The Washington herald., 1911-02-13

The forthcoming London season, which
will have its climax in the coronation. Is
expected to be one of the most brilliant
and successful ever known. Although,
owing to the royal mourning. the courts
will not be held so early this year as
usual, this may not have any adverse
effect. A number of very distinguished
debutantes will be presented at this sea-
sons courts.
Chief among these young ladies who
are looking forward to entering the gay
world of society is the Princess Maud Of
Fife, younger daughter of the princess
royal and the Duke Of Fife. She will
celebrate her seventeenth birthday in
| April, just two years younger than her
sister, the Princess Alexandra, who will
be nineteen next May.
Both princesses always have led a very
quiet life, and, like their mother, have
preferred the freedom and outdoor spports
of Mac Lodge to the more formal life
they were obliged to lead in London. OF
late years they have spent a good deal
of time abroad with their mother, who is
| a strong believer in foreign travel as
an educator of youth. Princess Maud in
|
speaking no less than three foreign Ian
guages with ease and fiuency.
Both daughters, like their mother, also
are very fond of fishing, and are fine
| fencers, the princess royal having been
| a very fine fencer in her youth. AT the
present time the princess royal and her
daughters, with the Duke of Fife, are
spending the winter in Egypt. On the
| way out they visited Marseilles, making
| the voyage to Alexandria in the P. and
| o. steamer Delhi They passed on to
| Cairo, where they joined their dahabieh
| on the Nile. The delightful and unique
| river journey to Assouan, Luxor, and then
| on to Khartoum, was made by easy
| stages, and they are not expected back
| in old England until after the winter.
| A charming debutante will be the Lady
/ Diana Manners, third daughter OF the
| Duke Of Rutland, and the youngest ol
| three charming sisters. She is Just eigh-
| teen. However, before her presentation
at court, she will have made kind oi
debut in society, as she is, OF course to
! he one of the bridesmaids Of her elder
u sister. Lady Violet Manners, when the
1 latter is married to Mr.. Hugo Charters
/ the,.ldest son of Lord and Lady Elcho
| Run]or goes that this will be one of the
most artistic and picturesque weddings
of the year; and certainly Lady Mar
iorie and Lady Diana Manners will ot
| more charming attendants than mos
brides can expect to have. The Duchess
| of Rutland has very marked artlsu'
| tastes. ana herself is an admirable anna
teur artist, and her daughters have In
berited her appreciation of the beautiful
| All three sisters have considerable
| dramatic talent, and are good amateur
actresses. Sometimes they have giver
entertainments for the amusement OF tn'
villagers and the benefit of charity In thu
schooIhouse at Rowsley, near thei
Derbyshire home. They appear In va
riety of parts, and always succeed II
keeping every one well amused The!
have good spirits, and are not at All con
ventional On one occasion, so II Is said
Lady Viola and Lady Diana went to
gether to BakeweIl fair. and insisted oil
4 tAying the swings and the roundabouts.
The Duchess of Sutherland probaoi!
viii present her daughter. Lady Rose
mary Leveson-Gower. at one of the mrs
courts. Lady Rosemary has been passini
4 some months in Paris, under the care o
her governess, In order to finish her edu
cation, but now she has gone with he
parents to the Riviera The duke AM
duchess have a beautiful villa at Cara
van. near Mentone-
Ths Duchess a Sutherland b vel