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Show ducer. who haa obtained her tervicea for four picture for 5000. Her first picture depicts the traditional tradi-tional romance of the daughter of the first Duke of Kutland, her ancestor. The moat prominent scenes are written around the historic Haddon hall, ancient an-cient reat of the Manners family, which will be used to a great extent in the picture. . BLACKTON'S PLANS. The period of the romance Is the time of the Lomi.m fire. Blackton plana to rebuild a portion of old London town and to stare the fire scene in the 1 picture. The picture will be ready for production pro-duction in Kngland and America some time in the spring. Lady Diana in learning her part and is practicing the screen action. According Ac-cording t0 the producers, she will prove a sensation. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Is evidently evi-dently planning a busy town session with many receptions. I say this because be-cause I hear she haa taken Viscount ! Kidley's house in Carleton terrace for : the season. Her neighbors are Lord and Iady Curzon and other well known American. Viscount Kidley house ; was formerly occupied by the late Joseph Choate. QUEEN FROWNS ON WEARING OF, AIGRETTES Her Majesty of England Also Prohibits Bare Backs at Court Functions By GERTRUDE LADY DECIES Written Especially for Universal Service. LON DON'. Feb. h. i Special Table T;aputch Out of the mass of regulations regula-tions governing trie coming season's court functions, now being fnrmulatd .by the court chamberlain, comes the news that Queen Mary has definitely put down her foot and will not allow aigrettes to be worn by those members of society presented at court because. f the cruelty if the hints iron, which the feathers are obtained. Neither will backless gowns recognized rec-ognized by the queen, who has repeatedly repeat-edly denounced the present fashion of undress prevalent at the smi.rt continental con-tinental capitals. TRAINS TABOOED. Trains, which for derariVs have been one of the most prominent features of the magnificent costumes which have pf' been paraded . through liuckmgham palaoe, will not be seen this year, the qufaea .bearing iu uuai Liu tirwaiiy .. i r eased cost of clothes and expressing the desire that the court ladies be relieved re-lieved from unnecessary expense. While it is known that the (jueen nnd her ladle in waiting agre. In the dt hire that the rmirt functions be staged in all their prewar splendor and F- ity, jet it ts the understood thing among the ladies of Mayfair that the coming fetes are u be greatly modified n comparison with those levees which were the most magnificent of ull the Kumpenn throiw roms. , YANKEE DOLLARS COUNT. I Numerous new American peeresses J of london who. a few months ago were , dismayed by the unofficial unnounce- j inenis that there would be no more j evening parties at the palace, are now J very happy and already are beginning to plan their wardrnhes for the occasion occa-sion of presentation to Kins George and Queen Mary. It is more than probable) that they will be the most magnificently gowned ladies of the season, because it is an admitted fact that the British nobility' went through exceptionally hard times j during the war. Many great landed j families are being forced to dispose of their lands, stately homes and Jewels to' K'' up MlFlr imsllltui. j The Americans will take precedence! In splendor also because of the fact I that many of the most famous Jewels.) formerly on display, will not be een ! this season. j There will also be a noticeable absence ab-sence of glittering uniforms formerly displayed by the diplomatic corps. Most of these came from the now defunct de-funct central empires. PEERESS IN MOVIES. Mayfair Is greatly Interested in the news that Lady liana Manners-Cooper Is beginning her film career within a few weeks under tho direction of J. Stuart Klackton. the American pro- |