Show t DOWAGER EMPRESS t AN UNHAPPY LADY S i t Plots Against Her Life Make il 1 Visit With Alexandra Unpleasant 4 BRIDGE ENTHRALS LONDON LONDONi 1 i VS 4 Lords Lo and Ladies Are Arb Held in ini i the Spell of Its Its Fas- Fas 5 5 S 1 Republican tl I n Special Service Copyright t l lOoi I April Jull ii il 1 13 The Thc The dowager cull cm- of Russia Is so restricted in bet hel In of mc es hr plots on her life liCe u by Russian an- an L nr that her heL visit with hOI her sister 1 Q Ju fleer cn lexa Is not a n happy one s. The Ihlo dowager r empress who I IP a kindland kindl and ami ible lc woman taking great In Interest In- In S. S terest lerest in the sick and poor POOl has fo for Cor Cormin many min months mouths be been beIl n sentenced t tt u- u de th by the Russian revolutionaries re n More ioie than fifteen members of oC tl tInt tIn th t- t extreme terrorist teti section of oC 11 bc ic I revolutionary rc organization come caine jv London a a. few fc days before the donger dow do SS n nger agee r empress's arrival arr and the hue Si department of oC Scotland Yard ha bau been In Iii Ina a a state of nt IH nervousness nervous OUM J S 'S ness I lest e- e 1 one ille of oC these gentry should e In lit assassinating her majest majesty k 5 while riding riding- or 01 with her tI TIme The empress S has visited several H hospitals hos hos- S Jita is notably the London fluId and s SI s. I was as the surveillance maintained h b bythe the lie nu Russian n secret police In Lon Lon- I i don dor that thc they even e Insisted on S dug the hue roster rostel of the patients at nl the London hospital In order ulet to be lie sure that a n disguised l ul iJ anarchist had not ob ob- ob- ob mined i admission slon for fOI the purpose o of attacking her majesty S. Two ro unsuspecting foreigners who huo huoS S. S could speak no English and who were SI o u unfortunate as to lose o e their way ay ayn In n i time the vicinity of oC Buckingham hom Palace were CIO arrested and deported Tho empress Is accompanied by t venly nu Russian lan detectives and poS police police po po- po- po lice agents t and nd these with the ng assistance assist assist- l t- t S ance c of nearly every CIr political detective detec detec- thc live at Scotland Yard have kept the S known anarchist leaders headers in iii Lon London under constant surveillance S. S The Russian government even cven stationed sin sta I Us Us' own ovum agents at Harwich Dover Folkestone and Southampton to to Inspect all foreigners entering Great Britain durin during her helO majesty's visit Isit S U s S The File craze for Cor bridge gc is greater than c ever cr r this spring No Xo other amusement nt has su succeeded u cee elJ In gaining more moro than thanS S pa pacing il g notice nn and the tile number of new newbridge lIrI bridge Sc clubs organized since New Years Year's Is really appalling The late latest l and anil most expensive club Is to have ha its headquarters In lii a a. magnificent mag mag- mansion adjoining the rew f S tube station statton In 11 K an all 1 S enormous rental being paid t 5 1 Ten rooms ar are arc lo 0 be hc lilted HUed up for or bridge and the tle list of or members InI in includes tn- tn clu eludes eo of or the best bridge players I In society Bridge dinners are arc all olt the vogue and nual 1 a a. series of progressive o dinners H r n arm tJ by byL J 1 4 M tOll one ono the of-the most t devotees de 10 to the time bam game gume- He lIe n HeH a cc to tune number of expert players other give gl giveS with him Mm and the players dinners dimmers to the hue tame same people In turn S the result i being that three and some some- four evenings c a week arc are de devoted devoted de- de e- e voted sold solely to bridge The game Is being played by S In lii the tho railway trains and even In In some of the West Vest En End theatres where box parties while wh away the lon long f musical of or I Intervals Inter between the acts com comedy cd Hj High h play Is increasingly pop- pop ular especially among women S An n bridge anti cru crusade Is being or- or L S 1 by sonic of or the high church demoralizing demoralizing- ate are the I rei re- re clergy so o i ii excessive bridge In Iii some soU socI so- so i U l suits s of O gc cI l clr circles les U i. i The en Druce ca case e. e which h has been dragged through h the courts for fur years year can Is hI reported to be he on the In ha of or verge of ot collapse C consequence Iho tho 1 revelations lc ma made o b by a known voil uIl dwa dowager er pere peeress s regard regarding Ins t 5 S tho the lale Puke of whose 4 S and ind are arc cl claimed h by Thomas Thoma Druco nn an Australian Au 1 workman I S Bo o confident was Druco Deuce o of if winning S. S r S his case cali an and 1 so SQ complete did hl the evl- evl I I. I of or wealthy dence denee seem th that t a y men were Induced ucc to form a 8 syndicate tJ hire to-hire legal tal nt to tight light the claim through the courts c It now HOW appears however that thal new nc light lIht Is thrown fl on the solitary life Co 0 ot of 41 r tin mysterious Duke of or Portland p which proves Plo conclusively that he wu was not Ica leading ln a dual ual existence ns as Thomas home Thom Thom- e as aM Duce Druce the tho proprietor r of ur a depart depart- Z uncut stoic Klore In Baker for IOL some before cart hl his death cath File rhe Druce claim ha has been heen based basc on onS S s. s t r S Iho tho fact act that when itie Duke grew I. I tired ot or playing the double tole 1010 the death e th of or Thomas Druce c occurred an and accor according in to jo the claimant an anI s S empty was waH burled burle at I I T. for fOl or years ho ha has been cn J trying 1 to lo secure permission tu lo to open p n th thc 1115 Ira grave Tho Tito present DU Duke e of oC Port Port- 4 Ja land hu U ft Ct Welbeck abbey i. for 11 a aHi Hi fee months months' yachting tour U U I r r Mr ri h John Jacot Jacob A Astor Aslor ln time the i son tun and hell heir of oC Mr J. Ir William Waldorf ul S Astor Aslor Is Js making a de desperate bid ill for Cor I popularity with Iii hit comra comrades In Ill the 1 r f FIl First l Life LICe Guards From all lIl accounts he Is much more acceptable socially 1 th than n his c Cather who seem I to ha C abandoned his pursuit of a for tot th tIle Ic less ae j s strenuous life of or oft orIL It IL t gentleman at Hover HO ca castle lIl Mr tir John Jacob Jacoh Astor Aslor is spending 4 1 money moncy l Ja lavishly hl In order to lo e 1116 to lo the as well ehi as the hue of his 1 regiment that he Is a good fellow rello 1 H tb et lie he took nearly fifty men o of his regiment to Cliveden his cu house on the Thames and ell en- them royally S The troopers drank du-ank champagne steadily and anti when shuen they returned to toi i hot time the next 11 day a their an- an that young oung 4 was vas a jolly Hill good 1 fellow could be heard I V nearly a mile Some of or them were put pUl under udder alre arrest t for COl their frivolous behavior be he- havior lor in iii cam camp but bul none of them car 1 c f frI 1 They ha had had the tIme time lime of their lives l I Mr Mi Astor jr Is a good sportsman man 1 all anU J hl Ills his ability as ai a n cricketer polo 4 player and swimmer 8 has done bile more moie tomake him bun popular than the mere mereS S ra fact t that thai he ha has lias plenty plent or of money of-money money lo to upend p nt He is thoroughly English In manner and amid appearance more appearance more s so so In j fact than some of ot his lila brother officers who have never never- been In the thc United St States S King Edward tJ had hall a rath rather I bad had time al His majesty went enl there therea a fur rl r fL t and recreation lint but L he lie he has 20 I annoyed 1 by J climbers who S J- J l tt l e themselves themselves' on his notice im In I 1 r the hope of being Invited In tb dinner niler or at al least recognized 1 that his stay tny mu may be bl cut Th The flie exodus of or a cf certain class of oC ambitious ambitious am am- society folk foIl from Lon London on to Biarritz on the thC day of the kings king's departure de lie IC- IC from flom Buckingham palace was positively el laughable The Fhe cross chan nel net steamers were were crowded Over three hundred persons travelled h by bythe bythe the turbine liner Queen alone Aspiring Aspic Aspic- ing millionaires amI and their wives who are doing their utmost to secure recognition at al court onga engaged ed rooms at BiarrItz the moment they heard hal of or the tho kings icIngs visit mobbed In inconsequence Ills majesty t was literally consequence n He lie could not zut nolo leave his rooms m at the hotel Hold du Palms for l' l q a walk valk or 01 a motor rho without encountering encountering en en- countering a score or 01 more of or these anxious parasites In time the hotel corridors corn corri dors dorl who hover er constantly A great greal sensation n was wu created at al the Mi- Mi Careme masked ball haJJ at ut atthe the Casino there i b by the arrival of or Sir Sim Ernest Inmost Cas- Cas tile the kings icings most Intimate friend and amI a ro royal al equerry rIH They rhey entered a u. private box hox Cassol was vas recognized at once and a new Hew around that Klog Edward Ellward was in lii inthe the hall halt disguised ns us ii a pierrot For nearly an hour tho time nH maskers curiously followed a very fat around the hall and were vei-e highly Justell when at ut the lle moment of or unmasking ho he ho was wn found to be merely a brewer cr 1 The king Icing lup Intended being present pres pres- lIS ent emit at the ball J but hut changed his hula mind mini at the lie last moment fearing l' l time the the un Unpleasant unpleasant un- un pleasant attention of oC the An Au A American balm barmaid who can cnn mix unix genuine cocktails Is the latest transatlantic t Innovation There are arc Americans In London Lon Ion lIon don and amid at least third one 1 of or them drink when cocktails the they can cnn get gel et But limit the thc brand of cocktail concocted con coui- h by the average British h barKeeper bat bar Keeper or barmaid has hag h been bien en as' as different different dif dif dif- ferent from Crom the genuine article as day is from rota night Bottled cocktails have nOVel never noet mn made madeu madet lc u H t hit hilt hit Occasionally an American barkeeper bar bat keeper has las been Induced to come to London on but ho has lias Invariably declined ed cd to lo stay longer longel than six months A month ago UIO a a little American girl Irl Kittle wh-o wh came to I London Lon Lon- on r don OI with th the Prince Princ of company com corn pany Inny and who ha has since toured time the provincial J cities with musical comedy y companies decided there was more money muney in Iii cocktail mixing than stage 11 life fl She secured a a. situation at a a. awell well ivell known American cafe In Leicester square and busine's s H has doubled consequently con con- In the past two tio weeks I i TIm management manag is putting In an American bar har three tunes times the size c of I the Iho present tine one uie merely on time the strength of f Miss as aN a mixer mixer in Iii tho ho hope of oC catching summers summer's tourist trade trado |