New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-26
Will Be Guest, with Con-
sort, of British Sover-
eigns Next Month.
EPSON, ASCOT AND
SANDOWN IN SIGHT
Duchess of Devonshire VIII En-
terrain at Dinner in piccadilly
on Derby Night.
inv caele to The Trieune.l


and brilliant sunshine which prevail 'h's
voel lend an air Of happiness TO Lon
40, which provides an suspicious oSeS-
,~,,,,,s 70 The official opening cf the sea-
SON which. az a matter OF fac[ II ~
res6v well under way. Piccadiiiy anu
porS street are crowded with people
whose faces show sisns Of winter spent
IN southerlv climes tanned by the sun
.h,,o 30 the Mediterranean and Egypt
Mixed with these are hundreds OF hee"
Americans everywhere, ard All lnNlVa-
tionS are for very fun season l"0
theatres durins the last few DAYS nave
witnessed almost unprecedented demands
,or seats The chief hotels and rooms are
,,,,lked from now until August baH-
looms and galleries are engaged Tor
scores OF dances and the opera OF course
,ro,i6es a series OF big social events
and is as popular as ever.
court feature OF the early part OF
the season centres in the King and queen
~ Dsnmsrk. who arrive on May 10 at
buckingham Palace for four-day WISH
A hail and q banquet will be given III
their honor nj Buckingham Palace ana
M May II there will be command per
ro,.rsnce At Covent Garden. for when
,r, rrices will be raised, the grand uer
boxes for instance. costing SN'
Dinner at Devonshire House.
ON the niSht Of the Derby. which is TO
,o rnr on MAY O. the queen will honor
tbe Duchess Of Devonshire at dinner
NTH % dance afterward. at Devonshire
House This night will add one more
cb.pter 10 the glorious batch Of wonder
f,,l furctions already held in the London
mansion Of the Cavendishes. Its most
famous memory in recent years Is the
fancy dress bail at which the heir ap-
rarent TO queen Victoria appeared IN the
dress of Knight Of Malta.
on Derby night the King, folloWihg
precedent gives his annual dinner 10
members Of tie Jockey Club. Inc
Duchess Of Devonshire. by the way, gives
a small dance on May a. in addition TO
her great dance on Derby night. Inc
smart part OF the racing season has now
begun. including the EPSON spring meet
ing and three days racing at Sandown
Park. on April . the Newmarket meet
ing begins. this fixture always attracting
ne cream of society.
on May I the private view Of the Royal
academy will be held, the formal dinner
taking place on the following day.
On Nav the King and Queen honor
ord Curzon Of Kedleston by their pres
ence al dinner and ball at the Earrs
lone on Carlton House Terrace, for the
debut Of mis- eldest daughter, Lady Irene
.rrzon.
Their najesties will hold courts on
~7ursday. June 4. and Friday. June ..
Che Kings birthday will be celebrated
an June o. when. as usual, official dinners
win be given by ministers and the Gus
tomary reception held at the Foreign
once.
A Fleet Street Revsl.
OF all the London fancy dress balls In
the last six months, the Fleet Street
revel on Thursday night at the London
Opera House was decidedly the most
interesting. as il was certainly the most
.cosmopolitan. The entire pit was raised
making a magnificent dancing floor on 4
level with the stage. Practically every
newspaper man in London and every well
known actor and actress, with hundreds
OF we'll known men about town, attended,
ln addition 70 quite a number Of peers.
Herbert Grover, formerly oscar Hammer
STEMS press agent. appeared as Henry
VIII. having the entirely correct figure
TO represent that much married monarch.
A newspaper printed hourly during the
ball gave news and personal details as
70 the costumes and their wearers, with
hints as 10 the Identities Of the masked
people present. There was absolutely no
free list Every newspaper man paid
a guinea to get in. The ball was In aid
If the new Press Club, TO supplant the
present quarters in Fleet ST.
There was d large attendance at Royal
horticultural Hall on Friday for mag
uihcent show Of early roses. Sir George
and Lady Holford Lady Oranmore and
Browne. Lady Churston, Lord Grenfell
and Sir Albert Rollt were among those
present during the day.
Or Tuesday Miss Violet Nelson, daugh-
ter Of Sir william Nelson. owner OF the
well known Nelson Lines. was married tC
George r. Rowley of the Coldstream
Guards, at the Church Of the Assump-
ton, Warwick ST. This was the second
smart wedding in the Nelson family with
in a year for a st. Louis girl was not
long ago married to the eldest son Of the
family, James Hope Nelson. Mrs. J. H.
Nelson is now considered one Of the
greatest beauties I'm London.
Applications for admission TO the roya
Enclosure At Ascot are already pouring ir
upon Viscount Churchill at St. James's
Palace. He has announced that all ap-
plications must be received previous tC
May 81. and that after that date no ap-
h. rnr,rlanrna