New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-01
LONDON HOTELS REPORT
1912 A BUMPER YEAR
Americans, However, Had Not
Their Usual Large Share IN
Creating This Result.
STORES SHOW FALLING OFF
Duchess of Roxburgh, Mrs. John
Magee and Duchess OF MARI
borough Among Prominent
Scottish Hostesses.
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London, Aug. 31.-The present sea-
son has been enc Of many CONTRACTS
tjons. London has been crowded with
visitors and society has been more
lively and gay than for several years.
Popular interest in several social fXt-
ures has infused new life Into royal
traditions. 1t has been a most pros
porous reason for the theatres am
hotel. managers all agree that they
have had the best season In ten years
Yet except for the theatres and hotels
the cry of poor business and poor sea-
son is almost universal.
The Horse Show at the Olympia, for
example, which is supposed to be one
Of the big social events OF every sea-
son, was In 1912 not much better thah
a failure, though more than the usual
amount of money was spent this year
by the directors upon it. The building
was never crowded. not even on the
day of the visit Of the King and, Que a.
a VISIT which was advertised far In ad-
vance. with all the fawning rhetoric
that England's newspaper men know
so well how t. supply.
The weather. Of course may be taken
into account for the failure OF th'
Goodwood races and the Cowes yacht
ing week. though it does not account
for the failure of the Thames season.
DESPITE the fact that II was the first
regatta attended by thu sovereign.
Boat owners and hotel proprietors up
the river say the present summer has
been one. of the most disastrous on
record Many boatmen have already
laid up most Of their craft for the win
Visitors from the Continent
The projectors OF the large stores
in London make the same dismal COM
plant, which seems strange whom the
hotels are Dragging Of prosperity. but
there has been another curious over
turn in hotel patronage which largely
accounts for the poor business reported
by the stores. Usually 1t is American
visitors wh) give the hotels their sum
mer prosperity. and the storos also
count ON large purchases by Ameri-
cans, but this wear the hotels have
been crowded with visitors from the
Continent, chiefly Russians and Ger
mans, though all the countries Of Eu-
rope have supplied the quota. For
eigners who have 70 pay hotel bills
don't come TO England to do their
shopping. and thus where the hotels
have had a prosperous season. despite
the great falling off In American
travel. the stores have suffered.
The Duchess of Roxburgh has had
among her guests for shooting IN Scot
land the Hon. John Ward. Lord Alas
tair lines Ter and Sir George Hons-
toun Boswal. A little later the Duke
and Duchess will go 10 Floors Castle.
where the King and Queen may visit
them in October.
A Shooting Lodge de Luxe.
The Duchess Of Marlborough will
continue her hospitalities at Auchna-
shellach until the end OF September,
when her lease expires She has enter
tanned there some Of the most success
full shooting parties OF the season. All
possible modern comforts have been
added 70 this shooting lodge in recent
years. Auchnashellsch has a private
railway station at the back OF the
lodge, private telegraph and telephone
Offices and a private. postottice. A
s-nau battery Of automobiles is kept
for guests who do not care to give up
all their time to shooting. Last season
Auchnashellach was rented b. the
Gaekwar Of Daroda. who paid moro
than $1,000 for the autumn months.
Mrs. Astor will be )ut Of England
most Of the winter, but will return 'n
the spring to Grosvenor Square. where
il is expected she will do good deal
os entertaining.
NJ. and Mrh. rohn Magec have taken
Sir Alexander Baird's Scottish house.
Uric Castle near Stonehaven. for the
autumn and will have numerous par
ties there. Tho wedding of Harold
stansmore .Sutting eldest son of Sir
John Nutting, Part. and Miss Edith
Brooks daughter of Walter Brooks, Of
New York, has been set for September
1s at ST. GEORGES. Hanover Square.
Lord Annesley. Sir Hercules Ian
grishe and Count Bentinck are guests
Of Robert Tod on the Karlna. which
has left Cowes for New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Steele and fam
lily have gone TO Harrogate.
Mr.. and Mrs. q. G. Gordon King
have gone on a long automobile tour.
Mr.. and -drs. G. G. Dinsmore and
Mrs. G. Lowell Putnam have gone 70
Paris.
At the Hotels.
Among the Americans who have been
In London this week are:
At Clsridgc's: Mrs. Philip Lyd!g,
MIR. and Mrs. Charles Scribner and Mr..
and Mrs Frank L. Crocker.