Show QUEEN ALEXANDRA LOVES LITTLE ONES Visits Lady Mildred Follett and Allows Bady to Pay Pranks EFFECT FORTUNE I Duclie s of ot Roxburgh Spending Hugs Sums Improving jn Historic anil ami Gardens v il-v PAUL UJ LAMBERT Copyright 1907 London Fe Feb 23 Queen Queen Alexandra's Alexan dra's dras ms greatest weakness Is for far babies On her return from Paris Pani her majesty maj sty paid a visit to the a aged ed Lord Leicester the grand old man of ot the peerage who lives hives not far from and who iho has has' hasa a great flock of ot children by hi his three marriages es Thero her majesty majos- majos t ty 3 was formally introduced to Lad Lady Mildred Millred l one of Lord Leicester's s children who is Ito Ufe proud mother of ofa ofa ofa a Vcr very small infant The Tho Queen Instead of making herself herself herself her her- self agreeable to all tho the anxious relatives relatives rela rela- tives lIves sent for the baby babS' and for tor two solid hours she nursed the Infant on her knees Her lien majesty majest who Is beComingly be becomingly be- be increasingly I heat deaf ask asked d In Innumerable In- In innumerable numerable questions about the time baby bab all of or which she answered herH herself IC The baby haby poked Its chubby fingers I t- t I 1 I Snapshot taken during durin one of or the meetings m of or the great conference of oC the great Teat conference conference- of the Labor party just hel held here at which delegates tes Including about twenty I Labor abor members me of or parliament were present pre One of the thC speakers during tho the conference pointed out how far fm better helleI 0 oft arc are English workers than titan their American Yme brethren who have ilave no representatives In congress and praised England as tho ono one truly free freo country all over o the tho Queens Queen's face and spilt split acup a n acup cup of tea to-a over her majesty's dress but nothing could coul Induce tho the Queen to give up UI the time bab baby until the nurse arrived arrived ar ar- ar- ar rived and claimed her hel charge S I IThe The Duke Dulce of or Portland Is becoming more and an more anxious as the tho time into for the trial of tho time Druce Druco case comes comos on That G G. II Druco's Druces claim to the tue and Ils its vast estates has some somo solid solid- grounds Is o l evidenced by tho the fact and that a company has been formed tho the Druco shares as they are arc I known have been well it'd taken up b by members of the stock exchange Mrs 1 Druce the former claimant who declared declare that her son SOD was tho the Duke of Portland Is now considered to have no chance whatever as us the clai claimants havo havo cousins cousins tho us-tue us tho present far better documentary evidence Tho The late Duke of o Portland's s 's grave Is being watched constantly b by detectives detectives de tie- for or the whole of the Druce claim lies in that grave Should it U Uever ever evoI be bo opened and found to be empty empt It would prove pro that the late lato Duko Duke of or Portland and Mr 11 Druce were one ono and tho lie same person The case which Is expected to como come on about three weeks may last for three weeks In addition to the countless Improve Improve- which the Goelet millions havo o effected effect effect- ed at Floors castle tho the Duchess of I is now turning her her- attention attention atten atten- tion Ion to the time gardens She has made a 3 wonderful sub tropical al garden gardon which she sIte has fillet filled with rare trees arid and all shrubs Strangely enough this subtropical subtropical subtropical sub sub- tropical vegetation e thrives better In the far tar north o of Scotland than titan In the time south of England t I In tits garden sanlen the time Duchess Duch has started a zoo She Simo has built hullt a great aviary anti and is buying rare birds and her latest purchase Ls is a Do collection of antelopes A 41 keeper has has' been specially engaged to look after artel the antelopes and the tIme zoo O will be enlarged by de ell- grees The Tho duke Is gradually being Ing trained b by his masterful wife to spend more and more moro time at Floors castle and his friends declare that he will not oven object to lions and tI tigers ers In the grounds a a. little later on The rime duchess b by the way ivay had rather ruthel ruthela a scare the other day owing to a beam abeam In lii her bedroom catching lire fire during her Illness There Is el e every probability that the Prince and anti Princess of Wales will till pay their long postponed visit to Floors castle late in July S The musical and arid social world of London Is already mal making ln preparations preparations preparations to celebrate tho the jubilee of Mr Ir Charles Santley's first appearance as a singer er Mr 11 Is recognized as England's greatest baritone The veteran who into still appears in oratorio and always alwa's meets meet with an ovation o is making as much money as ns over by hy giving giving IvIng Iv- Iv ing singing lessons to approved pupils He chars charges charges 10 10 0 for or 0 0 minutes and could COUIl be I If he wished it every ever minute of ot the day da The Tho celebration of or the jubilee will take the form fonn of a public testimonial and a mammoth concert at the tho Albert hall haJJ Mr Ir Santley's first wife was one of the famous Kemble a grand niece of Mrs Irs SIddons the Queen of Tragedy cd By this wife he lie had one son on and three daughters one ono of oC whom married the tho Hon Robert Lyttelton brother of the thelast last colonial secretary Ills second marriage was very unhappy unhappy unhappy un un- un- un happy He Ho entered the Roman Catholic church and antI married Miss Lizzie Rose Hose a n great sn at American heiress who into soon after alter separated from rom rota him and now lives hives in Chili Chill S S A stor story Is going the rounds In court circles concerning the tho kaisers kaiser's birthday birth birth- day It appears that the only personages personages personages person person- ages In tho In-tho lie tho British BIlUsh royal family famil who remembered the birthday In plenty of I I I time wore were tho the king and queen The Theother Theother Theother other members of the time royal family were a whole day late In sending congratulatory congratulatory con con- gratulatory messages and gifts girts The most amusing case was that of I Ithe the tho Bohemian princess Louise Duchess of Ar Argyll Her I Royal HI Highness High h- h ness was sitting at al luncheon with a afew afew afew few Intimate friends at Kensington Palace when the tho head butler who has been In tho the royal service for tor many years ars whispered I 1 beg Your Royal noyal Highness's pardon lardOn but hut tho the Emperor Williams William's hi birthday rUt day was celebrated yesterday Good heavens Vh Why dl didn't nt you remind remind remind re re- re- re Princess mind mo me before beCore said mid the tho And she left her imer guests then and amI there thero and proceeded to send Hend oft off a a. very cr message to tho kaiser for kaiser for whom by the Ule way she has no great regard There Is such a n shortage o of olive olivo oilIn ol oil allIn in Spain that nono is 1 likely to bo be sent to America this year t I TiT m mi c i t 1 4 4 V i a a S m 4 bs 7 e i J. J c. L g ts L a 4 4 S i L 7 c 3 1 k 1 I I L until he recently emerged d has forbidden at his itis The Time high and antI most mOMI milieu U e of curt physician to tho Ameer of Afghanistan who into interesting book blok on lion her h r practically 1 aI n. n court has for many years been held by Mrs MI Daly Dal an Englishwoman En who has ha written a U most throne which she had to use whenever lea J the I prisoner at the Ameer's court In the snapshot hero here she Is s seated ted in a or moving 1 palace t L t. t J I |