Evening journal., 1913-09-25
GOSSIP OF THE COURTS
BY FLANEUR r.

Queen Mary once more has given
evidence of her Puritanical regime
in the royal household by dismissing
a French laundress in the establish
ment of the youthful Prince of Wales
According to the report, the laundress
only failing was that she was young
and pretty. Her work is said to have
been excellent, as was her conduct.
But because of her charms she was
considered unsuitable for the princes
household
Queen Mary rules in matters OF
this kind with an iron hand, and, of
course, there would have been no
protest even had the prince been
aware beforehand Of the Queens in
tention. Il was not until the laundress
had left that he knew anything about
It, IL is said that he understood the
reason. Therefore, according to the
newspaper quoted. he wrote her
letter inclosing $3.50 and expressing
his regret He wrote another letter
ITO whom IL may concern" praising
her qualities as laundress and
recommending her services.
Queen Alexandra and her sister,
the Empress Marie, of Russia, spent
day at Blickling Hall recently, Lord
Lothian's place near Aysham. The
house. which was erected during the
reign of James /. is built Of brick, has
double quadrangle, and is moated
There is a fine staircase, and the
principal rooms are very handsome,
the library being 120 feet in length,
with a superb Jacobean ceiling.
There is an interesting collection Of
portraits. including works Of Rey-
nolds and Gainsborough, and n IL
brary of about 1900 volumes.
Bleckley (Bickling) was the seat of
the Bolenys. and Anne Boleyn spent
her childhood there. She is said to
haunt the house There is a tradition
that her father, Sir Thomas, drives
round the park once year in
coach drawn by four headless horses,
and carrying his own head under his
arm.
! Mr.. II. p. Gore-Langton. of Hatch
Park, near Taunton. whose death is
ANNOUNCED. was the younger son Of
| the late Mr.. w. II. p. Gore-Langton,
/ of Newton Park, near Bath. He sue
ceedcd his father in the Hatch
Beauchamp estate. after having seen
service in the Afghan war of 1S7S-19.
was a brother of the late Earl Temple
of Stowe. When the Dukedom of
Buckingham and ChandOe was con-
ferred on the Marquis of Bucking-
ham. there was a special remainder
of the Earldom of Temple to Lady
Anna Greenville. the new dukes
granddaughter, who married Mr.. W
Fl. p GOre-LsngtOn. Lady Anna has
a considerable fortune from her
mother (who was the daughter OF
Lord Bredalbanel. and the Duke OF
Buckingham opposed her marriage
His affairs had become embarrassed,
and the financial collapse. which cui-
minated in the sensational Stowe sale,
took place only two years afterward
Therefore. he had no wish to pay over
his daughters fortune of 100000
, pounds on her marriage. Lady Anna
land Mr. Gore-Langton finally eloped
under sensational circumstances.
There is an amusing reference to the
case in Thackeray's Book Of Snobs.
The production of Vori's Aide" ir
the Roman amphitheater at Verona is
not the first modern performance in
an ancient theater I'm 1896 a band Of
strolling players we're allowed TO ''e1-
hibit the acts Of the Apostles" in a
Roman amphitheater at Dove, in
France. which brought so much profit
to the district that all digging was
prohibited near the theater lest it
should be destroyed. In England. too
a Roman theater has been used for
a public spectacle. but of different
kind. for in 1905 crowd of 10000
gathered at Dorchester. where I'm the
ancient amphitheater Mary Claiming
was burned for poisoning her hus-
band
Copyright, 1913, by A. d. Jacobson.)