The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-08

London, January 7-(SpeC1al)-Ihe American colony, especially that DOT tion of 1t which has not yet been pre- scented at court. is on edge for the first levee of King George, which probably
 will be held early in February, sh ort- ly after the assembling of the new par lament. There was @ report that no levee would be held until the period of mourning for King Edward had ex- pired, which would be May '. This
 would have been so near the date of coronation that had it been true 1t is doubtful If there would have been an opportunity to be presented until pretty nearly midsummer.
 The announcement therefore. which is semi official, that levee will be held in February is most welcome. Already
 the manouvering for a place on Am
 bassador Reid's list for presentation has begun.
 The King and Queen will hold a diplomatic and official court at Buck ingham palace toward the end of Feb
 ruary or early in March, It Is prob able that the recently introduced reg ulations for the, ordinary court will be
 considerably altered as they have not worked well during the last few years. On the other hand, the new rules for the 1evees have proved most success full.
 Queen Alexandra has carefully pre- served all the letters of condolence her majesty received on the death of the
 King, and these are now numbered among her most treasured possessions.
 The letters have been divided into cate gories, those from royalties and inti- Q to fri of the late Kings subjects, not only In this country, but in all parts of the en-
 pire, many of them being quite poor people, and from little children.
 , The letters have been carefully
 bound in plain, dark red calf, with a small crown on the cover. Queen Alex andra specially prizes those letters of sympathy which came from poor people, and though 1t was obviously impossible
 for her majesty 70 reply to them all. during the first few months she wrote to several of these correspondents thanking them for their kind sympathy. It is consistently rumored that the engagement of Prnice Arthur of Con- naught, who has lately been paying a
 round of country house visits, will shortly be announced. Despite various inspired denials which have been cir culated privately, it is believed that he will take the daughter of an English
 duchess for his bride..
 Prominent London hostesses who in
 tend waging war on the unbidden gust during the coming season are said to
 be determined that no one unless he or she can produce card of invitation will be allowed to cross the threshold of any house where dance or enter tainment is in progress. To make sure A a- IL l. f~1 fessional check takers are to be em- ployed.
 hear that Miss Stella Campbell, daughter of Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Is engaged and that her marriage will take place at the end of the present season. The happy young man has q with Miss Campbell at first sight. and through his sister maae her acquaint- ance. Very soon afterwards the en- gagement was concluded. Miss Camp bell intends to retire from the stage on her marriage.
 The appointment of Field Marshal Lord Kitchener as lord high constable of England for the approaching corona tion gives very general satisfaction. It will give England's greatest soldier a place second only to that of the earl marshal. who is. the Duke of Norfolk. |the premier: duke of Great Britain. In the days when this office was heridi- tary it was the greatest in the king
 dom. under the King himself. And while the lord high constable is now only appointed for special occasions. 1t is an office of much dignity and honor. tA ,~
 The career of Lord Mount Stephen, who recently entertained the King and Queen,7 has been one of the great TO- mances of our time He began life as herd boy in Scotland, then was draper's apprentice. and worked after wards as. an assistant in St. Paurs churchyard establishment.
 Then he decided to try his< luck in Canada, and found there, in the shape of the Canadian Pacific railway, the means of acquiring his colossal wealth. Also, he obtained as the reward for his labors in this connection peerage. be- ing the first man in the colonies to at- ~~.~-~~~-~~r~~~~~-.~~~~ raisips, corn and rice, so very we'll" It's all matter of education. There was a time in your life when you didn't like anything save milk. Later on, instead of going in for things like rice and. field corn, you cultivated taste for olives, greasy pastes, high-seasoned pork, white wheat dough In many disguises. and such
 "Just think what would happen if we | l~1 Rr~ IrtA