The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-08-14
LADY BERESFORD
COMING FOR VISIT

Vaughan. Mr.. Gladstone. Gambetta and
King Humbert
Lady Charles. whose daughter. MISC
Kathleen Beresford. is alrcady in this
country. staying with Colonel and Mrs.
robert NJ. Thompson. at Southampton,
Long Island, is indirectly Responsible
Toy the fact that on the occasion OF
the great naval review the other day
at Spithead, in connection with tho
coronation. all the ladies on board tho
various warships were ordered below
and out OF sight while the royal yacht
was passing through the lines Dur
ing the great review held in connec-
ton with Queen Victoria's diamond
jubilee. three years before her death.
Lord Charles signaled from mis- flag
snip a message TO Lady Charles, who
was a guest on board one Of the other
battlcshlps. q message to the effect
that he would be unable to Join her at
dinneT. as he with the other flag Of
hcers had been commanded to dine
that night with the Queen This mes
sage. couched in his customary breezy
fashion, was wiGwagged> while the
Queen was passing along the lines
While many naval men. both on board
the royal yacht and the other ships.
saw Lord Charies's signaling, some
OF them being able through their
knowledge OF the code to read tho
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would have been done about this slight
breach OF etiquette had il not been
for Lord Mayo's brother. the Hon
"Algy" Bourke member Of the
stock exchange. who for the occasion
was representing the London Times.
and on board the ulan-of-war whore
Lady Charles Bcresford was guest
From her he heard OF the message
which she had just received from her
husband. and very indiscreetly he re-
lated the matter in the account print
ed on the following morning in tho
London Times, giving. II my memory
serves me right. the message just as
sent. and which was certainly never
intended for publication. In this man
ner the affair was brought to the at
tcntion of the Queen. who chose to
see therein n gross piece of disrespect
10 herself. expressing Indignation that
any admiral. especially one who had
been in command OF the royal yacht
and naval a. D. c. of the sovereign
IKE Lord Charles. should have so far
forgotten himself to signal from
his flagship private messages, when
the monarch was passing his ship in
review.
It followed in consequence OF this
that series of stringent rules were
Issued, providing for tho etiquette to
be observed on the warships during
az 81 itNitMS ny inc sovereign. ono
OF the features thereof being that no
women, and for the matter OF that no
civilians, should be in evidence on the
deck of any warship while the review
is in progress.
Lord Charles and his wife are n most
devoted couple, and may be said to
nave spent their entire lives in cham-
pioning one another's cause and fight
ing one anothers battles
Lady. Charles. let me add I'm Conclu-
sion. has great fondness for Jewels.
of which she has a wonderful coliec-
tion and which are particularly suit
ed to her style of beauty. She is en-
thusiastic or the subject of Wagner
and can dissect with singular astute-
ness the merits of Zola Tolstoi. Mae
terlinck. Ibsen. Shaw, etc. has. a most
remarkable mastery Of foreign Ian
guages, n singularly melodious voice.
with a clearness of diction unusual
among well bred English people. and
is daughter and coheiress of the late
Richard Gardner. M. P. for Leicester
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