The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-18

London, June 17.-(Spec1al.)-Ine corona tion of King George and Queen Mary will have passed into history by the end of an other week and society will soon settle down into its accustomed rut. By reason of the presence of so many of the high lplaced ones of the world at the corona tion of whom goodly proportion will re- main for a time, there will be more ac- tiyity In society than usual, but It Will be In quantity rather than quality that the difference will be noted.
 While the organized extortion which have been marked feature of this cor onation has had little effect socially there Is no doubt that the hotel keepers, |tradesmen and others who have sought to make this function a get-rich-qulck medium have over-reached themselves. | The crowds of foreigners, especially or Americans, have been nowhere near what Ihad been expected. They simply decided lthat the game was not worth the candle and stayed away. The efforts which we're made to undo the evil which the stories of high prices which went out were un- lavailing.
 The fact that Queen Mary has firmly turned her face against the hobble skirt, the jupes-culoete and similar sartorial Iatrocities, should not create the impress sion among American women that her majesty Is the least dawdy.
 I noticed particularly the royal ladies at the recent command performance of Money at which the imperial German visitors were guests of the British King and Queen. The German Empress wore a satin gown of lovely shade of parma violent, over which was a long satin cloak of exactly the same shade as her gown, and a large white hat trimmed with ostrich feathers completed very distinguished toilette. Queen Mary wore a lovely shade of pale Cambridge blue, with a white boa round her neck, ana a hat wreathed with roses in shades of blue and pink, nauve and other contrast ing tones Princess Louise was dressed in white soft silk faintly lowered with water blue design, and had a large white hat, the brim being lined with black vel vet and the gown trimmed with white feathers; and Princess Mary wore a girl ish costume of shade of pink alpaca and a hat trimmed with ostrich feathers.
 A good deal of interest will be occa- stoned by the engagement of Miss Doro- thy Drew to Captain Parish, who is one of the es-de-camp of her uncle, Lord Gladstone, the governor general of South Africa. Miss Drew recently developed a Hung weakness, but 1t has been cured by the dry rarifed air of South Africa. She Is the only daughter of the late Cannon Drew who married Miss Mary Glad stone, the daughter of the Grand Oia Man." and the friend of Ruskin.
 The late MT. Gladstone was very fond of her, and she was one of the consola- tons of his old age When a child her dainty little figure was a familiar one to the large parties of political trippers whose Mecca was Hawarden castle and where her parents for some years resid- ed with MT. Gladstone The late Cannon Drew was like son to Mir. Gladstone in the last few years of his life.
 The relations between Buckingham pal ace and Potsdam are evidently more amicable than they used to be in the uncle and nephew days of King Edward. But I refuse to speculate upon the ques- ton whether there is anything In the idea of marrying Princess Louise of Prus- sia, who will be 19 in September, to the Prince of Wales. who will be IT on the coronation Friday.
 I will only say that if the young lady likes to select England for her home she will be very welcome. nor will she be under any necessity to change her relg- ion, as would be the case if she married a Hapsburg. My view of the subject has
 
 should choose the lady that will make nim the best wife-even if the bride be drawn from the British aristocracy only, put In case of an heir to the throne, do not include Daly's and the Gaiety among the British aristocracy.
 Bridge is losing it's hold lately. Re- gently an inquest was held on a Streath- am lady who committed suicide after los Ing some rubbers at bridge It was stated that she was. as a rule, n first rate play CT, but that on the evening of her dea .h she played very badly and lost games which she should have won easily.
 This tragedy Is another example of the Iunsuitabilty of card games to the femin- inc temperament. Many women are ad- mirable bridge players, as far as mere skill and knowledge are concerned, but | they are nearly all bad losers. They are too emotional, and too easily upset by the | outrageous tricks that fortune so often plays. 1s~gy!
 This is really reason why bridge has lost it's popularity, and is so rapidly fall ling out of fashion. When the game was at the height of it's vogue it's supporters were mainly women. Mixed card clubs, l. C., clubs where men and women could meet for bridge, sprang up all over Lon don. But the ladies could not stand the strain. The game got on their nerves and the clubs being pleasant for social gath erings degenerated into nagging and hys- terical institutions. Ra[ tf
 There were no suicides but there were minor tragedies in abundance. husbands | complained that their wives returned home from their bridge clubs in a state of nervous tension that made conversa- tion impossible. The nagging that was merely exasperating at the card table