The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-02-01
LADY MUR,EL BERTHE

entertained at dinner. Winifred Lady
Arran escorted party from Queen
Annc's Mead.
The death of Lord Strathcona brings
into the roll another peerless in her own
| right in the person of Mrs. Bliss Howard,
! Lord Strathcona's only child, but the
new peerless has no liking for town or
society and is expected TO pass most of
her time ut Debden Hall. near Saffron
Walden. which has long been her favoritc
residence
! Pecresses in their own right now num-
! Der twenty. the last receiving n similar
patent being Viscountess Wolseley.
The roll is headed, of course, by the
! Duchess of Fife. now Princess Arthur
of Connaught, while the Duchess of Nor
folk is Lady Harris in her own right.
! Lady Cromartie is the only countess, but
both Lady Marlborough and Lady Fowls,
who are sisters and Countcsses by mar
riage. hold the title of Baroness Faucon-
berg and Conycrs and Baroness Darcy dc
I knayth respectively.
New army Officers.
! Lord Gresham, who will attain his ma
lJorty next year, has just passed from
Sandhurst for appointment to commits
sion in the army. Several other well
known names are among those who have
Ipassed the last examinations Mt Sand
hurst successfully and will be commits
tsioned in British regiments, among them
being Mr.. John Verney, only son Of Lord
/ Willoughby de Broke; Mr. Hugh Douglas
i Penhant, second son of Lord Penrhyn,
and Mr.. Oswald Moslcy, grandson of Sir
Oswald Moslcy
While preparations are being made for
!, the season in Dublin, which is expected TO
be more than usually brilliant, there are
many who fear it will be interrupted by
serious disturbances. Many we'll known
persons in the West of Scotland are pre-
, lparinG TO afford assistance to women and
children refugees who will require shelter
in case of civil war in Ireland The Duke
aud Duchess of Montrose have subscribed
: $500 toward the fund. Lord and Lady
Glasgow, Lady Eglinton and Lady Arthur
promise furnished houses. Lord and Lady
: Talbot de Malahde, Lady Henniker-
: llughan, Sir Henry and Lady Earquhar
: Sir John and Lady Stirling Maxwell, Sir
| Charles and Lady Crawford, Lady Mont
gomerie, Lady Cassilis, Lady Blythswood
! and Lady Houldsworth all promise sub
scriptionS and to receive the women and
children as guests in their own houses
Americans are beginning TO make their
presence felt in London once more Many
, who came by the Lusitania are still stop
ping Mt the leading hotels, and Mr. and
Mrs Maldwin Drum1nond and Mrs. Will
lam Is. Leeds are back for time in theiI
usual quarters in the Ritz Hotel Also
, still stopping there are Mrs. Louis Tread
. well, Mr.. and Mrs. Il. G.. Proctor, Mr.. r.
y. Griffin and Mr.. e. X. Armsby, OF
New York, and Mr.. a. Smith and Mr.. L.
G. Miller, of Chicago.
t At Claridges are Mr.. and Mrs. a. a
=. Fowler, Mr.. S. O'Day and Mr.. f. S. Van
. stade, of New York, and Mr.. and Mrs
. Spencer Penrose, Mrs. Charles Penrose
t and Mrs. I.ippincott, of Philadelphia
y Americans In the Hotels.
Y! At the Piccadilly Hotel are DR. ant
+ Mrs. McCmdy, Mr.. and Mrs. A. G
4 Culver, Mr. w. G. Teagle, Mr.. III. Jone.
: and Mr. w. Steinway, of New York, ant
Il Colonel K. w. Stewart and Miss A. I.
n Gill. of Chicago, and Mr. Edward Key, OF
Y Baltimore.
AZ the Carlton Hotel arc Mr.. and Mrs
& Robert Struthcrs, Jr.; Mrs. Stephen Lit
t tie, Mr.. and Mrs. Adam King, Mr.. ant
n Mrs. S. G. Weinberg, Mr.. and Mrs. II. g
n Wachtum, Mr. and Mrs Kenyon Painter