The Washington herald., 1913-04-20

attempted-by Sipido at Brussels. the year
before his accession to the throne.
An unusually large number of landed
properties in Britain are announced for
public sale during the coming season.
Among them are: ByrkIey Lodge, the
Meynell country, belonging to Sir William
Bass, with mansion and 1.s40 acres; the
East Tuddenham estate. Norfolk, be-
longing to Sir Ailwyn Fellowes, and COM
prising 1,SS2 acres; Chilgrove Manor, near
Goodwood. the seat of the late Sir Robert
F. Turing; the Stoughton Estate of 1,5Oo
acres in the same district, the porperty
of the late Mr.. Willie James; Rendcomb
Park, near Cfrencester, with 400 acres;
the Isle of Wight estates or Lady Mar
garet Heytesbury, extending to 346I
acres; Quenby Hall, Leicestershire. the
seat of Lady Henry Grosvenor, with
about 1000 acres, and possessing one OF
the most remarkable Jacobean houses in
the kingdom; Cowley Manor, Gloucester
shire, with 2.665 acres; the Hugdrun
Estate; Newburgh, with AZ acres, and in
Guiding the Mansion House, the remains
of the Benedictine abbey of Lindores.
and the valuable fishings in the Tay
The great ball arranged for the even
u.
and which is to be made to represent
"a fete at Versailles at the time of
Louis XIV, the grand monarque'' when
he received the sovereigns OF Europe
promises to be one of the grandest and
most brilliant entertainments of the
current year. Organized in aid Of the
British Soldiers and Sailors Help So
ciety. the great function will he attended
be numerous royal personages KING
ax.l
Of the ball.
Lady Paget. who is a notable organ
izer. has undertaken to arrange the chief
procession representative Of the French
Court, in which some of the most dis
tinguished women in England will be
seen. In the Imperial Court of Russia
grouped by Lady Abingdon. the Car of
that day will be represented by Prince
Paul of Servia- Lady March will per-
senate Catherine Of Braganza, in the
time of charles ii, and several members
Of Lord Brassey's family will appear in
her retinue, while Nell Gwynn will have
lovely exponent in Lady Norah
Brassey. The tall blonde beauty of Lady
CurzoE makes her an ideal queen for the
Court OF Sweden, which Lady kilmorey
Is organizing. Countess Butcher is ar
ranging the Prussian Court. the Duchess
OF Somerset has undertaken Spain. and
Lady Drogheda will not only supervise
but be seen in the Court of Tuscany.
Lichfield, whose bishop died suddenly
the otner DAY, bears gruesome enough
name. The word is an angiIzation of
the old Saxon (German) word Leichen-
feld-feld of the dead.
II is said to be derived from Iegen-
dairy massacre of a thousand Christian
converts The corporation seal is the
most CHASTITY in England, for the CITY
arms exhibit field strewn with corpses
The city itself Is unwalled, but the
cathedral inclosure has been strongly
fortified. and stood three sieges in the
civil war, during which the cathedral
suffered irreparable damage Insult was
added to this injury by the restoration
OF the gorgeous architect, Wyatt, who
also ruined the interior of Salisbury
Cathedral.
Sir Frederick Ponsonby gave I'D the
Governorship of Bombay so that he
might retain his highly confidential posi-
ton in King Georges personal house
hold, by the express wish of the sover-
eign. Sir Frederick, no doubt in due
course. will succeed to one of the two
principal offices near the Kings person.
which nobody is better qualified to fill.
He may be said to have been born at
court for his father held high position
in the household for some forty years.
and when Sir Thomas Biddulph died.
Queen Victoria insisted upon his taking
the office of keeper of the private purse.
he was already her private sec
rotary. Sir Henry held the two posts
and did the combined work for seventeen
years.
The Red Sultan's, Abdul Hands, view
that the slave in Turkish household is
much better of than servant girl is
fully supported by facts. The chief points
urged are that the owner is responsible
for the slaves maintenance and cannot
turn her adrift; that she is treated as
one of the family; has light duties; is
taught accomplishments. and has chances
OF a rich marriage. An American woman
in a house on the Bosphorus.
a well accredited attache tells me, was
asked by some visitors who were the
dressed girls they saw.
Servants" she said meaning to spare
the girls feelings. But when the visitors
had gone. the girls bitterly reproached
her for "shaming them. You are
You are paid; We are not. We
are slaves, not servants! Why did you
tell a falsehood to shame us?''
FLANEUR.