The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1913-11-15
MISS GRACE KNIGHFEN ToAsFs
PRESIDENT WILSON.

senIS A1neE4Ca At Dlnner given by
The Maharanee Of Tikari, India, in
Australia.
sydney, Australia, Oct: Miss
Grace Knighten of Chicago, lady-ip-
waiting or secretary to the Maharanee
"a IIkarl, India, was a guest at 4
birthday dinner that the Maharauee
gave number OF her friends. Miss
hnIShten representing America, toasted
President Woodrow Wilson. The
Theatre Magazine, published in Sydney
and Melbourne, prints this account of
the dinner.
The Maharanee OF Tikari, gave
most enjoyable dinner party to seventy
five OF her relatives and friends in
the drawing-rOOm OF the Hotel Aus
traiIa, (Sydney) on August =.
1t was Fred Niblo who asked the
gathering TO drink the health OF the
Maharanee. May she" he said,
- live as long as she is happy; and
may sue always De nappyI
The Smart Set Orchestra Plays.
The Maharanee was dressed in q
Paris model frOek OF cream and tur-
quOise silk of the richest quality.
With this she wore a cream silk toQue
from which arose a little forest of
osprey. Music was supplied by an
orchestra that has selected as its
name, 1.-The Smart Set" The Nah
aranee infected all with the light,
happy spirit of the occasion By dane
ing u cake walk, first with her father;
then with her bright, engaging Indian
secretary, Miss Knighten; and finally
with Mr.. NiblO.
In the course of the dinner the Ma
haranee, with airy perslnage, SAID
there were u lot OF toasts to be hon
Ored. We have, she went on, "tO
drink the health of the King, the
health of the Queen, the health of the
Duke of York, and the health OF the
whole royal family. Further as We
have in my maid a German we must
drink the kaiser's health, and as We
have in Miss knighten an American,
We must drink the President s health.
After that the MANAGE OF the hotel,
Mr.. Smith, Will provide free beds for
ALL"
Guests Guess at Birthday.
Edwin Coach proposed the health OF
the Maharanee 5 parents-Mr. and Mrs.
Thompson. lie said the occasion was
the Mararanee s birthday-her nine
tcenth birthday he believed.
DR.. Morgan Smith (eOrreetingly):
No; the seventeenth.
In supporting the toast, Mr.. De
GrOen proved to be the star-speaker of
the day. lie remarked that as a con-
duetor it was by his back he was best
known to the public.
The Maharanee: And a very beau
tifIl back it is.
Mr.. De GrOen went on to say that
for very many years Mr.. and Mrs.
Thompson and the Maharanee, had been
friends of his, in the truest, fullest
sense OF the word. He referred to the
long period for which Mr.. Thompson,
senr, was returning officer for North
sydney, and added that such were
Mr.. ThOmpsOn's platform abilities that
It had always been a wonder to him
hat he did not find his way into Par
lament.
Met Miss Knighten in London.
When it came to the Maharanee's
OWN toast she asked Ellis Price to re-
ply for her. At an earlier stage of
.he proceedings Mr.. Price delighted
.he gathering with a most ably-given
recitation. Mr. Price remarked that
when he was boy the Maharanee was
l mere infant.
The Maharanee: (smilingly): Thank
yOul
Mr.. Price: Don't mention it. It is
not the first untruth have told by any
means.
Such was the easy ight-hearted
happy character of the gath
sring that it must prove a memorable
'ne to all participating in it."
The Maharanee is English, and was
while she lived in London. When she
married the Prince of Tikari, she made
Miss Knighten her secretary, and they
nave been inseparable ever since.
HOPE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.