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A peorées whose husband is a farm labourer in Western Australia was my waitress at tea in a Strand underground café, states a Daily Eaprza representative,
GENERAL'S NAME CLEARED.
NEW LIGHT ON THE JAMESON RAID.
SURVIVOR'S STORY,
After 33 years of silent accept auce of blame for the action of a friend-an action which helped to provoke the Boer Wor-Brigadier general the Hon. Robert White The Hon. Mrs. C. W. T. E. Row-awoke recently to find." that his ley, a beautiful young Irishwoman, naine had been cleared. whose flashing, dark eyes and blur- block bair reveal her Huguenot blood, has been employed there ever sinco her husband worked his way out to the Dominions in a tramp steamer four years ago to seek fame and fortune, but with little success,
Now he will have to come home from his farm labouring in Aus tralia to take over the large estates in Ireland which he has inherited from his uncle, the sixth, Baron Langford, who died in Corsica.
It is doubtful whether he has heard the news yet; the new Lady Langford experts to be notified officially by the family lawyers.
Sunday is always a busy day at the tea rooms, and-Lady Langford
was all in a whirl when I saw her:
"Gorgeous Place,"
I hardly know what I am doing; it is alf so sudden," she said to me. I suppose I shall have to go over to Dublin as my husband is so far away, but he will have to come home, as there is much to at tend to His uncle's seat at Sum nerhill is a gorgeous place. I have heen there many times, but I know. nothing about what he has left.
"My family is even older than that of my husband. My mother is déscended from the O'Donovans of Skibbereen, County Cork, and my father from the Huguenots. I was a Miss O'Donovan-Sheil, and mar ried my husband, who is sixteen years my senior, nine years ago when I was twenty. We had quite a fashionable, wedding in Dublin, but had to live modestly. My hus band was rather fren and easy with his money, and decided to go abroad to make a home for us when he had settled down.
To Remain at Work, But he has not been too lucky, and has never come back. He növer Baw our son, who was born after he went, and died a few months inter.
I shall go on with my work here," Lady Langford added, at nuy rate until I bave seen the law yers."
Lady Langford lives with her mother and two brothers in Chel sea. One brother, Mr. Lawrence Shail; is on the stage:
Lord Langford; who was eighty- one, was the sixth baron. His seat is Summerhill House, Enfield, Co. Meath, and his, London house is Heath Lodge, Uxbridge. The new Lord Langford, Clotworthy Wel- lington Thomas Edward Rowley, is in his forty-sixth year. His father,
the Inte Hon. Randolie T. Rowley, third son of the third baron, died in 1910.
The first Lord Langford was the Hon. Clotworthy Taylour, the fourth son of the first Earl of Bective. He assumed the name of Rowley, and was created Baron Langford, in the peerage of Ire
land, in 1800...
ARLEN SATIRE ON THE STAGE.
EX-OFFICER BURGLAR AND
GIGOLO..
THE PLAY: "GOOD LOSERS." AUTHORS: MICHAEL ALLEN AND
WALTER HACKETT,
"Good Losers." produced at the Whitehall Theatre, London last mouth should prove a winner for Mr. Hackett.
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A witness has come forward t tell how General White refused to deny or agrro that he was respon sible for a certain "indiscretion of a superior officer, as a result of whicke loyalty an unpleasant stigma at taching to his name might have gone down to history.
When Press representative found General White at his home in East Sheon he agreed, rather unwillingly, that after all he was nat to blame for the exposure fol. lowing the disastrous Jameson Raid in 1893.
Dr. Jameson, with the survivors' et his force, was captured by the Boers. A despatch box bearing the name of the Hon. Robert White
was found by the Boers in the
pos.
CHARLIE'S LONDON
PARTY.
WINSTON PROPOSES THE⚫ HOST.
On leaving the theatre after his first-night success, Charlos Chap- "lin went to the Canton Hotel with his 190 guests to have a suppor- lanew-enbaret, which, it is stated, was costing about £6,000..
Among his guests ware peers, preresses, statesmen, políticians, stage stars and old friends.
Charlio.arrived at the hotel flush- ed and excited with the success of his greatest first night. He ro ceived his guests with shining eyes. "I was terribly norvous," he said. "Naturally, the showing of this film to own country people was some.. thing which was bound to make mo so."
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The Tango.
On one occasion the gathering was able to see what a graceful dancer Mr. Charles Chaplin, the millionaire best and pathotic tramp of the film, ranlly is. A tango played. "Mr. Chaplin is extremely fond of the tango. He at once jumped to his fest, leaving Mr. Winston Church, with whom he bad been chatting at a table, and danced with Miss Maritzo.
session of Jameson's force. In this box wore documenta telling the in-
Evory Other guest refrained from ner history of the projected Johan-broke into loud applause as Mr. dancing, and at the and the guesta. negburg rising and giving the names of the persons concerned.
Loyal Silence.
These documents proved a power- ful instrument in the hands of the Boers.
:
It was natural for, everyone at the time to assume that the man whose name the box bore-the Hon. Robert White-was responsible for taking such dangerous evidence into action, especially as the owner of the box observed a loyal silence, refusing to commit himself either
Way.
A book recently published on the Jamesna Raid, which promises to become the standard work on that episode, repeated the legend con- necting General White's name with the discovery of the compromising documents. This has led to nu officer who took part in the raid. coming forward to clear General White's name for ever,
This officer is Colonel J. B. Stra-
cey-Clitherow He has written to the author of the book to this effect:
"Capt. White was sent to Ma-
fcking three or four days before we started to do Staff Ofoer there, and was not at Pitsani. I was detailed to do Staff Officer in his absence. The day we started I had to ace all the squadron carts were properly loaded, and Sir John Willoughby, commanding the force,
ordered me when the Staff cart was innded to send it up to his tent,. as he had a few things to put on
it. This I did, and followed the
cart up to the tent, When I got there I found him packing the dis, patch-box, and I was horrified when I saw the code-book being put in... "It was unfortunate that this box had painted on it outside, in large lettore 'Captain R. White," and that is why he has always been blamed for taking this box with the force.!!
"My Great Friend." General White, who served with distinction in the Boer War and
It has, to bo.sure, an unconvinc fing plot, which often drags. But hotels and restaurants seem to have replaced drawing-rooms де the settings for fashionable plays, and the Great War, being awarded the save forngrim war-time pro D.8.0 in 1018, now lives in re logue-the whole of the action of tirement at East Sheen. this melodramatic comedy takea
place in an “exclusive "restaurant,
There is no point in my com-
"or
Two of the three British officers menting on this,” he said, whom you have seen in the pro- course, as far as I am concerned logue are employed at this re-
staurant, as cloak-room attendant it is pleasing to know that now. and gigolo,
The third has become burglar!
-the truth can hurt no one it should. Bte made known. But I would much rather that this had not come out, for the lato Sir John Willoughby was not only my superior officer but was a great friend.
There are, too, soms witty lines, much typical Arlen satire, two mur- ders, and good parts for Cathisen. Nesbitt, Eric Materin, and Grizel da Hervey, who take full advantage of them.
There is above all a charactoris tie part for Marion Lorne, who is seen as a titled gossip-writer with anotebook which she is always losing.
Miss Lorna has only to appear on the stage and make one of her twit tering noises or dithering gestures for the audience to dissolve in Iaughter
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"At the time I could say noth- ing, because Sir John was my superior offloor. As he served with aueh distinction after the laid and. during the war the adjustment of records in this matter cannot affect bin memory.
"I do not want to spoil it all now by making a sang about. anybody's action. I have not taken any steps in this matter. Evidently. |some of my friends have decided that the truth should be made
Chaplin led his partner back to her seat.
During a lull in the evening Mr. Winston Churchill rose to his foet host. "He is one of 118," he said. and proposed the health of the "He was born within a mile of this place. He has carried Eng. lish fame all over the world.
into the middle of the dance floor, Mr. Chaplin rose and walked "I am not a Chancellor of the Ex- chequer," he said. "I am merely
and I have never enjoyed myself e child and a youth in these things,
that has touched me is the affac much. More than anything eleo tion-not so much what I have achieved but the affection, you have shown me."
The gathering remained on its fest aing},"
For he's a jolly and Charles, who good was genuinely overcome by tho warmth of the ovation, walked to his tabip and sat down.
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