The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-05-09
ALBERT OF BELGIUM ID SPONSOR CHILD May Act As Godfather To
 Granard Heir
 VISITS QUEEN MOTHER Lady Curzon and Queen Alexander Are Friends-Sir Herbert Trees Daughter Returning to the Stage-D0gs Banned
VISITS QUEEN MOTHER
Ky LADY MARY

Ky LADY MARY
 London, April Especial l-The report
 is that the King of Bdlglans is to be god father to Lord and Lady Granard's heir. though, of course. he would be represent ed by proxy. According to present ar arrangements his young lordshp Is to be christened next week at Halkin street where Forbes House is situated and Cardi- nal Bourne is to officiate Queen Mary would very much like to be godmother, but the Roman Catholic church. of which Lord Granard is very staunch member does not admit anyone outside the faith to act in that. capacity for it's members. Lady Glanard is on terms of great in- timacy with the Queen and only few weeks ago I saw her and her elder little girl driving into the courtyard at Buck ingham Palace to. have tea with her majesty who, these afternoons, sees many of her circle in an informal way at tea time
 By all accounts Lady Granard means to bring up and train her son as a super man. He is to be surrounded with every thing that will elevate his mind and cul- tivate his disposition and character in the most approved manner The nursery at Forbes House is not like the usual nursery at the top of the house. It Is on the same floor as the countess own suite of apartments and is nearly half the width of the mansion divided by immense fold ing doors, one side being the day and the other the night nursery.
 Lady Granards custom represents a veritable mine of gold to workers in Irish convents from whom she orders most of her childrens wardrobe but the. heir g wonderful little garments have been made in one of the Belgian work rooms in London and are so delicate that it win make fairies look to their laurels. Some of the Belgian artists have also painted panels for the nursery. Lady tsranard her self experimenting the subjects chosen and the lines on which they were carried out. It seems she was asked to give some work recently to the Belgians and this was what occurred to her.
 Lord Granard returned post haste from Ireland when he heard of his son s arrival he having had to go over on business He was so excited when he reached Forbes House that he forgot to pay the taxi-driver and rushing in, shut the door The chauffeur had to wait ever so loiis before they would open the door as the servants thought he meant to be abusive they fancying that Lord Granard had of course, paid him. When eventually the door was opened and he stated the cas; Lord Granard sent him down a sovereign | in which to drink his boys health.
 Friend of Queen Mother
 Lady Alexandra Curzon. youngest daughter of Lord Curzon of Kedleston frequently comes to visit Queen Alex andra, who is her godmother and wh- 1 takes a most personal interest in all the l children for whom she is responsible in this way. Lady Alex is an enfant ter rible, full of life and vim, and her ca pacity for telling tales out of schoo
 against her own family is one of hsi amusing characteristics. The other day she informed Queen Alexandra--whom she
 calls "godmother' which is a very, spe- cial privilege-that daddy and all oi them were now drinking gin at home Her majesty was at first startled and then amused at the. announcement and she questioned her goddaughter closely I on her statement. Ut comes ip stone bottles. l know it's gin. godmother,' she insisted. T know the gin you mean, answered Queen Alexandra It's ginger beer, isn't. it, Alex?' Yes, that's 1t, answered her ladyship.
 It is said that William Waldorf Astor senior, is anxious to make up to M. Pad erewski, the great pianist his losses ir Poland through the war. These are said
 
 ways difficult to help because he is proud and Mr Astor, though so friendly with Paderewski, has to be careful in dea;:nR with the matter, so as not to offend him Trees Daughters Return to Stage It is quite right that the Tree girls, daughters of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree
 should fancy themselves. especially Viola, who has made leaps and bounds in her profession. But when Viola said she had to go to her own society set in order to get lady" to play to the life society woman, she became uncon1 sciously funny. Some of her friends thought in stating this she was trying to make future for that frost of :. young woman. The Trees are clever artistic family who owe their position .n society to the Duchess of Rutland and he, fascinating daughters. the Manners girls, one of whom his Marchioness of Anglesev and whose sister, Lady Diana. is just as much paragraphed. Lady Tree once taught Greek at London college. before she went on the stage, but this would never have spelled social distinction did not the then Lady Granby take her under her wing. There are actresses by the score on the London stage who are by birth. breeding, and behavior Just as competent. if not more so. to play the part oI sOclety women than are any or the Tree family or their entourage hear, by the way. that Dinner for Eight in which Viola Tree is now appearing, is to be taken to America shortly when ii has been strengthened and altered A bit.
 Royal Family Bans Dogs
 often see Mrs. Mitchell Henry in the Park these mornings with her bulldog, one of the handsomest dogs of his kind and bowling aristocrat But his fame as a scoundred is far greater than his class distinction. When ladies see him approach they drag their little dogs by the hair of the head out of his path. As a matter of fact, Mrs. Mitchells pet is quite inoffensive if left alone but tread on the tail of his coat-then goodness help the agressor.
 The cranks are trying hard to get un an agitation against pet dogs. There 2 hardly a day some old man does not write to some paper on the subject. Like the poor, the cranks are always with us and there's no hope that the war will take off few of them.
 Our royal family are kind race, but they do always play up to cranks Prin- cess Mary has had several new portraits taken of herself, but her whippet is not included in them. Mother" said it mustn't be. When Prince John has betn riding at Windsor his fox-terrier has not followed lately though the child adores