The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-22
ANTHONY DREXEL ID GET ANOTHER HOUSE Sells Davies Street Resi-
 dence at Big Loss
 GOSSIP OF SOCIETY
Mrs. Reid Appears Sad-Society Women Haven't Time to Imagine Ills and Physicians Suffer.
 Peeress Is Unconventional
By LADY MARY

London. February 6.--tSpecial.) Anthony Drexels agent is on the hunt for new house. Like most rich Amer jeans the Philadelphia banker soon gets tired of the mansions he lives in. He suddenly took dislike to his hand- some residence in Davies street which I am told, he has sold at great loss to Sir John Smiley For one thing he wants a much larger place as he is bringing over from Paris all the beautiful things he had in his apart rnent there These include some exqui- site objets dart of all sorts, the ma lority of which he has placed up him. self. for he is a great julge and has rummaged through half the continent to find them. He possesses clocks and tapestries that adorned Versailles in the days of the empire. Indeed most of the things in his Paris place are of French origin. A treasure he values greatly is a tiny lace handkerchief which Marie Antoinette carried with her to the seaffold His mascots and curiosities are numerous and extraor- dinary, especially a tiny ivory statue of St Anthony of Padua. It is cleimed for this that when St Anthony's coun- try goes to war there are tears seen in the eyes of the figure. I am told that MT. DreXel means that his new London house shall be the most fas- oinating and interesting home in May fair.
 While dining with friends recently Lady Deerhurst had an experience that sounds like an incident out of l melo- orama. friend of Lord Deerhursts who died in action some weeks ago be- l.s. l,inI, however, would not fit any of hia fin- gers so he passed it on to his wife, who, being an excellent judge of stones, saw what a magnificent diamond 1t contained. Somebody asked her to show the ring at the party mentioned and she took it off her finger and passed i. on. Some time elapsed and she sud denly remembered that the ring had not been returned. She told her hostess who immediately went round among the guests and inquired if anyone had seen it, but all disclaimed any knowl- edge A search was made in the dining room, but this, too proved futile. few days later Lady Deerhurst received it hack in a registered packet accom- panied by an anonymous tyepwritten note which stated that the ring had proved of infinite use to the sender who being hard up while waiting for her allowance, pawned it until her check war due.
 Mrs. Reid Appears Sad
 I thought Mrs. Whitelaw Reid ap- peared very sad the other morning as she looked at the Red Cross flag fly ing over the one-time American em- 1assy in Park Lane, where she enjoyed so many happy days. Sir George Hol- ford, it's owner, has turned it into a hospital for wounded officers, and there he and his wife. and his sister-in-law. Muriel Wilson, all see to the comforts of their sick friends Mrs. Reid is often in the park these mornings talk ing the walking exercise which has been ordered by her physician.
 Talking of physicians, a Harley street one has been telling me that there is absolutely no business doing in their line these times, and that were it not so many of them were employed by millionaires in the Red Cross private hospitals they would literally be starv- ing. There is no such thing as a hy- pochondriac these times, women being too busy to think of ailments and it was through these that the great Harley street men derived goodly portion of their incomes.
 Another piece of information just told to me Is that special staff had to be put on at a postoffice near Hanover lodge, the London house of Admiral and Mrs. David Beatty, in order to cope with the enormous number of telegrams of congratulation sent after Sir David's recent North sea victory. They arrived from all parts of the continent as well as the United Kingdom
 New Peeress Unconventional
 Lady Feversham, who was Lady Mar Jorie Greville before her marriage, a daughter of the Countess of Warwick, has just come into her new title, her husband succeeding his grandfather the late earl. There was never in this world a girl in her position brought up so unconventionally as Marjorie Greville Lady Warwick being determined that her children should see every phase of life and get to understand individuals