The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1911-04-06
KINGS WEIGHT IN
COLD TO POOR
Fortunately for India Governments
Treasure Chest George v. Is
Royal Lightweight

LONDON, April D. mere 10
thing unusually picturesque ana
Arabian Nights-like in the proposed
ceremony that on his arrival III
India for his coronation at the I'M
perial Durbar. King George shall De
weighed in Calcutta against gold
and the result distributed among the
noor This proposition will cost the
Indian Government about s59,VOV'
saws a cable TO the New YORK Ameri-
can.
The custom is one OF great an
tiuuity in India. In the past ali the
great ruling princes when they as
cended their thrones gave ther
weight in gold to charity, put re-
Gently the expensive ceremony mas
fallen into desuetude. The last IN
stance is that recorded at the coro-
nation OF the present Maharajah OF
Benares.
Meanwhile in England the Lord
Chamberlain is making sort VI
house house visitation in his
anxiety 10 find quarters for the many
princes and foreign potentates VINO
will be here for the coronation.
AS usual, several American hos
tesses have volunteered their KIND
offices. Lady Granard. who mas
gone TO Paris for fortnight, has
offered Forbes House TO the govern
ment for a week. Cora, Lady Star
ford. has also expressed her willing
mes 10 vacate Chandos House for the
same period. while Mrs. John Ward.
daughter of the American Ambassa-
dor. has been approached with a
view OF letting her house In Carlton
Gardens. belonging TO her brother
in-law. Lord Dudley.
Sir Ernest Cassel will place his
palace in Park lane. Brook House.
at the disposal OF the government,
and Lady Naylor Leyland. who was
Miss Chamberlain. will hand over
her Hyde Park house 10 the royal
guests.
An Expensive Celebration.
The government has already book
ed suites at Claridge's and other
fashionable hotels, and is paying
very handsomely both for houses and
hotel accommodations.
Lady Naylor Leyland. who in her
the most beautiful Americe In this
country. seldom lives in her Hyde
Park house. which Is rather a bar
rack. despite its gorgeous interior.
She frequently used to lend the house
for charity functions. until she dis
covered that some visitors frequent
ly took a fancy TO the precious and
portable goods lying in the reception
| rooms.
The American Ambassador and
Mrs. Whitelaw Reid have again
placed Dorchester House at the dis
posal OF the king. who has gratefully
accepted It,
The Russian grand dukes and the
4, Crown Prince Of Germany will have
suites in Buckingham Palace.
Americans at Elaborate Party.
Lady Bateman has recently taken
TO entertaining on a lavish scale both
in London and on the Riviera, where
she is at present a hostess Private
letters from Cannes state that her
dinner party last week at the Casino
was an immense success Among the
Americans present was Lady Cheyles-
more, who will shortly return &c
London. The guests Of honor were
Prince Albert OF Schleswig Holstein
son of Princess Christian, who is an
enthusiastic golfer and one of the
most genial OF minor royalties. and
Grand Duke Michael OF Russia and
his wife, the Countess Torby.
The dinner party was followed by
private game OF baccarat, the
Grand Duke as usual playing more
heavily than any one else.
Lady Bateman will entertain on a
large scale in Grosvenor square
when she returns to London.
The Marchioness Of Dufferin and
Ava, who was Miss Flora Davies of
Nv York. has had TO cancel all OF
her engagements on account OF the
serious illness Of one OF her three
daughters. She intended TO have
given her first big party at North
House. Putney, which would have
been In the nature Of house warm
ing. The other two daughters OF the
Marchinoness are also causing her
some anxiety.
Another American hostess whose
engagements are cancelled Is the
Countess of Craven, who had gone to
the Riviera with her mother. Mrs
Bradley Martin. but was recalled TO
England on account OF her son, Wis
count Ellington. having developed the
measles at Eton.
The Duchess OF Roxburghe's dinner
20 the King and Queen this week was
superbly managed. Chesterfield
House. which she purchased from the
Baroness Burton was literally a mass
of roses The dinner party was
small, for the royal function Included
only such personal friends OF the
King as Lord Revelstoke. Count AL
bert Mensdorf, the Austrian ambas-
sador, and Lord Rosebery: while
among the women we're Lady Lon
donderry and the Duchess OF Port
land
Many Americans will spend the
next few weeks in Paris and after
that there will be a general rush to
London.
Mrs. William Leeds takes posses
OF Mrs. George Kappels house In
Grosvenor street at the end of April.
Mrs. John Drexel will divide her
time between London and Paris.
Mrs Maldwin Drummond will en-
;ertaln largely in Carlton House