Show THE OLD OLD STORI HartingtonTo Wed the Dowager Duchess of Manchester t 1 SOME GOSSIP FROM NEWPORT Charles Tennant Brother of Mrs H M Stanley Stan-ley is Reported to be Engaged to Miss Clementina Furnlss Special to THE HERAtDExaminer Dispatch NEW YORK Aug 19A correspondent of the World writes this from London The news which comes from a thoroughly au thentic source that Lord Hartington is to consummate his devotion of years to the Dowager Duchess of Manchester by mar rying her next April is the prevailing source of talk of London society Since the Duke of Manchesters death a few months ago bets nave been freely made in London clubs whether Lord Hartlngton would or would not marry the widowed duchess to whom he was so devoted for so many years It seems she has decided to do so The cream of London society pro tests against it but as Lord Hartington is nearly sixty years old he is presumed to know enough choose for himself Lord Hartingtons father the Duke of Devon shire is now considerably more than eighty years old and though be is a hale and hearty old gent he cant in the nature of things live very long If Lord Hartington marries the Duchess of Manchester she will in a short time become the Duchess pf Devonshire with a home in the magnificent Devonshire house This will from a social point of view give her precedence over the present duchess of Manchester who was Miss Yznaga The Dowager Duchess of Manchester is a large and lively blonde of the prize cattle type of beauty who has remarkable tact for making friends and for holding them fast when she likes them Years and years ago when she was a young girl stopping with her sisters on the Rivera then at that time Lord Mandoville was courting her elder sister It ended by his marrying the younger one and caused a sisterly nip tune which has not been healed to this day At that time Lord Hartington was paying conspicuous attention to the lady whom all London knew and still remembers as Skittles He wanted to marry Skit ties in London but the Duke of Devon shire protested Then he wanted Skit ties to go to Australia with him and marry him anyway but she declined Soon afterwards Skittles found another adorer and Lord Hartington sought conso lation from the duchess who has been his staunch friend for so many years According Ac-cording to the terms of the Duke of Man chesters will the dowager duchess will bo cut off from her share of the estate if she should again marry |