The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1919-09-07

automobiles being driven up under the
shelter of its frowning age-marked walls.
Lady Decies is entertaining, also, and
so are Lady Powerscourt and Lady
Drogheda. As soon as the horse show
is over, there will be a great scatter
ing of well known people throughout
Ireland 1 am told that Lady Cough
has invited lot of friends to stop at
Lough Cutra in Galway, Lady Carew
at Castle Boro, Lady Oranmore and
Browne at Castle MacGarrett in Ros-
common, and Lazy Sligo at Westport,
in County Mayo
l also hear of grea, preparations for
the shooting season in Scotland as the
King and Queen Tor the first time in
years are going to be in residence in
Balmoral and everybody who is any,
body is having shoots this autumn.
The Duchess of Sutherland, who is the
queens lady of the bed chamber. is
opening Dunrobin castle, and the
Duchess of Bucclouch and the Duchess
of Atholl will also be entertaining for
the first time in many years. This will
be in fact the first time that the present
Duke and Duchess of Athol have taken
up their residence at Blair Atholl, their
great Scottish estate. The old duke died
only a couple of years ago, and the heir
TO the title, who was then the Marquis
of Tullibardine, was away with his regi-
mensr i'm France, while the marchioness
was performing wonders in the way of
war work in V. \. d. hospital in
Scotland
friend of mine over from Paris
! just recently told me that the boulc-
vard!ers were getting quite excited
{ over the prospect of visit from King
Alfonso of Spain at the end of this
/ month He is immensely popular with
| the Parisians, who like his jolly, an
conventional ways The only people in
| the French capital who entertain any
grudge against the Spanish monarch
are it is said, the members of the
French Jockey club. who still nurse Il
grievance, though l don't believe that
/ their resentment is very malignant.
I 1t seems that when Alfonso lunched
at the club during his Paris visit in
| 1908 he was so delighted by the fare
provided for him that he inquired the
name of the chef and said he would
appreciated his efforts as an artist in
the 7 culinary line. Marechal ttne
Jockey clubs chef was highly de-
| lighted with the honor done to him
and when Alfonso offered him then
and there a salary of $4,000 to enter
| his service the offer was promptly ac-
cepted, and the club was left lament
ing the loss of a genius whom they
found it practically impossible to re-
/ place.
Mr.. Reginald Felowes, the younger
son of Lord and Lady De Ramsey, is,
am told, to be married early in the
autumn to Princess Jean De Broglie. The
princess is half-American. Before her
marriage to Prince Jean De Broglie she
| was Princess Marguerite Decazes, and
her mother was Miss Singer, a daughter
| of the sewing machine manufacturer,
! and, of course, great heiress. Mr..
Felowes is now the only surviving son
| of Lord and Lady De Ramsey, his two
elder bnothers having been killed iff the
war. He himself vas in prison for -four
years in Germany, while his father, who
had gone over to see a specialist just
! before hostilities commenced. was de-
tanned as civil prisoner for 10 months
| The De Ramseys have a lovely estate
called Abbots Ripton Hall in Hunting
/ donshire. In the early days of the wal
| Lady De Ramsey converted the beauti-
full house into hospital, which she has
run very successfully ever since. She
has been both mentioned and dec
grated for her services to the Red Cross
Speaking of decorations, l am told thai
$50 miles of British war medal ribbon Is
| to be issued to the men and women en-
titled to wear it, in two-nch install
ments. I advise anyone with a head
for mathematics to work out the prob
lem of how many wearers of ribbons
| there will be at this rate in the British
Isles BY the way, don't know whether
| many American women are wearing
decorations, but over here you will see
them frequently put to strange uses. For
! instance recently, I noticed fluffily-
dressed female wearing her medal of
the croix de guerre slung at the end of
black velvet ribbon which dangled be-
low the waist!
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