The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-30
LONDON SEASON
WILL Ill Be LIVELY
Immense I'M rlel'lsc Number Of Americans !.
Will Be in British
Capital.
DRAWN R. BY CORONATION
Invitation Lists to Balls and
State Functions Ruthlessly
Cut Down.
NJ cHEsrER.ovEnroN.

BY5CHEsTER.ovERToN.
Especial Gable to The-T Times p,spatch.l
London. October 29.-Despite the fact
that the coronation invitation lists Ia
state balls and other functions vii,
pc ruthlessly cut down and very care.
fully examined. next years season
promises to BIO record one, Judging
by inquiries already being made 10,
private houses. fats and suites A.
hotels. There will be an imnens.
number OF Americans and colonia1. q
town next May. At clar.dge.s. tn.
Carlton. the Ritz and Berkeley. :Hot.,,
the hardy ANNALS have already booked
their rooms. and at the less fashionable
hotels whole floors have been engaged
for June. IS
Tho Duke OF Norfolk has already
hesun his labors as master Of cere-
monies IN connection with the corona
.lon. but tho man most to be pitticd
Is the Lord Chamberlain, who viii be
oe1used with applications from tens
- nous ands clamoring to be invjte1
20 me coronation festivities Tho only
person admitted to the presence o,
queen Mary since she lost her favorite
orother. Prince Francis OF Teck. ha,
peen Louise. Duchess OF Deyonshire.
Her Majesty. = !. = : { :.
Although the Queen does not alto.
setner approve OF rome OF the aged
,, little ways. she has long
mad a quiet regard for her, and there
Is probably nobody In England so SYM
palmetto as this wonderful old woman.
who married two dukes and was at
one time considered the most bcauti-
ful foreigner who ever burst upon he
social horizon OF London. Tho old
duchess helped the latc Prince Francis,
20 whom she was devoted, out OF ono
or two youthful scrapes, and II was
primo tpally for this reason that Queen
Mary sent for her.
Wants Gambling Excitement.
AS she gets older the duchess he
comes more and more restless She
only settled down in her nav house
IN Grosvenor Square last week, and
she Is already tired OF 1t and intends
70 30 to Monte Carlo to indulge In
late duke offered her his charming
place at East Bourne as a.dower house.
but after he died she declined to Jiys
there on the ground that 1t was "too
slow"
Her only son, Lord charles.sSion
taKu. who Is about to celebrate his
htticth birthday. goes everywhere with
as he explains to his friends and to
see that she does not open her purse
too widely. When she has had her fling
at Monte sCarloFthe duchess will spend
a week at Scandinavian with her Oldest
friend. Queen Alexandra. upon whom
she usually acts as tonic.
Maxine Elliot has just completed
= A Nra ~ AZ
house of Hartshourne. near Bushcy
Park. which she has leased for soma
time past from Lord Poltimore.
The house will scarcely be recog-
nlzable when all Miss Elliot's schemes
have been carried out. AS this climate
Is hardly suited to the regular Amer
lean verandas she has built wide
loggia around the house which can be
closed by great glass doors or opened
to the breezes, The old house boasted
OF only one bathroom. and the guest
rooms were shabby and early Vic
torian: the new owner has added three
bathroom. and the guests rooms will
be sas perfect as modern art can make
them.
Miss Eliott's own suite is the acme
of luxury. It Is hung with deep rose
silk. the furniture is French and the
bath is OF fine white marble with solid
silver fittings. IS
Another and still more famous house
will soon be occupied by an American
when George Gould takes possession OF
Abbotsford. Sir Walter Scott's historic
home. near Melrose, Scotland. Mr.. Gould
is expected there before Christmas.
but no will not. OF course, be allowed
to touch anything in the old house. as
he has only taken 1t on lease from
Mrs. Maxwell Scott, adescendant Of the
novelist. The III ouse Is filled wi tn old
pictures. manuscripts. china and Scott
rel cts. ss5a III .sls s3 Ss.s ".
Go4lds to he carbohydrates.
It 10 stated by friends that tho
George Goulds intend tos& spend the
whole Of next. season in Great Britain.
and that In future they vii lAapend at
least half the year on this side.
The negotiations between Mrs: Ora
ham Millar's agents and those of Mrs.
George Keppel for the lease Of the lat
ster's newly decorated house In Gross
yenorA Street for the coronation season
( have been broken off. Another hand y
some American d M re-. w I'M Leeds
( has come upon the scene with q big
offer, which probab bly, will be accepted
Mrs, Leeds Intends to come forward as
IA very promtnent hostess, and as she
has heen taken undsr Lady Paget's
wing, It Is likely she Will makea 4
great success at entertaining. She
has been at both AK and Paris with