Having got rid of their mansion in St. James's Sauave the Duke and Duchess of Norivlk have moved into another hardly less palatial in Bel-
Square, 'The move' is an of how London shifts westward.
Time was when Soho Square was ihe fashionable centre, when it was comparatively rural, and on the farther side of De Quincy's "stony-hearted stepmother," Oxford Street, open fields beg Then St, James's Square was favoured, but like Soho Square it is rapidly becoming all business except for a few clubs. Belgravia was laid out by Cubitt, the speculative builder (but with a different meaning in the adjective) of the early 19th century: on what was once almost marsh Jand.. It has always been selec, and is now much more so than Mayfai The Duke and Duchess of Kent, as is generally known, live in Bel grave Square; so do Prince Arthur of Connaught, the Duke of Bedford, Lord Howard de Walden, and now the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk. The house they have taken was last occupied by Lord Dudley, who spent enormous sums on decorating it,, his improvements including a big first-floor reception room entirely sheathed in" mirrors, which sounds more like Bolossy Kiralfy's Earl's Court exhibitions than anything else. Dis erect mention is made of preparations for a nursery. The happy event is said to be expected next month.
'Two other people who are clearly going to be all the rage this y are Mr. Kennedy, the new Ame! Ambassador, and' Mrs. Kennedy. has been here about a fortnight and distinguished himself in his first game of golf by holing out in one at the short second hole at Stoke Pages. Mrs. Kennedy arrives tomorrow with five of her nine children. They are described as a handsome, simple, unaffected family, as they very well may be for "God is on the side of the big battalions" where big families are concerned. Even in Victorian days nine children would have been a fair number. Today they are a miracle, Who knows but that the Kennedys may start a new fashion.
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