs. ] ohm
Ward. but Will be able to figure out
relationship with the Dukes of I
N1anchest ter and Devonshire and Lord
Derby and others. Lord Acheson is&
making good in the rubber boom, and
wears a beaming countenance. No
date for tho wedding has been fixed
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