The Washington herald., 1913-02-22
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
Copyright. 1913. by cour Gossip synaicate)

a great many people returned to Lon
don from abroad in order to be present
at the opening of the Royal Opera SSst-
son at Covent Garden when Mr.. Thom-
as Beecham presented Strauss "Rosen-
kavalier' in Eng'!sh. "Elektra" and
''Salome'' will be given later. and Wag-
ners "Meistersinger' is to be produced
by the Rayreuth Festival cast. Four
new Russian baIlets are announced. the
most important Of which is "Petrouch-
ka" with music by Stravinsky. the Rus
sian composer.
King Manuel will have box Of his
own. and the new German Ambassador
and Princess Lichnowsky. the French.
Russian, and Austrian Ambassadors have
secured 'loges' for the season. The
Duchesses of Sutherland. Marlborough.
Rutland and Manchester Will be among
the box holders on the grand tier. where
Lady Ripon. Lady Anglesey. Lady Tull-
iberdine, the Marchesa di Rudili,
Lord Londesborough. Lord Clarendon.
Lord Plymouth. Lord kilmorey Lord
Howe. Lord Fitzwilliam, Lord Sandhurst.
and Lord Lytton will be among their
neighbors. Other disorders to boxes
for the season are: Lady Amherst. Lord
HerschelI. Lord Mersey, Lord Alexander
lynne, Lord Charles Beresford, Lady
Maud Warrender. Lady JekylI Lady
Churchill. Sir Ernest Cassel, Mr.. George
kepple, Sir John Lister-kaye, Mr.. An
thony DreXel. Mrs. Leeds, Mr.. Walter
Burns. Mrs Alfred de Rothschild. Mrs.
George Cavendish- Bentinck. Mrs. Beatty,
and Mrs. George Cornwallis-West.
The walking stick has gone out Of
fashion in England, and now comes one
who even questions its utility No pill
grim in olden days Travelled without his
STAN, and even now stout stick gem
orally is mentioned in all walking tours
But correspondent. who has tried.
doubts the wisdom Of that stout stick
The best walker that he knows. an ex-
perienced man, who has strolei from
Paris to Brussels as a holiday task and
got as far as Montenegro on foot, de-
spises the stick
Young Disraeli was a great parader of
the walking stick. Tell my mother"
he wrote his sister from Gibraltar that
as II Is the fashion among the dandies
of this place that is, the officers, for
there are no othersD not to wear waist
coats in the morning. her new studs
come into fine play and maintain nv
reputation for being great judge OF
costume. to the admiration and envy of
many subalterns. l also have the fame
of being the first who ever passed the
Straits with two canes, a morning and
an evening cane. I change my cane
on the gun-fire. and hope to carry them !
on to Cairo. 1t Is wonderful the effect |
that these magic wands produce. owe !
to them even more attention than to be- |
ing the supposed author of-what Is it? |
forgot"
A walking stick that ought to have
found its way into some London museum !
was the one that DIR. Johnson bought on |
a celebrated occasion. Foote who so |
revived the old comedy by |
exhibiting living characters, had resolved |
TO initiate johnson on the stage, expect |
ing great profits from his ridicue of SO |
celebrated a man. johnson, being in
formed of his intention and being at |
Inner at Mr.. Thomas Davies, the book
seller. asked Mr.. Davies what was the
common price OF an oak stick, and be-
ng answered, 'Sixpence,'' Then, SIR"
said he, give me leave to send your
servant to purchase for a shilling one.
I'll have a double quantity" Foote wise
y abandoned his intention.
Strange discoveries have been made in
he British lord chamberlain's office re-
pecting the acceptance of payments by |
ertain officials in return for the grant
ng Of royal warrants to commercial !,
lrms. One high official, il is rumored.
vas obliged to resign post haste; others |
lave been suspended, and a very stern |
has been given to the officials
4 the royal household as to the conse-
uences of utilizing their positions in any
way not duly authorized. for the sake of Il
'ecuniary gain.
1t has been ascertained that the ne
arious practic7 IS that have been going on II
elate to more than one department of
he royal 'menage." and a far reaching
Investigation has been set on foot by
he master of the horse as we'll as by
he lord chamberlain's Office II
An apartment in Hampton Court Palace
as been placed at the disposal of the
King by the death of Lady Cliffard, who
ad resided there for many years. She
as the widow of Sir Henry Clifford, II
Tho was a son of the seventh Lord Cliff
ord OF Chudleigh, and the mother of
ir Hugh Clifford, Governor of Nigeria.
1t is not SO lcng since occupants of
partments in Hampton Court Palace
Tere In the habit of letting their quar-
ers. and sometimes for quite long terms.
lueen Victoria was angry and indignant
hen she became aware of these ir-
egularities, and the practice was at
nee forbidden in the most peremptory
erms. 1t was said that one beneficiary
ad let her apartment for years to-
ether at higa rent
One Of the largest churches In all