| Show RUSSIANS retreating correspondent CLAIMS THEY AHE FALLING BACK BEFORE ADVANCING JAPS london march 17 Although on account of the death of the duke of cambridge the cancellation ot the drawing rooms and other court functions has been ordered alo event will not affect their majesties proposed visits to denmark and ireland it Is not generally known lo 10 tho present generation that the duke t Cam bridges wife was a burlesque act ress and dancer named farebrother she was very well known in 1840 or thereabouts and made a great sensation playing in burlesque at the lyceum theater she died in 1890 neither the peerage nor other reference books mention her marriage which was not recognized officially by queen victoria although abo latter mrs fitzgeorge in tho bouso ot commons sir henry campbell bannerman referred to the death of alie duke of cambridge joined la eulogizing the dukes devotion to the service ot his country and expressed in behalf of the house sympathy tor the royal family after the funeral service in westminster abbey the duke of cambridge will be burlea next tuesday near the remains of his wife in kensal green cemetery |
