The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-18
LONDON SOCIETY
By LADY MARY ,MANwARING

cial1st IN beauty preservation Is at the
exclusive service of the queen mother.
Ho is retained for the term of her
maJestys life and he has been per-
mitted to take out an insurance policy
gas riding against the event of her
| death. So long as she lives he draws
| $4,000 a year. The Queens persona
ina;d-also an expert--draws $4,000
per year. As her majesty enjoys a
| parliamentary grant of s350,000 per
year she can well afford these woman
| like luxuries. Her youth and beauty
| have become national institutions. She
Is expected to be always young So.
she is always young looking.
Some of the court gossips say Queen
Mary would like to know her mother
! in-law's beauty secrets. But neither
| Queen Mary nor any of our notabilities
can penetrate the guards placed upon
them. They are more closely protected
than the crown iewels-some of which
have been stolen.
| Adeline. Duchess of Bedford, is con-
] ;inuing her fight against paying taxes
! to a parliament which refuses to rec
1
seized her property and sold 1t under
the hammer. Now she is suing 70,
| damages agains tthe treasury agents
contending that under the marrief
| womens property act she Is not liable
And in the meantime she is campaign
| nig against the wickedness of Eng
! iano's allies, Russia and Portugal The
! Portuguese government is savage and
] brutal. she says, and Russia is more
| arbarous than ever.
| The Prince of Wales has developed a
! great liking for the violin and has
| become quite a clever player Those
] who have been privileged to hear him
sing say also that he has a nice
VOICE.
| King Alfonso is said to be very much;
annoyed at the intention of his cousin.
| the Infante Don Louis of Spain. to go
ON the stage. The infante recently
made his debut at charity matinee.
| When wealthy society danes and
damsels decide to take the rest cure,
they do not, as formerly, go away
TO their own country homes; but HE
themselves to the residence of a lady.
tae holder of an honored title, who
specializes in looking after invalids.
W nat constitutes n1gh teay The leg
islators of the nation have gravely
drawn a hard and fast line between
eggs and haddocks as articles of con-
sumption in the tea room of the house
of commons, but the housekeeper is
not greatly assisted by the distinction
| IL eggs poached on anchovy toast may
be included in the tea menu, why not
an omelet which may run into many
variations aux fines herbes or au Jam
bon? Sardines are quite legitimate ad :.
dliions to the tea table after walking
or hard exercise in the country and
| must the addition of fish to the fare
| no a matter of size? Perhaps it Is true
have been from time immemorial a fa-
voiite accompa niment to the humber
tea, whereas Holsters are rarely placed
in the same position. AT the very aris-
tocratic end of the scale the tartelette
OF fruit delicately tossed in fine syrup
! is served, though 1t would be a daring
| innovator who would introduce an ap :.
pie pie. The problem is a difficult one
| hut actual bulk seems rather to enter
| into the solution.
Superior persons, of course, at once
/ question whether high tea" survives
at all. To such 1t seems to be a Gus
tom so entirely provincial as to be
beneath their consideration. But 1t IS
an institution that the theatre mana ger
mas good cause to approve. for the
rlaysoers from the suburbs find 1t an
exceedingly useful meal. before they
come up for the evenings amusement
The ladies of the family do not want
a dinner at. say, a quarter to six, and