The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-03-27
INVITATIONS ARE
EAGERLY SOUGHT
Last Court Of Season Will Be
Hcldron May ~ and
June 8.
AMERICANS PRESENT.
a M ERl5CANs PRESENT.
Young Heircsscs Are Receiving
Mitch Attention in Eng
lands Capital.

lands Capital.
ny CHARLES p. NORCROsSE.
Especial Cable to Tho Times Dspatch.l
London. March 26.--It has been tom
tativcly decided that the first court
after Whitsuntide shall occur on FRI
day, May 81. and the second on We'd
nesday June s. These Will be tho last
OF the season. SO Americans will have
to hustle to secure the coveted invi-
tations through the embassy from the
Lord CHARACTERISTICS Office.
Tho young American woman to be
presented at ono Of the courts Is Miss
Margaret Rutherford. who is In Lond on
with Mr.. and Mrs. w. K. Vanderbilt
who have rooms at the Ritz Hotel. AZ
ter a few days In Paris Mr.. Vanderbilt
intends visiting his daughter, the
Duchess OF Marlborough. who. by tho
vice" prizes to 700 scholars at the
sixty-sixth annual festival of the
Ragged School Union and the Shaftes-
bury Society on May 2. Miss Ruther
ford has q great Partially for Paris
and the Continent, but will surely have
a good time In London this spring.
Miss Crockcr's RccoIlectlons.
Miss Jennie Crocker. the California
heiress, and Miss bigelow Dodge, the
latter a handsome girl, will also be
made much OF this season. Miss
Croker, who Is q great favorite In
society, caused amusement when abe
was a guest at the Whitelaw Reds IN
1900 by retailing to her friends tho
details OF the extremely sudden pro-
posals she had received from eligibles
whom she scarcely knew. However,
she is quite unspoiled, and declares
she Will never marry an English title
Many American hostesses are absent
from London Just now. The Bradley
Martins and the Cravens, instead of
going to the Riviera, changed their
minds at the last moment and followed
the King to Biarritz. 1t will be inter-
esting to hear II Mrs. Martin succeeds
in inducing tho King TO dine with her.
Private letters said the King Is de-
pressed and not nearly as we'll as the
official bulletins declare. He only cares
to see his intimates.
The Riviera has but few Americans
this season, fewer Enslishmen and
many Germans. These are not OF the
best type, and the proprietors OF hotels
are in despair.
The Duke and Duchess OF RoSburghe
and Lord and Lady Alastair Innes-ker
are at Monte Carlo for a fortnight
The duchess will rival the Countess OF
Granard in entertainments when she
returns to Chesterfield House in the
spring.
Lady Barrymore, who is now IN South
Africa, will entertain In June. her
daughter. Miss Nellie Post, still denies
her reported engagement to the Ron Ron.
Montagu Elliott. nephew Of the EAR
Of st. Germans.
Hlrs. MackeyJ and Mrs. Mnckay.
Margaret Lady Waterlew. who was
MISC Hamilton, OF San francisco. mas
had extensive alterations made at her
fine house in Chesham Place. ana IN
tends entertaining on large scale.
she is at present in her beautiful villa
Of Monterez, at Cannes. where she IS
an acknowledged leader OF society.
she receives Russian grand dukes ana
Germnn princelings by tho dozen.
Mrs. Harold Barring. who was Miss
Marie Churchill. Of New York, IS con-
stantly giving small luncheons.
Mrs. Frank N1ackey, who IS often
confused with Mrs. John w. Macka !, :
BY society writer's, has just taken . Z
Charles Street. which has been vacateo
by the Granards, and great Things N :
the entertainment line are expected OF
no a "
Ing cot In Worcestershire and is conslld,
cred ono Of the most daring horsewo :
men in the field. Her parties, whlcn
arc always different from those OF
other American hostesses. arc inva ria :
hly talked about for days afterward.
she will give a cetillion and a UNDUE
variety entertainment Of the most U p
to-date kind shortly.
Mrs. John w. Mackay's entertain
ments at Carlton House Terrace are OF
n,,it : a different nature, and consist OF
stately dinners and two or three con-
certs which rival those given BY the
W ". Astors in tho matter OF prices
paid tho artistcs. Her sister, the the Co ,sl
toss Telfner. will visit her SCOT A Alt'
later will come Mrs. Clarence M w ao'
whose little daughter WILL DO "a, q ~ .
Marjorie C.ould's wedding: =
Tbe Dnchess Of Sutherland. who Is
!, 1over OF tho theatre. and who has
written two dramas, is a member q
tha syndicate known as the EnElis'h
plavcrs," which was formed TOR the
n,n.nose Of sending an English theat-
rical company to the continental coulA'
tries with Shakespearcan and Inoa ,'e'1 ! !,
| m rl,sh nlays. Viscount Esher, a frleno
~ Ihn Kaiser, Is chairman OF the COM
RAW a matter likely to trouble L OF.
Esher and the duchess Will be the s ''l.,
ton Of good actors and actresses, as tne
Continent laughs at second rate sco.ll
pantes, and Charles Frohr1an, who con =.
trolls such rising youl1s actresses tt,'' i. a.
Marie I.ohr and Eth 81 1rvtn 81 VII no
permit them to SO on a. contin enta
tour. q. q, % -, J, -, !, !.
Ment. "a |. 5,f
Another difficulty lies In the rae
that tho ambition Of every youna
PLAYER now In London Is not e nlnk 1:
: dazzlIng success on tho Continent
mt IN Nav York. which ts also an
ambition that Mr.. Frohrnan nco "
ages. ". =, -. p.,r.
son would not be raised to the peer
a "a has been confirmed by tho eley va
ton of the II on. Iyer Guest and Her
bert Gladstone. "a peerage was det1'
nitoly promised him, and his lure tc
receivo tho coveted prize. togethet
with the lettering condition Of h 1.t
Liberal party. has al scou W ged hln 4 a Is
a pol tiplan. sss,
Certainly he has earned the recog-
milton, torso generously did he SUB v
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