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Show Coming of the Prince of Wales Agitates the "400" rllE hei.rt of Washington society is beginning to palpitate visibly over the prospect of the visit of the prince of Wales. The prince is not coming till some time in October, but it is understood that Breckenridtre Lnnir the nsoist-. int secretary of state, to whose office falls the duty of carrying out and in some measure suggesting the entertainment, enter-tainment, will begin to formulate a program as soou as he returns from Bar Harbor. Reports come from London that ven the American embassy is involved in-volved in the desperate strategy of Newport and New York society leaders lead-ers to secure the coveted honor of entertaining en-tertaining the prince of Wales during his American visit, if only for 15 min- .,2NERV01JS) utes at a garden party or at some Newport palace, the war is on among the designing dames of the "400," and no stone is left unturned. It is said that all sorts of cables are received by Ambassador Davis from New York. Newport and Washington pleading or demanding that the ambassador ambas-sador secure a modification of the prince's plau to stick to his warship while in New York. Some have gone so far as to bring intluence to bear upon some pet .senator at Washington to get him to send a personal cable to Mr. Davis urging that he swing the deal. It is a safe bet that somebody will try to reach Mrs. Wilson, hoping that she'll "put it across" with the president. It is reported that even Queen M,;ry is receiving cables, -sometimes in undiplomatic terms, urging her to let her boy grace s.'me Newport holiday. |