New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-16
NDON'SHOL|DAYS SEASON
Leading Members OF Parliament
Scatter in Search of Rest.
ACTIVITY AT THE THEATRES
Many New Plays and Reveals
Delegates to Property Con-
ference-Weddings

lGarconisrsm TO III. tribune.
London. April 1.-THE American Am
bsssador and Mrs Reid are spending the
Easter holidays with their daughter at
Chiffon Lodge, Hungerford. The Hon.
John Ward is OH the Mediterranean with
Queen Alexandra.
The members Of the two front benches
have gone in all directions in search or
rest. David Lloyd-George is hunting Tor
he alth IN his native Welsh heath. and
Winston Churchill has taken his wife to
Dublin.
Weddings begin soon after Easter
Three members OF Parliament will be
j.. idegrooms. Hamer Greenwood. Walter
Roch and Charles Lyell. The marriage
Of the Marquis Of Linithaow and Miss
Doreon nj st. Margsret's win be one or
III. prettiest OF these functions.
Tho British delegation for the Inter
ational Property Conference at Wash
iUgtOn viii sail on the Lusitsnis at the
end Of the month. It inciudes Sir Alfred
Rateman. the eminent statistician Of the
Board OF Trade. who recently has been
employed mainly IN labor arbitratlons
and W. Temple Franks. an expert III
vatents and trademarks. and \. Mitchell
lines. Councillor of the British Embassy
at Washington. will be his colleagues.
\. j. Martin. master Of the Detail Patent
Office. will Is secretary. and Coionei
Herbert Hughes. lew clerk of the Cutters
Company. will bo the legal adviser. Sir
Aifred has attended various internatonsl
assemblies. is an uncomproinisinS free
trader and is intensely interested in the
reciprocity and tariff debates in Con-
gross.
Church love. the American Consul at
Manchester. who was with the 9th
Massachusetts in it's march through Bal
,imore in 1861. and was under fire i'll
Over twenty engagements Of the civil
War. has received many invitations 10
address meetings in Lancashire. York
shire and adjacent districts in favor Of
the proposed arbitration treaty. The ap-
pcarance Of the veteran at tho Manches-
ter Town Hall az an advocate OF per-
nanent peace between England ana
America has been heartily appreciated.
There is e continuous onrush OF new
nlavs and reVivals at the theatres for a
rortnight Laurence Irving has trans
ferred THE Lily" 70 the Duke OF York
Theatre. and has prefaced il with an
effective little curtain raiser. The Ter
rorist" written by himself and based on
his personal knowledge Of Russia. ~
GAS staged FOR chalet in remote dis-
trict Of Russia and Mr. irving himself
was the Governor. living with his sister
md servant, and meneced by May
Forbes. as the terrorist. This piece was
ven received. ana so vas "Our Nervous
system" bright curtain raiser written
by Gertrude Jennings FOR the Playhouse.
The revival of Hubert Henry Davies g
Cousin Kate" with Cyril Maude in per-
hans his finest comedy part and with
Ellis Jcffrcys and the entire original cast.
except Cyril Smith. supporting him with
srdor and intelligence. was an occasion
of ,lnmixed Joy after the prolonged series
-; farces. There was much enthusiasm.
with many recalls.
Sir Herbert Trees Shakespeare res
tIval at His Majesty's Theatre opens on
Monday with "A Midsummer Night
Dream with beardless Arthur Bour-
CHER as Bottom. Violet Nanbrush and
other stars will appear at Stratford dur
ms Mr.. Bensons three weeks season.
The Butterfly on the Wheel di-
vorcc court play 10y Edward G. Ham
merdo and Francis Nelson. will he y
striking novelty at the Globe Theatre
with Lewis Waller in modern part,
and "Kisnet." with remarkable effects
If realism. will be Oscar Asche's most
ambitious production al the Garrick.
The Bishop OF Southwark breaches his
farewell sermon at the Cathedral to-mor-
row before taking up his work in the
Diocese of Winchester. There will prob
ally be permanent memorial of his
ardpous aid successful service at the
cathedral. which he restored and inn
proved.
There will he no novelties IN Easter
music a. the London churches. At West
minister Cathedral there will be rever-
sion from the quaint solemn Spanish
music sung during Holy Week TO more
JOYOUS measures.