Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-28

king and queen themselves seem in
rlined to stand aside and let the two
factions fight 1t out, although, SO far
as fRvors go, the names of American
peeresses are notably absent from cor
onation appointments.
Still, there isn't much doubt that,
whatever are their ~sympathies, King
george anu queen nIary are eUu pUfftiC
to y1s'r offending the shopkeepers and
their sort by driving rich Americans
away from London. London mer-
chants have thriyed and grown fat on
the extravagances of the climbers, and
many q poverty stricken noble is en-
abled to make q respectable appear
ance at the coronation only because
some rich American is paying him ex-
st~ortionate cent for his moldy town
house or the bleak. inaccessible castle
that hasn't had u decent overhauling
, sAlcs theu Nme Of William the Con-
, Queror.
It's O grand charity which these
Americans are keeping up In thus
financing poverty stricken peers, and
doubtless Queen Mary, who has a keen
eye to nll charities, will see that the
generous Americans are not pressed
too hard. The sentiments Of the Prin-
cess of Wales seem TO have been some
what modified by the queen, for 1t was
recently ~unofacially announced that. in
spite of persistent rumors, Queen Mary
was never really a~ntagonistic to Amert-
cans, her disapproval being limited to
O class known as climbers, who are
equally distasteful 10 their w
try people.
Sustained and cheered by this news,
many American women IN London are
preparing TO spend large sums of
money to win royal favor by entertain
ing during the coronation season. 1t ia
said Mrs, Maldwin Drummond, the
wealthy Chicago society leader, whose
millions came from her late husband
Marshall Fields. Jr., Is M OF those
who will entertain most splendidly,
It is whispered that she will not hesi-
tate TO spend @ million In coronation
entertainments. A special service Of
gold plate is being made for Of her
dinners, which 1t 10 rumored will cost
ut least $4,000. Mrs. Drummond's
Scottish country place Is not far from
that formerly occupied by the present
king and queen. They were once
quite n~eighborly with the rich young
widow from Chicago, her children, the
young Fields, having been playmates
Of tho royn! children, There has been
no particular exchange Of amenities
ktely. Not only the late King Ed
Ward, but his daughter.in.Iaw, seemed
to resent the fact that the Chicago
widow passed over q royal suitor,
Prince Francis of Teck, TO choose q
simple English gentleman for her sec
ond husband.
The fact that Mfr. Drummond was
even poorer than Prince Francis did
not add to the serenity Of a match.
making sister, and for a time Mrs,
Drummond enjoyed little favor either
1t the hands Of King Edward, who
lad done all he could to provide for
he Tecks, or those of his daughter-in-
aw. The death of Prince Francis may
have served to heal this wound. That
Mrs. Drummond Is willing to spend so
much OF the coronation gayety looks
~ II she believed that Queen Mary
would again smile on the woman who
had rejected her brother.
The Duchess Of Roxburghe, who was
Miss May Goelet OF New York; the
Countess Of Granard, who was Misc
Beatrice Mills; Lady Arthur Paget,
Mrs. Ava Astori Mrs. NJ. B. Leeds. the
widow Of the tin plate magnate. over
Whose social fortunes Lady Paget is
efsaiding: tia Countess Of Ancastsr, |