Show A DISRAELI HEROINE One of the Most Prominent Figures o London Society Lady Dorothy Neville is among the best known figures in London society she goes everywhere hears everything and is known to everybody who is anybody any-body Bishop Wilberforce used to call her semper viridis A daughter of Lord Walpole of WolJ J terton she is connected with the famous fam-ous Horace Walpole of Strawberry J hill and like him she is a great collector col-lector Her home is a perfect curiosity curios-ity shop her countless friends are aware of this and constantly present her with rare and beautiful curios Among her other treasures she possesses y pos-sesses an engraving oil painting or water color drawing of every house in which she has at any time stayed But her special delight is that old Sussex Sus-sex Iron work about which she once wrote a volume and of which she has some very valuable specimens Next to the queen none has so many Lord Beaconsfield relics as Lady Dorothy Dor-othy who is said to have more than once figured in Disraelis novelsA quaint photograph of the hero of the Primrose league with his autograph and motto Forts nihil difficile stands on her writing table and when they are in season the house is filled with primroses from top to bottom It was natural therefore that Sir Henry Wolff should have thought of founding found-ing the Primrose league in her drawing draw-ing room and also that her daughter Miss Meresia Neville should have given up her whole life to this Tory association Lady Dorothy notwithstanding her Conservative views is very eclectic itt her friendships Matthew Arnold Samuel Sam-uel Rogers John Bright Chief Justice Cockburn and a host of other Liberals have all been welcomed by her Among her lions at the present moment is Lord Randolph Churchill Lady Dorothy is a quaint looking old lady She always dresses in a free and easy style but her sharp beadlike bead-like eyes take in everything that Is going on and few people keep up so well as she does with current literature litera-ture fashions and crazes To her many social gifts she adds that of playing the harp and she is one of the best known writers in Great BritainAdelo Marroo In the Baltimore News |