The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-12-14
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''''N W Hp'if'N NOIlltn JUST now.
Every day all tho big squares in the
west End are crowded with carria yes
conveying persons To bazaars and other
charity functions. which are likely To- con.
'ihur Tor several weeks more OF course.
the great charity picture ball in the Al.
bert Hall brought host from the co,,n-
try houses.
f"th IN" Kin. ana tho Queen maze a
very careful selection al their presents.
lie Queen in particular likes To- make
l"r selections personally. while the Kin:
tens her what he wants aud tho Queen
docs tho rest. Tn" stay of til. Kin. and
Queen IN London will not be long. ms
they vii! leave for Chatswortl ,S guest ,
! of tho Duke and Duchess of DcvonShi-o
until the end of next week. Anon. those
invited 10 meet he royal guests are fin.
Duke AMI Duchess of Portland. Lady
Victoria CavcnGish Bentinck. Lord Sails
bury Earl Spencer. Niscount A,lorp.
the Earl and Countess of Kerry. LORD
Abercromhy and the Bishop Of Winchcs
! tor.
Qnecn Mary always likes to have
/ "raihF persons about her. and when She
goes to a country house sho ALWAYS .cr,.
iinizcs the list of guests submitted very
carefully.
In the following week the King will 20
Tor couple of days shooting at Han
harn as the guest Of Lord Rurnhnm. In
fortunately Lord Burnh,ms daughter
Lady llnlsc. and his Younger son. Colonel
"iIiiam lawson. are both laid up suffer
-.
Spain's Monarchs Active.
The King and Queen OF Spain made the
most OF their brief journey 10 London.
Ihey were At the theatre every nirht.
ana 1T was very generally rcma rkod how
extremely we'll Queen Ena wa, looking
Just now. Tie King OF Spain is brich,
and merry as ever
Ming Alfonso has had very little shoot
ing in England, but capital sport. cs-
pccn'iy at Rianknoy. where the bird,
are very plentiful and fly we'll
Others in tho party arc Lady Leicester.
Lady Bridget Coke. Lord Westmorcland.
who is brother Ci Lady I.ondcsboroush.
and his daughter, Lady Enid Fame: Lord
Warnclitfc and Lady Rachel Stuart
WoHley. Lord .\nnaly and Miss Lucia
hlte, aud Lord and Lady Curzon. Lady
Irene Denson will. OF course. assist her
mother in entertaining the large pariv
among whom arc young girls rs compan-
IONS To Princess Arthur. owing t. tho
Tact that this is Princess Arthur's frs,
shooting party
That Picture Ball.
Meanwhile the Queen Of Spain is "a an.
tomobilc down To Marlborough 10 50. .hc
aged Empress Eugcnic, whose c,d,,;,urh.
ter she is. The venerable Empress NJ.
ways has taken the kccnest interest in
queen Ena. II was she who rcall. ar.
ranged the marriage, and it is 10 Queen
Ena that the Empress large fortune
ultimately will pass.
The picture ball, rs already cablcC ioI
the United States. proved a most mag
nliiccnt spectacle judging from villa,
could be seen at the bcginnin. before The
had To rush away Ia re,
Their descriptions in the mornin. ncws-
papers but after four or five hours il
was generally voted something of frost
II was, of course. very gorgeous and
there We're many interesting personalities
pnt II dld not seem To 60. Possibly the
taoicauX wants had much to do with
the tcdiousncSs They arc very well IN
their way. but they held up matters tool,
long and YOU had Ia stand abou, in :,
closely packed crowd. and The actu,l
Visions seemed very short and the inter
vans Tor preparation very long as tho
Stage management was decidedly on,,
teurlSh The best group was an Etrus.
can fiiezc 10y the Rutland family and
their friends. In one set q mc,li,ov,,
gentleman not only wore a monocl. I'm,
idsctcd about until he dropped il.
Inc king and Qnccn Of Spain with ,
Princess Christian entered their bov ,
about midnight to the strains OF the Snon.
sh national anthem. 1t was amusing Ia
see several couples who had no, noticcji {
heir arrival promptly start tnngoinc with
great Vigor while the King stood M attcn.
non. They did not leave off until the
tune was followed by God Save ,b.l
Ming. The young King looked very well
and M if he would much sooner be dane.
liS himself than merely talking.
he Tango Again.
Lad! Diana Manners. one of the most
beautiful young women in England, yvosi
very much Ia the fore in dancing the
ango. much Of the time with MIR. Rayf
nond Lauzcrtc. 81 young French actor. n
VINO made big hit in 'Fanny's First Il
lay and is now at Days. 1t
Miss Mnriel Wilson, another beauty. in !
oppcr colorcd dress of Etruscan fricze. q
vas IN great form. She and Lord Far.
Iuhar danced most cncrgcticaly until g
hey had 10 rest. brcathlcss, n good effort "
N the part of Lord Ear1uhar, who is in "
lis sevcntictli year. n
Miss Violet Asquith, rugged out as the s.
Archangcl Gabriel, evidently found her a
'ardboard halo ii dreadful nuisance. :,
Strangely enough, comparatively few III
hentrical persons were present Miss o.
Gabrielle Ray, dressed rs Persian how. :,
With a basket slung over her shoulders. Il
bal ~,