The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1915-01-31
PAGES DAUGHTER
NOW A HEROINE
Dramatic Little Affair in
Rotten Row, London
AMERICANS TO FORE
Only Woman Who Can Boss Kitchener.
American Blue Blood Debutantees
in a Bad Way in Man.
less London
AMERICANS TO FORE

| BY LADY MARY
| London, January 20.-Miss Page, the
American ambassadors daughter, occa-
sionally takes canter in the Row in the
mornings often without an attendant,
scampering along on her fine horse with
the utmost Independence | sometimes
wonder if she knows she exceeds our
| limit of speed or does she look sweetly al
| the policeman on duty? The other morn
| ing, when very few people were about,
charming little girl, well known figure,
| with glorious fair hair which falls in
| great plait at either side, was galloping
along when her horse took the bit in his
mouth and literally flew. Miss Page, who
was riding in the opposite direction, with
| extraordinary presence of mind, put her
| steed in front of the runaway, and, seiz-
| ing its bride, brought it to a standstill.
| The child, woh was riding astride, and
could not have held her seat many more
minutes, looked too dazed to be able to
| thank her deliverer, but her father came
| on the scene and was most profuse in his
gratitude. Miss Page was quite cool and
modest about 1t all and gave the impress
sion of wondering what she was being
| thanked for. l hear her mothers stay i'll
America is to be quite brief. as her family
at this side find her presence indispensa-
BILE, she is SO honey" and motherly to
them all.
Queen Saving on Dress
At one of the little informal tea parties
that take place at Buckingham palace
these afternoons, the Queen was boastng
that for five months she had not mad a
single new afternoon or evening gown.
OF course, we all know by this hour OF
the day what careful manager of her
dress allowance her majesty is. a sum
OF $4,000 per annum is set aside for 1t,
but a little over $4,000 covers the COM
plete outlay and this Notwithstanding the
fact that Queen Mary has a decided
penchant for costly materials, such as
brocade and rich satin for full dress at
tire
| A lady in waiting was telling me some
| time ago that the queen rarely paid more
| than $35 or $40 for her very English tailor
made suits. Ye American milionairesses,
think of thisl Queen Alexandra always
calculated to spend about $500 on a sea-
| sons court attire. This year Queen Mary
| hopes to put that figure carefully away.
American Women to Fore
| Some smart American women by their
initiative have come very much to the
| fore since the war. Among these is Mrs.
| Reginald Owen daughter of William
| j. Bryan, who is taking such a lea ding
| part in the offices of the American wom-
| ems fund in connection with the war. An
| other American woman who called at
| these offices, which, b. the way, are in
| Old Burlington street, in a house which
was once the town residence of the Earls
| of Leicester, told me that Mrs. owen, who
| was working away as hard Is possible
examining piles of correspondence, had
| white paper over the cuffs of her white
satin waist as you call our blouses in
| America. This is common practice
| among our lady clerks and men, too, to
put on paper cuffs to keep clean the origi-
nal ones. Mrs. Hoover is yet another
i American who is prominently connected
| with the American womens fund. She
| has real Yankee temperament and per-
\ sonality and will stand no nonsense. 1t
i was she who got several Americans out
i of Austria and Germany at the beginning
of the war. When she takes a thing in
| hand it is as good done. Mrs. Rob-
ert Strawbridge and Mrs. Robert Grant
are also very prominently connected with
the work in progress in Old Burlington
4 street.
Can Manage X. of X.
Mrs Parker the sister of Lord Kitchen
er, is one of the most busness-like women
of the moment, and her gift of organiza-
generals She has immense influence with
the chief of the war office, and is about
the only woman who can check him.
The other day l hear he kept her waiting
to see him for over half an hour, at the
end of which time her patience was COM
pletely exhausted. Suddenly she got up
and walking down the hall of the war
office where she knew his private rooms
are situated, daringly attempted to enter.
She is about the only woman ever seen
| In that particular part of the institution,
and when a clerk noticed a female form
in such a place he went up and seized
her. saying, Madam. do you know where
you are? / cannot permit you to move an
inch farther" Il am Lord Kitchener S
sister and l must see him., she answered
pushing him out of the way and making
| for the holy of holies' in which the
great man presides. The clerk went flying
out to a sentry, thinking she had come
to murder the chief Meanwhile she was
talking to Herbert and saying things tC
him, among them being. Really, Her.
" BERT it is about the limit, your leav-
4 ing me standing on the doorstep waiting
all this time to have the high honor OF
seing you" At first he was rather vexe6
. with his sister, taking so conspicuous 8
part in public affairs as she is doing
just now. but he had to get used to it, fol
Mrs. Parker is quite as big a person.
atty in her own way as the great Her.
bert, and she was determined to help
Some years ago she made a tour in the
: United States and visited there no enc
a Of public institutions, especially women's
e clubs prisons and hospitals and she says
+ the knowledge and experience she &C.
lquired on the occasion is now standing he,
in good stead.
e Many Heartburnings Now
e l can tell you there are many hear
+, burnings just now among smart Amer
: lean women at this side lest the littl,
S rumpus between our government ant
S theirs should not be settled satisfactorily
e Think of how odious it would be il Their,
n was trouble" said Mrs. John Jacob AS
: tor, in my hearing, the other day. mo
a the slightest danger" Lady Paget assured
v her. 1T will all blow over" Other womer
t of less social Importance have been grow
e ing wrinkles with worry over any pos
I sbility of trouble.
z Tragedies in the smart social world ar,
a surely the greatest tragedies of ALL Their,
, are few very aristocratic American
4 mothers with young daughters here JUS
now who. like other e-blooded mortals
have what amounts to no money The,
al came through from the continent aftel
0 war was declared and have remained OF
e In London ever since hoping by hool
s or by crook to marry off their daughters