The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-01

| ly appeared in musical pieces with Lady 1 Maud Warrender and Miss Muriel VII | son. The latter, who, by the way. is the ], daughter of Mrs. Arthur Wilson of Tran | by Croft, has more than once been the | heroine of the Chatsworth theatricals and has acted a good deal in London. In | deed. Sir Beerbolm Tree has warmly ap. plauded her acting
 | The late Marquis of Anglesey's theatri | cal proclivities are, of course, well known He had beautiful bijou theatre at Ang. lesey castle, where he produced an an nual pantomime.
 | Lady Mary Corbally, the charming sis ter of Lord Cottenham, often appears ir l private theatricals at her mothers town | house, and Is seen to great advantage in | French plays, to which she is specially devoted. Lady Mar and Kellie Is an other distinguished actress, and so are Lady Islington. who often appears or the boards for charity's sake, and Lady | Fitzwilliam; while beautiful Mrs. Cecil | Powney Is generally in request when so- ciety theatricals are going.
 1 Those who imagine that King George, l like the monarchs one reads of in fairy | stories, has only to dip his hands into | a bag of gold whenever he desires to possess himself of anything, would be sadly disillusioned if they could but en- | ter the O11lCe or lnG keeper Ol illo | jesty's private purse, the oldfashioned | title of the Kings chief accountant. The office of the keeper of privy purse | is no light one. The duties are many and varied. The royal estates are nu- nerous and of considerable extent, and | whole army of workpeople of various grades are employed. At Sandringham, | Windsor and Balmoral there are garden CTS, coachmen. footmen, farm hands, nd ali ,tris, | light mechanics, blacksmiths, carpenters, dairy maids, locksmiths, tailors, grooms, wa goners, forest rangers, veterinary sur geons, hydraulic engineers, and yerit- | able army of miscellaneous workers, who | may be conveniently included in the all | embracing term odd men," No account is taken here of the purely domesti, | servants, who alone form miniature army. The wages and pensions of this huge body occupy the attention of sew | eral clerks.
 l Then there is the purchase of live stock | seeds. roots, agricultural and farm ma | chinery, dairy fittings, electrical supplies
 uniforms and liveres, farm and garden | requirements, and a thousand and one | things Building operations, the painting and decorating of Sandringham House and the cottages and buildings on the | estate the glasshouses, stables, drains and other matters associated herewith, are complicated items which necessitate | much clerical labor The supply of pro- | visions, coal, fuel. oil, cattle foods and medicines is another department and then there are the innumerable private ex- | penses, of which the school fees and ex- penses of the royal children, the purchase | of books. newspapers. clothing, seats at the theatre and travelling expenses may be quoted as representative items. Con- | tributions to charitable institutions, money gifts to deserving persons and presents to foreign royalties have to be reokoned with, and in addition there are, 1 of course many outgoings Of a purely personal character.
 Rates, taxes and gas and water have
 to be paid, and the King pays rent for
 more than one portion of his estates In l the north.
 1 The Duchess of Marlborough has been
 entertaining a whole series of parties | some followed by informal dances. ano l others by visits to the latest of the mu- sieal comedies-in honor of her aunt, Mrs Tiffany of New York. At one of these | ady Diana Manners, who Is to marry Mn Hugo Charteris-future Lord Elche | ana Earl of Wemyss-was one of tht | guests of honor and at the dance after | wards most of the officers of the Amer
 ican fleet turned up, after dining witt
 the American ambassador at Dorchester | House The Duchess spent Christmas witt
 her aunt in Paris. and will proceed tt
 Valescure with her sons. who generally
 spend the festive season with their father
 st Blenheim palace. which their Ameri
 can mothers and American grandmother
 dollars have made habtable.
 A friend who has a fancy for studying
 the advertisement columns of the paper!
 has been impressed lately by the mum
 Der of ladies, apparently in good posi-
 tion, who. owing to certain untoward cir
 cumstances, are anxious to sell their set
 Of furs cheaply He wonders whethe
 they are genuine offers. Some of then
 no doubt are above suspicion, but I an
 informed by a gentleman in the trad
 that there are now many private dealer
 who by advertising on the lines indicate
 above are doing uncommonly good bus
 mess The furs are bought in bulk a
 wholesale prices and sold singly. usuall
 from private houses, of which the occu
 pier is paid proportion of the profit |
 return for the privilege of advertisin
 frcnl the address. It is the old dodge c
 the ''cycle slightly soiled, in new. form
 In some instances. in order to impart a
 air of impressiveness and superiority t
 the transa ction. the advertiser takes
 room at hotel and there displays tn
 furs. which, as she explains with gli
 tongue and sorrowful face, she is con
 relled so reluctantly to part with. I wa
 given the name of one smart youn
 woman who is said to be making $S0 pc
 week at this little game.
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