Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-14
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OUT On A HUNTING JUNKEl
King George and Queen Mary Jour
neying to the Highlands.
DEER STALKING Is A SPECIALITY
Duchess OF Marlborough IL Exceed
InRly Busy Attending TO Multi
plIcity of Her Social
Duties,
GER STALKING IS A SPECIALITY
BY LADY MARY MANwAR1NG.

BY LADY MARY MANwARING.
LONDON, Aug 13.-(Special TO The
Bee. liking George and Queen Mary are
now in the Scottish highlands, where his
majesty, who is keen sportsman, Is
enjoying the shooting. The kings fond
ness for deer stalking is likely to result
in his Scottish subjects seeing a great
deal more of them than they did of King
Edward who during his later years
found the sport offered by the highlands
somewhat too strenuous. Nowhere can
the king obtain better deer stalking than
in the country about Balmoral drives.
The kings brother-in-law, Prince Alex
ander of Teck, who is a Jealous and
skllful shot, but by no means the rival
in deadly accuracy of his illustrious rela-
tive
Present for an old Clown.
An instance of the kings kindness of
heart recetly became public. HIS mai
esty sent a gift to Mr.. James Doughty,
the oldest public entertainer in the king
dom and once a favorite with London
children as a pantomime clown. Mr..
Doughty wrote to the king stating that
he was the Oldest member of his craft
still before the public. To the old mans
intense delight he received a reply from
Sir William Darlington, who stated that
he had been commanded by the king to
send him a postoftce order for three
pounds.
With his troupe of performing dogs
Mr Doughty has been a notable figure
at Brighton for over thirty years. He is
preparing to celebrate hIs ninty-second
birthday on August "a by a benefit per-
Torrance on the West Pier. Mar. Doughty
followed in the footsteps of the great
Grlmaldi and was a clown in the days
when the harlequnade was the principal
attraction of a pantomime. He was
clown at Covent Garden under the re-
gime of the father of the late Sir Au-
gustus Harris When he celebrated his
birthday last year Mr.. Doughty donned
his old motley and sang some of the
pantomime songs of fifty years ago.
Duchess of Marlborough Busy.
OF the many Anglo-American peeresses,
quite one OF the most distinguished is the
duchess Of Marlborough, who has been
making some outspoken remarks on the
question of marriage and education. Ever
since she came to England as a bride, she
has thrown herself body and soul into
social work of every description. But long
before that her grace was already a social
force in New York, where she put many Of
her organizing talents to practical purposes.
She was instrumental, for instance, in
founding the first club for workroom girls
in the States, a club which has since pros
pered and which now numbers sonic hun
dreds of members,
Upon Blenheim palace the duchess has
brought to bear much of her artistic per-
sonality Among many innovations she has
introduced is an American bower, which,
perhaps would be better described as a
floral tunnel 1t is very long and narrow
and arched over with honeysuckle, clematis
and clustering rambler roses. At intervals,
the bower is widened to form alcoves for
seats and one can imagine nothing more de-
lightful than to sit among the honeysuckle
and watch between the cluster of roses the
river which winds its way through the
greensward below.
The duchess also introduced a small
menagerie of wild animals, and has special
cages and heated kennels built for them.
Gazelles, vultures, snakes, chimpanzees and
pelicans, were introduced, and, after her
graces tour to the Nile district some years
ago a number OF other rare animals were
added to the collection, making 1t now one
of the best private Zoos in the kingdom.
Novelty in Dinners.
Baroness de Bertouch, who was the
originator of a dinner at which each of
the diners represented a character in a
poem and was attired accordingly is an
Englishwoman who is descended from John
Wilmot, earl of Rochester, the renowned
court ballad and sonnet writer of the time
Of Charles IL. The baroness herself is a
writer of considerable ability and the au-
thor of some very successful pieces for
rectatlons Her first work was The Out
cast" published In 1890, but perhaps,
better known volume is her Life of Father
Ignatius." Baroness de Bertouch married
the jaegermelster to the king of Denmark,
and they have a son, Baron Rudolph de
Bertouch.
Intolerance I'm Natal.
An extraordinary story. which bears all
the marks of intolerance and injustice, has
been brought to light In regard to the
Misses Coenso. daughters of the late
bishop Of Natal, who have been given sum
mary notice to quit their mission room by
the ecclesiastical authorities
The last dying act OF the Natal IeRisIa-
ture was TO pass a bill by a majority OF
two, and under pressure. confiscatinR
property left In trust to the Church of
England in the colony and handing IL over
to trustees. The first act Of this body is
TO eject from the mission home in which
they have lived and worked for over fifty
years, the two daughters OF DR.. Colenso
The notice which was sent TO the Misses
Colenso contains the following resolution:
That the secretary write to the Misses
Colenso notifying them that the trustees
require TO take possession of the building
which they occupy at Bshoptown and to
Inquire when 1t will suit their convenience
TO Nacate the same" The work of the
Misses Colenso on behalf OF the native
races OF South Africa is so well known
and meritorious that better treatment
might have been expected for them.
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