The Washington herald., 1911-01-13
NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF OTHER LANDS

King George Of England may not b ~
great q, lover Of the turf as his late
father was. but he shows quite an inter-
est In racing events. Entries have been
made on behalf Of the King at number
Of important meetings this year, inciud-
ing Newmarket Second October. Bath.
Bilbury Club. Doncaster Spring, Gatwick
Octooer, Hurst Park Whitsun, Newbury
Summer. and Sandown Park First Sum-
| mer.
The King also subscribed to several
weight-for-age races, to Be decided In
| mated having been bred at the famous
royal paddocks in SandringhAm.
Lady Dufferin. Warehouses Of Ava, she
that was Florence Davis. of New York.
when she married the present marquis
and minister, who in those days was .
poor second son with hardly any pros
poets. until his elder brother was killed
in the Boer war in South Africa, recently
male a public appearance on the London
concert platform. The marchioness is
| well known in polite society rs q cultured
amateur singer. She made her appear
ance at Nine. Donalda's concert in Bech-
stein Hall.
Lady Dufferin has studied singing with
| the famous Nine. Marchesi at Paris. Her
light mezzo-soprano voice is full of pleas
ing quality and her methods Of singing is
pronounced artistic. She was heard first
IN duet with Nine Donalda in the ia
miliar barcarolle from Tales pf Hoff-
man." which was excellently rendered
by both singers. Lady Dufferin then sang
| three songs, one each in Italian. French.
and English, all of which she interpreted
! in a finished manner. Perhaps the most
appreciated Of the trio was Tschai-
kowsky's "A jeune fllles." from his opera
"Pique Dame"
At the end Of her songs the marchioness
was presented with some exquisite fiow-
ers. as was also Mime. Donalda. who was
| in excellent voice. The latters first
group of songs included Gretchen am
Spinnrad." by Schubert. and Schumann's
"Auftraese," both exquisitely sung. while
in her second selection Hugo VOLTS "E1-
fenlied'' and Strauss ''Wiegenlied' were
rendered particularly nne.
Speaking Of the Marchioness of DufYerin
calls to mind that at present London
, clubdom talk centers around the Duff
ferin Dream" In consequence of the To
cent Waratha affair. There are many
stories on record Of that warning
dream. The late Lord Dufferfn. one day
while at Paris. dreamed that he was In
a hearse being conveyed to the Cemetery.
A few days later. as he was about to
enter a hotel elevator. he was shocked
to observe that the attendant was the
living image Of the driver Of the hearse
in his dream The lord stepped back
and the elevator ascended without him.
Before 1t had reached the top Of the
h,,;ll ~~l l. "a
mechanism and the elevator crashed
down to the bottom Of the shaft, every
body it 1t being killed.
Those who sneef at dreams or omens
will have difficulty in explaining away
this warning. or. for the matter OF that
the warning vision Of the sansuinary
sword. which only 50 very recently saved
the life OF one Of the passengers on the
Inflated steamer Waratha.
1t is not very often that the private Sec
retary Of a King and his wife have to
appear in an English court. yet that was
Knollys, the right-hand man of King
George, as he was also that of his
father before him. during his reign and
as Prince of Wales It is not asserting
too much to say that the King would
have a pretty hard time II he had to do
without the invaluable aid of Lord
Knollys, whose knowledge, experience.
and tact saves the monarch many q trou.
blesome hour.
Lord Knollys' daughter. the Hon Alex
andra Louvima Knollys, was the plainttn
In a libel suit against q member Of Par
lament. Mr.. Horatio Bottomley, as pub
Usher. and his printing firm. claim
ing damages for an article that had ap-
peared in print attacking the lady's good
name The defendants alleged that the
words complained Of were published with
out malice or gross negligence.
Miss Knollys' attorney stated that the
libel was a pure invention, and the state
ment Of some interfering and malicious
person. Tho paragraph appeared in
paper entitled John Bull" 1t was headed
THE World, the Flesh. and the Devil"
and was as follows:
The papers have been filled with mys-
terious references to a young lady who
eloped some say with a noble earl. others
with British oficer. and all are agreed
that the happy couple were followed
across Europe by detectives. As an
elopement hitherto has not been consid-
cred a crime. we are anxious to hear fur
ther particulars. So far. however, we
have only ascertained-through French
Englishwoman' is called Alexandra Lou
vima. and that she Is the daughter Of
famous court Official. But We seem to
remember that this extraordinary name
was conferred upon an unfortunate
young lady. compounded Of the first syl-
lables Of the names Of the Kings daugh-
ters, Louisa, Victoria. and Maud"
It was quite true. argued the attor-
nsy. that the young lady's second name
was composed In the way referred to.
Her first name was after Queen Alex
andra. It had been done with the con-
sent Of the parties mentioned. but why
the young lady should be held up to
contempt for 1t was not clear. Miss
Knollys never had gone away. and there
was no question Of any ofhcer or any
nobleman. She had not been away from
her parents or her home. and never had
been in trouble Of any kind or descrip-
ticn. Why the article should call her
an unfortunate young LADY, was not
comprehensive. unless by malicious in
ference. The whole thing. said counsel.
was scandalous from beginning to end.
and. no doubt. was published solely to
sell the paper.
1t is quite true that something Of the
kind appeared last February in two