Two Exhibitions Being Prepared most Our Own Comesronsenr 46 see—as there was no one to press him, and he won by 160 yards.
Frederick and Lady Maze gave a very pleasant farewell cock tail party at the Mayfair Hotel last evening. Among the guests were Mrs. and Miss Walsham, Mrs, and Miss Lowson, Mrs. Pitcairn, Mrs. Aldrige, Mrs. Renell, "Baron and Baroness Sadoine, Sir Herbert and Lady Goffe, Mr, S. E, Lucas, Mr, and "Mrs, "Macoun, Mr.
Wolters, General and Mrs. Orpen Palmer, Major and Mrs. Fracer, Major Nathan, Lady Cholmondeley. Mr, and Mrs. W. A. Morling, Dr, and Mrs, Nolld and Mrs, Hume-Robert son, The only trouble was that the fog kept away some who would have motored up from the outskirts of London, which, on such an after~ noon, would have been all but impossible, But there was certainly no fog inside the Mayfair.
An Odd Burglary Lady Pearce has had the unplat int experience of having her house burgled, a few nights ago. The thief broke a pane in the dining-room window and so got in. He took an odd assortment of things—a large sil~ ver model of a rickshaw and. its coolie, a rose-bow!, a table loth, some napkins, a few teaspoons and knives, and a bottle, each, of gin, whiskey, port and' brandy. Thera was a lot of silver in the dining room, teapots, coffee-pots and 60 forth, which he never touched. On the whole the loss might have Leen worse, but it was a nasty experience Me. Fessenden In Town Mr. Suining Fessenden is being kept busy. He spent last week-end at Oxford with Mr. Lionel Curtis, sleeping in All Souls, on Thureday meets the M.P''s China Committes at the House, and next Monday he 4s to speak at the Royal Institute of International Affair He has also to-day and yesterday encountered two of the best speci mens of fog that London can pro-@uce in this effeminate age (the real old yellow-black "London particular" Seems extine!). I was with him today at Grosvenor House when he was about to start for the City, and I pointed out that, from Marble Arch the tube would land him practically fon the doorstep of his destination. But he replied that he "kind of got London, Dec. 21.
The necessary machinery has been completed for the holding in Burling~ ton House next November, of the yinest magnificent exhibition of Chi-hose art, porcelain, paintings, ivory, bronze, lacquer and s0 forth ever 40 be shown abroad.
Lord Lytton, famous for the report on Manchouktio bearing his name. has been appointed president of th exhibition, and will be assiste: by Mr. Quo Tal-chi, the Chinese Minister, and Sir William Llewellyn, President of the Royal Academy, vice-presidents, It has been decided that a special committee consisting of Mr. George Bumorfopoulos, who has bequeathed to the nation one of the finest art collections in the world; LtCol. H.R. Hobson, assistant general manager of the Sun Insurance Ofice: and Sir Percival Davis will proceed to China to assist the Chinese Gov ernment in the selection of exhibits.
The British Navy will lend an escort for the shipment of the trea~ sures to England.
The catalogue alone, which will contain a minute description of each exhibit, will constitute a valu possession.
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