Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-05-17
ENCLAND'S RULERS ARE
TO co IN FOR SOCIETY
The Marlboroughs Believed
HopeIessIy Apart-Prince
Albert a Lively Youth. i
,reign Correspondence u The star.


LONDON. May Ia. 1918
When the king and queen return from
the wedding OF the kaiscr's daughter.
Nav -. they intend. il is said. TO begin
fulfilling their duties toward London so
cety. which until now has been unusual
~ dull this season.
German opera is over and the royal
couple. who found in the death OF King
George OF Greece a convenient excuse Tor
not attending any Of the performances OF
the Ring" are going TO show
themselves at Covent Garden quite often
during the Italian season.
For some time rumors have been ahoat
concerning an approaching reconciliation
between the Duke and Duchess Of MARI
borough nee Consuelo Vanderbilt. but
there is reliable Information that. al
though many attempts have been made
10 induce the couple TO forget the past
and begin life over anew together IL Is
now definitely settled that tho ducal
couple are hopelessly parted. As matter
of fact. neither the duke nor the duchess
has the slightest desire To see any change
from the present state OF AFFAIRS. SO
things will remain as they are.
Big Benefit for Hospitals.
All the hospitals of London are main
tanned by voluntary donations. which
probably accounts for the fact that they
among the most ld-fas'hioned and
antiauated In the world.
Years ago. when London had not yet
reached anything like its present size.
gifts were large and frequent enough to
keep these hospitals going. but now all
kinds of tricks have 10 be employed to
keep them from going hopelessly bank
rupt.
An effort of this kind is the unique
Noah's ark show to be held In aid OF
the London Hospital fund at Albert Hall
June II and l..
Queen Alexandra has given her patron
age and also has consented to be present
on the opening day. The long list OF
distinguished patrons also includes the
Duke and Duchess of Connaught and
Prince Arthur of Connaught. Prince and
Princess Christian. Princess Louise.
Duchess of Argyle. King Manuel and
Queen Amelie.
The members of the executive commit
tee, among whom are numbered the
Duchess of Marlborough. the Countess OF
Lonsdale, the Countess OF Northbrook
and Lady Violet Charters. are working
hard to make the event a success and
several women well known in society
have offered to furnish stalls with novel;
ties such as cannot always be obtained
by the general public. These will be dis
played in a most attractive and unusual
manner-in stalls guarded on either side
by weird and strange animals of prehis-
toric date
A special feature will be dress parade
by man.kins of well known firm.
when not only will gowns to be worn the
following week at Ascot be SHOWN. but
prophecies of the autumnal fashions will
be forthcoming. In addition there will
be shooting gallery, dramatic perform
ances, magic dips. bowling alley. con-
certs and cinematograph shows.
Prince Albert a Lively Youth.
The English papers have never much
to say about the Prince of Wales except
in a negative way, and it costs them con-
siderable trouble to scare up or invent
enough stories to satisfy their readers
craving for intimate news OF their next
king, who. on his part, seems equally de-
termined that the world shall know moth
ing about him.
On the other hand. his younger brother,
Prince Albert. now a cruise on board
the Cumberland, is full OF spirit and
promises to develop into a perfect speci-
men of royal .'enfant terrible" and the
papers are full OF stories about him
True to his promise before he left. he
faithfully writes home regularly every
week. but he tried to get even with his
parents by making his none too legible
handwriting even worse than Ii is. and
am told that il often takes his fond par
ents hours to interpret his hieroglyphics.
which do not improve. in spite of severe
reprimands in the letters the queen sends
him.
Even now. while in another hemisphere,
Prince Albert keeps up his favorite pas
time Of teasing his older brother, and at
present he is very fond OF telling the
Prince of Wales how he, Albert. finds il
necessary to shave every morning to look
respectable. and has promised to send the
future King OF England, whose face is in
nocent of even girlish down. a safety
razor for his nineteenth birthday. or a
small quantity of artificial fertilizer.
which. carried between teeth and lips is
sure to promote the growth of mus