Show v Paul Lambeth In London 11 I Republican Special Set Service I London Aug 4 TIle Tho almost complete ab onro of Americans was very generally S upon at the garden party given by the Prince and Princess of Wales Walen at Marlborough house Neither the tho nor tho princess princes is an aa fond of Americans as the King and their particular set is a very exclusive one which does not include wealthy English and German financiers or their wives S The ono one bright exception at the garden party lartY was the Countess of nee ace Louise of New York to whom the tho princess us ha-us ins att at at- t hed of late S It WAI about two year ago when raily Orford was suffering front from nervous breakdown break break- down that the tho princes herself a very 5 shy woman was told by ono ofle of her In Intimate Intimate In- In friends that Lady Orford was the tho only shy American In London The princess laughingly declared that s1 sho did riot not such a person existed In the colony but she acquainted ac acquainted ac- ac with the tho countess and has over ever since been her friend women strangely enough have improved ely in the matter of shyness In lii public and the princess baa hafi now all tho tIlo self possessed graciousness of her In inlaw Queen Alexandra l 5 Edward ha seldom been known to o. o make official mistakes but a slip of he the tongue by hi his majesty the other day dayas t has as led to a most moat absurd rod red tape tangle angle S S F On unveiling the statue of tho lato Duke of Cambridge in Whitehall opposite the thi n now war office the tle Kina at the tho end of n hi his speech formally handed over the monument to the keeping of the Westminster Westminster West West- minster oily city council The should been handed over ever to his majesty's commissioners of works who are tie the keener of all Lon Lon- lon's lons public monuments The result of his slip was a long and Weird correspondence len dence o eon between the Westminster city and the ho commissioners s ol ot S Tho news of the correspondence reached he the cars of course and hItS his lila ina- osty Jesty wax was at first annoyed but afterward afterward after after- ward amused at the Incident The ridic- ridic Ions formalities continued until laseck last las week eck when the Westminster city coon coun cli 11 formally presented tile tho commission commission- rs of works with the statue An tp which Jias aroused great Interest In London Is that of Lord the tho son of tho Earl of lisle Half the ex chancellor of the tho to Miss Wallace a daughter by hor marriage of Lady Duff Gordon who 1 Is stil bettor known in ill town us as Madame Lucille tile the fashionable dressmaker S Lady Duff first marriage was l not a complete success and after her second marriage ElIt ot up as a dres- dres maker and Silt she Is renowned reno as one of th the cleverest show women In this cou a tro Her ret net form of advertisement Is a periodical display of emotional gowns which always s creates a sensation S Miss Wallace lieu her daughter Pins has such sucha a dazzling complexion many people have often insisted and anil very loudly that she painted her face AH s a matter of act n Miss Wallace owes nothing to artificial ar akin aids to beauty and i is the possessor pos pos- sessor of probably the tho most Kin and complexion to l Le o found In Lon don S Lord Tiverton although a very different differ differ- COt ent type is very much tile tho haLO lato Lord patron th atrI g aKo dt on OIl tow Jn n ujo J American ho hostesses tes e in Ix London are eon con frontal with a serious rival in Sn the person per per- son SOIl of Mrs milan Ratan raIn Tata a Parsee eo lady of astonishing beauty She is the tue wife of a Parsee of almost fabulous wealth who has been In tho tue habit of paying per cal cl visits to London Attracted by th this J glitter of society they determined to ink tak- up their permanent residence in the cap cap- lal Ital S SAn S An Imposing homo home w-a w was the tho first sit sity and the Parsee Parse Croesus east cast longing long hong ing eyes on Orleans House the thu up Thames rhames mansion of the Due Duc dOrlean That nobleman was not Impervious 1 to the offers of Mr Ratan flatan fats Tata and th thA house changed hands at an enormous sum Since SInco then Chen the colored hostess whose sartorial glories are Indescribable has has neon been entertaining Oh a lavish and has already been honored by society S Many Anglo who have bulked largely in the tho exclusive walks valls ot of English society have made mado no secret ot of at tho Parsee ladys lady's success sue suc cess ceus and d some Interesting social develop I ments are aie promiSed Mrs flatan Tata's garden party this week was one of th the theno most no t brilliant of the season and she succeeded In capturing almost almot everybody in London worth having S 0 Miss Nathalie Knos and Miss Beside Enos of White Plains probably lead the most strenuous lives of any American girls in London Their Saturday half hulf- holiday has become a standing joke In Inho Inho ho American colony The linos Enos have just emerged emerge triP from a three days days' summer sale In the lingerie shop near Berkeley Square which they the not only manage but where they act as saleswomen Every night after they have put up the shut idiot shutters after a brisk k days dayn off go goto to tIle the opera with a party of friends to ono of the many big American parties parties par par- ties so constantly given On Ott Saturday Saturday- afternoons they take their holidays half at such fashionable places UK us Ranelagh or where they are always surrounded by friends They are aro clever and amusing ato and ar o ai-o absolutely S determined to i i. i iI iv their bu a success after o they will vill onet S more retire into the less social L ife to which they had linen been accustomed t before their f |