The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-21
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az to cause men to avoid him. and
clubs to which he had obtained ad-

as 10 cause mon " SSoso AAn' ~ss~
clubs to which he had obtained ad-
mission in ignorance Of his antece-
dents. to request his withdrawal In
deed, the cartoon in vanity Fair az.
tracted public attention to the fact that
he was living in England. which he
found prudent t. quit within twenty
four hours for the continent. where ne
spent a number Of years Afterwards,
while Vanity Fair couple OF weeks
having Included him Inadvertently and
in Ignorance. in its list Of cartoon eeie-
brities.
Charles birmingham knows his Lon
don too well t. admit OF vanity fan
ever making such an amazing mistake
while under his guidance. I UNDER
stand that his friend. Ralph Neville
who was one OF his most brilliant as
sociates on the stan of Truth. and
who is q son Of that wonderful ola
Lady Dorothy Neville, VIII eo-opera he
remembered that they were joint auth
ors Of a most interesting volume OF
anecdotes published few years ago
entitled From Piccadiily to Fan
Mall" and dealing with English society.
Club and OF the Bachelors.
CHARLES birmingham Is q member OF
that historic family OF birmingham OF
which Lord Stafford is the chief: The
of the honors Of the house of Howard.
But the peerage. which was heritable
in the female line. was attained in
Star;or LAT his head or the
n, ,,...,- - ~. .,r.uou.
TitnS O.ts. ava ramained IN that CON.
d;tinn rntii iSSs whan the aftainder
was reneaied bv act of Parliament in
Savor ~ Sir csoro. I.rnin9ham. whose
ancestor ana namesake the Attn hold
or ~ the Jerningham Raronetcy. had
married. The deca nitated lord Stafford's
h.;r.s, Cir Henrv Jerninrham was
Master of the Horse to Bloody Mary.
EI;,sh.,h owinx 70 his refusal to
.h.nSon -. Rrn.r csfholic faith. to
~hicS ths S.rnin1hams belong to this
Sav
Charles birmingham IL q younger
hrothar ~ Sir Hubert Jerninxham. the
ernor and former Member of Parlta-
ment AS a young Attache' of the
british Embassy at Paris. Sir Hubert
brilliant troupe OF amateur actors and
actresses who under the leadership OF
the Austrian Ambassadress. Princess
Pauline Merternich, not only occupied
the stage Of the private theatres Of
the imperial palaces of the Tuileries.
AZ 81 cloud OF Fontatnebleau. and Of
~ - vfrtu.l,v led the
SoHp'esne, o". yan.,.on
reVeis at tho gay court VI
III. and Empress Eugene during tho
closing years Of their reign.
Hnhart Je-nfnsham's success was que
not only to his complete command Of
the French language - he was
graduated from a Paris instead Of from
an English university-but likewise to
his remarkabIe historionic ability and
tastes which latter may be said t.
havs nursned him through his entire
career. For when Governor of Mauri-
thus and Of other British dependencies.
he was in the habit of giving dramatic
Of farces Of his own authorship. and
where he fulfilled the duties OF stage
manager, nothing but the necessity OK
maintaining unimpafred the lofty dig.
nifty Of his 3fice. as representative OF
the sovereign. preventing him from ap-
pearing before the footlights-
There IA no truth in the stories print
cd in the English weekly papers to
the effect that the Duke and Duchess
at welbeck Abbey for the Doncaster
races. The duke has carefully refrain
ed from giving any house party for
the Doncaster races since a memorable
years ago. The late King Edward, then
Prince Of Wales. had notified him that
he would like to stay at Welbeck Abb
hey for the races and accordingly all
preparations were made to welcome tina
then heir apparent in a fitting manner.
In accordance with the requirements OF
etiquette, the duchess sent to the prince
. ,,st AZ The 1uesta whom she proposed
fo invite 7, meet him. He eliminated
one or TWO names fherefrom. and sub
sfituted instaad that Of the then Lady
Rrooke now Countess OF warwick. The
duchess replied that She regretted that
she wouId he unable to welcome Lady
RrooLe At welbeck Abbey. In this she
- $500 -, hy b.r husband. The
wSs o"S 49, ippdigpanf thereunon an
pomn..s ths& he 1,uid not honor We'll
hoo% 49, vith HE nresence-
oe Sa iarn;,s ~ THE Ms Arthur VIII
On .s 81 nr,nca hsroinc him
SOU wo, Tranbv crnft For the race
W.ek and At the same time making