The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 29, 1903, Page 45

e e e e o e e e e o o 3 Pages 451o 48 e § 4 ) 6 + ° Call, | Pages 45 10 48 § } $ L] VOLUME XCIII—=NO. 119. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 1903—FORTY-EIGHT PAGES. Duciress orF ‘ DEVONSHIR, YANKEE SHIPS SHUN KIEL | - Germans Wonder Cra on of send other De- ter upon | avy andd¢r Beeh- attache of in April iast a vy Department Em- pe that the American marked that the United ron touched at Portuguese and ed up the Baltic n d R n Suropean Will Not Accept a Peerage. JON, March 2% In referring to a Chamberlain by mem. Office, the Daily Mail | dation for a | shed in P that Cham- cept a peerage. ed, will never con- sent te Qiec a P pe, but will live and | n citizen —— — 'HOSTESSES ARE RESPON . TO THE WISHES OF ENGLAND’S KING DING READILY Many Guests Are Bidden to the Big London Mansions and a Gay Social Season Is Assured. ONDON, March 2.—Truth an- L nounces that it is probable that the K will now abandon his pro- jected crulse in the Mediterranean, ch case his Majesty will join the ro it Victoria and Albert at Ports- mouth toward the end of this, month for a cruise in nearer waters. From the Rivi- era comes some confirmation from cer- w al y tain fashionable persons who, up to quite | recently, expected to see his Majesty on the Cote d’Azur, but who now say that be is not coming. The King greatly enjoyed his cruise last spring along the coasts of Devon and Cornwall, and may very likely follow the same course, including another visit to the Scilly Isles. The King's wish that London’s great hostesses should exert themselves to make the season a success is bearing fruit. It is now possible to mention some impor- tant social functions that will be given in the big London houses.- The Duchess of Devonshire is to give one if not two dances at Devonshire House. One will | certainly be in honor of the debut of her granddaughter, Lady Mary Hamiitop, 18 years old, and one of Scotland's greatest heiresses. She is likewise heir in general of the line of princely Hamil- tons and sole representative of the Earl of Arran, who, In the time of Queen | Mary, was designated as next in succes- | be sion' to the throne, should the Queen die without issue. Had the Dukedom of Ham- flton not been a strictly male fief her dyship would now have been Duchess of Hamilton in her own right. There is. talk of Lady Londonderry giv- ing a dance in her beautiful town house. A big reception was beld Friday, March 113, at Lansdowne house. | Lord and Lady Cadogan will be very heartily welcomed back to London. Chel- sea House, one of the flnest houses in | towm, will be thrown open. The Duke and Duchess of Westminster will give one or two small dances and perhaps a big one. Mrs. Arthur Wilson, always a very im- rortant hostess to reckon with, is ex- pected to give several parties and, pe haps, one big dance. Lord Rosebery will likely give a dance. Among the American born hostesses no- {body will be more welcomed back than | Mrs. Adair from India. She is sure to do | a great deal of entertaining. Lady Nay- lor-Leyland will throw open her mansion, | which overlooks Rotten Row and the park. | Mrs. Chauncey is anxious to get rid of | her house in Hertford street and take a |larger one where she can entertain on a large scale. ’ | Cora Lady Strafford is looking for a | house for the season, as she intends doing a certain amount of entertaining for her | daughter’s debut. Miss Colgate is as tall | as her mother and very fair. Lady Strafford had an operation per- | formed recently, which, fortunately, was very successful. While on board ship on | her way out to India she slipped on deck and hurt herself so severely that immed- | iately on her return to town an operation was found necessary. Among the debutantes of the season will quite a number of American girls. Ore of these—Miss KEthel Stafford—has teen much admired at London balls. She i very tall and graceful, with dark brown hair and a lovely transparent skin. Her mother was Miss Mathews, a San Franeisco belle. Her sister married Gran- ville Alexander, Miss Frewen, daughter of Mrs. Moreton Frewen, a pretty, fair-haired girl, is an- other American debutante of the year. Miss Frewen, who Is a nlece of Mrs. George Cornwallls-West, is very popular. The Duchess of Marlborough, who has left Blenheim Palace for Vienna, ace: 111, will undergo a course of treatment for catarrh. This was decided upon when the Duchess consulted Dr. Muller — some months ago. The Duke of Marlborough has gone to Brooksby, near a month’s hunting. “OLDEST CLUB” SEEKS FRESH YOUNG BLOOD Moribund Organization Advertising Its Advantages Among Uni- versity Undergraduates. LONDON, March 25.—Clubland is inter- ested in the efforts being made by an old established but now moribund club to re- juvenate itseif. Circulars are being sent out to eligible men, undergraduates of Ox- ford and Cambridge being® particularly favored, inviting them to become mem- bers, and holding out a tempting bait in the announcement that no entrance fee will be charged. Some other inducements are: *“Fhe club is first mentioned about 1662, and is, therefore, the oldest club in London. It has been in its present house for about a hundred years. . Its position, in St. James street, is one of the best in the West End. There are three large windows facing the street from the morn- ing room and all processions can be seen.” This is the introduction of modern bysi- ness methods ihto the confines 'of’ the old’'| Cowgate of late years. Tory clubland with a vengeance. -4 ! . TITLED HOSTESSES W HO WILL HELP TO MAKE LON- DON SEASON GAY, Leicester, for | . . -+ ANCIENT PALACE IS CONDEMNED Holyrood Is No Longer Safe Shelter for Royality. LA AR Special Cable to The Call and New York Herald. Copyright, 1903, by the New York Herald Publishing Company. ONDON, March 28.—If all stories are true Edinburgh has received a stun- ning blow. Its ancient Palace of Holyrood, once' the home of Scottish royalty and the scene of so much stirring histor¥, is now reported to have been prondunced, after examination, no safe residence for the King and Queen. Holyrood, as visitors to Edinburgh know, lies in the valley of Queen’s Park, between Salsbury Crags and Calton Hill, at the lower end of the oldest and most unsanitary part of Edinburgh, called Tourists have been puzzled by curious odors which have CURRENT. EVENTS IN FOREIGN CA PRICE FIVE CENTS. PITALS — GOBELIN TRIES WEAVING OF ORIENTAL CARPETS Famous Tapestry Manufactory Duplicating Rare Rugs of the East. ARIS, March 28.—The famous Gobe- lin tapestry manufactory seems likely to achieve new honors in the fabrication of textiles. After a long preliminary course of experiment and study the manufactory has now taken up the weaving of Oriental car- pets. Some of the first specimens I saw this week at the manufgctory were equal to anything done in the East. Apropos, all the tapestries from the Compeigne Palace have been sent in for restoration. Some plorable state. The fact that David R. Francis was presented with a fine vase at the ban- quet in his honor at the Continental Hotet before his devarture brings to the front a question that is embarrassing the Sevres manufactory. Sculptors whose works are reproduced in biscuit china have a cer- tain part of the price of their productions due them as author’s rights. The habit of giving vases and res to sovereigns and Embassadors ‘* no great damage. But lately every Minlster is making great claims on the manufactory. Authors are now acting in concert to cause their rights to be respected. The deathknell has been sounded for the lacemaking art by the introduction of iacemaking machinery. The economi- cal tendencies of republican dames and the division of large fortunes are the al- leged causes, Expert workers are unable nowadays to earn above 2 franes (40 | of them are in a de-] | | | | well satisfled with cents) for eleven hours’ work. Inexpert ones make only 60 centimeters (12 cents). I chatted to-day with M. Courteix, a famous Rue de la Paix mer t, who said: “The decay of the indu: is pro- ceeding rapidly. Vagaries of fashion are partially responsible. Merchants invest- ing large capital in the production of real lace dresses often found that women's whims change suddenly and costly artis- tic garments remain unsold. _Whereas, under the empire, 10,000 francs ($2000) wero paid for a garment, to-day women in the same position expend only 1000 francs (3200). The numerous syndicates of dressmak- ers, milliners, beggars, laundresses and janitors which have suddenly sprung into existence in Paris are about to be aug- mented by “a confederation of ballet dancers” (syndicat des danseuses). The existence of this last mentioned labor league is, however, hotly denied by the managers of the ballets at the Opera and the Opera Comique, where they scout the idea of having to g0 to the Labor Ex- change there to ventilate any grievances that they may have, like the modistes and laundresses. The employes have, in fact, no grievancesy it is asserted, and are their positions as “sujets” and even “rats,” for the latter have their chances of promotion. On the other hand the danseuses at the minor theaters and in certain r.usic halls pro- fess to be enchanted at the prospect of belonging to a syndicate. @ i e regaled their noses when westerly winds | serious abridgment of Edinburgh’'s one blew toward Holyrood. Expert investiga- tors have now apparently discovered the cause, so poor Holyrood is condemned as a royal residence. Truth says that if it is undesirable for | the King and Queen to stay at Holyrood the Duke of Buecleuch will place Dalkeith Palace at their disposal, thus following the example of his father, who recelved national pageant, the annual assembly of the Church of Scotland. —_——————————— KAISER SPENDS MONEY FREELY FOR UNIFORMS BERLIN, March 28.—It has been ascer- tained that the Kalser, while spending $25.000 per year for uniforms, limits his George IV at Dalkeith in 1522, and Queen | budget for plain clothes to $120. This Victoria and Prince Albert in 1842. The Glasgow Herald remarks that this is a day for Edinburgh worse even than any that she has ever suffered, due to the consequences that may follow it. It 1s not impossible that one result may be the includes sporting togs. white flannel suits for lawn tennis, and white pants and blue cloth jackets for yachting. The Kaiser manages to wear his evening dress suits six times and never takes more than three or four of them to England.