The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-02-07
SOCIETY
(CATES ARE CLOSED
announcement Made That
Royal Reception Lists For
( the Season are Filled.
4
$3.50
DISAPPOINTMENT
. FOR AMERICANS
Many Buds Who Would he Presented
{ to King and Queen Fail OF Honor
Queen Mary's Hobby an Umbrella.
Which She Insists on Having.

Queen Mary, Hobby an Umbrella.
Whicl, She Insists Oh Having.
London. Feb. 1.-The safes arc
closed against ANY more applicants
for presentations tn their majestics
lat buckingham palace this year. The
sIIord Chamberlain has announced
1that tho Isis are full. which VII.
doubtless mean Il lot of disappointed
social de~butantees from America i'll
London tlis season.
-Four courts are ordinarily held
each year. TWO early i'll February just
,after thi. opening nf parliament and
Two in late May or early juno. Last
'sear, owing t" the large number en-
titled Ia presentation, Il fifth vas held,
'n,t at S,,ch great Inconvenience that
i is hoped Ia avoid Il repetition this
VAR. L" these courts all the official
md diplomatic world receive he
r"mruand 10 attend and English
liies. who themselves have been pre-
seated, have the privilege of asking
VT ii iVl some debutantee
friend.
Formerly these commands could be
s%cd for for :. lalN no: Il British
f~.i,'icct and IN tins Way many Ameri-
AUS Wrr" presented by Enslish
i'IGICS. IptiI.IlS NIilS E.IWdINS ItiSll H.,
however. ii wns decided that all for
ui:m ladics should he presented
..rutlsh thrir embassies. AS the en-
l,Rssics have only four invitations.
'"ltSidc the diplomatic circle. to which
only ladies OF the embassies and lcsa-
: "ns and their near relatives arc ad.
niittcd it is easy 10 realize the demand
i1at has been made on the embassies
FOR the privilege of being presented.
strictly speaking the four extra inNi-
teiionS are personal TO the ambassa-
dor OF minister. bat in some cases
request for presentations have been
made through the authorities of the
country which the ambassador repre-
gents.
This question of distributing the
ioEr invitations is one of the mos;
trying that the social secretary or
an embassy has To deal with. He
receives hundreds Of requests. all or
and must make an early selections
The rejected are his sworn enemies
thereafter. However. this year he
ran point TO the Lord Chamberlains
notification that the lists are fun.
Queen Must Have Umbrella.
Rain or shine Queen Mary must
have her umbrella. the habit being
without it indoors. This popularity
has become conspicuous through the
recent incident AT Norwich where the
queen insisted upon carrying her uln-
irell;i through Il museum whose rules
forbid tho taking of walking sticks
ar umbrellas INTO the picture gall
lerice.
The queen has not hecn altogether
exempt from criticism for her refusal
Ia do as other people do in this re-
spect. Tl'" socialist papers seized
upon tho incident II ever In more
~ as u i. a, <..,I rt ~ ., ILL., ,.s
duct is questioned. Tho Daily Sketch
asks why queen Mary. who is usual
~ So willing tn adapt herself to cir
cutTi$tanccS would not tempurarily
dispense Will, her umbrella when she
listed the Norwich museum. She was
wiling. tn" paper points out to dis
pensc with houqnets and red carpets.
with bows and s,errhinak king, since.
she tried Z" keep Eicr identity n Sc
cret, out tn" i,iSt,np of Norwich who
accompanied h"i had To disclose 1,,r
identity in order that She could avoid
the rul" OF parting nitn her umbrella
n obtain the ROYAL l~rcrogative OF
Walking through I'll" museum fully
equipped for tho possibility of tho
blowing off of the roof coinciding
With A heavy shower"
No iuatter what the OCCASION, uu.
less IT he some very formal official
ceremony. the queen Invariably car.
Tics ;, neatly folded umbrella, DESPITE
inc fact that she always drives in a
covered carriage n whenever she
stops anywhere a canopy is provided.
Princess Mary has tho Same umbrella
habit as her mother Queen Victoria
likewise WAS always seen with u para
sol or umbrella, but she ALWAYS had
hers open, nj it wa said that il was
lined With chain mail to ward off at
Temps on her life by bomb throwcrs.
Romantic Career Of Goats Ends.
IN" romantic career Of the Goats
family. the thread m%illionaires, has
bccn running to its end with the death
nf no fewer than five members dur
ing the past two wears. Each MEM
Der has left a large fortune tl1ro,el,
which the British exchcouer has been
enriched by Il total Of some ST. o O.
900.
The death of James Coats in March
lsl2, left a fortune Of neSlrly $40
100000 without any provisions for it's
dispositions; six month later .Archj-
bald Goats passed away ~leayine n
sum of nearly $1,000, 900: in JANUARY
1918. Sir James Coats died leaving
nearly $4,000, 900 and a few weeks
later +. ". Goats, a son of Sir James
dice leaving 81, 900, 600. The 1frh
death which RI that Of Peter Goats
an September last, left another Tor
tune Of 312, 900. 900. making he ,ota,
fortune Of the deceased over 10000
900. None Of the Goats left anvthjne
10 charity. but during their life1imp
they had been generous givere.