... A FORMER FAMOUS FETE AT STAFFORD HOUSE. In 1850 there was a. very famous gathering at Stafford House, at which Queen Victoria, and the Prince Consort were present. The figure of the Queen can easily be recognised in the photograph given here. Behind her is Prince Albert, and at her side the then Duke of Sutherland. The figure in the extreme left corner of the photograph is the late Duke of Argyll ...

... The Earl of Dunmore, who returns next week to England after attending the annual meetings of the Christian Science Church at Boston, has already won distinction as a traveller and an explorer. He has had his share of hardships, for during one expedition he lived in the snow at an altitude of some 17,000 or 18,000 ft. above sea level for just on a fortnight. Y\n another occasion he went hunting ...

... THE EMERALD ISLE at fke SAVOY THEATRE. VKAl^lMILLtAWJUII. I n i i.i i. F.I Written by Basil Hood Composed by Arthur Sullivan and Edward German MISS ISABEL JAY. AS LADY ROSIE PIPPIN, THE HEROINE OF THE OPERA .Miss Jay plays the part of Lady Rosie Pippin, the daughter of the Earl of Newtown, K.P., Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (Mr. Jones Hewson and his wife, Lady Newtown (Miss Ro'Ar.a Brandram). ...

... . LADY ROSIE AND HER REBEL SQUIRE 'Twas in Hyde Park beside the Row That she and I first met Against the rails I pressed my suit (Although the paint was wet) MOLLY O'GRADY AND BLIND MURPHY I love jou I love you What joy can compare With all the sweet madness That lovers may share LADY ROSIE'S MAID AND PROFESSOR BUNN KATHLEEN AND THE DEVONSHIRE SERGEANT ...

... FROM THE CONCERT PLATFORM. Three Pianists who have created a sensation this season If the playhouses have been disappointing the concert platform has been rich this season, as the portraits on this page remind us. Signor Busoni, the pianist (father a Floren tine and mother a German), has proved an enormous draw at the Queen's Hall. His play ing belongs to a very high order of things. If one ...

... TKe Great Fete at Stafford Hovise in aid of the National Lifeboat Institution -i which took place last Wednesday. LADY BEATRICE HERBERT Lady Beatrice Herbert, who sold programmes at the fete, is the eldest daughter of the Earl of Pembroke L.angj\tr LADY ALGERNON LENNOX Lady Algernon Lennox, who acted as honorary secretary of the proceedings in connection with the Stafford House Fete, is the ...

... I Some of the Distinguished Helpers who took pe^rt in the Lifeboat Fete at Stafford House. Members of the General Committee, LADY GEORGE HAMILTON .Lady George Hamilton is the wife of Lord George Hamilton, the Secretary of State for India Elliott Fry THE COUNTESS OF LISTOWEL Lady Listowel is a sister of the Marquis of Ailesbury and wife of the third Earl of Listowel Ellis THE COUNTESS COWPER ...

... . Mr. Alfred Edward Housman, his brother, Mr. Laurence Housman, and their sister, Miss Clemence Housman, make together a trio in authorship sufficiently remarkable to have suggested the surprising case of the Rossettis. They have foreign blood; they are mystics; and like Dante and Gabriel Rossetti, Mr. Laurence Housman decorates his own books. Anybody who reads Mr. Laurence Housman's ...

... jg. vtSffe . In these happy days when the wherewithal for woman to garb herself is so varied and beautiful the hateful expression to be fashionable is surely doomed; for truly now every woman can be a fashion unto herself. Surely with a few experiments every woman should be able to decide the style which is most becoming to her, but let us urge her to keep to it, and not to be first one ...

... Daughter of the Marquis of Dufferin and Ava. Presented to Queen Alexandra, at Marlborough House on Wednesday last LADY HER.MIONE BLACKWOOD-ONE OF THE QUEEN'S NURSES ...

... HENLEY REGATTA-- The Sporting Side. -*i The Kingston crew, who were defeated in the final by Trinity Hall, beating the Exeter College, 'Oxford, eight in the first round of the Thames Challenge Cup Leander beat Pennsylvania. University in the final heat for the Grand Challenge Cup. This was practically an international race England v, America. The Leander crew was entirely composed of Oxford ...

... . Everyone now knows how the great motor race from Paris to Berlin was won by a Frenchman, M. Fournier. Long before Four nier came in sight the winning post presented a most brilliant scene. It was lined with soldiers, and dozens of officers in the brightest of uniforms were present. The winner did not seem the least fatigued. He was attired in brown oilskins, and wore a mask, while his eyes ...