The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-09-07
PRINCESS PATRICIA
RUMORED ENGAGED
Duke of Mecklenburg the
Lucky Man
! THE MILLS RENT PARK
Duke Of Orgyll Celebrates His Sixty
Eighth Birthday-Hold Many High
Offices and Is Head of
Clan Campbell
THE MILLS RENT PARK
BY LADY MARY MANwARING

London, September Especially
That the formal announcement of the
engagement of the Princess, Pate OF
Gonnaught and the hereditary Grand
Duke of Meclenburg Stretlitz will be
made this fall is very generally be-
hind in best informed circles. The
announcement probably will not come
until after the marriage of Prince Ar
thur and the Duchess of Fife. The
grand duke has been most assiduous in
- his attentions to the fair crown of the
viking and his courtship apparently Is
not at all unpleasant to the royal lady.
Princess Pat Is more radiently lovely
than ever she was and 1t Is remarked
tby experts in such matters that her Is
now the beauty of the prospective
bride.
7 Lady Edith of Fyve has left town for
Fyvie CASTLE Aberdetnshire. She. was
the beautiful Miss Mary January of st.
: Louis and is still a handsome woman,
and, like Lord Leith, takes much in
terest in yachting, coaching and mot
y oring. Lord Ieith was once a naval
lieutenant, but he Joined his father
in-law In business and soon amassed
' huge fortune. Incidentally he bought
! back the ancient seat of the family and
got a peerage in 1895. Fyvie castle is
. an ancient place and Lord Leith traces
y back his decent in an unbrol:en line
tied Fyvie last September and inspect
ed relics in the castle. some OF which
belonged to Mary Queen of Scots. Her
majesty also inspected the stained
glass window to the memory of the late
z Mr.. Percy Forbes-Leith, Lord and Lady
Leith's only son, who. died in South
Africa In 1895.
Mrs. Ogden Mills has rented Theo-
holds park from Admiral Sir lIedworth
Neux for the remainder of the summer.
Her sister, Mrs. Cavenish Bentinek, Is
4 staying with her and these two prove
that there is heredity in twindom. They
are twins and Mrs. Mills has twin
daughters, Mrs. Henry Carnegie Phipp
and Lady Granard. Mrs. Mills and Mrs.
Bentinck belonged to enc of the "old
families" which are the glory of the
great republic" Their mother, Mrs.
Livingstone. has a place on the Hud-
son river, which was granted to her
late husbands forbears by Charles II
tAs girls the two Miss Millses were
much admired in London Mrs. Phipps,
who was quiet and retiring. was called
= "fhe little twin" and Lady Granard
was fun of fun. an expert of golf and
a splendid horsewoman
/, The Duke of Argyll has Inst cele-
Abrated his sixty-eighth birthday. His
grace is governor of Windsor castle and
married Princess Louise. fourth daugh-
ter of Queen Victoria, in 1871 The
. .duke is heritable master of the Kings
household in Scotland and Is head of
the Clan Campbell also he Is keeper
of the great seal In the kingdom of
Scotland. His grace has written a num-
ber of interesting books and treaties,
and has published much verse. includ-
Ing the libretto for an opera, "Diar-
slanid." in 1897. In the sporting world
the duke takes much interest and Is
keen on eyling golf and is good
shot.
4 The veteran Earl of Wemyss. who has
celebrated the ninty- fifth anniversary
of his age. before his accession to the
peerage on the death of his father in
1888, Lord Wemyss had sat in the
ydouse of Commons for 40 years.
! He takes a keen interest in all the
passing affairs of the day. as he has
deep fund of reminiscence of events
gone by. Earl Wemyss is fond of sculp-
ture and has done some work worthy
of note in this art