| Show GETS RE REVENGE ENGE BY GIVING PALACE How a Duke Turned The Tables on County Council FAMILY AN HEIRESS ABSORBER Jumbo Owns Moro luro Than Any Ammy 11 Oilier h Subject n a JI ICI i t Wife life Special ONDON Fob Feb 7 Moat lost people LONDON L a lot of at satisfaction In getting square with folk who vho hao mare In JUI ell them but only oat an enor enormously vv man could hav hare hlo e afforded to turn the tho tablet tables on tho the county count coun council council cil elI of ot Staffordshire as lS the Duke of oe Sutherland has hus done He Ito en enJO enJoys JO Joys B the double gratification of or put putting ting log Its members In Iii I n a a hole halo und and at the tho same saline time line heaping hea coals of at tire fire on their heads mends Sonic Some months ago It may mil bo be remembered remembered tho the duke publicly announced that mat owing to the tho polluted condition oC of tho tine river Trent which flows flow past patt Hall Hull his magnificent Stat Staf Staffordshire seat eat had hall pm pru It an on unsafe und and unsanitary for tor himself emil and hU lit hl family faintly and amid therefore therdore ho had hai decided to close aloes It up lip Thin Iho condition oon of ot tho the river Is la duo due duoto du duto to tho the use UBO mAdo of ot It by the tine potteries which arc oro centered at The Tho had hod appealed In aln aImi to th the t Staffordshire county council to adopt measures that bitt would abate tho the little nuis nuisance alice ance That body would do itt nothing It U dill did not propose to In Interfere with an nn Industry which pro lo many poor people with a R Just to tn make things mora for fr or a it duke and his hilt molly amity alii II If It he lie could not put lut up U with the stench and anti run th the risk of or typhoid as folk had to why he ho could go and live else So a the tine duke turned out the thu county count council triumphed and amid the tho Trent Treat continued to How Its polluted course CAnt CAfE UI UP HIS Hr l YI Hut But tho ho duke dimion had a II card Caril up III his sleeve nail ho hits hus Just plated It He lIe has ban h hI hasI I presented Trentham Hall hail to the tha county for tor the tho purpose 3 of I there tl a n for tot higher education The Tho sift gift Is I a nt princely prince one OM It cost IO KM oy 11 to build It miny years ear ars ago and 1111 at nt present prices price It would cost COlt consider considerably considerably ably over n a million dollars to duplicate It Standing In the midst of ot a II spacious park and aint BUI surrounded rounded by b beautiful gardens conservatories It II U is one ona at tnt the tine fill t show h HV palaces palace In the tho king kingdom I login dom Of courso the county council reject such ft a 1 dona donn donation tion It If It U dill did It would cause no end of ut a turn howl I Metaphorically sp speakIng It Il will have to go EO on nit its tI knees and lium I bij lii bl thank thi thu duk for tur It And after I that It wilt will loire have to take proper U Itch tepi t tn to t ci ura the of th tins Tr i t In fore the ulleN ran con bs bl Mt set a g in I Ill f fur for In these thesa da days at atI I r the tine most humble of or students student eluH not be to III th their lr In A II ilace that had hat been boen pro Iro i a 11 ui f p l U fe for foil in a duke duko to live lIe In Iii viiI that li is when th the dukes v w I ill UI U I come Celtic III In InNO NO 10 NI It li is i to estImate the tha of or It a Rift gilt by hy what It costs the tic to part with It II Unit Hut It Is h a it II fact tact that thal tins the luke duke makes no rio grout groat sacrifice In i t with Hall halt Ha lIe Hella lui hiam lla several other oilier residences three of ot lit nt house Houie In itt castle In Scotland und In king might count fortunate in owning The rime duke has ban moro more land than any other of ot the kings Icings subjects subJect HU lii III estates et tet exceed In area that of o any county In England except Yorkshire Lincolnshire and Devonshire lie owns onn one of or Scotland 1170 In acres nere to bo be as exact eX ct as Doomsday D book wok besides or 3 1 1 F i In nn and l From hla hie ont neat In 11 Sutherland ho lio can wall willi DO 60 miles In Inn n R 1 Una 1106 without stopping oft ott his hiM own property Hut But lio ho generally pr pre fern using hh his hi own private railway mad and nil enjoys ng as lIS his hla own engine dri driver driVer ver er WilEN SnAIl SHAH WAS WAR The Tle Inte l Shah of lIt Per wan wall once j staying nt Hall 1 on his hie hl oriental Use till wealth and 1 power of tho the owner made mailo a profound im lm rc King Edward rd 1111 then than of Wales Salaa WON wan of oC the company and the lire shah having listened Il d s to 10 this the story Of the tho dukes duko PO nuked the tho If It when lid M to th the throne thione ho would the powerful pow powerful erful man under r whose who e roof they were staying ridding that thai was van the way WilY they the dealt dellit with noblemen In his hiM coun country country try 11 who when they accumulated too much property Thore Thero are arc v en t ninny many other nobles In to the land replied tho prince that I t should Im bo III afraid to Ur attempt to get tot rid rill of ot any auty of o them In that way WilY Whereupon the tho shah Ms life conviction that things were lJ l t ier managed In III Persia Per fn than In Ing ling Ingland land IlIn 1 OK Ol Wh Ili ducal famine owa oe their rise to trio oric cane tome come to another A royal descent albeit without u a I has hat beon In III tavern cases case ca the source of oC grant and honor In others n 1 caro career r of ful Cui In others lignin again achievements on thu tho battlefield and In n one on Oll s ut at least I ast the old 01 l ol of ofu u city apprentice in love with Ills Ile hl mae mas masters tees daughter Hut But the swift and Ilan advance of oC the trout from the of or Yorkshire u a century unit and n II naif ago alN to their present proud may maj bo be attributed practical practically to one cause cimo moue alone and that is Ic the unfailing fortune fortuM which ha hoe followed them In the choice of Dr LIke the Tr nth un family In 1 1 they alive had for tur I generations an nn unrivalled fur tUI assimilating and today a f dukedom five tho baronies tour four tire tics earldoms n mar land almost almot beyond b wealth ba be beyond yond yonel the dreams of o and palaces torah torel with priceless s treasures lire are III the thO agreeable results DUKE DUJ n HATES AmS AiltS Tho arid and fluke duke Is In not n a bit hike Ilka the I Io of o a rich aristocrat ha gives no airs and Ind hates being fussed fumed over oer H II J hat has no for or ceremonial and Is la all 1111 allhut allbut hut but unknown In high court circles Sport country countr lit and tho tha duties of n a great landlord guinea for hue his happiness and ami hla his occupation Ho lie loves lovoi In tho thu homely Scots Scot phrase to dwelt dwell among Ms his Bin oln folk talk caring nothing for Cor society and Its 11 For n a time before ha ho i succeeded to the tile title he be occupied J a 0 areal i seat real ell In the tho of oC commons There he ho brought In n crofters bill of at fa so radi rnell radical cal a u art aA to astound friends and they marvelled how he would net act when hon he lie time came amI Into pos i ilon of ot till family So Ho well has hru hn he be redeemed hi hla hie pla Ing great Ireat of at atland land nt lit the of oC his hll tenants that ho u Is DIM one if C the most moot IIO t popular land lam landlords lords lorde In Scotland CUTS SMALL S IAtt Tor 1 Jr all that he cute cut a n small email figure In lit public estimation beside his hili much mon mars brilliant brilliant wife lie Hla KUl nod th mele t hy by y marrying beauty and broad brond scree They late by hy that gin ti Mist pos poa t that the tl c present head h ud of the tha th futility family felt Cel free to vary that practise l a abit abit bit He lie beauty und nod brain brains brainAnd And AntI although It huts him resulted In hh hue bo boIns b bInK boIng Ins InK generally known merely n nit III the tho hue hus hu bund band of oC the tho duchess ho he has never hud had mum cause to t his hl choice Ho tin owed oed hla Introduction to Ludy 91 St StClair t Clair realm fr to the superstitious dread people havo of o Hitting do down n to dinner 13 at lit table To break k thi tM evil spell he she hevan was wall brought on ono non occasion from Cram the schoolroom to the t where her originality vivacity and striking N good Bood 1 DO eo o captivated tho the shy al moat mo t bachelor of an lie he then vas that he de Ie determined to win her for Car the his bride brille They were vere ere married on her seventeenth birth birthday birthday day Thu rho ri u romance of or love at nt first t sight eight has hils had harl the ry ending of C hap hall happy happy py p ever eer after 1 Ills HIS IN IX LETTERS The literary achievements of ot tin the duchess are aro well known Though her play piny The Conqueror which was pro produced produced produced last year nr wall ns a It was wai wasa a n failure big bli bl with promise of ot success RUcce later on Prom From some remote ancestor oho tins has Inherited n love lovo for Cor wandering A All As site ho herself heretIC confesses It Il IH In her blood Her lIeI first essay nt bookmaking How Ito I My Year showed very plainly how alluring for Cor her were eera fresh fields rind pastures pastured new rind and even een today she would rather dwelt dwell In some somo draughty shanty In California Californian n tent lent pitched on tho the banks of the tho Nile or n a log loll cabin In Norn Norway ay than In tin any 1111 of ot her own awn sumptuous palaces pained Though ns lie fur for as nR pedigrees cro en Kh the blood of ot 30 gener t tI t nf nt In her veins she Rhe might claim to bo be aristocrat of or art s tho the most mORl democratic duchess ditches In the th kingdom When she Rhe found that her own oln boys were learning nt st t the swell school which they attended she sho sent ent them Hum fo Co fon Con foi foin n term to n parish school which elm ehn had founded In Sutherland for peasant children that the young joung ne temen emen might pet get et thin snobbishness kni ked out of them and discover for tor themselves them that lads of nC humble birth were really bet better better ter educated than No worn wont nn In has lins lone done on more mor to the crof crofter 10 ter When Chen she ulio went to tl Bus BusI I n few tell years ago RICO with the Duchess of oC she he rocked packed her lIer trunk with sample of t and turned turn 1 herself Into n R commercial travel traveller ler for the gooi Ira I of or the cause caus Both In Io o and St burc she nhe hn out her tier wares In n a 1 big hilt room and Invited ed oil th the tailors to drop In anti examine them DONT S SIt I It U IB le because nho sho shares her husbands strong aversion to social functions that she so seldom Stafford Itou nOU house e I which his has often been described us nil tho finest palace In London tome Some Idea Iden of oC the effect which Its Ita magnificence pro produces produces duces daces on visitors vl may mn be Inferred from from the fact the impress l of or French at ut the tho height of ot her power lOwer took such a n fancy to tn It that she he h wished to erect for Cor herself In Paris larl om ona on similar On one occasion when Queen Victoria attended n a recep reception tion at ll Stafford house o he she remarked to the th Duchess Duchen of Sutherland of or that day dayI I have come from my house muck Buck Buckingham ingham Palace to your palace No 00 ono one can enn accuse the duchess of ot be being beIng ing penurious but that does rot prevent London Landon society from loudly she ho does tau not do morn more entertain entertaining log ing at Stafford House She Bhe Bh throws throw It open freely Cree for far charitable purposes but hut she declines to waste her time and money feasting a 11 lot of ot frivolous folk Calk for tor whom she cores cares nothing She Bh finds tho the society I of the Sutherland crofters far nr more Interesting ELLIS EhLIS ELLSEN ELLSE |
