New-York tribune., 1912-04-21
dutch PRINCE IN LONDON
King George to Welcome Con-
sort of Queen of the Netherlands.
NEW AMERICAN H0STESSES
Mrs. Urban H. Broughton Takes
House for Season-Exhibi-
tion at Grosvenor House.
fBy Cable to Tho Tribune. ]

London. April 20.-The King and
Queen will give dinner party at BUCK
ingham Palace on Friday in honor OF
Prince Henry of the Netherlands, who Is
paying an informal visit to this country
in order to inspect the Dutch village al
the Olympia, his wife, Queen VIII
helmina, having sent several conripu-
tions to the village and being keenly in
terested I'm its construction. The visit
will terminate on Saturday but before
returning to Holland the prince Will be
entertained by his aunt, the Duchess OF
! Albany, at Claremont Park, Esher' ana
Prince and Princess Alexander OF Teck
will be included in the party TO meet
him.
A wedding to which London society
has looked forward for long time Will
be celebrated on Monday, when Captain
Parrish, Goth Rifles, aide-de-camp TO
Viscount Gladstone, will be united to
Dorothy Drew, favorite granddaughter
of the Grand Old Man. The bride VIII
be- attired in white satin charmeuse and
old lace and will wear her grand
mothers wedding veil. She will be at
tended by twelve bridesmaids, including
two children, all in white.
The ceremony will be conducted by
Canon Holland. the Bishop OF Winches-
ter and the Rev. Stephen Gladstone, and
the bride will be given away by her
mother. The reception will be held at
No. 7S Eaton Square, the residence or
the brides uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Gladstone.
Gift from Queen Mother.
A large number OF beautiful and costly
gifts have been received. Queen Alex
andra sent an autographed letter OF good
wishes TO the bride, with pearl and
| amethyst brooch adorned with the royal
| cipher In diamonds. a present from the
people OF Hawarden is a rose bowl with
an album containing the names OF three
hundred subscribers. The bowl Is In
scribed: ITO Miss Dorothy Drew from
her Hawarden friends. April y, 19l2.
number OF Hawarden residents are
going TO the wedding by invitation or
Miss Drew.
One or two American hostesses Will
come forward in London this season.
One who already has a large circle or
friends in town is Mrs. Urban H.
Broughton. nee Rogers. who, with her
husband. will shortly arrive at No. ~
Park street. which they have taken for
the season. II is said that, although Mr.
| Broughton IS a prominent member or
the New York Yacht and Garden City
Golf clubs, they contemplate giving up
their estates in America and making
their permanent headquarters in this
country. Mr. Broughton's American
business interests, however. are so big
that Il is hardly likely he will cut him
self off altogether from his New York
and Chicago associations. but Mrs
Broughton probably Will make her home
in London, with perhaps occasional
visits 10 America,
Fancy Dress Ball.
The Empire fancy dress ball at tho
Savoy Hotel on Tuesday. in aid OF the
even greater success than the ball last
year great many new patronesses
are taking an active interest in what
| bids fair to be a most brilliant spectacle.
Among those who recently added their
names are the Duchess of Marlborough,
the Duchess of Westminster, the Coun-
| tess of Derby. the Countess Of Hunting
ton, the Countess of Bessborough, the
Countess OF Coventry, the Countess Of
Marlborough, Lady Lyttelton, Countess
Torby Lady Sarah Wilson. Viscountess
Maidstone, Viscountess Acheson, Lady
Glenconner, Lady Tree and Mrs. Cecil
| Bingham.
Tho Duke and Duchess Of Westminster
are lending Grosyenor House on Thurs
day and Friday for an exhibition AMI
sale by the Buckingham Palace Indus
try. Countess Grosvenor will open the
sale on the first day. and the ceremony
will be performed on the following day
| by the Duchess Of Buckingham and
Chandos.
Another important gathering Cf the
coming week will be the Thackeray cos
tune ball on Thursday in connection
with the Navy League. A reproduction
OF the Waterloo ball at Brussels will
probably be a feature of the Vanity Fair
group. while the march past OF snobs,
which is to take place at midnight,
should have a piquancy Of its own.
Two Historic Tables.
IL is not without interest at the pres
ent time to recall that the table which
belonged to the Irish House Of Lords
and which was used when the Act OF
Union was signed was sold few years
ago at auction at Navan, County Meath
Romance, too, surrounds the history
of n finely carved table which has found
permanent resting place In the memr
hers tea room OF the imperial House II
Commons. 1t was one Of the very few
relics saved from the fire which con-
sumed both houses Of Parliament In tho
early 3Os. For many years 1t was pre-
served in one of the rooms Of the Board
of Trade, but the late Sir Reginald Pal
grave. when clerk of the House, ascer-
tanning the facts from an old messenger
who assisted in removing II, had 1t re-
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