The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-11-19
LONDON SEASON To
Be UNUSUALLY DULL
Departure of Court for India
Deprives Society of Its
Attractions.
EXPECT FEW AMERICANS
British Expect Small Number
of Cousins to Visit Their
Country.
EXPECT FEW AMERICANS
BY LADY MARY MANWARING.

Special Gable 10 Tho Tribune.
LONDON. Nov. 1S.--With the depar I.
ture OF the court for India. this prom
ises TO be about the dullest season So
cially London has seen for a long time.
Not only will many OF the highest OF
England's aristocracy be out Of the coun
try but All unusually small number OF
Americans are expected TO visit us this
year
This Is due TO a double cause, In the
FIRST place there Will be no opportunity
Ia appear at court and In the second
place the coronation attracted an unusu-
ally large American contingent and in the
natural course OF events there would be
a smaller number this season.
We are to lose another very popular
member OF royalty temporarily. Princess
Patricia of Connaught is preparing 10 go
TO Canada 10 spend the Christmas holi-
days with her father and mother. She
how long she will stay. II may be that
she will remain through the winter and
enjoy the winter sports.
The princess is an expert on skates
and is an enthusiast as TO the SKIS.
Peer to Wed Actress.
A rumor Is current in theatrical circles
this week that Lord Howard de Walden
has become engaged to charming young
member OF the profession. For years
Lord Howard de Walden has been The
daughters, lie has always been looked
upon as a confirmed bachelor. and II the
rumor is confirmed IL VIII be one OF the
surprises OF the season. The lady in
question jumped into the position OF
leading lady at a comparatively early
age. She is as charming as she Is popu-
the noble earl her retirement would be
great loss 10 the British stage. Lord
Howard de Walden, who is 81. was edu-
Gated at Eton and Sandluurst, and served
V.iz, Il 1.,tgt tl1
Well known on the turf. he is also keen
on yachting, and Is, in fact. an all
around sportsman. He is about the sec
ond weaithiest nobleman in England, Is
personally well liked. active. tall. and
clean shavcn, and sports an eyeSlass.
Lord Essex is Popular.
Lord Essex has just celebrated his
fifty-fourth birthday. Hc Is an eN"
guardsman, who commanded a yeoman-
~ brigade In South Africa, and Is now
the very popular commandant of the
Herts yeonanry. Countess Essex Is an
extremely handsome American tan an9
graceful. with what has been deseripea @
aS "masnolia-tnteu conlpie"lon' iH"
always we'll dressed. w
She and her husband are familiar
figures at Newmarket and other racing
house. lust north OF Berkeley square, one
OF the Guaintest and oldest houses In Lon
don. tradition alleging that IT was INC
residence OF the Davis hsiress who
brought the Pimlico and BelgraVian prop
ertv 70 the Gransyenors, Lord Essex
dcsceuds from the unfortunate R9yalst
vino was beheaded for his loyalty TO
Charles l. in the same year as the KING
himself. and whose son was advanced 10
an earldom at the restoration, lie sue,
ceeded his grandfather. VINO was marIieo
small fortune by his Invention OF the
''Cassiobury set" so we'll known 10 GRO
quet players OF a past gene5sat'omH- on me ans
grown on his estate, and in some years
as nany as 5000 sets were sold
Has Wonderful Gold Plate.
Another well known nobleman who has
celebrated his birthday is Lord Ormonde.
and from childhood onwards has been
called 20 first as Lord Ossory, and then
as Lord ormonde. He hunts and Shoes:
but is before all else yachtsman, and
has been for some years commodore Of
the ROYAL Yacht squadron. lie Is also
vice admiral OF Leinster. and holds the
historic post OF chief butler OF Ireland,
The chief butIerShip dates from ll'I. and
some curious stories are told of it's hold
ers The seventh butler. havinS-"hile
erty 80 marry whomsover he pleased
allied himself 10 a granddaughter OF Ed
ward L. and WAS forthwith created Earl
In 1891 the castle of Kilkenny. which has
ever since been the family residence.
The ninth earl was poisoned. together
with his steward and fourteen servants,
at a supper at Ely house, Holborn.
Lord Ornlonde Is twenty-scvcnth her
cditary chief butler of Ireland. and his
forbears have preserved most OF the gold
cups which were given them as their
narunisite at the coronations. iorsIuss
these cups there is Wonderful service
or gold plate fashioned out OF almost
pure gold and, as a result. IS very soft
and easily bent and damaged. Much care
has 10 be taken OF such rare posses
! sion aud 10 warm gold plates and dishes
without doing them harm is matter of
much 6if(lCultV. The business Is usually
managed as follows. The plates and
dishes are plunged into a great caldron
OF boiling water. and then flshed out
| again with n pair of topss. the tips OF
which are covered with chamois leather,
This operation usually takes place Just
outside the door of the dining room.
Case OF Love at First Sight.
Lord and Lady Leicester, who are GO
ing on "A visit TO Prince and Princess
Plcss, are both very keen on sport, while
his lordship, vino succeeded 20 the title
I'm 1909 nj The age or CT. Is An ardent
agrlculturist. lie is an old soldier, and
entering the Scots Guards thirty years
ago. saw active service IN the Egyptian
and Suakin campaigns well as in
the Transvaal. LADY Leicester who is
4 splendid skater. dresses eNtre;ncly well.
suCccs ssful costumes. She was the daugh-
ter of the second Lord. Aunaly. and has
three sons. the eldest OF whom Is In the
Scots Guards, while the other two ere
In the navy.
Princess Plcss was. as Miss Daisy
West. accounted the loveliest girl In
beauty has earned for her tho t!tle OF
the fairy princess" Her marriage, In }
1891, WIS the outcome of a love-at-first- J
sirht romance and she was only IS whom
at the German embassy. claimed her as
his bride. In their picturesque Silesian
homo in Germany al the old customs OF
! the plnce rieidy adhered TO. The
| maid servants wear peasant costumes of ]