Show SHOCKING LOMDOfi SOCIETY A big robbery In which the Countess Carnarvon in said to have lost 23000 worth of her Jewelry is the latest reported re-ported shock to London society though why it should be Is I not so apparent I Is not a society event nor docs it touch society as such in any way But London society gets many shocks What with peers and peeress going Into trade noble gentlemen cheating In gambling games fair ladles who are too indiscreet and the sales of entree to fashionable oclely Londons smart set manages to be In hot water pretty much all 1 the lime Last summer there was as a sort of sequel to the Kings coronation a wonderful won-derful charity bazar which was expected ex-pected to yield a lavish cum of money to the poor The Queen opened I and tho benevolence that was said to characterize char-acterize the patrons of It In their gifts and their services was heralded worldwide world-wide The nobility were all in it all v > InS as to which would do the most for the poor I was so wonderfully fashionable such a mighty demonstration tion of the tender regard In which English upper tendom held Its less fortunate for-tunate countrymen that the world was called on to witness the respect of blood for blood Americans rich enough to play the game sought n share In the glorious manifestation of Christian charity and got I S the bazar was pushed along made 1 brilliant figure in the world and closed in a blaze o glory Immense was the only word that could describe the results for the poor But the money was not paid over and after a while the most horrid hor-rid tales began to be told maybe there wasnt uny money left Some began to demand a balancesheet The Duke of Fife chairman of the bazar committee com-mittee grew restive and called for a public showdown He didnt get it neither did he see any coin for the poor The most Influential persons at court were strenuous in their demands that no public ohowlng be made and so far they have succeeded In keeping the financial statement suppressed But it is gradually beginning to be known that the expenses of the bazar ate up the receipts Grand dames did not scruple to charge exorbitant fees for their articles and their aid and Americans Amer-icans who helped were not backward In following the English lead And so the matter stands I was a swell society so-ciety eventbut there was no charity But society gels Us sensation and shock so that perhaps after all the real purpose and end of the bazar wan fully served |