The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1916-11-12

with a broad band over neat brown
boots, was engaged in cleaning the mar
BILE steps, and polishing up the handle
of the big front door"
The first woman in London society to
introduce the female 'footman" was
Lady Randolph Churchill She employed
women to wait at table, and as buffers
and in other capacities usually held by
men, at least a year before the war com
menced. The innovation has proved a
distinct success nearly everywhere; even
in London clubs where the shoned
members used to grumble considerably
because girl mattresses did not imm3-
dlately know all their idiosyncrasies and
their general necessities of service, are
now becoming thoroughly pleased and
satisfied with the attention they receive.
l heard one old gentleman remark
the other day that he hoped mattresses
would be a permanency in clubs, res
taurants and houses after the war, ut
isn't a mans Job" he said, running
round and serving food and drink to other
men. Let them shovel the coal, and clean
the windows and the boots and the
knives, because that Is the sort of thing
that women do not do we'll; but let
them stay where they are as far as the
food-serving question Is concerned"
LETTER FROM CANNES
L received a letter from Cannes the
other day, and strange as 1t may seem,
things there are apparently very normal
as regards gaiety, and delightful luxury
of surroundings / suppose that they
are not playing polo or pigeon shooting,
but to judge from my correspondent s
letter the roulette ball still spins merri-
ly, while bathing, tennis, dancing and
lazing the time away in the sun occupy
most of the time. AS late as the middle
of this month the weather was so warm
that every one was wearing the light
est muslins and chiffons, flannels and
silks, and the bathing gowns have
eclipsed in conspicuous brilliancy any
thing that has been seen on those south
ern shores for many a long day.
The marriage of young Lord Uning-
ton has created quite stir in London, for
it is only within the last year. when he
joined the army, that 1t was realized
that Lord and Lady Craven actually had
a grown-up son. 1 don't believe his peo-
pie are particularly pleased at his choice
of a bride, although 1 am told that the
little girl he has married Is very pretty
and almost baby-like In her innocence
of the word of society. But then young
Ellington himself is mere babe-19 sum-
mers Is not a very mature age even in
these precocious times when people be-
gin to grow old before one realizes that
they are actually alive.
remember seeing Lord Craven, his
wife and their son and heir some years
ago at Earls Court when shakespeare S
England was the attraction at that ia
nous exhibition ground. 1t was on the
occasion of the great tournament, when
a. reconstruction of the medieval jouste
was held in huge building called THE
Empress Hall" Lord Craven was one
of the knights in armor who tilted in the
tourney. Lady Craven was one Of the
DANES d. honneur' in attendance on the
Queen of Beauty Nady Curzon). One of
the young pages in the train of these
lovely ladies was Lord Ellington, then a
slender TRIPPING not yet Is. He was
pretty boy and apparently exceedingly
shy; his parti-colored silk tights and his
velvet doublet and plumed hat embar-
raised him very much, and l heard him
confessing to a brother page that he
felt like "a bally fool
RECALLS INCIDENT
When heard of his marriage the other
day my mind naturally went back to this
little incident, and l also remembered
apropos of recent happenings that among
the train of knights and princes in the
brilliant throng was Prince christopher
of Greece and also the Grand Duke Of
Mecklemburg- Strelitz and Prince Paul of
the pageant from one of the towers built
In imitation of a portion of Warwick
Castle, and during a pause in the pro-
ceedings she received these princes and
also Prince Kinsky, great Austrian
noble who used to make London his home
during most of the year. Among the
ladies' grouped round the Queen Of Beauty
was Princess Pless, sister to the Duchess
of Westminster and wife of the Prince
vxrto rr,ifI tc LOT {yrno and
tainers, Is now fighting against Great
Britain and the allies somewhere in
France" 1t is a strange world with
many twists and complications.
1t is impossible to avoid "reminiscing"
these days when something that happens
at the moment continually reminds one of
something else that happened in the past.
I notice, for instance, in the casualty list
this week the name of Lord Rothes. who
has been wounded in France. I am
reminded by this of the sinking of the
Titanic" when Lord and Lady Rothes
were both on board and were rescued
after terribly trying experiences in mid
ocean. At the time when the Titanic
disaster occurred, there was being held
In London (and again Earrs Court was
the scene) an exhibition called 1.-The I'm
perial Services" which was supposed, to
set forth for the benefit of the public
all the glories Of Britain's armament. I
don't know whether this was the case,
for never heard any very keen military
men speak enthusiastically of the dis
play; but at any rate there it was, and
among the "side shows was a house
and tent devoted to the exhibition of
Red Cross activities in times of war.
Among the nurses who gave voluntary
help at the Red Cross stall was an aunt
of the Countess of Rothes.
When the news came of the sinking of
the Titanic" Nurse Edwards was in at
tendance at the Red Cross tent. She
knew that her niece was on board the
doomed vessel, and remember her say
ing that she herself had given Lady
Rothes course of lessons in artificial
respiration and first aid to the drowned.
and she wondered if she had been able to
prove of any use under the tragic cir
cumstances, for it was known by that
time that both she and her husband had
heen saved. Now that war is with us.