A Potent Cause of Revolution: Wounded reservists soliciting alms outside a church door These men are half famished on the regulation allowance of 13 copecks (about 3d.) per day. Many of them, in desperation, have turned to crime, while large numbers are under the degrading necessity of soliciting public alms at the church doors THE WORLD'S PAGEANT Mr. Alfred Lester HAMLET ACT I The Palace Theatre is said to have ma le a discovery in a new comedian, Mr. Alfred Lester, who was seen by a representative of the management with a touring company in a suburban theatre. He was engaged the next day, and was put in the Palace Review, in which he played the part of a scene-shifter on the following night. Since then, Mr. George Edwardes has made him an offer; and, in all probability, an arrangement will be come to between Mr. Edwardes and the Palace management, so that Mr. Lester may appear in a musical comedy. The whole of the beautiful and picturesque Island of Arran, which is twenty miles long, where festivities are taking place all this week, belongs to Lady Mary, as well as an estate in Suffolk, called Easton, where there is stabling for fifty horses. She is much beloved by the Islanders for her kindness; as a child, she used to receive a pig each year as one of her birthday presents, and when, after carefully feeding it day. by day, the pig grew large enough to be killed, she was in the habit of giving the money it brought to a poor family in the island. Lady Mary is a grand daughter of the Duchess of Devonshire, and she and her mother, Mary, Duchess of Hamilton, reside for many months of the year at Brodick Castle, Arran. G. Joplis Mr. Alfred Lester, the new comedian in "The Palace Review" "D'yer call that h'acting? I wish they'd give her one of the richest heiresses of the century. She is fond of sport, and has hunted regularly since she was a child, while she recently took over the Mastership of the Hamilton Harriers. Lady Ludlow Lady Ludlow, who recently acted as hostess for her son, Lord Howard de Walden, at the brilliant party given at Seaford House in honour of the Municipal visitors from Paris, is the possessor of some wonderful jewels, many of which are the gift of her son, who, on the day that he came of age, presented his mother with a whole parure of diamonds and emeralds. Return of Troops to Jersey after an absence of thirteen months: Arrival of the East Surrey Regiment at Victoria Pier, October 24 No one pretends that a garrison is needed in the Channel Islands, but popular sentiment, particularly on the Island, was outraged by the withdrawal of the troops. The War Office were sarcastically recommended to practise economy in other directions. It was pointed out that the hardy little Islanders had rendered service to England some two hundred years ago. The lucky East Surrey were most cordially received upon their arrival at their new station Peeresses and their Jewels Lady Ludlow has had an eventful career; born Miss Blanche Holden, she married, when very young, the late Lord Howard de Walden, who was thirty years her senior. In 1903, as her second husband, she married Lord Ludlow, another wealthy nobleman; the wedding created much interest, and she was given away by her son, who has always been devotedly attached to his mother. It was Lady Ludlow who brought the now muchprized peridot into fashion, and this gem, set in diamonds, formed the pendant which glistened at her neck. on her bridal day. Lord and Lady Lytton Lord Lytton, who will preside at the annual dinner of the Sir Walter Scott Club, in Edinburgh, on Tuesday next (November 7), belongs to a very literary family, being a son of "Owen Meredith" and a grandson of Bulwer Lytton. He has already made his mark in the world of politics, is a clever linguist, and very fond of travel. He is handsome, with a fine, clean-shaven face, and has a pleasant and wellmodulated voice. He is looked upon by many as a future Colonial Governor, in which position he would be greatly assisted by his wife, Lady Lytton, who has been described by Mr. Balfour as the "brightest star in London's social firmament." She has an oval, delicately tinted face, and soft brown Captain Claud Rome (IIth Hussars A PRETTY Lady Ludlow Who is the possessor of some Mr. F. W. Horner, M.P. Mr. F. W. Horner, M.P., is at the present moment in the interesting position of having had notoriety thrust upon him by Mr. Labouchere. How many obscure people are there not who would willingly purchase fame at the trifling inconvenience of being advertised in Truth for nothing? It is so difficult nowadays to get one's name into the world's mouth. We cannot all write prize novels, or cast aspersions on Sir Henry Irving. However, Mr. Horner is annoyed with Truth, and is bringing a libel action against Mr. Labouchere; that is to say, he will bring it if Mr. Labouchere can pos Photo by Princess Henry of Battenberg [Lafayette sibly persuade him so to do. At present, Truth is dangling its coat-tails, or the hem of her robe, before Mr. Horner, inviting him to tread on them or it, but Lambeth's Member is not, seemingly, of a "comingon" disposition. In the meantime, we observe that, at a meeting of the Bishop Ward of the North Lambeth Conservative Association, a vote of no confidence whatever in Mr. Horner was passed, which seems unkind, because the libel action has not yet been tried, and the M.P.'s solicitor has been talking very cheerily about the buckets full of damages which are shortly to be dragged out of the deep well of Truth. Not so very long since Mr. Horner used Mrs. Rome (nee Miss Grace Blyth) WEDDING AT ST. MARGARET S, WESTMINSTER, LAST WEEK The Majesty of the Law the Continental wanderings, which are described at such great length in our truthful contemporary, have monopolised his time to the exclusion of the drama. Mr. Horner is, or was, editor and proprietor of The Whitehall Review, and if The Whitehall Review were not a nice, mild-mannered paper, perhaps Mr. Labouchere would be sorry he spoke. There is, though, a very serious aspect of the question, as has been quite gravely pointed out in the articles mentioned. In the last of these appears the following lines "The feeling is that for a Member of the House of Commons to go about the Continent systematically plundering hotel-keepers and bankers. with bogus cheques is a national scandal, and that, by one means or another, it must be stopped." Ihoto by recent production at the Court Theatre, if it threw no further light upon Ibsen's symbolism, at least has been the means of bringing into prominence the personality of a very capable young actress, Miss Dorothy Minto. She played the child Hedvig with naturalness and charm. Indeed, so unaffected was she in the rôle as to lead the Referee critic to remark that she did not suggest the morbid disposition of the juvenile suicide. Miss Minto won golden opinions for her playing of the rôle, and has created an impression which her future performances should do much to deepen. Tilustrations Bureau The Ceremonial Opening of the Law Courts Prince Ferdinand The Prince of Bulgaria, whose recent official visit to the French Government in Paris has excited a certain amount of speculation, is one of the most Though governing pathetically situated of rulers. the most important of the Balkan States, which contains the most virile population south of the Danube, he, alone among their Chiefs, remains still a vassal of the Sultan. Though a member of the Coburg Sir William Grantham, Judge of the High Court; his son, Mr. W. W Grantham; and his little grandson. This photo was taken on October 23, when Mr. Justice Grantham celebrated his seventieth year |