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y. I TEA TABLE TAL& i TEA TABLE TALK. Lady Eva Dugdale, who is one of the Queen's most intimate friends, is a most energetic assistant at charitable entertain- ments, and has raised considerable money for charitable funds. In this connection a rather amusing story is told about Lady Eva. She agreed to recite something at a certain entertainment for wounded soldiers at the house of a friend. When Lady Eva arrived at the house she found that the recitation she had intended to give, and which she had spent long hours in studying, had just been given by another lady! Mrs. Holman, wife of the Premier of New South Wales, before she married her distin- guished husband had proved herself to be one of the most brilliant journalists in Aus- tralia, and invitations to her "at homes" were eagerly sought after by politicians and other celebrities. Mrs. Holman has pub- lished a delightful book, entitled "Little Miss Anzae," and her previous work, "My Wander Year," created a sensation on account of its outspokenness and original views. A prominent leader of the woman's movement in Australia, she has devoted much of her time in an effort to obtain the admission of members of her sex to the New South Wales Bar. Although Miss Ethel Irving is the daugh- ter of a man who died in 1870, and may safely be assumed, therefore, to be of mature age, she makes up wonderfully in juvenile parts. While on tour with her own company, a youthful admirer sought out the manager of the company, a fine-looking man, and proceeded to fish for an introduc- tion to the charming little lady. "I've en- joyed her acting immensely, and I should awfully lib to know her," said the young awfully "I'm sure she's as charming and ma'n. sweet off the stage as she is on." "She's all that," agreed the manager oordinlly- so cordially that a horrid suspicion flashed into the yonth's mind. "I say, you—you're not her husband, are you?" he faltered. "No—oh, no!" said the manager. "I'm her son!" < Among politicians' wives Mrs. Winston Churchill is one of the best public speakers. Site has a most finished style of oratory, and though usually she only speaks on occasions to which the lighter vein is most suitable, she can be, if necessary, most earnest and impressive. Her voice, however, though pleasing, io not very strong, otherwise pro- bably more would be heard of her as a public speaker. One remarkable thing about her is that when making a speech her hands never wander up to her hat, as women usually allow their hands to wander. t < The modern girl (says the "Daily Ex- press ") will smile dubiously at the fact that the German Empress never wore a pair of silk stockings until the day she was married, and knew nothiug of lawn tennis until after she had become a mother. Perhaps this great simplioity accounts for the fact that the Emperor gave her the pet name of "Little Resebud," to whi-ch he still adheres. The name rings oddly as descriptive of a rather plain woman whose influence appears to have been so ineffective. The Empress is reported to be the best cook in Germany, and one of her daily occupations is to pre- pare the Kaiser's bath. Great int-crest was aroused in society and theatrical circles on the occasion of the mar- riage betveen the Hon. Mrs. Lyndhurst Bruce, better known as Miss Camille Clif- ford, the original "Gibson Girl," and Cap- tain John Evans, M.C. Her marriage to the Hon. Henry Lyndhurst Bruce some years ago caused qui to a flutter in Mayfair, but her gallant husband fell lighting in France in the early davs of the war. Born in Den- mark, Miss Cfamille Clifford when quite young was taken to the United States, and made her first appearanoe on the stage in New York fifteen years ago. Her perfect figure and stately carriage earned for her an immense amount of popularity, and thou- sands of playgoers flocked to the Vaudeville Theatre, London, when &he appeared there in "The Catch of the Season." Mrs. Evans tells a good story of how she once visited a provincial pantomime in com- pany with a world-famous theatrical manager whom we will call Mr. Smith. When the principal comedian came on the stage and kept the house in a roar of laugh- ter for some minutes the manager, with a look of utter boredom, leant over to Miss Clifford and remarked, "I must try and get that man for my pantomime next Christ- mas!" "Do you "think he's funny?" "Oh, screamingly funny!" was the reply. "Then why don't you 'aughr" Miss Clifford asked, naturally enough. "Laugh!" ejaculated Mr. Smith. "Laugh, when he knows I'rrl here and has his eye fixed on me! Laugh! Why, my dear Miss Clifford, every smile I gave would mean that he'd ask for another five pounds a week 1" An amusing anecdote is told concerning Helen Mar, whose funny stories, told in her own inimitable way, have brought mirth to millions. It appears that she was at a friend's house where there was a little boy of about seven or eight. After she had left the boy's father said to his little son, "That lady was Helen Mar, the world's greatest story teller." A day or two later Miss Mar happened to be at the same house, and the boy, running up to her, said, "I know you." "Really, my little man, and who am I?" "Why," replied the little lad, "my papa says you're Helen Mar, the biggest liar on earth." < Miss Lily Brayton, the well-known actress, when she was in the celebrated Benson Com- pany, played five or six Shakespearian plays each week, and once she was promoted to fairly big parts it meant a good deal of time and strain to keep all the words in one's bead. In addition, for some parts she wore the same dresses as in others, with slight alterations and additions; for in- stance, the clothes worn in "Twelfth Night" do equally well for the "Taming ef ths Shrew with slight changes. "I had got used to six parts when another play was added to the pert<)ire in a great hurry," she 63:8 the '?gonie Notes?') "and I had to study and rehearse a long part in the daytime while playing at night. The consequence was I must have got rather dazed. "Anyhow, I went on one night thinking of my new part, and when I got on the stage I couldn't remember which part I was play- ing for the moment. I looked at my dress. Oh, of course, "Twelfth Night," I told myself, and this is the second act.' And in a dream I began a long speech. Suddenly there came a blank pause, and I saw the people on the stage staring at me in horror. What's the matter?' I whispered. This is "Much Ado"—and you're playing "Twelfth -Night!" someone whispered back. I shall never forget the horror of that moment, which appeared to me to last for centuries, while I tried to pull my brain back into its proper groove, and waited for the audience to roar with laughter. Then I heard the prompter give me the right line, and went on with the scene from my entrance. And I don't believe the audience knew what I'd done; they were very kind about it, any- how."

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