New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22
Bail List Already Long.

Tho list Of society entertainments PRINT
cd last Monday included no fewer than
,hirt,-sevcn balls between now and june
To- ali except six being private entertain
ments.
Queen Mary is disturbed over the dances
now so popular in fashionable circles ana
wishes TO revive the minuct Whi'h mas
already become 4 permanent feature %
the ROYAL balls i'm Berlin. ii Is great
favorite with the Kaiser. who insists IL
seems. on iehcarsals thereof on the %!
before However. the minCet has small
chance in London now so lons as the
tango and one-step crowd the debutantes
off tho ballroom floors while their mothers
dance
English society viii be present IN force
a., cannes during March The Duke ana
Duchess of RoXDurghe. the Earl ann
Countess of Granard, Lady Pasc' l"""
is COINS TO Join Mrs. Leeds ana Loru
Leigh will be among the number. An
thonv Drexei is taking party 81 men
ON his steam yacht. A large part OF the
Riviera contingent will go TO Paris for the
royal visit
Tho King viii hold his first levee OF the
season al St Jamess Palace on Tuesday.
There will be a very fun attendance
The foreign ministers the YOUNG Siancse
prince. Field Marshal Lord Roberts and
Admiral Prince Louis Of Battenberg viii
be prominent figures. Ambassador Page
viii present clifford X Carver. an Amer
lean student at Cambridge.
Some Minor Tribulations.
Debutantes ana dowagers are rather
diSnayed at the possibility that afternoon
courts may bc revived. Dressing there
for has 10 start soon after breakfast
while lare arms and uccks, which LOOK
well Ca the evening. seem rather neon
eruous Oy day. and green and yellow silA7
in The sunshine lend nothing TO the beauty
OF the wearers skins. Society women are
not anxious 20 wait Zoo the long Queue OF
vehicles going 60 the palace while small
urchins comment freely upon their rel
noses. blue lips and notified compilations.
Tie Earl ana Countess of Granard
gave a large dinner party at FORBES
House On Wednesday. Those present IN
cuded notably the French and Italian
ambassadors. the Duchess OF RoXburghe.
Countess Of Strahord. the Countess Of
Dudley. the Dowagcr Lady Nunburn-
holme. Sir Ernest Cassel and Lord Coch-
rane.
Hugh $ Gibson. FIRST secretary of the
American Legation m Brussels. is cN-
pccted soon in London. Sheldon White
house. formerly private secretary %
Whitelaw Reid and now second secretary
of the embassy in Paris. has completely
recovered from mis- recent illness. The
Fricdlandcr Fluid bride is expected soon IN
London with her husband. the Hon. John
Freeman Milford. She will be presented
at one of the seasons courts by Princess
LichnoWsky.
The Quen Will visit the Palace Music
Hall on Tuesday al a matinee in aid Of the
Schools FOR Mothers at Fulham. Alfred
Lester. Gertic Milar Harry Tate, Ellen
Terry. Mrs Kendall. Hilda Trevclyan AMI
other favorites will be on the bill
AS to Buying Titles.
The King is deeply interested in the
various references made in Parliament
recently TO the alleged sale Of titles and
donors especially as a Unionist member
aas introduced a bill TO prohibit the
.rafic in recommendations 20 titles" and
Il the same time Queen Mary il strongly
~ favor Of the creation of a new order
'or the purpose OF recognizing women Of
,mncnce.
Mrs. George Kcppel and Miss Violet
Ncppel were entertained at luncheon by
Premier and Mrs Asquith on Thursday.
Mrs Keppel hsd small fancy dress
lance at No. l6 Grosvenor street on
Wednesday for her daughter. Strenuous
,norts are being made to prevent the Les
io-Melville divorce case. in which Earl
tNtzwilliam is cited as correspondent.
from coming into court; but the earl, fatty
denying all the allegations. refuses any
settlement. saying he wishes 10 clear him
self publicly. Mrs LeslieMelvillc's atti-
tude is The same. Since the banker petit
TONER fled his suit lac has inherited n
considerable fortune. and his financial
positlon is materially different from what
il was when he began proceedings. The
case will probably come up during the
first week in March.
Mrs. A. $. Alexander has come up from
Ialbcigh Hall and is nov at the Ritz.