The Washington herald., 1913-06-28
FOREIGN GOSSIP
Copyright. ISIS. By 4. D. ,.cos.on.,

A The Duke of Argyifs godson, the Mac
llaine of Lochbuie. Of Lochbuie Castle,
Isle Of Null Argyllshire. the twenty-sev-
enth lord of the family's 5000 acres of
forest. glen. and sporting waters. is in
vading America. where he Is to fulfill q
4 music-hall engagement n $1,000 a week.
Il As Douglas Lorne" The Maclaine ap-
peared on the music hall stage In London
A and the provinces, with a fair measure
4 of success as a comedian OF the dude
variety. and in America Is to dress In
kits and sing Scottish songs.
i His reasons for entering the musie-haIl
profession are as romantic as anything
| that was ever imagined by fiction WRITER'S
for, although The Maclaine had inherited
5000 acres of fine Highland sporting
country, they are SO heavily encumbered
| that they yield little to their owner. The
| consequence was that The Maciaine de-
! cided to go on the stage with a view to
freeing the estate from its pressing bur-
den. So struck was the Duke OF Argyll
with the resolution of this young Scottish
| chieftain, that he saw him on at Euston
station, and wished him the best Of luck
\ in his venture.
Nor is Douglas Lorne" the only arts
ltoorat who has gone on the variety stage
and frankly confessed that he had done
fso, to gain histrionic fame, but in order
to earn a livelihood. Quite recently Capt
Arthur Wood, son of Field Marshal SIR
| Evelyn Wood. made his debut on the
London variety stage as singer and
pianist. together with brother officer.
lCapt Henry Green, decorated for distin-
guished service. Both officers have taken
up the variety stage seriously as a pro-
fession. and have certainly met with en-
couraging success.
One day the young viscount Dangan,
the future Earl Crowley, who is now
ltwenty-three years Of age, will inherit
1000 acres of land and two fine country
houses. but in the meantime, being con-
fropted with the necessity of earning his
own living, he has turned his attention
TO the theatrical profession. For a time
he labored as a scenic artist at a salary
of Is shillings a week, working twelve
| hours a day. Ultimately he was en-
couraged by Mr.. George Edwards to ap-
pear in some of the Gaiety plays. Last
year the viscount, or, to give him his
stage name. Arthur Wellesley. appeared
in sketch at the London Pavilion, and
on that occasion, proved that he was
quite capable of competing with the best
| sketch artists OF today.
Several young ladies, whose names hs-
ure in the peerage, have made profess
sional debuts behind the footlights. There
was the Hon. Helen Douglas Scott-M Mon
tagu. daughter of Lord Montagu, of Beau
lieu. who, after going on a tour with one
of Sir Herbert Trees Shakespearean COM
panies. appeared at vaudeville under tire
name OF Miss Ellaline Cecil in the cast
of THE Girl in the Train" She also
| figured in the cast OF The Arcadians"
at the Shaftesbury Theater.
Then there was Miss Helen Montgom-
cry, second daughter of Lady Sophia
Montgomery, niece of the Earl Of Eglin-
ton and Winston, who Joined Mr.. George
1 afaaeN
ter when Peggy was running. For a
long time she felt convinced that she
should never be satisfied until she went
on the stage, for she grew tired Of the
usual round of house parties and dances.
Being very fond of singing and dancing.
and having taken part in amateur the
atricals, she wrote to Mr.. George Ed
wardes and asked him II he would give
her a voice trial. which he did.
The test took place at Days Theater,
and evidently proved satisfactory, for Mr..
Edwardes engaged her for the Gaiety
Theater.
About the same time On October. ly1D
| that Miss Montgomery Joined Mr. George
| Edwardes at the Gaiety, Lady Sydney
Ogilvie Grant, sister of the Earl OF Sea-
field, resolved to go upon the stage. She
too, confessed that she was tired of socia!
| life, which to her was full of dull and
dreary people" Lady Sydney is an art
list to her finger tips. and has frequently
sung at concerts. Petite. dainty, and
very fair, possessing a good figure, she
has all the brightness Of the musical
comedy artistic.
An interesting debut IN 1908 was that
of the Hon. Norah Johnston, sister or
Viscount Massereene. who appeared as
ballad singer on the stage in the Bel
fast Hippodrome, and who recently gave
I E..r
She holds the distinction OF being the
only professional vocalist in society. Her
mother was the daughter of Mai. whyte-
| Melville, the well-known sporting novel;
list She also Is a lineal descendent OF
the last Speaker OF the Irish House OF
Commons.
Rathenow. where King George broke
his journey to Berlin in order to inspect
the squadron of Ziethen Hussars. COM
manded by the Kaiser's son-in-law
Prince Ernst of Cumberland, is a sleepy
little agricultural town in the Mark OF
Brandenburg, about forty miles from the
capital and only few hours from
Schonhausen. the ancestral seat and
birthplace of Bismarck. 1t was at
Rathenow where Otto Won Bismarck.
then young Yunker. presented him.
self for election to Prussia's first ap-
proach to Parliament The electors
showed their prescience by stoning the
man who was destined to create the new
German Empire.
Berlin owes its palaces and many OF
its finest buildings to Frederick William
l. That monarch had a passion for
building, and transmitted IL to others
Whenever he heard a rich merchant
settling in the capital he ordered him
to build residence in keeping with his
wealth. II the merchant obeyed, he was
duly rewarded, and many German fami-
lies owe their title of nobility TO an
ancestor having built a fine house.
The Prussian Guards, whom the
King and Kaiser reviewed. were
Originated by King Frederick !. whose
ambition 1t was to form a royal body
guard of giants. Every country was
ransacked by his agents to supply
recruits, and no head that lowered
above the crowd, even in the ba-
zaars of Aleppo or Cairo, could es-
cape the crimps of the Prussian King
The most extravagant sums were
offered to men of exceptional inches,
and an Irishman, more than seven feet
high, who was picked up by the Prus-
sian Ambassador in London, received
a bounty of 10000 thalers.
The command Of Egyptian BARRIERS
to visit the dead and report on the
cause of death is a reminder that Brit
ish BARRIERS were formerly surgeons
(chirungs) also. The BARRIERS pole in
fact had to do entirely with the sur