Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-26
LONDON SOCIETY.

Special Cabcgram TO The Star
LONDON, England March 25.-AIiss
Gladys Deacon has returned to Lon
don and joined Mrs. Frederick Cav
| endish-Eentinck and Lady Sybil Smith il
their. work in behalf of socialism. Miss
Deacon, whose romance with the Duke OF
Marlborough is fresh in the minds of the
Mayfair set. owing to his continued de-
votion. divides her time between Paris
and Florence. She has not seemed to
care for London for the past few years.
but her present activity for the better
ment of mankind is pronounced.
Aristrocratic socialists are acquiring
considerable power, as many OF the most
gifted intellects have been captured by
Mrs. .Cavendish- Ventinck. 1t is true these
recruits lunch and chat about democracy.
while footmen with powdered hair serve
them with the delicacies Of the season
1t is also true that no one has yet dis
persed her private fortune. and there are
many who cry out that the campaign for
universal equality is mere fad.
Miss Deacon has always been fdenti-
fed with the ultra-smart element Of Lon
don. and therefore her change from a
duca1 to a democratic interest has caused
quite a stir among those who watch the
skyrocket career Of this clever woman.
Lady Sybil Grimston. daughter OF the
tdTl OIL v oTuldIll, has ueScTlcu SOtictS AOl
all time. and is now Number Two" in
the Tredegar House Training School Tor
nurses, whose ambition is realize by
service in the London hospitals. Lady
Sybil. or Nurse Grimston. as she must be
known henceforth, is a probationer, and
will not be full-hedged nurse for three
years.
She lives now in slum district tive
miles from Mayfair. and observes rigid
early rising at Z o'clock with the less
I,1x I,r~y rts 6n ho
hours for recreation between and
o clock in the afternoon. Nurse Grimston
is a small, sweet-faced girl, with brown
hair and fine colOring. There are few
English families more ancient or inter-
esting than Lord Verulams.
Mrs. Ronalds Resumes.
Mrs. Ronalds has once more opened
her house in Cadogan place for her
famous Sunday musical afternoons. Her
house is the rendezvous of all the smart
Americans in town. No formal invita-
tons are ever issued for these lat
homes
Mrs Twining of Halifax, Nova Scotia,
mother Of the Canadian peerless, the
Marchioness of Donegal, has become an
ardent spiritualist. A recent experience
Of hers has caused considerable merrl-
ment in social circles. She carries about
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her friends, pet lemur, a particularly
miscellaneous little beast. Gen. Sir Alfred
Turner, a veteran volunteer warrior and
an enthusiast on spiritualism, gave a
seance, Lady Turner, Who disapproves
Of these affairs, not being present. Cecil
Huske, who has frequently been exposed
as fraud, was the medium. Huske had
lust materialiZed the spirit of the late
Cardinal Manning, when there was a
piercing masculine yell. Mrs. Twlning' s
lemur had escaped and had bitten Car
dinal Manning rather severely in the
calf.
When the lights were turned up Huske
was found covering and looking very
white in corner, while the lemur was
sitting on Mrs. Twining lap and wear
ing an injured expression.
Scarcely had 1t been decided that
Great Britain's future battleship should
be armed with the giant l35-inch gun
than a weapon with 15-inch cal1ber
IS brought forward. Thus 1t Is diff
cult to see where the never-endfng
conflict between guns and armor will
cease.
The United States 14-inch. gun Is
asserted to be inferior in both range
and muzzle velocity to the new Brit
ish 13.5-inch gun. The British ad
miralty, however, IS to order several
15-inch weapons for testing purposes,
after Intellectually urging the gun
makers to manufacture and experiment
with one o. these monsters at their
own expense.