New-York tribune., 1912-08-11

some of the best company. and their
associates are also in the best com
Pdily. For once, there is social equal
lty. 1t is a scene which could be wit
messed nowhere else in Europe, and IL
/ therefore the better worth considering.
l don't wish 10 make IL out more sig
nlncant than it is. There are plenty
ot other things which, from the sama
point OF view, are significant This is
one OF the few occasions when Litera-
/ ture and Science and Art and even
Journalism are much in evidence in
royal circles. True. representatives of
all THESE departments have been hon
ored by one sort of recognition or an
other; by orders, decorations. distinc-
tlons, titles; even including 'Peerages
TO which the actors have not vet at
tanned. There might he. il a vote were
taken. many more. but these questions
/ are not settled by popular suffrage.
Some of them might be settled differ
entity If they were.
As garden party. the scene-settine
was perfect, If I may use a stage
phrase. Windsor is the noblest pile I'm
Christendom and the grounds and park
are worthy Of the Castle. You will
! have had descriptive accounts by cable.
50 pass all that; though it would not
do to omit the great tents and marquee
thoughtfully provided against rain. Of
Whlch there is a possibility even in
England. and for refreshments. Royal
etiquette is in one particular strictly
observed. The King and Queen do not
appear till their guests have arrived
| Then they come in state procession
| from the Castle to the Terrace. hei alo-
! ed by music and preceded and f)lowed
| by the great officials of the Household.
| An avenue of human beings forms it,
| self, and Their Majesties pass through
| that: stopping now and then to greet
! friends. Once at the marque they send
! for those whom they choose 10 honor;
| notably Ambassadors, and notably
among Ambassadors, the American,
| with whom the King converses for
some minutes. Mr.. Borden, of Canada,
now a great parsonage in London. is
/ another, and presently more royalties
arrive. a Russian Grand Duke and
! Duchess: two Princes OF Greece, and
| those familiar figures, the Grand Duke
! Michael of Russia and his less exalted
! but more sympathetic wife, the Coun-
| tess Torby. and their pretty daughter.
| Celebrities everywherc-social, polit-
! ical. military and others; arranged and
I sorted out as chance may decree. Indian
! princes add to the piCturesquenesS OF
! the scene. but all their splendor does
! not quite make up for the sombre hues
prevailing among the ladies. The dress
I ing Of these beautiful beings is far less
/ dazzling and far less delicate than in
! tho ROYAL Enclosure at Ascot. Two
! Duchesses Of Westminster aud the
Terry Nelson couple are almost in the
same group The Churches, both OF
England and Of Rome-and | think OF
! ireland as welfare present in the per
sons of their archbishops, bishops and
/ lesser dignitaries. That lady in an
| ivory frock and brown sash, with a
brilliant manner, is Miss Muriel Wilson
Not far off Radical journalist of note
Mr.. Harold Spender, is talking to the
wife Of Sir Alfred MOnG. a Radical or
Radicals and commercial as we'll Sir
Charles and Lady Wyndham, Miss
Irene Vanbrugh. Sir George and Lady
/ Alexander smdrtly costumed, as ever.
are making friends with the Church,
whose Ambassador for the moment Is
the Bishop Of Peterborough. with Lady
Mary Carr Glyn, his wife.
There are Labour Members OF Par
! lament not too naughty to counte-
nance by their coming the festivities
Of the idle rich" but asserting their
independence by straw hats and lounge
lsuits. Mr. Charles Davis may be seen
an eminent Bond street dealer in pict-
/ ures and bric-a- braC; and Mr. Richard
Marsh. the Kings trainer: not less
eminent, perhaps more. since to dis
tinction Of one kind or another the
Turf is q sure road. Sir Arthur Pinero'
Sir Sduirc Bancroft, Miss Phyllis Nell
sCn.Terry. who ought 10 be playing AT
a matinee Of The AmaZOns these
arc stage names known in other worlds
than that of the stage, and in America.
You do not have 10 look for the theatre
delegates. they are everywhere. ana
this thrcng would be less variegated
and less cosmopolitan and brilliant
, without them.
Lord LansdoUne and Lord Hugh
Cecil restore the balance and bring the
solemnities Of politics TO the front
And vet 7 can remember seeing LORD
Hugh. not many years ago, toward
o'clock in the morning dancing merrilv
an unusual dance with young matron
of birth and beauty; who would have
been excuse enough had excuse been
needed for this non ecclesiastical per-
formancc by an ecclesiastical cham
pion. There were other Cecils, incluo-
ing Lord Salisbury. There were Lamb
tons. there were Hamiltons and Rus
sells and Cavendishes. But cata-
logue is dry reading and in no case
could il be complete.
Al the end. as at the beginning my
point is the Democracy, which now IN
cludes. or. If II does not include en-
velons. all other classes; or, since De
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