The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 6, 1903, Page 17

+ Pziges 17020 > - Pages-17 to2 T | l - s SAN “FRANCISCO, SUN AY, DECEMBER 6, 1903 KYLEMORE CASTLE WILL NO LONGER BE ANCIENT WHEN AMERICAN Y j/rfimf / Sanctester: .. ———— DUCHESS OF ROXBURGHE TO OUTDO MARLBOROUGHS American Wife of Young Nobleman Already Preparing for Palatial Mansion. e TR LONDON, D 5.—There is much k about the new town palace, which mor says the new Duch of Rox- ghe “means to build on her return England. She will not allow a house nor even a site to be taken for her 1 she returns, and she means, it is to have so palatial a mansion in design and furnishing it will outshine the Duchess of Marlbor- « s house. It is to be built on an entirely different plan and is to be pically American, with the most odern ideas and improvements. A Paris jeweler has a $200,000 pearl klace, the Matin says, awaiting in- spection by the Duchess of Roxburghe MARLBOROUGH'S NEW HOUSE. The Duke of Marlborough has named London Curzon Sunderland House, after one of new mansion on his most famous ancestors, the Earl of Sunderland, whose title became jerged in the dukedom of Marl- rough. The Duke has taken up his residence Sunderland House, although thedec- orating and furnishing are not yet completed. He will be joined there by the Duchess when she returns from Vienna. They will open the London season with a grand house-warming shortly ‘after next Eag An extra gang of expert gilders and decorators has béen set to work to put the panels and delicate moldings into place. Old French designs are lavish- ly d.. In one morning room an e: quisite satin wood is used to inlay the ceilin nd these agafn are enriched by raised gilt panels of early French design, while all the panels are out~ lined with a flat gilt ribbon tied in Louis XVI bows, PAULINE ASTOR A BRIDESMAID. Miss Pauline Astor is to be one of the principal bridesmaids at the wed- ding of the Countess of Warwick's daughter, Lady Marjorie Greville, and young Viscount Helmsley, the grand- son and prospective heir of the Earl of vFv\‘vrshanl. He is an exceedingly serious young fellow, much absorbed in movements for the benefit of the working classes. While so engaged he was thrown into association with Lady Marjorie, whose mother’s life is notv largely devoted to such work. Lady Marjorie and her brother, Lord Brooke, are frequent guests at Clive- den, William Waldorf Astor’s country seat, where they were staying again last week, the ladies being close friends. LIKES AMERICAN WOMEN. Baron de Meyer has returned from a visit to Newport enraptured with | THE DUCHESS OF MANCHESTER, WHO 1S PLANNING TO REVAMP OLD KYLEMORE CASTLE AND EQUIP THE BUILDING WITH | MODERN IMPROVEMENTS ON AMERICAN LINES. * Lo e AR g American “women. He spent: three Very dignified, was an Italian Prin- weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Ben Guin- ness on Long Island. He also visited Mrs. Hermann Oelrichs at Newport, on whose table were. gome thousands of dollars’ worth of flowers, the most gor- geous sight the Baron had ever seen in the way of extravagant decorations. A crowd of the “smartest” people were asked to meet him, all of whom he pronounces vastly more intelligent than the average woman of England. The unmarried girls, ‘he declares, were a revelation for their wit, brightness and repartee, ‘which awed him. Baroness de Meyer, young, pretty and cess. She is an inveterate smoker and plays bridge-to beat any woman in London. . L Monument to Garibaldi: BUENOS AYRES, Dec. 5.—A monu- ment to Garibaldi is to be erected in Buenos Ayres, opposite Palermo Park. Garibaldi before commencing the de- liverance of Italy fought for the inde- pendence . of Uruguay. It was . there that he first flourished the red: shirt which: has since become the Garibal- dian badge. 3 s abbey authorities had ruled DUCHESS OF MANCHESTER CARRIES HER IDEAS The PYHKE & ALV A ESTERS) FEHW 557 7‘25_: INTO EFFECT | Old Mansion Will Undergo a Change to Modern Equipment. LONDON, Dec.\ 5.—Beautiful Kyle- more Castle is undergoing a transfor- mation since it came into the hands of the American Duchess of Manchester. The experts who pronounced it, before it was sold recently, to be one of the finest mansions in Great Britain, will not know it in a few months from now. Externally, there will be no change, but inside the ancient place is being pulled to pieces as fast as the builders’ men can move. on American principles is being intro- duced, and in other ways the castle is being made comfortable, in accordance with modern ideas., A special suite of apartments is being arranged for the nursery gnd playrooms. The servants’ quarters are also undergoing a change. Hitherto they were distributed all over A perfect system of heating- homes of comfort and quietness, could not help remarking on its difference from any club in the United Stages. *“We have nothing whatever like it in the States,” she remarked to the secre- This is a club where we do nothing.” “Ah,” answered the American. “Noth- ing is something we have never yet learned to do in America.” It is to be a club more of this order that Mrs. Wicks will organize in Paris. At .present it is hoped that the club- house will be situated in the Place Ven- dome, but premises have not yet been decided upon Miss Florence N Francisco, who is now Montague place, of San Hamilton staying at Russell Square, Lon- i —p ZVIFAORE CASILE, e E AR, a‘?}’:’t AND "= STATUE WILL BE DESIGNED BY PRINCESS Duchess of Argyll Will ” Outline Monument to Soldiers. DUMBARTON, Dec. 5.—The Duchess of Argyll, better known as the Princess Louise and a charming daughter the'late Queen Victoria, is at_this time the niost successful of royal artists. Her latest commission is to design a heroic bronze statue-in memory of the colonial troops who gave up their lives in South Africa ih the Boer war. The statue ig-to have a place in Westmin- ster Abbey. When the.colonial troops committee, a relief orgamization, discovered after the wgr that it had an unexpended balance, it wag decided to erect a mem- orial to the colonials. = Although the that no re memorials should be piaced in the toric edifice, they were persuaded to provide space in the nave for the colonial - memorial, “ A’ ‘comfpfttee, of which the Earl of Carlisle and Willilam Hamo Thorny- creft, the.sculptor, were members, con- c¢luded to ask the Duchess of Argyll to.make the statue, and her Royal Highness cheerfully consented to do s0. ¢ . The Duchess has shown from earliest childhood- a marked aptitude for both sculpture .and drawing, and she has ,spent many years in serious study, at one time working daily with her cousin, the .genia] and kindly sculptor, who, though a Prince, preferred to be known as Count: Gleichen. Princess Louise is very proud of the fact that she has often had her work exhibited, especially in foreign galler- ies, where the identity of the artist was not suspected. She is fonder of sculpture- than she is of oil painting or of water color, and she has done some really fine statuary, particularly charming being the presentment of her own mether as “The Maiden Monarch.” This extremely attractive and original statue is in Kensington Gardens. The Princess loves her home at In- verary Castle, near here, but is as fond of traveling as is the Duke of Argyll, and together they have made more than one long and romantic journey on ‘the ‘Continent, deliberately ~choosing those places where the ordinary tourist never dreams of going. ““Her Royal Highhess has retained the most affectionate regard for “Our Lady of the Snows.” She still keeps in close touch with some of the leading Cana- dlans whom she entertained at Rideau Hall, and she fond of receiving dis- tinguished - colonials in her delightful suite of apartments at Kensington Palace. -+ the building, but when the alterations are complete they will have a section of the mansion entirely. to themselves. Some of the ogk staircases which were creations of the carvers’ art and which visitors to-the castle -in the days of its iate owner envied so much will not do for the Duchess. . They are being pulled out and replaced with the finest Conne- mara marble, in which the immediate neighborhood abounds. DUCHESS DIRECTS AFFAIRS. The Duke appears to be taking very little interest in the change that is be> ing effected, everything being done un- der the direction of the Duchess. There appears to have been a difference of opinion between them with regard to the disposal of the estates to the ten- ants under the new land act. The Duke would like to be an Irish landlord, but the Duchess didn’t want to be Tespon- sible for the maintenance of the estate, and she would not hear of the trouble of having to collect rents from a people in a semi-impoverished state. In this, too, she is having hes wa and the farms and small holdings will be sold to tenants according to their necessi- ties. The Duke is allowed to retain a small portion of the estate for shooting purposes. The Duchess has given to the tenants her assurance, through her agent, who is now administering the estates, that she will spend a good portion of the year among them and that she will be always ready to lend them any reason- able assistance. The presence of the family at the castle will be a material benefit to the locality and every one is looking forward to a good time when the Manchesters take up their residence there. MRS. WICKS IN LONDON. Mrs. Wicks, -who is well known in every part of the United States through her interest in woman's clubs, is again in London. For some time this lady has been: in Paris, arranging for a club whose members are to be drawn exclu- sively from the highest high society. It is to have an international character in that equally - exclusive English and American women who may be passing through Paris will be welcomed. The price of membership is expected to be prohibitive for the ordinary smart clubwoman, and a large number of members is not much desired. One of the very first points about the club is to be its rigid exclusiveness and the dif- ficulty of any not of the firSt rank in society being elected as a member. For the purpose of studying the best meth- ods of running & smart social club, Mrs. Wicks is now going about among the London organizations. She has seen the clubs with a mission, the restfu! clubs for workers, the society -clubs where music and entertaining goes on, and thase clubs which are more on the lines of a man’s club where the mem- bers find all the peace and comfort they desire, but who do'nothing. An Ameri- can this summer, visiting one of these special clubs, which are luxurious -y don, has been passing some very caustic remarks upon the London weather. In an interview Miss Hamilton said: “It is my intention, if the fog does not be- come de: enough to prevent my get- ting from one policeman to another through the London streets, to spend what remains of my time here in be- coming acquainted with this wondertul old metropolis. The thoroughfares, with their quaint names and surprising gateways into sequestered quietness, are to.me a never-ending source of de- light in even moderately good weather When the days are very wet and terrific downpours make the only change in the dreary fall—and these; by the way, are most frequent—I go to the wonderful museums and picture galleries and have a’'good time that way. London may do its worst in the way of weather, but it is not going to spoil my trip.” F. P. Meserve of Redlands, Cal., who arrived in London a week ago, staying at the Cranston’s Waverley Hotel, has been planning out an extensive trip around the world. This journey is not to be a mere rush around, calling only at 'a few necessary ports, but will ex- tend over a considerable period. Mr. Meserve is starting for Paris, and after a few days ip the French capital he in- tends to go to Belgium, Holland, Ger- many and Austria, visit several places in Switzerland and thence go to Italy spending a little time in the cities of Venice, Florence, Rome and Naples. On November 29 Mr. Meserve will leave Europe for Afric~, sailing from Brindisi to Port Said. He will then visit Alex- andria, Cairo, go to Jerusalem and aft- erward take a trip up the Nile. After landing at Bombsa two months are to be spent in India. From there he goes to Hongkong. There is to be a short stay in China and Japan apd a call at the Hawaiian Islands before returning to San Francisco. —_——— KAISER USES PIPE OF HIS OWN DESIGN Emperor Tires of All Other Styles and Tries a Bowl of His Own, Make. BERLIN, Dec. 5.—Weary of the best cigars the world affords, tired of ciga- rettes presented to him by the Sultan, the Emperor had taken to smoking a pipe before the surgical operation om his throat was performed. Perhaps the monarch wished to flattc= his peo- ple, for certainly the pipe is one em- blem of Germany just as is the stein. As he never does things by halves, his Majesty ordered eral pipes. But he had his favorite, a pipe made after his own design. The bffwl, egg- shaped, is of meeschaum, as befits an imperial pipe, for, as all smokers know, a good meerschaum pipe needs more care than a good baby. The stem is of Turkish wild cherry wood. Where the stem enters the bowl a big “W" is carved on the meerschaum. Silver branches twine in and around the “W,” and on a branch is seated a sil- ver bird. The branches, elongated, form a scroll effect around the bottom of the bowl. —_——————— Thieves Enter a Catiiedral. PARIS, Dec. 5.—Thieves broke into the old Cathedral of Rouen and stole the contents of five trunks for the poor. 'This loss, however, is not irre- trievables But in order to enter they broke a magnificent stained-glass win- dow cf the sixteenth century, whose loss is inestimable.