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21 March 1903 — 3 Savile Row | |
Saturday. 21st [March 1903]. At 12 o’cl I took a cab & went to the Amateur Art Exn which this year is held at the house of Lord & Lady Battersea Surrey House, Marble Arch. There I found a great many pretty things & the standard is altogether remarkably high. The house itself is lovely so the things are seen to advantage. There was a great many people there. Lord Battersea I saw to my surprise as one had heard that he was under a cloud & had to leave the country. I talked to Mrs Lowther & Lady Maxwell Lyte about my coming sale & they promised to help me at it. Came home to 1 o’clock lunch & then started out soon after tea in the electric brougham, called at 16 Berkeley Square for Lady Borwick & we drove to Haverstock Hill to attend a concert at wh was Princess Christian. The Concert (in aid of some charity) had been got up by Connie & Col. George Gordon in the Town Hall. The music was excellent—especially the singing of Miss Gwendolen Maud, Jenny Lind’s grandchild. Her voice is clear as a bell & very sympathetic. A Miss Hollander sang fine contralto—but very affected—& Miss Bush sang prettily duets. Miss Annie Hughes acted with another girl a duologue written for the occasion by Connie’s son Eddie “Mr Emery Brown.” After the concert we went in to tea with the Mayor & his family to meet Pss Christian. Saw there Lady Knetsford—& asked her to come to pay me a visit at Venice this summer. Home soon after 5. Nellie & I arranged the drawings for this evenings entertainment. Had a dinner party—Henry Dickens Q.C. & Mrs Dickens, Col. & Mrs Anstruther Thomson, Mr Basil Marlo (tenor), Señor Rubio (violincellist), Lady Buxton, Mr Val Prinsep & Lady Borwick who kindly came to take Mrs Val’s place at the last moment. Capt. Wyld whom we expected did not turn up. A few people came after dinner & Irene with her violin amongst them. Connie brought Mr Helmsley a tenor who had sung at the concert today—& Rubio played. He warmed up & after most people were gone played on—& made Irène play—& so it was nearly 1 A.M. before I got to bed– | |
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