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Show RECEIVED BY ROYALTY; ' ' First Court of the Year Held in Buckingham Buck-ingham Palace. LONDON. Feb. 17. The first court- of tho year, which was .essentially a diplomatic diplo-matic function, was held In Buckingham palace tonight. It was exceptionally brilliant. bril-liant. The attendance was large, with a particularly full representation of the embassies, em-bassies, including Embassador and Mrs. Choate and all tho members of the American embassy with the exception of Mrs White, who Is In Frnnce. King Edward and Queen Alexandra were accompanied by tho royal circle, the only abseutco being Princess Victoria, who has not vet recovered from a recent operation. oper-ation. There were a large number of presentations. pre-sentations. Including Princess Edna of Battenburg and Lady Rllrrn Wellesley. Tho American presentations were Roar-Admiral Roar-Admiral and Mrs Chadwlck, Mrs. Shaw, formerly Miss Langhorne of Virginia, a sister of Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson; Mrs. George Audenreld of Philadelphia, Miss Barbara Spofford of New York. Miss Blanche Ruinsoy and Mr. and Mrs. Howard How-ard Leavis of New York. The front of Queen Alexandra's gown was a blaze of Jewels, with a beautiful slnglo diamond of gieat slzo in the center of the corsage, Mrs Shaw wore a lovely brown gown. The Duchess of Marlborough Marlbor-ough was also notable In cloth of gold and Venetian lace, wearing the famous Vanderbilt pearls and tiara of diamonds. |