The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-10

London, December 19.--(SpeeiaL}-Th
American ambassador, Dr. Walter Hines
Page, seems to me never so happy as
when he is careering across the park all
alone in the rain. 1t comes down In back
etfuls these days in London, owing, they
say, to the firing of many guns on the
continent The ambassador, like most
public men, seems to love n little solitude
row and then and he certainly appears to
be having the time of his life he takes
his constitutional walk across to Bucking-
ham palace or the offices of the Amer
lean embassy in Victoria street | don't
know why it Is, but DR. Page always gives
me the impression that he does not care
two pins about smart clothes. He GER
tainly wears quite ordinary ones, plain
en- umbrella even in the greatest DOWN
pour. Spectacles are every bit as unbc-
coming to a man as they are to Il woman.
but Dr.. Hines PAGE does not mind that.
why don't you wear pinee-nez9'
Princess Victoria, Queen Mexandra's un-
| married daughter, said to him the day he
went to offer congratulations to her ma
iesty at Marlborough House on her sew
entieth birthday. Because, princess, II
would be far too great a bother to keep II
on" he answered. My wife made me
wear a pince-nez once to try to MAKE me
beautiful, but before the day was over l.
had thrown 1t away"
People Mad on Uniforms
While l was lunching at the Carlton.
the other day, who should walk in but
Anthony Drexcl. There were as many
heads turned to look at him as If he were
some handsome society woman. In his
uniform he is a perfect Adonnis. though
he does not look one bit conceited. and
indeed wears this most becoming earb,
SIN told. to please his hostesses. People
are mad on uniforms, and when they in
wife men they implore them to dress in
them, II they have the right to do So
Frankly. one is sorry for the men who
cannot array themselves in such attire
as they count for so little. just now.
Drexels hand was tied UP in sling
for his motor accident, a collision. was a
serious one, and it is miracle he got out
of it Well He still suffers a good DEAL
but 1t was feared at first he must have a
finger amputated. All his family We're
greatly concerned over the unfortunate
affair, even those whose relations We're
rather strained, and inquiries were made
from quarters you might not expect. In
order to get about he had to have rorhia
administered pretty often. Like all SOL
diers invaded home, he was dying to
get back to the firing line again, and prob
ably has gone by now.
Quiet Wedding for Young Field
hear that the marriage of young Mar
shall Field, grandson of the famous Chi
cago dry goods magnate, is to come off
Quietly and quickly. The girl, who is
sweetly pretty, is Evelyn Marshall. a
daughter of the late Charles Marshall of
Paris and New York 1t Is Just because
OF the war-Marshall Is a soldier-that
they were allowed to announce the en-
gage mont as otherwise they would have
had to wait for year or more as Mrs.
Drt mmond thinks her son Is over young
to marry yet Indeed. it seems but the
other day one was talking about him and
his brother as schoolboys. Is il any
wcnder that Mrs. Maldwin Drummond,
who does not look 50, does not relish the
notion of having a married son? But
you see these war marriages are all the
fashion. Every boy that is going or is
at the front thinks he ought to get mar
ried-it is so picturesque to do so-and
their parents and friends don't like to
say no in the circumstances. The war Is
responsible for scores of marriages that
would never have come off but for 1t.
Marshall has been telling his friends that
when he marries he means to have a very
swagger London house and that London
Is to be his headquarters for the rest OF
his life, as BELTS a British soldier
Undying Ambition
Even the sight of the horrors of war
does not kill the ambition of some Amer
lean women. A certain set of smart
nurses now abroad are pinng to get a
chance of nursing the Prince of Wales.
They will have wait. as for one thing,
were his royal highness indisposed 1t il
very unlikely he would be sent to "a
hospital superintendent by amateurs, how
ever clever.
the prince hurt but there was an Idea at
first that he could never stand the hard
weather, for he Is known to feel cold |
greatly and there was hope he might |
get an interesting chill and want looking |
after. The prince has proved to be far |
stronger and far harder than anyone ex-
pected. As an officer home on leave ex- |
pressed 1t to me- the other night, Ills |
very earnestness and his youth keep him |
together" Sir John French has his hands |
full for the Queen, who is so attached to |
her son, writes him every day begging |
him to take special care of Edward" |
The prince himself is brick, and Ia hay- |
ing the time of his life away from the |
supervision OF his mother whom he, ney-
ertheless, adores. One of his mascots is
a locket which contains a lock of her hair |
and as usual various pictures OF her are |
among the princes belongings. He |
smokes like a furnace in fact, he is just |
as partial to the weed as was his late |
grandfather, King Edward, but unlike |
that monarch he does not care a straw
about food, and could, without much pri-
walton. live on bully" beef and biscuits If |
necessary.
Weekend Habit in Vogue
Never was the weekend habit so much
in vogue as it is just now. Men who
have been fighting for a month or six
weeks can mostly get leave to run back
to London for long weekend. The,
change home and the reunion makes new
men of them and they go back fresh
ened and newly armed for the fray. Al
a matter of fact they don't get much
rest, for they are made heroes of and
run after all the time. They have the
most interesting tales to tell, but they
are all warned to be very careful and
truly you never realize how reticent men