The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-31
SOCIAL GOSSIP OF
FOREIGN CAPITALS

House. which was transformed into a
vast emporium, where every conceivable
kind OF object could be bought her
royal highness purchased with the ut
most liberality, for. as she remarked.
the bazaar was organized by the Vic
toria Hospital Ladies Association. or
7 which her royal highness is president.
with the object Of raising 600 pounds
sterling to endow cot to the memory
of King Edward
Lord Arthur Hill and Lady White re-
eeived the princess. who gave a most
cordial and anectlonate greeting TO Lady
Llangattock, who was in deepest MOURN
ing Tor her son, the late Mr. {. :. Rolls
IN me yellow ballroom, paneled with
amber brocade, were stalls stocked with
oeauIlful wares including quantity made
OBJECTS from the West Indies, elegant
Fhrlsian TRIES, and curious bFic-a-brae
from the Argentine. Lady Arthur Hill
had a stall for the sale of wickerwork
made In Ireland
Inc Duchess OF Buckingham. dressed
In black, with sables; Lady ST. Germans,
Lady Priscilla Annesley. Mrs. RonaIds.
Princess Alexis Dolgcrouh. Lady Vava-
sour Lady Mary Cooke Lady Allen. and
Lady Evelyn Giffard We're a few of those
assisting. The beautiful onyx staircase
and loggia Of SeafOrd House proved
great attraction, and Lcrd Howard de
walden, It's owner. appeared about tea
time and was host 70 several friends
From Seaford House the Duchess of
1 ArSyll went 10 g Park lane TO omen a
sale Of handwork held under the aus
! pices OF the Home Arts and Industries
Association. Here Lord BroWniow con-
/ Quoted the duchess around the stalls. Lady
/ waterford was selling golf coats, motor
scarfs, and sweaters made by the Cur
/ raghmore workers and Lady Bessbor-
/ ough had her two daughters. Lady
/ Oranmore and Lady Gweneth Ponsonby,
1 helping 10 sell the needlework of Garry
/ hill.
] Queen Alexandra sent a check Cor G25
] to Mrs. Carpenter. requesting that pur-
ehases 70 that amount should be made
! OF articles suitable for Christmas gifts.
and among the articles selected for her
majesty were pieces of Ruskin pottery,
/ CarrIckmaeross lace jabots. and wool
/ rugs made IN Birmingham The Duchess
/ OF wellington. Lady Londonderry. who
( was accompanied by her mother. Lady
I shrewsbury; Lady St Davids. Mrs Otto
/ Belt. Lady Lovelace. and Lady Talbot
/ all bought extensively
I Thirty years ago landmarks almost in
| Vulnerable existed in London. which the
/ reader familiar with the works OF Dick
ems might recognize as the scene OF a
chapter or an Incident in one Of his nov
els. The hOusewrecker's pick has been
busy in the interval. and now. after a
generation OF change and decay. there is
a sadly diminished number OF buildings
/ which can be identified as the actual
4 place which the master had in his mind
/ when he Beayed his TOmances around IT,
{ But there are. even In Central London
/ some OF these landmarks stiU remaining
Miss Elite. who. it viii be remembered,
/ introduced herself 10 the wards in Jarn-
/ dyce thus: Il have the honor 20 attend
/ court regularly. With nay documents
! i expect a judgment shortly. on the
/ Day OF judgment lived close TO Lin
coins Inn. In the garden of this inn
/ quite bower in the summer tme'-she
I passed the greater part Of the long Vaca-
/ ton. being then relieved from her at
/ tendance in court. "She lived So close By
/ that we had not time To have done hu-
m0ring her for a few moments before
she was at home Slipping as out al
/ little side gate, the old lady stopped most
! Unexpectedly in narrow back street.
/ part OF some courts and lanes immediate
/ Is outside the wall of the inn. and said.
+ This is my lodging. Pray walk in
/ The ground floor was a shop then.
+ kept by Krook dealer in marine stores
+ The shop. We are told, was blinded by
the wall Of Linc0lns Inn, intercepting
/ the light within a couple Of yards Miss
/ Elite lived AZ the top of the house, in
I a pretty, large room. from which she
+ had a glimpse Of the roof Of Lincoln's
/ Inn HalL This seemed to have been her
principal lnducement, originally. FOR TAX
( ms up her residence there She could
( look al it. she said. in the night. espe-
cially in the moonshine
/ Her room was clean, but very. very
( bare. I noticed the scantiest necessaries
/ IN the way of furniture: q few old prints
/ from books, Of chancellors and barristers.
wafered against the wall, and some. half
dozen reticules and workbags contain
I Ing documents. as she informed rs
There we're neither Goals nor ashes in
the crate, and I saw no articles OF cloth
/ ing anywhere. nor any kind OF food.
pom shelf in an open cupboard were
q plate or two cup or two. and so
forth, but all dry and empty.
she partly drew aside the curtain IF
the long low garnet window. and called
our attention 20 number Of bird cages
hanging there; some containing several
oirds- There were Iarks, Hnnets. and
goidnnehes-I should think at least
began 10 keep the little creatures
she said. with an object that the wards
VIII readily comprehend. With the
I thought Of restoring them 10 liberty.
when my judgment should BE- given.
Ye-esi They die in prison though. Their
lives. poor silly things, are so short in
/ comparison with chancery proceedings.
that. one by one. the whole collection
mas died over and over again. I doubt.
DO you know. whether one of these.
though they are all young, will live to
be free, Very notifying, is il not? -
Mr.. Rrook's other ledger in this house
Memo, the law writer, lives On the
second floor. and dies there-dies. as the
inquest reveals from an overdose Of
opium. 1T is A small room. nearly black
with SCOT and grease and dirt In the
rusty skeleton Of a CRATE. pinched at
the middle as if poverty had gripped
IT, red coke fire burns low In the
corner, by the chimney, stands a deal
table and a broken desk, a wilderness
marked with rain of ink. In another
corner a ragged old portmanteau on one
OF two chairs serves for cabinet or
wardrobe: no longer one Is needed. for
il collapses like the cheeks of a starved
man. The floor is bare. except that one
cid mat, trodden TO shreds of rope yarn.
lies perishing upon the hearth
NO curtain wells the darkness of night.
but the discolored shutters are drawn
altogether, and through the two gaunt
holes pierced in them famine might be
staring in-the Bans hee and the man
upon the bed p"
Here. not long afterward, KrOok, IAN