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Show THE "FIRST LADY OF LONDON" 1 "Y, If I V us J By the election of her husband to the important position of chairman of London county council, Lady Cheylesmore, an American woman, becomes be-comes In a sense the "First Lady ol London." The county council, ol course, is the real governing body ol the greater city, and the position of chairman corresponds in a general way to that of mayor of a city like New York, the so-called lord mayor of London "ruling" over only the old city of London about a square mile in area. Furthermore, Lord Chaylesmore himself is half American. His mother "was Charlotte Harman of New Orleans and he is a living example of the advantage of wedding the hustling, hus-tling, practical qualities of the American Amer-ican with the liberal conservative qualities qual-ities of the best English aristocracy. Lady Cheylesmore, who was Elizabeth French, daughter of F. O. French of New York, has become one of the most popular and respected women in English society. She is tall and handsome, hand-some, and possesses that dignity which is so highly valued in this country. Although she has never entertained on a big scale, her affairs are popular pop-ular and there is keen competition to be numbered among her guests. Her town house in Prince's Gate, fronts on the south side of Hyde Park, a couple of doors west of the London home of J. Pierpont Morgan, in which the American banker shelters his unrivalled collection of art treasures. |