Show F v L r rr AMERICAN PEERESS tiER HER HUSBANDS TYPIST Lord Wife a tt n Practical Pr land Hand In Ilion Him Alone Alon In BritIsh Graco l I a 1 Room It 0 Built In Notes Mows and Gossip of An Society Special lal Correspondence T ONDON Jan Jon that Lord LordI L I In law of Ml MI MIehael 11 j chael Grace Oroee erstwhile of New NewYork York hoa attained to a n reason responsible sible position I under the government na liS under secretary of ot war Rattle Ab Abbey Abbo hey bey bo the historic house bouse purchased by b Mr Grace Orace from ruin tho the heir of ot the tho late lato Duchess of ot Cleveland will be the scene ceno during the next n t parliamentary session es lor of or many Interesting weekend wo kena parties when wh 1111 be a 1 dominating fea feature ca calure lure ture Lady ambitions In ht Inthe Inthe the Interests of or her hep husbands political future are only equalled by t those thole of at attha the Uio Duchess of ot tor for kr her husband In circles 1 It Is la well known wn thin there thore Is hi some come little comp titian HUon between the th ladles ladlee on both sides std ald s 9 Lady Indy DonougHmore is her husbands most devoted assistant n Away Awn from coin lilt hie In the tho of his home sho ho renders him material assistance with his private corre r works on tho the typewriter with n a great deal more expertness Than than many a 1 city elty clerk and In this way xay she relieves rellers the th thunder under tinder secretary of ot mulch much rn ch of or the anxiety of ot trusting government secrets to hire d clerks Outside Pull Mall she sho Is his private secretary and kits him become such luch suca n keen political student that her husband considers her advice well worth north having Considering the tho comparatively short time she oho has burn been In hr Inland England It Is asserted that she Rho knows knowlI more about English polities than ninny English l women omen who have hOo been bern political propagandists hand for tor years It If her hUe husi band does docs not rite rho to a n high position In tho Iho t e service of or the tho country countr It will not bo be her lieI ter fault Abbey presented 1111 nil tho the fea en tures of ot a 1 tally fully tull equipped family nun man sloe lIon when triton Michael lIchel Unco Irace acquired It some time BRO ago for his hIli l reel red Bence All the tho legal lesal docu meats ero signed 81 when ho heard that the tho mansion won urns the tho scone enn during the theo latter toot days of tho last century of ot ono of ot o tho Iho most daring on n record r oord Although he claims to 10 be by II no means of n a 1 superstitious nature he proceeded nt at once to 10 the lawyers who had of ot the sale and protested that tho the whole history of at the pi place ice hAll had not been he en dl ills I closed to 10 him Ho lie referred to the story of the tho burglary burglar When worth of jW awns as extracted from mm one Ole of the tho rooms ono one evening while the Duchess of Cleveland et a n party at nt dinner dinner The Tho fact that one of ot n stolen on tho the o Oct octa n slot ns a II famous necklace of or dia dla diamonds moods monds and rubles and which Queen hall had presented to tho tha Duchess of Cleveland In It Itself II lie It out to 10 Mr 1 trace rare against the occupation of or su so Insecure an nn etab b L Before Detore the new occupier could coul 1 be he re reo of or his hla anxiety for Cor far the safety of ot othis his valuables tho the parties Interested In Iti Inthe Inthe the vale sale lint had II nil to undertake that n a 1 etron room loom would woud be constructed which would defy clet the attacks of ot tho the ino most t determined det burglars Tho new addition to tins the famous Is III now no nearing com coun completion rind and In a I fe tew feu weeks w ok Mr Ir Grace Groc will be he able to 10 With the ser ace services vices lees of ot the tho London lon lon safe deposit dt which holds large largo quantities of or his most valuable able possessions po In Plato and Jewelry Mr rr Robert P Porter who ho has been beell for tome route time Une living In Oxford with hlA hta wife and daughter Is s In hl negotiation for tor torn fora n a house In II Ono One In lI to tor Ii rye beautiful nr Aral t took t ok Mr Por Par Porters Porters fancy but to fO modem an nn n t was soon noon forgotten when he ho discovered n a quaint little house which sine 8 mo years ago ngo figured an nn one of the file pret irel pretty ty t In the Iho little village or of May Iny Mayfair fair This Tide house Is juel ort oft Park lane and Ind was WIlS part of ot the tho dowry to 10 the gov fOI governor of at that day when ho married lulls MI n It tanners daughter Though at nt tho time title this marriage was una looked upon almost t as M a the tho th property thus thull Added to 10 the estates Is now amongst the th most vahl valuable lIlu able abla In hr tho the whole of or London Though too this cottage cotlage of ot olden times lines has probably received an nn additional story stor It still preserves the pretty wooden woollen pan paneling cling eling which Is so 00 decorative and which Is III kept white while In tho the drawing room roan at lit least leant Mr Porter huH haH another object In negotiating for tor this house bOIl beside tint that of making It 11 his London residence He lie HelI needs heeds lI more room now for the tho beautiful h antique furniture ho he Is so RO assiduously collecting Ills His house houlle at It Oxford li Is al already already ready rend crowded with the tho collection he ho has bas tide mae since his hll arrival In England and an he hopes to find n a good SOOt deal morn more within n short limit of ot time lime so that having lived with It for tor n a certain period It will be duty free rr o when he returns to the tho United States with the whole of or his hili splendid e collection Mrs Claude Pon who was Miss MUa Horwitz of ot Is 18 receiving condolences con condolences from rein everyone cerone at al the tho necessity n which has hns compelled her to 10 shut tip lip her delightful London JAndon bonne In III queens Qu nH late Oate Terrace to spend the winter In the Pyrenees J ren lI This Thin is l no less serious n 1 matter than tho the of ot her little son lion Harold Mr Ir nod and Mm Mrs have taken n a pretty rett little villa at nt Po Io thought though tin the place II Arc has ha for them a It ory vory sail nad memory for tor It there that lint they th Y lost their other little son Ion of ot typhoid It 11 IB Is nt rat the tho house houPO in queens late Oate Ter Terrace Terrace race that lint Mr Mrs ko keeps leolIs ps nil tho the best beet of ot cho the work works of or art collected by bythe bythe the Into late lion Hon Ashley her Inlaw and his hili father lord I rd do Mauley The always have appointments at rat tho the court Claude cousin Capt apt Fritz being now tho the equerry of at Klieg KIliK III Edward VII 11 It lt Is expected that while at Po Mrs Mr will receive a 1 visit from her mother Mrs rs Horwitz who lives at Home lowing bought one cote of the glorious told old palaces of the tho Ho Homan It man aristocracy to which she nho hits IH added modern conveniences In Iii Including eluding a n wonderful bathroom fitted up tip entirely with pink marble Mrs Horwitz eldest oldell daughter who married an nn Italian count also dives 1118 In Rome Home I II Ir I Mrs r Thomas IJ n IL How ring has Just re returned returned returned turned from New York to her London Ion ion at rat 7 Palace Gate ante having cur curtailed e lr tailed her lIer pi pual visit to 10 her nature native land to the Ito hl great mystification of ot her het friends especially e us last gnat year being tho the exception that proves thu tho rule rue rule Mrs Ir I went ax NI n guest lf esl to the Durbar Instead of ot to the tho United States Dut But the reason Is that Mr and ami Mrs Don Bow lint 1111 wished to be In III London at nt tho the time lime of ot the tho marriage of at their rich hint I man loan Victor Bowring whose whoSo engage engagement ell lre ment to the he I widow of ot the tho lato late Mr I r Han llan Hanbury bury bur minister of or agriculture Is beIng kept a IL close secret It was Willi only In Juno last that Mr Hanbury died The Tho marriage will take place Immediately alter after the settlement of ot some law late hush bus busness ness Hess arising from a n dispute with Mrs relatives over ocr the tho rending reading of ofa a R certain part of tho the late ministers will twill Mr lent lert n It year to his hla wife for tor life with a n suggestion that she make certain dispositions of the tho property properly tin tho reading of at which might be b taken either ns as a 1 desire ex ez expressed pressed or as an absolute testamentary I Intention This flits point has been dill dis discussed cussed cU gell once OnN In tho the courts and decided In Mrs finer favor but I man Mrs rs slater In law is isnow Isnow isnow now appealing and tutu tho the coming mar tinge Is awaiting wAiting a the thc termination of ot title this appeal ns tie It would bo be annoying to have Iture the honeymoon broken Into l h by bylaw y law One Oue of Mr lust gifts to 10 Ills his prospective briar on all their heir en engagement Kg t way waa a n 1 tiara lart l of ot diamonds pear IMI shaped shored pearls the pearls being the very cry 11 largest that could be got In n London nod n a wonderful wonder Cui stomacher of ot prodigious gems gem II to mutch It Love of or these theMo Immense Imm jewels must run In Inthe Inthe the family for Victor mother Mrs MIA M Edgar I Bowring Ho wring Is le noted for tor tha thin enormous pearls pemla and stupendous dia thin diamonds monds that ph phI she wears Mr Ir Bowring Is to n a well figure n ure In lx so tie society ROele clety ele and In lit everywhere remembered as no being extremely tall Ho Ito has a n very ory young joung fare face and snow white hair the tho result ol ot typhoid rove fever and because of this lids and his hili height he Is nfl All Mont Like Iko his lda cousins wife Mrs Thomas II lJ How ring he Ito Is In u II Ineat collector of ot object dart he ho especially fond of ot quaint old snuff boxes with great histories and olio ho of famous old Delft Beltt LADY IAD MAlty |