The Washington herald., 1911-09-12
GOSSIP FOREIGN COURTS

The engagement is announced officially
OF Lady Helen GrosvenOr, daughter Of
| the late Duke Of Westminster and his
wife, katherine, Duchess OF Westmin-
ster, to Sir Hill Child. a distinguished
member Of the Victoria Order. Lady
| Helen, who is but twenty-three Years
! old. is the aunt of the present Duke #
/ Westminster the "Chum" Of Alfonso of
! Spain. though she is about ten years his
/ junior. the late duke having been sue
| Ceeded by his grandson, his son having
I died before him.
I Lady Helen's half-sister. Lady Mar
raret GrosvenOr. was married to the
I Duke Of Teck. Queen Mary's eldest
brother. Another half-sister is Lady
! Ormonde while her eldest sister is mar
ried TO I.ora Crichton, son and heir Of
( Lord Erne.
Lady Helen's fance formerly was
! lieutenant in tha Irish Guards. and saw
service in South Africa. He i a scion
/ Of very old Staffords hire family, being
dcscendti in direct line from William
! ChyIde. who settled at AudIey in the
seventeenth century The family seat is
Stallington Hall. Blythe Bridge. Sir Hill
Child was one OF the house party re-
Gently invited by the Duke and Duchess
"f Westminster 10 meet the King and
Queen Of Spain at Eaton Hall Lady
Helen also was Of the party, and II IS
WHISPERED that that very meeting brought
about the betrothal Just announced.
Mai. Francis Lyon decorated with the
Distinguished Service Order. has hcen
ordered to Sofia as military attaChe to
/ fO nj
the Hon Henry Napier. Mai. Lyon is a
staff officer. but his best qualification for
his new post is his active service record.
which is exceptionally fine. His first
campaign he fought on the East IndiiE
, frontier In 1899 he went to Natal aS
aid-de-Camp TO Sir George White From
I.advsmith he was sent 70 the Gold Coast
by the colonial Office, and subsequently
he took service with the West African
frontier force More recently he was en-
ployed as assistant secretary 10 the COM
mittee of imperial defense, which brought
him into close contact with all the lead
ing soldiers. sailors, and politicians of the
dav
Mai. Lyons, upon his arrival at Sofia.
will find the RUlgarians in grim earnest
about their army on which they are
. SpenllnG every penny VI Il dlltL'lt StE>L4
which is not wanted for education.
Now. that amicable relations have been
established between the Bulgarians and
Servians the Turks are more than ever
jealous of the growing power of Bull
garia in the Balkan Peninsula, but il is
too late to pick a quarrel with any
chance OF military success. The Bull
garian army is in a state of immediate
preparedness for war, and nothing would
DIease both officers and men better than
TO be led against their old adverSaries.
If only there were any craftsmanship
among the Young Turks they would set
tie the Macedonian question in the same
ConCiliatory spirit with which they are
now dealing with the Albanians. and so
take the wind out of the Bulgarian
sails.
The Countess OF Warwick has turned
a new leaf sure enough. and her friends
will have no more cause to refer TO her
as the "babbling brook" If what is
whispered about Mayfair is true, the
lovely countess has burned every one OF
the letters sent her by the late King
Edward. a large collection and a price
less thing for any publisher. She re-
ceived on an average of no less than
three letters a week from the late King
before and after his accession to the
throne and until his fatal illness, Many
of these commune lions dealt with state
secrets and high politics as well as with
intimate affairs OF the royal family.
The countess of late has been fire.
quently approached by publishers
anxious that she write her memoirs, but
she has refused, saying she does not