Show GOSSIP OF LONDON TOWN Tho universal desire to serve the country at the front shows nosigns of abatement sigs The Queen has approved the appointment appoint-ment of tho Duke of Connaught as com mandcrInchlei of the British forces In Ireland I Rudyard Kipling and his wife and two children are confined to their rooms suffering from Influenza but there Is no anxiety felt as to their con dition Princess Chrtalian of Schlcsswlg Holstein Princess Helena of England for lie first time In twenty years Is sitting sit-ting for I portrait and to an American pain lor AV H Funk Rumors recurred the past week of Lord Salisburys retirement at the end of the Parliament and the present Palllm succession suc-cession of tIme Duke of Devon to the Conservative leadership I The Duke of Connaugh whoso ardcnl requests to be allowed tn 4 go to South Africa have been refused Is mentioned ay likely to succeed Gen Roberts In command of the British forces In Iro land Tho ijoclely news columns of London dallleti announce a long list of forthcoming forth-coming mairlnges the bridegrooms In I majority of tIme cases being soldiers 1 Is I nenson of short engagements and sudden deaths Madame Pat heads the list of prominent promi-nent urtlHia who will sing at Covent garden February 22nd under the patronage pa-tronage of Ho Machloness of Lann down In aid of the wives and families 0 olllcera killed durinG the war |