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17 May 1900 — 3 Savile Row | |
Thursday. 17th [May 1900]. Mrs Borwick called & kindly brought me a sum of £5 for our Layard Home. At 12 I went off to Adeline Bedford’s house & she drove me in her carriage to the Albert Hall where she opened a Bazaar in aid of “Female Welfare.” My cousins Mr & Mrs Holmes White are the chief promoters & were there taking part in the function. Mr H. White made a speech after the prayers, explaining the work & then we went round the stalls buying– I emptied my purse of the small sums I had in it & we left at 1.30. I lunched with Adeline & came home directly afterwards. Found Aimée at home & after resting an hour took her to the R. Academy Exn at Burlington House. There was a great crowd there & we were hardly rewarded by the beauty of the pictures for the fatigue of body we were put to. The more I see of Sargent’s pictures the less I like them. His “interior” of the Curtis’ salon at Venice disappointed me. We returned home to tea quite exhausted. Had a visit from Mme Renzis. A dinner party at home—consisting of Lord & Lady Robert Cecil, Mr & Mrs Arthur Strong, Mr & Mrs Robert Kennedy, Mr C. Hallé, Mr Claude Philips & Louis Du Cane which with Aimée, Nellie & I made 12. The Robert Cecils left directly after dinner that he might return to his work. I showed Mr Strong my Assyrian necklace which he says is priceless & on the cylinders of which he read the inscription. He promises to write an account of it for me. Mr Kennedy talked to me about the publication of Henry’s memoirs—especially his mission at Consple. I have been again urged by Murrays to publish it so I have asked Mr Kennedy to read it through & to give me his opinion on the subject– Altho’ he has only just begun the first part of it, he is decidedly of opinion that it cannot be published for another 20 years & certainly not in Lord Salisbury’s lifetime. I must therefore be patient & leave the vindication of Henry’s career to a future time. Today there was a report of the relief of Mafeking but it has not yet been confirmed officially. Still our arms at the seat of war are daily more successful & the end is in sight. | |
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