Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-30
London Society Gossip.
.pecial Cablegram TO The Star.

LONDON March 29.-The death of
the King of Greece will not seriously
affect the London season. which prom
, Uses to be a brilliant one. as the court
will go out of mourning April Is.
| Queen Alexandra. who was Frustrated
with grief over her brothers death,
| is being constantly visited by Queen
Amelie of Portugal, who feels deeply
sympathetic, as her husband and SON
| were both assassinated. The two
queen mothers always have been the
! greatest friends.
Although the early race meetings
| will not be attended by royalty, 1t IS
expected that both the king and queen
will be present at the Derby. which is
to be run June 4. and also at Ascot,
a week or two later.
/ The grand opera season opens April
! 81. Originally it was intended to give
THE Rhinegold'0 the opening night.
but there was a great cutlery from the
smart set, owing to the fact that the
opera house is plunged in darkness
the whole time for the Wagnerian
production and the peeresses and un-
| titled leaders would not have the
chance of displaying their gowns and
| tiaras
The international horse show. which
, has become the most fashionable func-
| ton of the season, opens June ~, ana
1T is assured of great success.
/ \ number of new English hostesses
| will give dances in May and June.
while among the American nostesses
the Duchess of Marlborough will en-
! terrain on much larger scale than
usual The Duchess of RoAburghe and
the Countess Granard will both give
i royal dinners.
Glasgow and Mrs. James Macdonald
will also give dinners.
| Lady CheylesmOre, who was MISS
Bessie French, and whose first dance
was tremendous success. mas assuea
| invitations for her second dinner.
dance and cotillon at No. Ii Princess
Gate April "a. Immediately afterward
she will go to America to visit her
relatives there.
! There has been little doing around the
! hotels this week. but people are now
| commencing to return to town after
| Easter, and from now on soclai actlvities
| will begin to buzz Mrs. Wliilam oa1o,
mon. accompanied by Miss Kay, arrived
from New York this week They went
I to Paris, but shortly Mrs. Solomon Will
return here for the season she mas
| not decided whether she will take
| house or not this year
| For several seasons Miss Muriel Wilson
I of Tranby Croft has held her place u
| the typical English beauty Her picture
| has appeared at the Academy more than
| once and her portrait has been printed
i in illustrated week.-mrs. more thdii d thou-
| sand times.
That she is still Miss Wilson is not be-
| cause of the paucity of suitors, put rather
of their multiplicity. Prince Francis OF
| Teck would have married her had not
/ King Edward said No and proposed
/ the swarthy Marquise de Several instead.
/ Robert Walton Goelet was spoken OF as
/ being devoted to her, and Foxhall heehe
! with hers. Winston Churchill has been
! reckoned among her admirers ana SO mas
| the Duke of Marlborough.
| R,1t she is still Miss Wilson. And now
a sensational beauty has arisen In the
! social armament to usurp the honor sne
/ SO long has held This fair usurper is
| Miss Louise Troubridge. daughter OF
| Cart. Sir Thomas and Lady Trouoridge
/ Tickle society is raving ABOUT us ne"
/ q lcen whose beauty, slnguiariS enough
/ Is of the same type as Miss Wilson g.
I Miss Troupridge comes or an interest
\ ing family. Her fathers title oates from
/ the naval victories OF the early nineteenth
\ century when with Nelson the f1rst Irou-
Il hr;a,e haronet won renown. Lady Trou-
4 bridge was one OF the beautiful Guerney
\ sisters the other being the Countess or
II Dudley. va
/, torian regime dominated her debutante
set en- does Miss Troubridge now, and
among her intimate friehds are Lans
H Victoria Perry Lady Clare Annesicy. MISS
\ Enid scott Robson and Miss Nancy
II Greenfield. all girls OF SiHeuia' ouS'
II charm and brilliancy.
THAT much Wanted beauty, Lady Cur
II ron the future Countess Howe, IL also
I listed among the invalids and now hes
/, dangerously i'll at the villa or Grana
Il D,ke Michael in Cannes Lady Curzoh
Mas first attacked with measles. whieh
d according TO TIL. latest news, has deVei-
n,ed into typhoid fever. and great Tears
arc EXPRESSED by her friends Tor this
inneIy girl. who created such sensation
AZ Queen of Beauty at last years Eliza-
bethan tourney, held at Albert ran 80
son that daily bulletins are demanded
regarding her condition
| 4 good deal of speculation is rife as TO
| rho plans for the coming season OF MRS.
! lanes b. Duke, comparatively new
| American hostess In London. She Is. OF
| course the wife OF the tobacco King ana
| hevond the fact that she has taken Mrs.
lanes Henry Smiths fine house I'm Gros-
vencr square. little Is known OF how she
intends TO make her social entry here.
Mrs Duke has many friends IN London
society who prophesy that when the his
tory of the London season OF 1913 comes
to be written her name will figure largely
i'm it, She Is expected to take up her
| residence here shortly.
| Lady Decies' Irish Plans.
Lady Decies. formerly Miss Vivien
Gould makes her first formal appearance
as hostess in Irish society April 1s, when
she gives dance at her new home Of
Luttrelstrom. near Dublin.
During the following week she will en-
terrain big house party for the Punch
town races. Lady Decies, who IL getting
10 he a very popular figure in Irish So
cicty, has recently been member Of