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THE TIMES, MONDAY, MARCH 13, 1916. 11 "KULTUR AT HOME." PLAY OF GERMAN LIFE AT COURT THEATRE. BY RUDOLF BESIER AND SYBIL. SPOTTISWOODE, Lord Lushington OTHO STUART Mr. Tinworth E.

F. MAYEUR Major Kolbeck A. E. GEORGE Lieutenant Kurt Hartling MALCOLM CHERRY Lieutenant Baron Otto von Ottberg MARTIN RICCI Lady Lushington VANE FEATHERSTON Margaret ROSALIE TOLLER Frau von Krapp DORA GREGORY Frau Kolbeck MARIANNE CALDWELL Elsa Kolbeck DOLLY HOLMES-GORE There are playgoers who delight in war plays, who wish to see the enemy not only shown but shown up by the footlights, who find a relief in crying Well done, our side over a story and a spectacle carefully arranged to evoke that cry. And there are playgoers whom war plays exasperate, whose patriotism is not cheered but offended by calculated appeal, who feel in their very bones that any actuality of the moment, more especially.

so overwhelming an actuality as war, is too heavy a burden for art to carry. Both groups, no doubt, were. represented at the Court on Saturday night, but, judging from the hearty applause, the. Ayes were in a tremendous majority. What did the Ayes find chiefly to delight them in Kultur at Home? In the first place, 0 certain satisfaction of curiosity.

While sitting comfortably in the theatre they were transported to Germany and caught a glimpse of the German home. They saw the German stove and the German supper-table, and the Kaiser's portrait, the men clicking their heels, and the (to them) vulgar plush furniture, and the women's dowdy or hideous dresses and hats, and they heard hostesses addressed as gracious lady and the band playing the Wacht am Then they had the pleasure of flattering comparisons. They saw, with a pleasant thrill of disgust, the German men gobbling heavy suppers and swilling beer, and behaving vulgarly at an afternoon tea a l'anglaise, and being bullies and brutes to their wives; and they saw, with a not disagreeable sense compassion, German a wives turned into domestic slaves, excusing, almost boasting of, their husbands' infidelities as proof of German superabundant virility, and German girls unblushingly cadging for scraps from an English girl's beautiful lingerie. And when the English girl had, in a moment of mad folly, married a German lieutenant, they saw her patiently submitting to a harsh lecture from the colonel's. wife on her extravagance in dress and other -German failings, and suddenly turning upon the lecturer as Elizabeth Bennet turned upon Lady Catherine de Bourgh.

And they naturally exulted in the sudden turn. And with immense relief they saw the English wife, after she had been compelled to apologize to colonel's wife and threatened by her German husband's clenched fist, making bolt of it, and, on the declaration of war, returning. to her. own country, which she should never have left. And all these things that they saw might, while some of them must, have happened so, and the authors have not been deliberately unfair, and it is easy to given a certain certain temperament, a of certain view the of patriotism, a view art, why Ayes were pleased.

THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CASE. Nevertheless, the others were exasperated. In the first place, they. reflected that of all moments for getting a faithful vision of German domestic life the very worst is the moment when we are at war with Germany. They thought that these questions of clothes and household taste were in any case trivial, and that the preference for chintz over plush or for a copy of a Leighton over a portrait of the Kaiser is a mere matter of geography, and that to a third nation, say the Chinese, either preference would seem equally ridiculous.

And they felt, with a twinge, that the exhibition of the English perpetually showing good form and German bad (i.e., English bad) form" is in itself not the best form. And in the crowning instance of the colonel's wife they couldn't shut their eyes to the other side of the case. True, the woman was, from any English standpoint, overbearing, insolent--in fact, no lady. what was the secret of her whole behaviour The paramount interest of the regiment as corporate entity. Everything must be sacrificed to the regiment the officers' wives' longings for pretty clothes, their independence, their inmost thoughts.

Well, that is a defensible ideal, if ever there was one. The French officer likes his wife to look smart, so, no doubt, does the English; but if the German Army likes to sacrifice that detail to the regimental ideal, no one can deny that the sacrifice tends to make for military efficiency. The authors probably see this as clearly as anybody else. But they ought to have given it emphatic expression. After all, however, the chief cause exasperation was not peculiar to this play, but common to all war plays the poverty- inevitable, fatalof a theme which has not originated in a pure esthetic impulse, but which is merely an occasional piece," vehicle for national complacency, or, to put it at its best, an instrument for keeping the flag The players who act the Germans in these war plays must be severely tried.

Even the children in their nursery war games don't like it. All the more honour, then, to those who act the Germans with absolute artistic loyalty to Mr. Malcolm Cherry, for instance, whose Lieutenant Kurt i is an admirable performance and to Miss Dora Gregory, who plays the colonel's wife with quaint, grim devotion to her ideal which really ennobles the part. Excellent, too, the Frau Kolbeck of Miss Marianne. Caldwell, the patient, homely, illdressed, good-hearted beast-of -burden, the typical Prussian squaw.

Miss Rosalie Toller returns to the stage (again it seems quite a hobby, makes of hers) to play thoroughly young charming, English graceful, wife and (as of course is quite right) exquisitely English thing of it. IRISH SOLDIERS' FLAG DAY. For Friday, St. Patrick's Day, the Irish Women's Association has arranged an Irish flag day in the great English boroughs, in order to raise funds to continue the supply to the Irish regiments at the front of clothes, tobacco, and other comforts, and the 2,600 prisoners of war from Irish regiments with a fortnightly package of foodstuffs. Queen Alexandra has sent a donation of £50, and contributions are regularly received from Ireland.

With the growth of the Irish forces the demands on the resources of the association have rapidly increased. The Duke of Norfolk and the Duke of Westminster have lent their houses to be used as for the Bag-sellers, and Lady Sligo and Lady Ormonde, among other ladies, are helping either by holding depots or by selling flags. The help of every lady. who can dispose of flags will be welcomed. Lady MacDonnell, president of the Committee, will be happy to give any information at the Irish Women's Association, Kensington Palace, or particulars can- be obtained from the hon.

secretary, Irish Soldiers' Flag Day, 10, Oxford-street, W. Notices of Forthcoming Marriages, Movements, and similar announcements are inserted at the following rates One guinea for five lines or less, and five shillings for each additional line. A line consists of eight words. Announcements should be addressed to The Times," London, left with The the Manager, Privale Announcement, Department, Times representatives at the establishments enumerated in column 3, page 14. METHOD IN ECONOMY.

THE PATRIOTIC BUYING OF DRESS. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) Tribal Lays," it has nine and forty ways of being written, and every single one of them is right." The obvious thing to do is for each one to choose those particular ways of economizing which suit the particular case. To gather new ideas on such a common cause can do no harm and may prove useful, and France being a recognized school for women's economy, we naturally turn to her for hints which we can adapt to our special uses. Above all, the women in France are able to help middle-class women in the matter of dress, and although fashion always has been, and always will be, a vexed question upon which few women seem to agree, yet it is interesting to hear the opinions of a Frenchwoman on the subject just at this moment, inasmuch as this particular Frenchwoman controls the most popular and successful fashion paper in France. She says, on the question of dress: "You preach economy to your women by telling them not to buy anything, whereas we preach economy to ours by telling them to go on buying, but to' buy patriotically and with intelligence." The difference between the two maxims is wide and worth thinking about.

If we cease to buy useless things and things which injure the country's interest by being produced for anything but military and naval necessities, then we do well. But if we cease to buy things which keep alive home industries and give work to women who are unfit to do direct war work, surely we do some harm to our country. 'Further, if by not buying at all we cripple seriously the industries of our Allies, then we are merely robbing Peter to pay To cease from buying and give to charity," said the Frenchwoman, is a beautiful thing in theory, but it is neither practical nor economical," and she quoted cases in her own country where the evil of such methods was clear. The great thing, according to logical point of view of a Latin mind, is to spend wisely and for the good of the community in the long run, not merely for the moment, never to spend. heedlessly, and never to get into debt.

SUPPRESSING THE SUPERFLUOUS. point on which the Frenchwoman dwelt with insistence was the stern necessity for the suppression of superfluous in the wardrobe as well as in the house. Simplify all round," is her advice. "but do not stop entirely any of the reasonable activities of daily To keep going, however quietly, is the aim of the Frenchwomen who think clearly, and they are among the first to regret their own lapses in the organization of women's work in France. The recent strike of the women and girls who work in the big dressmaking houses proved that all was not in perfect order, and although there is something to be said for the employers' point of view on the question, there was no getting away from the fact that the women were not being paid a living wage at a moment when the price of food is so excessive.

The mere fact that thousands of women must, in spite of war work, rely on industries which are essentially luxurious, or at any rate domestic, makes it necessary to think twice before we refuse to buy in moderation where before we bought immoderately. another point on which the Frenchwoman insisted was the duty women owed to the menkind to aim at perfection, no matter how simple their raiment might have to be. give no thought to one's clothing is not natural to any woman, and even though the war may reduce not a few of us to one new dress a year, there is no need why that dress should be anything but lovely and becoming to its wearer. To change your raiment very often is not to dress well, as we all know, but to buy a new coat and skirt carelessly, and say that it does not matter because it is war time is not practical, chiefly because the inoment is almost certain to come later on when it will matter, and a new costume will have to be bought because the first one was chosen carelessly and without forethought. FASHIONS FOR NEUTRALS, There is still another question in the matter of dress about which the French point of view worth consideration.

Much satire and condemnation has been poured on the frivolous woman who showed any interest at all in the new fashions, some of which are both extravagant and absurd. Why not talk about asked the Frenchwoman. Talk them and condemn as utterly unsuitable to the women whose countries are 'at war, and indicate that such models are made for the women of those countries which are not at war. The French dressmakers have made their models for neutrals this season, and they frankly say so. They know, moreover, that many of these models have been passed into Germany, and they merely.

look on it as another victory for France, as it proves that in one of her greatest industries she has proved herself so supreme that not even the enemy can do without her." But there is also in this question of fashion another opportunity for women in these days. They can assert themselves as mistress over fashion rather than fashion's slave. They can pick and choose among her vagaries and say, I will have this, and will not have that." They can. put down any exaggeration by demanding suitable, beautiful things to wear from those who make them, and they can reduce their own personal needs just as much as they find necessary without any risk of being thought behind the times. PARIS, MARCH 11.

Economy, say many people, is the battle-cry of the women in these days, and like the CESAR FRANCK'S SYMPHONY. FINE PLAYING AT QUEEN'S HALL The extension of the concerts of the Queen's Hall Orchestra into a third series is happily giving us a few works which are less thoroughly assimilated by the general public than those of the earlier programmes. On Saturday we heard Franck's Symphony, and there was one of the best audiences which the Saturday Symphony Concerts have secured. The presence of the popular young pianist, Solomon, to play Grieg's piano concerto may have been a stronger attraction than the symphony, which, much as it is admired by musical, people, has never become a popular work in the sense that Tchaikovsky's symphonies are popular yet there. could be no doubt, from the way the symphony was received, that it attracted strongly at least a large number of those present.

A great symphony and an infant prodigy appeal different sides of musical interest, and concert managers whose aim is to fill the hall will do well to cater for both. Sir Henry Wood's performance of the symphony was in many ways a fine one. The technique of the players' was irreproachable the brass, and particularly the horns, were remarkably sympathetic. The only interpretative limitation was Sir Henry Wood's insistence on precision and energy at the expense of more delicate shades of tone and tempo. It is difficult to find the spirit of improvisation in his sturdy and masterful reading of Franck.

Solomon's playing of Grieg is everything which can be expected, and far more than one has a right to expect from a child of precocious cleverness. His musical sense is evidently developing and getting the better of his delight in his own astonishing powers. The rest of the programme was made up of popular pieces constantly found in the programmes of the Queen's Hail Orchestra. Mr. Mark Hambourg gave a recital of Chopin's piano music at Molian Hall on Saturday afternoon.

He will give an additional Chopin recital on Thurs day, March -23. ELECTRIC COOKING AT EUSTON. The kitchen of the new dining-room Euston Station has been provided with one of the largest this electric cooking installations yet put down in country. The equipment includes four oven range, a hot closet to hold 1,000 plates, a. 23-pinte boiling table, -compartment vegetable and pudding steamer, and two huge ham boilers.

Each of the ham boilers has a capacity of 30 gallons, sufficient for a dozen hams at a time. DEATH OF LADY BAKER. AFRICAN EXPLORATION IN THE 'SIXTIES. to repel the A SECRET STORE OF FOOD. On another occasion, when hostile demonstrations The death took place on Saturday at Newton Abbot of Lady Baker, widow of the explorer Sir Samuel White Baker.

She was a daughter of Here Finian von Sass, Hungarian, and married Sir Samuel as his second wife in 1860, accompanying him through all his subsequent travels. Her first experience of African exploration was in Baker's exploration of the Nile tributaries of Abyssinia during 1860-62. For a great part of the time she suffered from ill-health, but in all circumstances she showed her pluck and readiness to be of assistance. On Baker's second great expedition to the Albert Nyanza, 1863-1865, she had ample experience of the trials and dangers of African exploration, and was able on many occasions to render important services to her husband and to his expedition, and on more than one occasion to save it from disaster, After the expedition reached Gondokoro, serious mutiny broke out among Baker's followers, and his position became perilous, but his wife rushed to the rescue, though herself scarce able to stand owing to an attack of fever. Her sudden appearance on the scene created a diversion, and her cries to some of the men to stand by her caused them to waver, thus giving Baker an opportunity, of which he took instant advantage.

Finally, Lady Baker may be said to have saved the situation by imploring her husband, who naturally was burning with anger, to deal leniently with the insubordinates, which he did amid loud and profuse protestations of loyalty. Just before reaching Unyoro, both Baker and his wife were seriously ill, and their condition was not rendered any the more tolerable by the brutal treatment received at the hands of the King of Unyoro. However, all was forgotten on the discovery of the Albert Nyanza in March, 1864. Before the arrival at the lake Lady Baker received a sunstroke which so nearly put an end to- her life that Baker's then had searched for a spot in which to dig her grave. But she finally recovered; and heartily seconded her husband's determination to proceed.

After some years in England Baker in 1869 accompanied the Prince of Wales on a journey up the Nile. He was subsequently appointed to command an expedition for the suppression of the slave trade on the White Nile and for the establishment of order in the Sudan, and early in 1870 Sir Samuel and Lady Baker reached Khartum in order to conduct this expedition, the narrative of which was published in his work, From the first Lady Baker threw herself whole-heartedly into the preparations and the work of the expedition. At Gondokoro there was serious engagement between Baker's troops and the Baris. After settling the affair 'he returned to Government quarters, where he found all hands armed and well stationed for the defence of the Divan powder magazine by Lady Baker, who was commandant in his absence. She placed rockets in readiness to fire the town the instant a volley of musketry should be heard.

My good little officer, AS Sir Samuel called his wife, "had also laid out a large supply of spare ammunition, together with every gun and pistol, all of which were laid on the table in the Divan ready were imminent, the question of the supply of food was vital. The men had mostly exhausted their provisions. At this critical moment Lady Baker informed them that in the days of plenty, when flour had been abundant, she had from time to time secreted quantity and she had now six large iron boxes full, about 12 bushels. No wonder the officers and men exclaimed God shall give her a long life." At Fatiko, when the expedition was attacked by a formidable band of slave hunters, Lady Baker placed sentries on the high rocks which commanded a view of the entire country. She also had the cattle driven within the fence, and secured the prisoners in two large huts over which she had placed a guard.

In another attack Lady Baker was in the thick of things, and several lances passed within an inch or two of her head. Lady Baker had many hardships to endure, but her pluck, cheerfulness, and presence of mind never failed her. She even succeeded in bringing home a valuable botanical collection; and kept the meteorological register. Baker, in one of his narratives, writes of the able assistance that I have received, in common with every person connected with the inland expedition, from my wife, who cared for the sick when we were without a medical man, whose gentle aid brought comfort to many whose strength might otherwise have failed. In moments of doubt and anxiety she was always a thoughtful and wise counsellor, and much of my success, during nine long years passed in Africa, is due to my devoted companion." On their return to England Lady Baker was nearly as much lionized as Baker himself.

In 1874 Baker purchased the estate in South Devon, near Newton Abbot, where Lady Baker spent the rest of her life. Her husband died in 1893. THE DOWAGER LADY ERROLL. The Dowager Countess of Erroll died on Saturday at her residence, Royal Cottage, Kew, in her 88th year. She was the eldest daughter of the Hon.

Sir Charles and married, in 1848, he the 18th Earl of Erroll, who Gore and granddaughter of the second Earl of Arran, died in 1891. The present earl is the eldest son of the marriage. Lad Erroll was a Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria and a member of the Order of Victoria and Albert. WILLS AND BEQUESTS. LARGE GIFTS TO CHARITIES.

Mrs. ROSE ANN HADFIELP, of Chesham Lawn, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, who died on January 28 last, left estate of the gross value cf £27,853, of which £21,935 is pet personalty. She left £10,000 in various amounts among about 30 different religious and medical charities, including £1,500 each to the Church Missionary Society and the Church Pastoral Aid Society. The residue of the estate, after the payment of a rumber of specific and personal legacies amounting to about £10,000, is also left for distributien by the trustees among the same charities. AN OLD MIDLANDS INDUSTRY.

Mr. MAJOR L. of Stourbridge, Worcestershire; retired anvil, vice, and hammer who died on September 15 last, left estate of the value £12,027. Administration has been granted to his only son, Mr. M.

Louis Attwood, of 27, Chancery-lane, W.C.. solicitor, who is now the last male representative of the elder branch of a family which has been connected with the anvil, vice, and hammer industry in the Midlands for nearly 200 years. The business was founded -at The Hayes, near Stourbridge, in the early part of the 18th century by one John Attwood, and it has been carried on there until recently, passing from father to son for six generations. Among other latest wills are the following Gross valueMr. FRED aged 57, of Eccleshall, Bradford, wool merchant and topmaker, only son of the late Mr.

William Booth Lee, left $2,000 to his manager and £1.000 to a maid, £100.745 Miss CATHERINE ELIZABETH ARKWRIGHT, aged 83. of 8t. Leonards-on-Sea, daughter of the Rev. J. Arkwright.

of Mark Hall, Harlow, left £2.700 for charitable purposes, including £1,000 to the community of St. John the Baptist, Clewer, and an annuity of to her maid 19,844 LIEUTENANT EDWARD 1st Devon Yeomanry, of Exchange-chambers, 84. Mary-aze. E.C., steamship broker, who was killed at Suva Bay on November 11 last 18,380 The RIGHT HON. JOHN YOUNG, of Calgorm Castle, Ballymena.

Antrim, for some years chairman of the directors of the Northern Counties. Committee of the Midland Railway, formerly High Sherif of the county, personal estate 6,878 LIEUTENANT COLONEL WILLIAM FLEETWOOD NASH, D.S.O., of The Castle, Carlisle, late commanding the Depot, Border Regiment. Governor of the Chetle, and Officer Commanding 34th Regimental District, who saw service with the Burmese Expedition, 1889-90, and in the South African 3,398 SIR WILLIAM third baronet. of Stokesay Court, Oniburs, Salop, and of the Badminton Club, Piccadilly, W. who acted as secretary to the Committee for the Coronation of King Edward, died intestate, unsettled property 2,849 ARRANGEMENTS FOR TO-DAY.

'Stamp Day for the Red Cross Sale at 47. Leicester-square, 2.30. Lord Mayor presides meeting of "Fight for Right' Mansion House, 3. London Appeal Tribunal. under Military Service Act, alta at of Commons Committee Room, The Hon.

W. Pember Reeves on "The Balkan States," London School of Economics, 5. The Spirit of Russia Mr. Stephen Graham, Bolborn Restaurant, 7, Social and Economic Subjects in Parents the National Education of Educational Beys and Girls: Professor E. J.

Urwick, Union. 71, Port land -place, $. London Wesleyan Mission Annual meeting, Kinesway Hall, 7.50. Garrick. Globe, Morris (The Puppet Showl.

Queen's, Royalty, St, Jameri, Ecala, Coliseum. Rippodrome, Palladium. 2.30 Comedy, Duke of York's, 2.45: Maskelyne's Mysteries, 3. Royal Victoria Hall: The Hirels, 1.45. Coliseum Sit J.

M. Barrie's The Real Thing at Last. 2.30 and 8. Royal Philharmonic Society's Concert, Queen's Hall, Sunrise, 6.21: sunset. Moon rises, 11.1 a.m.: seta, 3.37 a.m.

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King Manoel visited The King this morning. The following Officers had the honour of being received by His Majesty, when The King invested them with the Insignia of Companions of the Orders into which they have been admitted THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATE (MILITARY DIVISION). John Bush and Burleigh Stuart (the Worcestershire Regiment). THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF ST. MICHAEL.

AND ST. GEORGE. Felix Hill, Major-General and Charles McGrigor, Thomas Sandall (the BrigadierLincolnshire Regiment). THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER. Engineer Lieutenant Rey Parry, R.N., Lieut.Colonel Oswald Chance (General Staff), Major Charles Mowatt (the Northamptonshire Regiment), Laurence Haldane (the Northamptonshire Regiment), and Captain John Wickham (Royal Engineers).

The King then conferred decorations as follows: THE MILITARY CROSS. Major Leonard Danby (19th, County of London, Batt. the London Regiment, St. Pancras), Captain Selden Long (Royal Flying Corps), Captain Horace Kirby (Royal Artillery), Captain Eric Moore (Royal Engineers), Captain John Thorpe (Scots Guards), Captain Robert Blackwood (the Royal Scots, Lothian Regiment), Captain Charles Costin (the Prince of Wales's Own, West Yorkshire Regiment), Chaplain the Revd. William Leighton, Licutenant Owen Bragge (Dorset Yeomanry, Queen's Own), Charles King (Royal Field Artillery), Lieutenant Charles Goulden (Royal Garrison Artillery), Lieutenant Lionel Charles (the Queen's, Royal West Surrey Regiment), Lieutenant Alexander de Hamel (the South Staffordshire Regiment), Lieutenant Frederick Bain (the Gordon Highlanders), and Second Lieutenant Vernon Luscombe (the Border Regiment).

THE ROYAL RED CROSS (SECOND CLass). Miss Mildred Vernon (Sister, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service, Reserve), Miss Catherine Thorpe (Matron, The Manners and the Hen. Angela Manners (Sister, and Organizer of, The Manners Ambulance His Excellency Senor Don Agustin Edwards (Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the Republic of Chile) and the Right Hon. Sir Arthur Nicolson, Bt. (Permanent Under -Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), had audiences of The King, and Lieut.

-General the Hon. C. E. Bingham and Major H. E.

Priestley (Royal Army Medical Corps) had the honour of being received by His Majesty. The King and Queen, attended by the Countess of Minto and Commander Sir Charles Cust, R.N., visited the wounded Soldiers at Queen Auxiliary Military Hospital, RoeMarypton, this afternoon. Mr. E. W.

Wallington (Private Secretary to The Queen) represented Her Majesty at the Funeral of Mr. Henry Sawyer, which took place at St. Andrew's, Ham, Surrey, to-day. MARCH 12. The King and Queen, the Princess Mary, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in attendance were present at Divine Service in the Private Chapel this morning.

The Service was conducted by the Revd. Canon Edgar Sheppard, D.D. (Sub-Dean of His Majesty's Chapels Royal and Domestic Chaplain). Queen Alexandra, Queen and the Princess Victoria visited Their Majesties and remained to luncheon. MARLBOROUGH HOUSE, MARCH 11..

Queen Alexandra, accompanied by the Princess Victoria, and attended by the Hon. Charlotte Knollys. the Hon. Violet Vivian, and Col. Streatfeild (Grenadier Guards), visited the Queen Alexandra's Hospital for Officers at -lane, Highgate, this afternoon.

MARCH 12. Queen Alexandra and the Princess Victoria, with the Ladies and 1 Gentlemen of the Household, were present at Divine Service in the Marlborough House Chapel Morning. I The Service Sheppard, was D.D. conducted by Dean Rev. of Canon His -Majesty's Chapels Royal and Domestic Chaplain to Queen Alexandra), assisted by the Rev.

T. R. Hine-Haycock, M.A., Priest in Ordinary in Waiting. Her Majesty, with the Princess Victoria, visited The King and Queen at Buckingham Palace to-day, and remained to luncheon. The Earl of Lonsdale has left London for Barley Thorpe.

The Countess of Crawford left London on Saturday for Balcarres House. Lord Monteagle has left London for Mount Trenchard, Co. Limerick. Lady Inverclyde left London on Saturday for Scotland. Mr.

Pierpont Morgan left England on Saturday for America. Among those elected members of the Pilgrims' Club last week were Lord Reading, Lord Rhondda, Mr. T. P. O'Connor, M.P., Mr.

Almeric Paget, M.P.. and Mr. G. A. Touche, M.P.

Father Bernard Vaughan is preaching at noon on the next four Sundays of Lent at Westminster Cathedral. His subjects will Our need to day, enthusiasm for Christ- the Magdalen, Matthew, the Woman of Samaria, Simon Peter--all A memorial service for Lieutenant-Colonel H. A. Clowes, Staffordshire Yeomanry, will be held in Norbury Church, Derbyshire, to-morrow, at 3 o'clock, and one to be held in London will be announced later. The funeral of Mr.

Robert McGuire, of the Daily Telegraph, took place on Saturday at West Norwood Cemetery, after a Requiem Mass at the Church of the English Martyrs, Streatham. Mr. J. M. Le Sage (managing editor of the Daily Telegraph, representing Lord Burnham) and Mr.

Miller (assistant editor) were among the large number of journalists present. FORTHCOMING MARRIAGES. CAPTAIN B. P. GREENWOOD AND MISS DUDLEY.

A marriage has been arranged between Captain B. P. Greenwood, Royal Flying Corps, elder son of B. I. Greenwood, of Shoreham, Kent, and Kathleen daughter of the late G.

H. Dudley and Mrs. Dudley, of Kingswinford, Staffs, and will take place March 21, at St. Andrew's, Wells-street, at 12 o'clock. There will be no reception and no invitations will be issued, but all friends will be welcome at the church.

FLIGHT LIEUTENANT B. TRAVERS AND MISS MOUNCEY. A marriage has been arranged, and will shortly take place, between Flight Lieutenant Benjamin Travers. Royal Naval Air Service, elder son of W. F.

Travers, of Mole Cottage, Westhumble, Dorking, and Dorothy Ethel Violet Mouncey, only child of and Captain Mrs. D. B. W. Mouncey, Leicestershire Regiment, Mouncey, of 38, gander London, Longden, and granddaughter of the late Sir Robert G.C.M.G.

MR. ASTIRY CRESWICK AND MISS WINNE. An engagement. is announced between Astley, son of the Antrobus Creswick, of Ecclesall Grange, Sheffield, and Eleanor, second daughter of the and Mrs. Walter Wynne, of Bryn.

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