Show e at DUSK DUKE WAS NOT BROKE A Supposition S That Annoys the Duke of Marlborough Modern Society The Duke and Duchess of of Marlborough whom Mr and Mrs Mn Chamberlain are about to visit at Blenheim have both been rather annoyed by br the assumption n that Blenheim palace oala owes its It gilding entirely to th tb the Vanderbilt millions minions Miss MI Vanderbilt c certainly brought her br husband a welcome wel O le accession lon to his is patrimony I but he brought his bride to a h palace which tit h had renovated from his own I resources i 1 ir r when wilen the late lat duke died di dir dis dia large r sums s were released r S for r the benefit I ee of his a successor su and when h the t present duke came of o age l he had at his disposal I fl the ec capital amount more than a a million and a half in dollars dollar of t the proceeds eds of I Ithe Ithe the Sunderland library ani an i the Blenheim I I pictures picture enamels enamel and china which were sold old between 1355 and 1 The late duke enjoyed only the ht tnt rest est Consequently palace which was as irto In ie w vf renovated at atthe atthe atthe the first and now nw it Is not only a It palm eo e but Ii a comfortable place plan to Uve tive in S was at once on e s spent peni penion on the palace and the tte gardens even the i i I root roof was and the locks to the doors I repaired For without those hundreds of thousands Dds the place would have fallen into ruin As it was they came in time and the Duke of ot Marlborough is 18 rather I annoyed when people think the missing ml I word to Blenheim was Vanderbilt I |