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PARIS, Dec. 5.— Thieves broke into
the old. Cathedral of Rouen and stole
the contents of five trunks for the
poor. . This loss, however, is not Irre
trievable/ But In order to enter they
broke a magnificent stained-glass win
dow' cf the sixteenth century, whose
loss Is inestimable.
Thieves Enter a Catliedral.
LONDON, Dec. . 5.— There is much
talk about the new town palace, which
rumor says the new Duchess of Rox
burghe ¦ means to | build on her return
to England. t She will not allow a house
nor even a ' site to be taken for her
until «he returns, and she means. It is
ta id. to have so palatial a mansion
Ihet in design and furnishing it will
far outshine the Duchess of Marlbor
ough's house. If Is to be built on an
entirely different plan and is to be
typically American, with the most
modern ideas and Improvements.
A Paris Jeweler has a 5200,000 pearl
necklace, the Matin says, awaiting in
spection by the Duchess of Roxburghe.
MARLBOROUGH'S NEW HOUSE.
The Duke of Marlborough hag named
,7ia new London : mansion on Curzon
street Sunderland House, after one of
his roost famous ancestors, the Earl
of Sunderland, whose title became
merged ( in the dukedom of Marl
borough.
The Duke has taken up his residence
in Sunderland House, although the dec
<'rating and furnishing are not 'yet
completed. He will be Joined there by
the Duchess when she returns from
Vienna. ' They will open the ; London .
season with a grand house-warming,
shortly after next Easter!,
An extra gang of expert gilders # and
decorators has been set to work: to put
the panels and delicate moldings .into
place. Old French designs are lavish
ly used.- In one morning room; an ex
quisite satin wood -is used to inlay the
ceilings and these again are enriched
by raised gilt panels of early French
design, while all the panels are out
lined with a flat gilt ribbon tied in
Louis XVI bows.
American Wife of Young Nobleman Already
Preparing for Palatial Mansion.
BERLIN, Dec. 5.— Weary of the best
cigars the world affords, tired of ciga
rettes presented to him by the Sultan,
the Emperor had taken to smoking a
pipe before the surgical operation on
his throat was performed. Perhaps
the monarch wished to flatter his peo
ple, for certainly the pipe Is one em
blem of Germany Just as Is the stein.
As he never does things by halves,
his Majesty ordered several pipes.
But he had his favorite, a pipe made
after his own design. The b6Vl N egg
shaped, is of meeschaum. as befits an
Imperial pipe, for, as all smokers know,
a good meerschaum pfpe needs more
care than a good baby. The stem is of
Turkish wild cherry wood. Where the
stem enters the trowl a big "W" is
carved on the meerschaum. Silver
branches twine in and around the
"W," and on a branch is seated a sil
ver bird. The branches, elongated,
form a scroll effect around the bottom
of the bowl.
KAISER USES PIPE
OF HIS OWN DESIGN
Emperor Tires of All Other Style*
and Tries a Bowl of His
Own., Make.
DUCHESS OF ROXBURGHE
TO OUTDO MARLBOROUGHS
American 'women. - He spent '..three
weeks with Mr. and Mrs. Ben Guin
ness on Long Island. -;He also ¦ visited
Mrs. Hermann. Oelrlchs at Newport, on
whose table ..were; gome ; thousands^ of
dollars', 1 worth of flowers, the most gor
geous, sight -the ; Baron had .ever /seen
in the- way of extravagant: decorations."
A crowd,of the Vsmartest" people were
asked to- meet -hjm,\ all of? whom-, he
pronouncestvastly.more intelligent than
the | average fwoman,. of England. > The.
unmarried^ girls,%:he declares, ¦ we're > a
revelation for; their wit, brightness" and
repartee, -which: awed'him. ¦
Baroness de Meyer, young, pretty and
Baron de ; Meyer has returned from
a visit ¦' to Newport enraptured .' with
Lady Marjorie and her brother. Lord
Brooke,, are frequent ' guests af Clive
den, William Waldorf Astbr's country,
seat, where they were staying again
last week, the ladies being close friends.
LIKES AMERICAN WOMEN.
Miss Pauline Astor Is to be one of
the principal bridesmaids at the wed'
ding of the Countess ' of Warwick's
daughter. Lady Marjorie Greville, and
young Viscount Helmsley, the grand
son and prospective heir of the Earl
of Feversham. He Is an exceedingly
serious young fellow, much abs6rbed
in movements for the benefit of the
working classes. While so engaged he
was thrown into association with Lady
Marjorie, whose' mother's life is" noiv
largely devoted to such work.
PAULINE ASTOR A BRIDESMAID
THE DUCHESS OF MANCHESTER, WHO IS PLANNING TO REVAMP
• OLD KYLEMORE. CASTLE .AND- EQUIP THE BUILDING WITH
MODERN IMPROVEMENTS ON, AMERICAN LINES.
• DUMBARTON, Dec. 5.— T,he Duchess
of Argyll;- better known as the Princess
Louise and a charming daughter of
the' late Queen Victoria/is at_thls time
. the ' niost' successful^ of royal artists.
' Her v latest -commission is to. design a
heroic bronze -statue-in memory of the ¦
colonial troops who" gave up their lives
in South Africa in war. The
; statue is -to have \a'-' place in Westmin
ster'Abbey. •
¦. o. When the; colpnia.l troops committee,
a relief ; organisation, .discovered after
the^ war that- it ; had. an unexpended
balance, itlwas decided to erect a mem
' orial to the colonials.., j Although '¦ the
: abbey authorities had ruled that no
'*¦ more, memorials should be placed in the
-historic edifice, they 1 Vere persuaded
to provide . space " in the nave for the
• colonJaUrnernorial. ; - "
i A' '"eomtnfttee, of which" the Earl of
.Carlisle and William Hamo 'Thorny-'
' croft, the- sculptor,* were members,'con
; . oluded : to ' ask the' Duchess of Argyll
to -'make. the. statue, and her Royal
Highness -• cheerfully consented to
; S The i Duchfss has shown from earliest
childhood- a; marked -aptitude for both
sculpture -¦ and drawing, arid she has
.spent many, years in serious study,' at
one time working daily with her cousin,
. the.geniaj and kindly sculptor, who,
, though a Prince, preferred to be known
as Count? Gleichen. .
M Princess Louise is very proud of the
fact that she has often had* her work
exhibited, especially in foreign galler
ies, where .the identity of the artist
was "not" suspected. She is fonder of
sculpture- than she is of oh painting
1 or v.of ...water, color, and she has -done
some .really fine statuary, particularly
charming being the presentment, of her
• own mother, as ."The Maiden. Monarch."
This "extremely ; attractive and original
, statue" isVin, Kensington Gardens. •
: .' The ': Princess ; love's her home at In
verary. Castle," near here, but is as fond
': of j' traveling" as is the Duke of Argyll,
' and /together;" they" have 1 made more
than' one^long* and romantic journey on
, .the 'iContihent,?,: deliberately 'choosing
;: those' places where the ordinary* tourist
•_ never. drea,ms of going.. .. : ,^' -\'
[>' **HcV! Royal; Highness -has retained the
'¦¦ most '*a'ff ectionate 'regard for ."Our" Lady
> ' of ;the r Snows." She still keeps In close
•"touchlwlth'some.of the leading Cana
dian's' whom shejehtertalried , at Rideau
r \ Hall; t arid; she\s forid r 6f receiving ,dis
- tinguished -colonials ' in- her", delightful
Vsulte ; of ' apartments' at ¦ Kensington
• Palace.' '¦*'
Duchess of Argyll Will
.Monument
':' to Soldiers. v .
STATUE WILL
BE DESIGNED
BY PRINCESS
Mrs. Wicks, -who is well known in
every part of th^United States through
her interest in woman's clubs, is again
in London. ¦ For some time this lady
has beeiK.ln Paris,. arranging Jfor a club
whose members are to be drawn exclu
sively from 'the highest high society. It
is to have an international character in
that equally • exclusive English and
American women who may, be passing
through Paris will be welcomed. The
price of membership is expected to be
prohibitive,' for the" ordinary smart
clubwoman, . and a large number of
members. is not much desired. One of
the very, first. points about the club is
to be its rigid exclusiveness and the dif
ficulty of any .: not of ! the fir§t rank in
society being erected- as a member. For
the purpose of studying the best meth
ods of running a smart social club, Mrs.
Wicks is now going about among the
Londonr. organizations. She has seen
the clubs with- a mission, the restful
clubs .for .workers," the society clubs
where music and entertaining goes on,
and those" clubs which are more on the
lines of-aman's;club where the mem
bers find all the peace and comfort they
desire, but who'do'nothing. "An Ameri
can'this'"summer, visiting one of these
special 'clubs, "which - are luxurious
MRS. WICKS IN LONDON.
The Duchess has given to the tenants
her assurance, through her agent, who
is now administering the estates, that
she will spend a good portion of the
year among them and that she will be
always ready to lend them any reason
able assistance. - The presence of the
family at the castle will be a material
benefit to the locality and every one Is
looking ¦ forward to a • good time when
the Manchesters take up their residence
there. -
the ; building:.- but when . the alterations
are complete .they .will have a section
of the mansion entirely, to themselves.
Some of ; the- oak staircases which were
creations of the carvers' art and which
visitors to -the castle -in the days ofjts
5ate owner envied so much will.not'do
for the Duchess. ; They are being pulled
out and replaced with the finest Conne
mara marble, in which the immediate
neighborhood abounds. - • • .
§ DUCHESS DIRECTS AFFAIRS.
The Cuke appears to be taking very
little interest in the change that is be ;
ing effected, everything being done un
der the direction of the Duchess. There
appears to have been a difference of
opinion between them with regard to
the disposal of the 'estates to the ten
ants under the- new land act. The Duke
would like to be an Irish landlord, but
the Duchess didn't want to be respon
sible for the maintenance of the estate,
and she would not hear of the trouble
of having to collect rents from a people
in a semi-impoverished state. In this,
too, she- is having- hes way, and the
farms jand small holdings will be sold
to tenants according to their necessi
ties. The Duke is allowed to retain a
small portion of the estate for shooting
purposes.
don, has been passing some very caustic
remarks upon the London weather. In
an interview Miss Hamilton Bald: "It
is my intention, if the fog does not be
come dense enough to prevent my get
ting from one policeman to another
through the London streets, to spend
what remains of my time here In be
coming acquainted with this wonderful
old metropolis. The thoroughfares,
with their quaint names and surprising
gateways into .sequestered quietness,
are to:me a never-ending source ofde
llght in even moderately good weather.
"When the days are very wet and terrific
downpours make the only change In the
dreary fall— and 'these',' by the way, are
most frequent— I .go to the wonderful
museums and picture galleries and have
a 'good time that", way, •'. London may do
its worst in the way of weather, but it
is not going to spoil my trip.".
• F.' P. Meserve of Redlands," CaL, who
arrived in London a* week, ago, staying
at the Cranston's Waverley Hotel, has
been planning out an extensive trip
around the world. This journey Is not
to be a mere rush around, calling only
at a ¦ few • necessary ports, but will ex
tend over a considerable period. Mr.
Meserve is starting for Paris, and after
a few days In the French capital he In
tends to go to Belgium, Holland. Ger
many and Austria, visit several places
In Switzerland and thence go to Italy,
spending a little time in the cities of
Venice, Florence. Rome and Naples. On
November 29 Mr. Meserve will leave
Europe for Afrir-. sailing from Brindisl
to Port Said. He will then visit Alex
andria. Cairo, go to Jerusalem and aft
erward take a trip up the Nile. After
landing at Bombay, two months are to
be spent in India. From there he goes
to Hongkong. There Is to be a short
stay in China and Japan apd a call at
the Hawaiian Islands before returning
to San Francisco.
LONDON, Dec.v5.— Beautiful Kyle
more Castle, is undergoing a transfor
mation since it came into the hands of
the American, Duchess of Manchester.
Tlie experts who pronounced it, before
it, was. sold recently, to be one of the
finest "mansions in Great Britain, will
not know it in a few months from how.
Externally, there will be no change, but
inside the ancient place is being pulled
to pieces as fast as the builders' men
can move. A perfect system of heating
on American -principles is being intro
duced, and. in other, ways the castle is
being made comfortable, in accordance
with modern ideas.; A special suite of
apartments Is i being arranged for the
nursery. a.nd playrooms. The servants'
quarters are also undergoing a change.
Hitherto they were distributed all over
homes of comfort and quietness, could
not help remarking on Its difference
from any club In the. United Stages.
"We have nothing whatever like It in
the States," she remarked to the secre
tary.
"No? This Is a club where we do
nothing."
"Ah," answered the American. "Noth
ing is something we have never yet
learned to do In America."
It is to be a club more of this order
that Mrs. "Wicks will organize In Paris.
At -present it Is hoped that the club
house will be situated In the Place Ven
dome,-but premises have not yet been
decided upon, vv'c
Miss Florence N. Hamilton of San
Francisco, who Is now staying at 21
Montague place, Russell Square, Lon-
Old Mansion Will Undergo a
Change to Modern
KYLEMORE CASTEL WILL NO LONGER BE ANCIENT WHEN AMERICAN
DUCHESS OF MANCHESTER CARRIES HER IDES INTO EFFECT
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Pages-17to20
SAN^ FRANCISCO, ' SUNDAY;^DECEMBER' 6; 1903.
very, dignified, was an Italian Prin
cess."- She' i£ an inveterate smoker -and
plays .bridge^ to. beat any woman in
London. ; . .
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Monument • to Garibaldi/ - - '
i t BUENOS AYRES, Dec. 5.—A'monu
ment;- to 'Garibaldi " is ) to be erected" in
Buenos^Ayres, opposite Palermo! Park.
Garibaldf before, commencing the, de
liverance'bf.ItaJy/foug^
pendence t.ot - It . was ; there
that v he >; first ¦?. flourished :: the red i shirt
whlcht has* since" become* the Garibal
dlan: badge. ,* ~ >¦- ;,~>'r,-y \>,\-.'\:^i