| Show HOUSE OF marlborough Auie american rican peeresses Pee Fee in london who llau haie married into it LADY RANDOLPH CHURCHILL AT ROME HOME all about the art borough s how jac jack kissed hissed a lady stole ifer her diamond necklace and escaped Ie through a window the Arri american cri lady in pol politics it ton becent ions of royalty tho the interior of con imia losses feb 7 1601 PR 0 F E S beauty takes a prince a p h 0 t 0 g ra N pher and a 6 society 0 c I 1 0 it 7 newspaper to make said a witty super eh clicc ic not DOE long ago what a y is ble bin to bo be surel sure y and what hat r als tic sponsors for or afan 1 ilc I calce e I 1 f cy nn I 1 d d dit wi landel I 1 dont know hy by this tine no little epigram should havo have repeated itself over and over in my brain as 3 I 1 made my way to Connaught place one cannot be responsible pon sible for the freaks of ones inner consciousness cons and certainly anything anro eminently respectable than the outside of 11 xo no 2 canno cannot twel well bo be imagined was waa I 1 not about to enter the presence of one of londona Lon dons society queens 9 the wife ofa of a scion of a noble anoble bouse I 1 noble I 1 I 1 e c ill 1 mr LADY RANDOLPH god sue sate the mark lhnn hen one thinks of 0 mild lid jack churchill ono one wonder where tho the nobility begins I 1 ile ho who could pretend to lovo love a woman and kissing her steal the luo diamonds from her throat threat ho had not tho the courage born ot of Iti intrigue but escaped not by 11 fire but through tho the window with the trophy of her frailty to in his band as her llego ego lord elured by tho the door and this was the founder of 0 all the marl boroughs I 1 the tha ancestor to whom they bark back with proud impertinence and self seir satisfied complacency I 1 it la Is this family that two ol of americas daughters have entered by marriage and in it filch th III have submerged their nationality their identity thear fortunes and their names it la is well not to look too closely into the iha domestic felicity of either ducal peccadilloes and eccentricities are condoned and pardoned by right of rank I 1 as every one knows to wear a coronet and to be peeked pecked al on the cheek check by tho the lips of victoria regina at ones preben presentation as ai a peeress of the realm ought ough t to bo be sufficient clent compensation to any wall Ame american ferni nine mind especially when backed up by the proud consciousness that Af american dri drillars llara liaro have procured those unspeakable blessings and that american brains aru are smart enough to turn them to profitable advantage perish the thought of anything less follett lous I 1 it II la Is be easy to lo shut onus ones cleft ces to bo be doof deaf anti and dumb where occasion requires and it shows a lick of to bookfor look for virtues in tho the dally daily life of it a marlborough I 1 hut but conduct that may hn he applauded in fit s duko may bo be will ily cowl I 1 such la Is tile tho hony ot of society ethics in a dukus dukes bungor brobert br oilier and thoro there axe are those in tho set who d do n not 0 t hes hesitate ItatA to assert that teta lord rindo randolphe Randolp ap bs hs frequent absences abbene L a abroad are arc duo to certain domestic storm sand to pretty plain hints coupled with a quotation from that much abused rag ot of sentiment anent absence absence inaki making rig the heart grow fonder be that as it may lady randolph churchill goes goe not forth with her lord lard on his travels as a dutiful wife might be expected to do she ghe stops behind and enjoys life to the full in her varied and diversified rola as a society queen a fernaint a primrose dame a philanthropic thoo theo rat or as a first favorite at marlboro ough boush house and a SHIM dame cont eloic ot of risky canaras canards at select country house P parties a ralos the old blood of the jerome mill III out alth ith its lash dash of wildness aud and when the Is oil off and the sun runs high there Is no niora more mad merrymaker merry maker in the aristocratic merry set than her ladyship nor one ona that can dance more lightly tell a better conte conic scandal cuse or sing the latest music hall ball cantata with greater brio and effects LORD BATOOL Pa AND TRE THE PRIMROSE LEAGUE but I 1 wander from my text and all this time tho the gloomy portals of her ladyships lady ships mansion have kept us shut out oot irom from the charmingly bright cheery interior let us 03 cross cress the threshold together we shall find plenty to interest us you may anay be sure for lady randolph has trae traveled led far and wide and has brought bark back with her many spoils pol irom from lands unknown to tho the ordinary tourist take the entrance han hall for instance stanco in warm said and deeply red in tone against the wall all there stands a quaint russian trunk mailo made m ith a high rounding top painted a bright apple green and gaily decorated with m alth garlands ot of flowers it may once have held bold the wedding do dowry ry of some dark haired muscovite maiden or been the e of her stock of household linen of her sojourn in tho the balkan land lady randolph saraka aspea enthusiastically 1 I enjoyed it immensely she tolls tells you with one of hor sudden that light up her face like so much sunshine of the tha political side of life I 1 saw nothing but socially soc lall I 1 saw a great deal and I 1 found it all delightful how flow delightful readers of her capital article A mont month h in bl L petersburg which appeared in the new acio will well remember to tho the right of the entrance Is a small room given over especially to lady randolphe randolp Kan dolpha hs it aie BI evidences dence of her tastes and occupations aro are visible on every hand from the picture on an easel eo sel guarded by a whole sheaf of brushes and the list last french novel cheek by jowl with a parliamentary blue book to tho the solid bushness busl ness like looking writing table covered with serious documents conspicuous among w m aich are arc the yellow leaflets and ad memos of the primrose e league lady randolph who herself a most lealous proselytizer in the interests of 0 that cult cull has founded several habitations and Is a damo dame of the most moa advanced order aro are you as actively interested in the league as ever I 1 ask 1 I am as interested in it Is there the reaby ady re response pone pon e though ih ouli I 1 am nol hot per perhaps so actively employed in its development when an association can show a balance sheet of a million of pounds to the good active personal service Is scarcely necessary cesary nc though my interest I 1 in 11 its objects and accomplishments can noer never grow less upstairs the wide do cheerful drawl drawing aa room Is k full of sunshine 1 I tell pours in through the three lung windows fact facing ua the park everything about the room seems to repeat tho the sunny the walls aro hung bung in ili pale gold bold the hie window draperies reproduce the same tint tints the floor door 1 Is of a light wood highly polished and the iho furniture screens tables consoles aro are allaf all af the loul louis XVI period display ing much florid ornamentation and gilding lid ing there are some old pictures ures on tho the mails which have eil dently traveled straight from rom the blenheim galleries to deck this london dra a groom of an I 1 american lady ady 1 of fashion fasl don A photograph of the of wales stands on oil the grand piano anil and there art am tuo to pot poi traits of lady randolph one in aqua relies idles by a fashionable young colorist colonl t of the day the other a charming likeness anil and one ot of Moz best product loi is tire FURNITURE AVD THE FORTUNE rOB TUE 1 1 I 1 love air light sunshine lady randolph says Ind til I 1 cannot live without them and that la Is why we remain hero here whenever we talk of changing our locate I 1 think of my bright cheer cheerful fill d draw ra I 1 ingro oin of tho view baros the park and above all how we me catch and imprison every ray of sunshine that ever ifsits london tied and I 1 hesitate and me e do plot nut move though to bo be sill suie e lt it lins has also its drawbacks dran backs enols ono Is plante absolutely in the tha very heart of ones constituents lord randolph represents tile lie london division of paddington and cannot shako thern affat at any pricel As she bho spoke a ray of sunshine fell across glicr face and figure it throwing out in line fine relief the tall erect form tile tho dark late face with will its Is wide fr frem bM from which chii h the toft MU blaak hair bair was drawn araw loosely back tho the largo dark eyes beneath ho neath the iho well defined brows browa the mouth strong firm yet with just a curve ot of uncertainty in its outline the dusky one she Is called by bar intimates and as I 1 looked at her there with the clinging clinking olds fold of her serenely simple black dress a simplicity that had its price P henro fc lic lendu tendu marking each line of D her r g graceful r 1 figure with the suit aun striking across her only ornament a tiny crystal heart set act la in brilliants brilliantz brilli ants suspended suspend id by ft a chain around her throat 1 acknowledged the sobriquet was both and descriptive 0 of all the roles aich lady randolph personages personates perso nates with equal felicity none Is moro more noteworthy than that of 0 of the fern nw As all the world knows she li is the eldest daughter of mr leonard jerome of new york and her marriage with lord randolph churchill was one of the first ot of those anglo american arrangements which have since become so successful stul she met lord lard randolph at coxes come in the we isle of wight in 1873 and the following january they were married at the british embassy paris it was popularly believed that thai jerome had bad made a very large marriage settlement on his daughter in reality all he was waa able to do was wa 3 to ensure to her a y year ear a like ike sum to be settled by the duke ot of marlborough on his bis son four thousand pounds per annum te is not p per or haps the standard revenue ol of an american heiress but to the impecunious Is younger son of a duke with an overburdened rent roll roil ever so go modest an income must have presented solid ad vantages lord Randolp randolphe hs political career began with that icar ear up to that time ho was only known as tile the lounger son of the sixth duke of marlborough but the close clone of 1874 saw him returned to parliament men t as member for woodstock at this election as at the two too more memorable contests lady randolph first displayed the clu qualities lIttles that have since become synonymous with her name judgment persuasion reserve force in 15 when on lord Randolp randolphe hs I 1 appointment a as secretary of state stale for india woodstock was hotly contested she by her spirited d support of his change of view permanently established her reputation as a political agent of exceptional ability two years before she had joined the primrose alrose league on its first establishment but it was wag not dot until this crisis in lord Randolp randolphe hs political career that she he 11 worked that organ to its fullest extent her words riven given as pledge though used at that time lime tor for personal ends have since become the motto and watchword of the league one can with toll 11 imagine how bow the she mould would say them with u what hat a spirited air and in what a low resonant voice to sustain to the utmost that pirty party which Is pledged to support all that Is dear to england rulla lot law order and the unity of the realm lady randolph churchill la Is the only A who has been personally decorated by the queen she received from her Maje hands tile tho order of the star of india in recognition ot of her brilliant efforts in that count rys behalf during tile trying months of the terrible famine that demolat d that land the queen gi ving a s and audience len ce at W windsor I 1 lid to bestow this honor bonor upon her |
