New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-29
QUEEN MARY'S AMBITIONS
May Become Honorary Colonel
of German Regiment.
FIGURES AT NEW COURT
Mourning Spells Season-Mr.
Roosevelt's Enjoyment
Music and Theatres.
fBy Cable to The Tribune.1

LONDON, May ZS.-HonorS and compn-
ments in the Court Circular are still di-
vided between Marlborough House and
Buckingham Palace. The King, like q
dutiful son, likes to keep the Queen
Mother prominent. but her retirement to
Sandringham will virtually be with
drawaI from court life.
Queen Mary is not without ambition.
It is already intimated that she will imi-
tate the German and Russian expresses
in accepting military honors in foreign
regiments and that she will become the
honorary colonel of the Butcher Hus-
sars
1t is probable that the Teck princes
will be important figures at the Georgian
court. The Duke of Teck is already one
of the Kings chief advisers.
Gossip respecting the displacement of
social favorites of the last reign is pre-
mature. The truth will not be known
until the period of mourning is over and
the lists of guests invited to meet the
King and Queen at the country houses
can be scrutinized.
The court is relaxing as far as possible
the rigors of mourning. but the season Is
ruined beyond redemption. There is no
entertaining at the embassies and the
great houses; there are no dances for
the young people, and the weekend par
ties are the quietest known for many
years.
Mr.. Roosevelt is the only public man
who seems to be thoroughly enjoying life
with buoyancy of spirits. He has more
enga gements than he can manage COM
fortablv and is democratic in his tastes,
being as much at home with sportsmen
and Journalists as with university dons
or smart people like Mrs. John Jacob
Aston, and as anxious to meet John Red
mond as the ministers of the day or
Mr.. Balfour. He is in Buckinghamshire
over Sunday.
The American Ambassador is resting
quietly at Wrest Park.
The opera is languisiling because so
many boxes are empty. Not even the
appearance of the new American tenor,
Riccardo Martin. with a fine presence
and sustained quality of tone throughout
his register, avails for a revival of inter
est, and Massenet's "Werther," produced
by Beecham at His MaJesty's, has de
pressed the audience with it's vagar1es
of sentimentality and trivfalities Of life
Concerts are we'll attended and new
music is highly appreciated. Katherine
Goods an accomplished pianist, has in
troduced at Queens Hall a concerto writ
ten by her husband, Arthur Hinton. 1t
is a pleasing work, with sparkling
scherzo and vivacious finale, and with
effective coloring for the symphony or
chestra. Sir Edward Elgar, whose
Enigma" variations were received with
enthusiasm, seemed delighted with the
new composers work.
For the multitude there are dazzling
spectacular ballets like ''Femina," at the
Alhambra, and a series OF summer
pageants Of unrivalled interest, and for
the smart people there are a score or
more. June weddings Of unusual distinc-
ton.
The most popular entertainment of the
week has been H. B. Irving's new pro-
gramme at the Queens Theatre. Fecn-
ter's oldtime success, Robert Macaire,'
IN Wnlcn Henry living dISO dPpCdi GU
in England and America, was revived
with much spirit by a strong company.
Mr.. Irving played exceedingly well, both
In the old-fashioned melodrama and In
THE Judge" a not intensely dramatic
play, based on Georges Henriot's study
Of French law in a provincial town. He
was the examining magistrate with
characteristic French traits. and Henry
Wharf and Charles Allan were most eff
fective as the prisoners counsel and at
torney general. There was only one
woman in the cast, Edyth Olive, as the
prisoners wife, and she played with
poignant pathos.
The week ends with Channel flights
and polo matches and with two literary
sensations. One is a slashing attack on
Sir Eldon Gorst and the Foreign Office
In "Blackwood's" for reckless condona-
ton of the doctrines of Tom Paine in
Egypt and the other is Tolstoys acrid
rebuke to Bernard Shaw for irreverent
Joking about religion.