The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-12


sor IN the baronetcy. and. has three
boys, the eldest OF whom is CAPTAIN
OF the Fifteenth Hussars ana the sec
ond lieutenant IN the royal navy.
Every American visitor to London
has been struck uy the. terribly dingy
appearance OF the facade. and. fndeeu,
OF the entire Interior. 81 buckingham
Palace, the metropolitan residence OF
the sovereign Inc building itself -
all right, and archltecturaly 1T IL
stately enough, ana there Is nothing To
complain OF. But the color is aDso-
iuteiy grimy, ana, thanks TO the LoE-
don smoke and to the chemical SUB
stances whicn the latter contains. -
becoming worse ana worse ali the
time. When the new memorial 10
queen Victoria, IN front OF the palace,
is completed--a huge AFFAIR OF inarU.a
Its whtteness viii sun turther inten-
siry the '1irty appearance oil Ducklns-
nam Palace.
efscourse. the most natural remedy
to be suggested iUr tnIs eonQitAon ~
affairs is That the walls OF the paiacs
should be painted. ana three 81. FOUR
years ago sum Of about 100000 Was
voted tor the purpose. LII L; MAS
fuunc that The surface of inc TsLs
would not take PANT properly. oRias
70 an unfortunate lad on t..e part o[
the Prince Consort. husband or Queen
Victoria He had theory that L the
facade We're treated with oil, well
forced into the material. surface
would be produced when wonld be
capable OF resisting the evll effects
of the London atmosphere. While this
object may nave been accomplished, as
far as actual deteriofation--that is 10
say, the crunlblins away of the stone
lis concerned, Westminster Abbey and
the Houses OF Parliament need con-
slant ana costly repairs owing 10 THIS
process OF deterioration and disintegra-
ton of the stone. no paint can be APP
piled with success, and the result is
that the entire facade oil the palace
may have TO be rebuilt. something or
the kind viii have 10 DC done soon, in
order TO prevent tire Kings Lonton
home from becoming one OF the great
est eyesores OF the Brittsn metropolis.
Of Commons, the Rlght hon lanes
w Lowther will receive. in Accord
ance with time-honored usage and un-
written, law, viscountS on re.tring
eldest son. Christopher William Low
Their. TO Miss Ina Peily. Charming
actress. who has recently ''een APP
pearing In THE Blue Bird" in LondI
may be described as another alliance
between the peerage and the stage
Christopher Lowther has until now
been attache of the British legation at
Santiago. where his uncle's, SIR Gerard
tertiary has recently been taken by
another kinsman, H. c. Lowther But
young christopher Lowther's marriage
has led him to sever his connection
with the diplomatic service, and he
has secured an excellent and lucrative
appointment in connection with some
OF the great public works which Sir
Weetman Pearson (lately created
peer is carrying out in Chill.
There is no question. however, OF
any mesalliance in the marriage, for
Miss Ina pelly Is the youngest daugh-
ter of Canon and Mrs. Raymond Pelly,
whose kinsman, Sir Harold Pelly. the
chief OF the fanny, lent his London
house, a, the Marble Arch, for the
1t was the brides elder brother.
Douglas Pelly, who so narrowly es-
capped murder by John Reginald Birch
all In Ontario a few years ago, Birch-
all. who was a man of good education
and manners. had induced young Peliy
and one of the latter's friends. t. J.
Benwell. to go out to Canada with
him from England to learn farming
on an estate which he claimed to own.
on the banks Of the Niagara River, but
| which he did not possess. After having
| secured payment of large premium
| from both young men. and possession
| of most Of their money and effects, he
| proceeded to decoy Benwell into e, a
| swamp and shot him there. BirchalIs
arrest for the murder, his trlal al
| Woodstock conviction and eNecution,
| saved Douglas Pelly from slmllar
| fate, and, abandoning all IDEAS OF la ,r.ls
ing In Canada, he returned TO El's
| and entered the church.
| DOWNRIGHT 1910, by the BRENTWOOD
! Company)