The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-29

III ot- HeterSDufg. upon his return to Russia. the Prince resumed his duties as an aide to the Grand Duke Nicholas They received much social attention dur ing their stay in New York and Wash ington.
 One of the most distinguished foreign CTS who will visit America during the winter is Count Albert Apponyi of Aus tria-Hungary, who arrives here on Feb ruary '. Count Apponyi Is going to Wash ington to call upon President Taft and will be the guest there of Baron Hen gelmuller. Alter few days stay at the capital. Count Apponyi will return to New York. Frederick Townsend Martin IS arranging to give reception for him at the Plaza on the afternoon of Feb ruary 13. Count Apponyi is a hereditary member of the House of Magnates. of which he was at one time speaker, and was formerly a member of Emperor Franz Josef's cabinet
 The Duke and Duchess of Manchester will arrive on their annual visit. They will go on cruise to the West Indies with MT. and Mrs. Fred Vanderbilt The party will spend few weeks at Palm Beach, Fla
 MT. Reginald c. Vanderbilt, who has been confined to his home during the winter because of a general breakdown in health, has sufficiently recovered to be out driving. MT and Mrs. Vanderbilt will soon sail for Europe, where they will spend several weeks. When they return to America in the spring they will go to their farm at Newport
 MT. and Mrs. T. Suffern Taller will in Q nnx foI f,, son in the shape of a shooting gallery and bowling alley at their new home Honeysuckle Lodge, adjoining the John R. Drexel place.
 Mrs. Stuyvesand Fish entertained a large number of friends today This is the second of a number of entertain ments which Mrs. Fish is giving during the season. She will entertain again on February 9 A topic of interest over the tea tables at present is the coming coro- nation of King George and the plans for the ceremonies which, it is said. are to be even more elaborate than those arranged TOT the coronation of Edward Many Americans, Of course, are making their plans to go over for the event and as the period of the festivities will extend from June 19 to June 30, prospective vjs- itors are just beginning to realize that it Is quite time to make all the needful plans. Lodgings, naturally, will be at a premium and 1t behooves the early bird to engage accommodations forthwith.
 Mrs. Henry Waters Taft, wife of the brother of President Taft, who Is chair man of the committee in charge of the affairs, for the special performance of Madame Butterfly which will be given at the Metropolitan February 4, has been notified by long list of prominent pat rons of their intention to attend The per- formance will be given for the benefit of the Legal Aid society.
 While there has been no confirmation Of the rumor society Is much interested in the report coming from London that Mrs. Ava Astor Is engaged to William Lehman Ashmead Bartlett -Burdett Couts a member of parliament, a writer, phi lanthropist and formerly the husband of Baroness Burdett-Coutts, who left him large fortune.
 MT. Burdett-Coutts was born in the United States. His father was Ellis Bart lett of Plymouth, Mass, and his mother was daughter of John King Ashmead Of Philadelphia. Thirty years ago, then aged 30, he married Baroness Burdett- Coutts and assumed her name