Show 0 A CH I 1 T AN AM AM EARN chal miss fliss sadie P mcdonalds Mc Donalds I 1 good luck IN IK AUSTRALIA soubrette mabes a decided ihashi gift of di dS CHICAGO CuicA GD dec dc 2 special melbourne australia 3 advisees advices to hunts international news bureau announce the engagement enga gernen tf of same mcdonald the well known merican american A soubrette and who is Bt star arrine the provinces with boyts A trip to chinatown to the E arl of shaftesbury who is on a visit to that portion of his sovereigns Sova rei auls dox do minions inions in the advices advises add that tho the earl is accompanying the theatrical on its tow tour and that he be has haa already presented the soubrette with diamond ornaments of an aga aggregate regate value of ten thousand pounds or fifty thousand dollars naw boux youx dec 2 special the reported engagement of sadie mcdonald mcdanald to the earl of shaftesbury has hai set the tongues of the frequenters of the 1 aalto war wagging ging at a lively rate al but bat twenty three years of age the fortunate fonerette Fon brette has haa a good a aa in the profession and has made a nime name for herself in farce comedy and buries jub iafe rhe he is petite decidedly pleasing of appearance and full of and effervescence effervesce nse there wag waa a time and that not so long azo when her manifestation of latter characteristics ica and her lo 10 love ve for more ardent a gave her friends cause to fear that she was wag going at too rapid a pace but ll it is understood that for a year or more she has haa kept her self under restraint if the story etora of her engagement is true ab she e will receive congratulation from a host of friends in and out of the protes profession sion in the principal amusement centers of this country the shaftesbury earldom was created in 1672 and is con Beque nty one of the oldest as it is one of the tha most wealthy and aad influential in the ranks of the english peerage them the present ear bar lord anthony was born barn on september 1 1859 1869 and has haa consequently just passed his twenty seventh birthday his father lord ashley anthony died a few years ago just juet before reaching his sixtieth birthday while his mother who was the only daughter of the third marquess marquees of Done donegal gall is ie still living although his father gained reputation as a legislator when nel ne satin at in the house ol of commons as member for hull and later for cricklade klade before his accession to the title it was his grandfather who gave to the house ot of shaftesbury a fame taht will endure for generations during daring the second half of his life he died some ten years aso ao on the eye of his ninetieth birthday he was regarded as one of the most devout and public spirited men in a religious way in the united kingdom although an episcopalian and the pres dent of a half dozen national societies a lied with the Esta established blishel church he was nevertheless a warm friend an and supporter of all denominations and movements founded upon a christian basis he created and befriended or of newsboys of bootblacks boot blacks and of cabdrivers cab drivers presided at their meetings and contributed liberally from his enormous means toward their support and maintenance night after nightie night he was to tobe be found on the platform of exeter hall and other public I 1 c places in advocacy of humanitarian and philanthropic movements and in the interest of the gaspal he did not even hesitate to invade the slums of and Spite fields he was rever ed by atheists ath ests and believers alike and such pronounced iconoclasts as the late charles bradlaugh were wont to pic tuie him as an example of a peer who was trying to leave the world a little better than he found it and his work for humanity as an illustration of the manner in which tie tae nobility were it so inclined could get close to the hearts of the people |