New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-26
WILLIAM F. M'COMBS
LONDON'S SOCIAL LION
President Wilson's Campaiun
Manager Makes British
His Admirers.
IRELAND TO N. Y. BY AIR
Gustave Hamel Believes Tha.
He Can Make the Trip
in Not More than
Twenty Hours.
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10y CaDle 10 me Tribune
London, October 25.-Judging by m.
fashion in which William F. McComb,
is dashing about in London society NJ,
health, which was so bad last summer
is apparently entirely restored. On nj.
arrival az the Berkeley he immedstalv
gave orders to deny his presence th.r.
but ever since he has been delused
with invitati- Is to dinners, luncheons
suppers and other occasions and Ia,
been accepting many
He is seeing London life under tina
guidance of Frederick Townsend Mar.
tin, who says Mr.. McCombs is taking
social JOY ride. This week he nas
been the guest Of honor at dinners st
the Marlborough and the Bachelor.
exclusive clubs, inside which few
Americans ever penetrate
William Gillette, the dean of London
clubdom, says Mr. McCo.-lbs is a won.
derful social sensation, who conquer,
everything with silence and smiles, ex.
hibiting the suavity and restraint tba
English admire as mannerisms Mr.
Martin, who was flushed with the
honor of having Queen Alexandra ac.
cept his book OF "reminiscences. mt
up" Mr.. McCombs at the MARLBOROUGH
Club, which assured the prospective
Ambassador to France OF an entrse
everywhere.
AT a supper at the Savoy Tuesday
night the chairman Of the Democratic
National Committee was surrounded
by such celebrities as Count Kinsty.
the Duke Of Manchester, Lord Ingss.
ire, the Duke Of Mecklenburg-str
and Lord Athlumney; but he does not
devote his entire time 10 the peerage,
for the next night at a dinner at the
Garrick Club, at which Sir Herbert
Tree was the host Mr.. McCombs sat
next to Gustav Hamel the brilliant
aviator.
Hamel told the manager Of President
Wilson's campaign that a transatlantic
flight would undoubtedly be a fact
by 1914, and that he believed himself
capable Of flying from Ireland to New
York in sixteen to twenty hours. NJ.
Martin and Mr.. McCombs Immediately
said they would form q committee to
meet Hamel in New York.
President Wilson'S Lieutenant asn q
million questions and allows the othr
man to talk all the time. he meanwhile
absorbing every detail and scrap Of b.
formation, but never giving his Owl
views.
Leslie Cotton. the New York artist
gave a studio exhibition last wesk.
which was attended by q good part Of
London society. He exhibited por-
traits Of Ludy Curzon, the most beau.
tiful woman In England. and also Of
Maxine Elliott In her costume a.
Zuleika, in Joseph and His Brsth-
rem"
At dinner given by the executive
committee Of the Anglo-Amertcan En-
position, last Wednesday, Lord Kin
tore, the chairman, announced that the
exposition officials have now Joined
hands with the Peace Centenary Com
mittee and that the exposition las
agreed to hand over all profits, after
the expenses are paid, TO American and
British peace committees, 10 provide
scholarships and prizes in connection
with educational. social and CONNER
cial economies In both countries.
Nearly three times the number Of
applications for space at the exposi-
ton have already been received from
British manufacturers as for the
Franco British Exposition, while the
American government has promised TO
ask Congress, in December, for an ap-
preparation to pay the expenses OK
transporting American exhibits TO Lon
don.