| Show Influence of or American Wire Wife I Reforms e orrs Him HimI The Tho I Earl Larl of or Essex s Entrance Ent to b tho tha London County Count Council Accepted ns as Evidence 1 Of OP Ills Intention to Abandon ft a l Career of oP Private Exhava Extravagance gance anco Poi for Ono One of oP Public Usefulness ww M M j iw t w W X t X J l I 5 1 t 1 J 1 X r j 1 t ti t 1 1 0 1 I 1 i r I 1 1 y 1 i it V v v a I i V f I V v v v v v X t I Ir X Xv v r r t v i i v I t i ir 1 v v r 1 d r rv V 1 il v I t tt I I t I I i ii I 1 V r I ITHE i THE EARL OF ESSEX TilE THE COUNTESS OF ESSEX y f After Outing Oetting Into Financial Straits Through The Beautiful American Peers s Who ho lies Han Started t Ills 1118 He lie Hns lias Turned Over A New Leaf LeaC Her Iier Husband On a n Career of ot Political Usefulness r A t I Special Correspondence I ONDON Jan a I United LONDON States senator should hi seek leek elec election L tion tl o n to t a It a t board of ot icemen aldermen al In any American city It would 1 he be thought that he had fallen Call n low In the political world Hut Dut such matters ma are Judged judge l by b a n different standard here hure When Whon u n peer seeks election to the London coun coon county count ty t council the central governing body of ot this metropolis It Is regarded ns nH ev cV evidence Il of ot a I commendable desire on his part to play piny a 11 useful role In public life lite As Ao hereditary the occupants occupants pants of ot the time upper house are not held hel helIn In high esteem The Die newspapers pity pay pa little Attention to their thrill speeches Their chief function Is in to keep the time commons from going too fist fast but bul they have to lo be careful that they do not clap clop the limo brakes on too hard or public opinion opinIon ion lon would compel the tho extinction of or their legislative powers No less nn an authority than Loul d Rosc Itose bery her who was chairman of oC the time first iret London county cOlin h council declared that n a member of ot that democratic body halt had far tar greater grenter opportunities of or rendering good goal service to the tho community than a n aIn member In of ot the house home hou e of ot lords There Therefore Therefore fore tore when the flight Honorable Deveroux Devereux de te Vero Vere Capell Karl I of oC Ks Es I Essex s sex announced his Intention of or running for tor tho the London county council ns as n A representative of ot the of oC Mary Mury Marylebone 1111 It was regarded us es proof of oC his lordships desire to accomplish something that should bo be accounted na as asgood good works In a I life lite which heretofore lins been more conspicuous for tor private extravagance than for tor public service lie Fo o hit his friends warmly congratulated him hint on his election MISS GRANT There Thero Is no 0 doubt that this salutary change In Lord Unsex I sex loom haa been heen brought bought t about by L the Influence of ot Ida his wife who lia wits was formerly Miss 1111 Adell Adela Grant tine tho daughter of or Beach Grant of oC New York It U In is said that the title of ot Countess of or Essex 1 has hns boon been borne borno Invariably by a beautiful woman a n statement that thal Is abundantly substantiated by bythe bythe I the e ancient family n o that adorn m al o o rn the halls balls of ot tho the family to II seat nt mat Casslo I bury In But Hut time tho I American Lady 1011 K 1 will compare favorably twombly with Ith any of her predecessors I among the tho chatelaines of oC the noble I house At the tho of ot King Kd lid ward Wand she ho attracted great groit Irro t attention n none as II one of ot the handsomest handsom women In time tho stately throng that thal filled Westminster Abbey Thin The b beauty auty of ot her hel classic lc tea fea features lures tures Is l enhanced by what lists hns been heln happily described ns as a II magnolia tint tinted tinted ed N complexion She Eiho has tits soft eyes re dark hair a n tall lall figure and amid a n singularly graceful carriage Ime stands at nI the r head of ot that thU aristocratic group which why wr s playfully christened by b the Lovely Iove Five the other four Cour bo be boIng baI I Ing I g L Lidy m Warwick 1 at s Lady auly Ild Lytton Lady Westmoreland e t and the tho Duchess I of ot Sutherland h ll Lt cannot be salt said with smith entire truth of ot Ludy Essex I that her hc face uee Is her for fortune fortune tune tulle but as Kho she once oneo declared with characteristic do t 1 mil aum not nol nn nu American heiress It molly may bo be ns nil assumed that she slie mild did not bring her hu l nul that Hint Inexhaustible dowry of ot dollars which In la popularly supposed to bo be the pi price Ice transatlantic brides In Invariably invariably variably pay for Cor J titles tilles lint Hut HutIn Buti lintIn i In addition to 10 beauty which more than satisfied the demands of ot the family Aurally tradition of oC his house home she brought him hint brains energy and enterprise ESSEX I DOWN TO HAUD PAN The Thu Essex I ex peerage e Is not In these days n conspicuously wealthy one The earl wirl Inherited Inh only acres and tastes which demanded more money muney to gratify than his hIli rent roll furnished As n soling man noun the tho finishing touches to hl hili ii education seem obtained In that swelled of oC nil mill regiments the Guards whose rs are more moro distinguished for tOI going the pace than for devotion to those studies which Is I In this age of ot v warfare are essential to success suc success cess celis In the profession slon of oC arms The lessons learned In that costly school ho he hohas hohas has not ceased paying for Cor yet Of Ot late into years cars there have been heen ninny many evidences that his hla II I condition hens fast approaching until hard pan coupled with rumors tensors Unit that the counter writs sorely grieved nt his hla failure allure to put n curb on hits his extravagance and settle down to taking Inking life lICe seriously Only n few Cew months ngo ago It was wall recorded Unit that he had sold sliM the tho richest of or the three church livings to which ho he has tho the right of oC appointing an nn Incumbent And now nos because of his hlA need of ot ready cash emish It Is la reported that thit ho Ito Inn has taken Inken steps In to Indispose dispose of ot his Imis Irish property properly to his hl tenantry Meanwhile Lady Essex Enex has been heep setting set hII him him nil III example of ot t activity 11 which hiis hils led mummy many to think that she sho Is 11 by long odds his better halt half Some time ago aKo she established n a 1 amodel model laundry In iii one ono of oC sub lub suburb orbs urb It run on business h lines but It was relieved from ram the charge of ot be he beIng heIng Ing fag a purely moneymaking speculation by the Ih fact that tha t It was WIS preceded by a II personal Investigation of ot sanitary conditions In London laun laundries dries witch which was largely Instrumental In In inducing London county council connell to adopt oltoN treasures measures for Cor their reformation In other ather directions she ehe has shown keen practical Interest In time the condition of ot I tolling lolling legions And the ex ox experience she ehe inns ban gained should prove of or great value to 10 her hel husband In III dealing with the problems that will conic come before boColo him hint ns mis a member of oC the tho county council In view low of ot time the promise he hue now no gives of ot turning over oyer a n new UtI leaf le f and devoting himself to In a II i a career en reel of usefulness his mIs friends nu pre I agreed that It Is n a good thing that Ihal his wife VICe dish did not bring him hini the dowry dor of oC n a daughter With plenty of ot money to In spend he ho would have havo escaped 1 time the wholesome check Imposed by the need of ot HAUL I WON 0 It U was generally expected Unit dint time the IheI Karl Earl I IIII of ht Essex EI I would have hae u n walk over oer with the tho Marylebone for forthe forthe the borough hat has ha shown hown Itself HuM peculiarly partial to aristocratic candidates one ono of oC Us Its districts beIng represented 1011 seated on an thin tho county by hy Ludlow Hut a n few days 1111 before beCore the Ih date da te assigned for Cor the polling lolling another candidate appealed In ha the tho of oC T I Wheeler Wh ller the tho proprietor of ot n n I small coffee cof lOt coffee fee house could hardly hurdly lie ire a II bet bot better better ter vindication of ot r claim to tobe tobe tobe be n a democratic than th the spectacle of ot a 1 belled bell ell earl competing for tor votes with the time humble purveyor of o ch cheap refreshments re refreshments II 11 The Tho nobleman won by h a Il large majority largely due to 10 the tho tact fact his opponent wan hens so tardy In III en entering the Vets against him Yet n II as the time earls capacity for work Ms his never neer been put to 10 the test lest It Is IH IHan nn an mm open question whether the coffee man would not 1101 hive have proved 1 tile the mimic useful member Despite hits his lowly I calling he be is III s n a man of oC parts and amI public spilt lie He IB le a n member of or the time bono Pono borough council lion has been bean three times dames elected a n guardian of oC the noor minor on one occasion lon defeating Sh Hh Edwin And nd for tor these he lie gets no pay nothing beyond tho time satis satisfaction satisfaction faction they the effort to laudable civic pride PEERS AND The constitution of ot tho the London coun COlin county county ty t council emoted It is democratic enough eUIth to 10 meet the th approval of ot the most ardent so socialists 0 Peers and amid plowing ns meet there tholf thereon on equal ground timid and the former Connor get no nn favors on oft account of or their natle ale ie The rime present haltman I s Lord Tord but the most Influential members are John Jahn Hums Burns who vIm boasts Unit that h never wore wort an tin over oser coat COlt and Will 1111 Crooks the mayor of or Poplar who smite lives In lu a II small workmans cottage and II eHred at rat n t time the gorgeous banquet of oC tho the lord mayor In every everyday diy day store clothes Tin The Hail I 1 of ot Joins Johns the time council an liS a I member of ot what H Is termed terme the tha Moderate In orale and at present plent tho thu minority tatty t It Is IB supposed In to stand shut for to I economy ns us opposed l to the policy Polley of ot time the dominant I w party part which goen goell In ht wholesale for municipal Improvement and amid III III It suet must be he ae know lodged groll somewhat t w of ot cost Time The our eu I having learned the tho of economy In tho time school of or c n should be he well qualified 1 1 m mN II to 10 assist colleagues on the council In III keeping ke a n tight light grin on the tho public puree urle strings Anyhow Anho ho will mid 1111 to acquire greater dh then than ho Is likely to 10 derive from un the Invention of oC a n satiation of ut croquet known as Oil thus IhuK far III constitutes his bile sole ol claim to toCa tame Ca me Lady h Ensex by the Ill way hiss hAt recently a convert to that form of oC diet Is la amid 1 to In be he peculiarly to 10 the preservation of ot a n nm m agnolia cEni cEn complexion i xIA 61 v Y |
