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Show I i Lady Cholmondeley Finds That Beauty Is Indeed '' i'ipN "Only Skin Deep" and She 'jmSkh, Divorces Her Noble Husband9 V I . ' : " i4dora8 ., ' v , ... " e ! Lord George Cholmondeley, "The Hand- r'iU., somest Man in Great Britain." v y Ijlp, , London, April 24. I' T-xEAUTY Is only skin deep and this i r la nolds truc for handsome men as f JL- welj asfor handsome women. j : The pretty American girl, Clara Eliza- !l j beth Taylor, who married Lord George Cholmondeley, reputed to be England's ' handsomest nobleman, has found, after a j short experience of married life, that his attractive qualities were entirely on the i surface, and that beneath that he was a Hi most undesirable husband. J ! Lady Cholmondeley has taken the pre- lb liminary steps for obtaining a divorce. : While it Is expected that she will offer the ji customary evidence required for a com- , plete divorce in England, she has ex- i jj plained tO'friends that she has many other U causes of complaint. To put it brleuy, Lord George Cholmon- II deley waB too handsome to work and too I handsome to live with. Although ho comes from one of the most distinguished j families in England he had very little y money, and some ordinary work was quite necessary to support himself and his wife I properly. His family name, by the wajr, is pronounced "Chumley," as everybody is supposed to know. Lord George, being not only a nobleman of distinguished family, but a man of ex-j ex-j ceptional beauty, had been accustomed all his life to the admiration of women, as a good many young men of the upper classes j are in England. He went into the army , and did his part creditably during Hie war, but when that was over he reverted to his old habits of sitting in the drawing-room i and receiving cups of tea, cake, cigarettes, j flattery and other things from his female i admirers, f Being beautiful was occupation enough ! for Lord George and he had no time for the many other things which an American : wife expects of her husband. Ij When the war came to an end Lord and i Lady George Cholmondeley were supposed I to take up the new regime of work, for I peer and pauper alike, that has been estab- lished in England. The old idea that a I man of title and ancient family should not I enter trade or do any work except in some I dignified profession, -has been definitely abandoned. I Everybody, no matter how grand his I title, is trying to do some work, and if he I cannot obtain a job guiding the destinies J of the nation he does something quite as j necessary, such as selling groceries or I clothing. I The handsome Lord George Cholmonde- I ley nobly declared himself ready to work, I like all the others of his class, in order to I support his little wife and keep Britain I on the map. His wife said that she, too, I would do her share in supporting the fam- 1 lly, and right bravely did she keep her I word; but that is another story. Lord George talked at great length of what he was going to do. Ho admired himself for all the great things he contemplated con-templated doing, the sacrifices he was about to endure, and his fair relatives and friends Joined In admiring him. Yes, he would be an automobile salesman. sales-man. His experience with many pleasant social excursions peculiarly fitted him for this profitable form of labor. His superb presence and engaging manners, would be ct the greatest assistance in soiling expensive ex-pensive cars. Most particularly would" he be. successful in selling cars to the fair sex. So he thought and so did his women vfriends. "Why, I shall make a little fortune in no time," said his lordship cheerily. After a leisurely period of preparation Lord George did, indeed, try the car busi-; busi-; ness. He took some prospective custo mers out for spins, and some of them were very long spins and very pleasant ones, but ho sold very few cars. His wife de-; de-; clared that he was an absolute failure as : a mainstay of the home, He tried the stage and showed himself equally averse to hard work. Her attitude toward their problem had been very different. From the first moment mo-ment the necessity of doing something had been discussed she had plunged valiantly val-iantly into real work. She had been an. actress earlier in lifo and " she " immediately . determined to return to the stage in spite of the fact that Lord George had painted rosy pictures pict-ures of the life of luxury lux-ury she would enjoy as a member of the British Brit-ish nobility, ruling over one of the stately homes of England and receiving the respectful respect-ful homage of an admiring ad-miring tenantry. With characteristic . American energy she went to work nnd found a most promising promis-ing opportunity. Sir - ' "': .' , t K I Alfred Butt, the well-known ungiisn manager, mana-ger, was then opening a big new establishment establish-ment in Paris the Palace Theatre al which the talent was to be drawn from various nations. Lady George obtained an engagement' for the initial production at this theatre. A very embarrassing and annoying situation sit-uation revealed itself to Lady'George in the course of the rehearsals. She found that the noted Parisian favorite, Mile. Regine Plory, had planned things so as to dominate, or "hog," as the vulgar would express it, the whole show. The performance was a peculiar skit upon ancient mythology, called "Hercules at the Feet of Ompbale." in which the affairs of the ancient, gods and goddesses were mixed up with modern Parisian jests. Mile. Flory's antics fairly took away the breath of the most sophisticated Parisians. Her. fellow artist", Hercules, picked her up and whirled her al)out with remarkable freedom, and the spectators had abundant . opportunity to appreciate the statuesque beauty of Mile. Flory. One result of the French, actress's tactics tac-tics was to leave Lady George Cholmonde-. Cholmonde-. ley and the "other stars "without an entrance," en-trance," as it is called In stage parlance. Now an actress may be on the stage most of the evening, but if she comes In "without an entrance," without something that rivets the eye of the public, she might as well not be there. Lady Cholmondeley's part had already been slashed cruelly and there was little left in it merely standing about on the stage; no lines, no "entrance." She came in with the others and went out with the others. She was never in the centre of the stage. Lady Cholmondeley's longest time on the stage was in the scenes which picture and review the vanity and coquetry of the women of the olden times in the placing of the "grain de beaute," or beauty spot One after another the women appeared on the scene with beauty spots on the cheek, on the neck, on the shoulder, on the back, on the knee, each special spot displayed mosf, conspicuously by a very French arrangement ar-rangement of openings in the costumes as the location required. But wait' Was there perhaps a chance here to do something odd, daring something different differ-ent from the others in this scene? Lady Cholmondeley would show the star. Mile. Flory, that she could not be crowded out of just recognition. If she had no "entrance" "en-trance" and no lines, yet' she would hold the eye of the audience In spite of Mile. Flory.- A beauty spot? Yes, Lady Cholmondeley Cholmonde-ley had one. It was not on her nose, nor her cheek, nor her arm. And on the opening night In the beauty spot scene Lady Cholmondeley proved to be the hit of the piece when she appeared In a wonderful gown, open at one side, displaying dis-playing a most artistic 'beauty spot on her hip. The beauty spots of the others were artificial, being made with black court-plaster; court-plaster; that of Lady Cholmondeley was real! As she entered all her family's friends In the boxes applauded warmly, and, cori-siderlng cori-siderlng the scarcity of her costume, her ladyship must have appreciated the warmth of the applause. In the 'boxes were Mr. Balfour, Lord Derby, Baron Rothschild and Lord Pembroke." And in the adjoining box was no less a personage than President Wilson. - All eyets turned from Mile. Flory, the star, to Lady Cholmondeley and her beauty spot. In her quiet, effective ef-fective way Lady Cholmondeley had triumphed over tho sensational antics, of Mile. Flory. From that time it was widely recognized recog-nized that she had von a certain position posi-tion for herself on the stage. She repeated re-peated her Parisian Paris-ian success elsewhere. else-where. It was quite otherwise with Lord Georgo. Every kind of work he attempted tired him, and finally ho tired his wife. "He was a wonderfully won-derfully handsome and fascinating man," said Lady George, Kbut he wa's never made for work. As a lover he, was perfectly per-fectly irresistible and no woman could help marrying marry-ing him. As an Adonis fae was beyond be-yond criticism, but as a husband he '-is! "An oh! how odious his good looks grew to be! Before he deserted me I simply longed to see the face of a go.od, plain, 'homely man." A curious circumstanoe has come to light In connection with the divorce, which is that Lord George .Oholmondeley may profit financially by it. Under the will of the very wealthy and eccentric Lady Meux, wb,o presumably appreciated his beauty, he was left an annuity of $15,000 a year on condition that he should marry "a lady of society" not an actress. She had been a popular variety stage star before she married the enormously rich brewer. Sir Henry Meux, and knew all about the likelihood of young noblemen marrying actresseB and the troubles arising therefrom. there-from. It was supposed that Lord George had permanently forfeited his annuity when he married Clara Taylor, but now it is stated that after his divorce he expects to be able to claim the legacy. Lord George is the second son of the Marquis of Cholmondeley. head of one of the most ancient families in England. The Marquis is not especially wealthy and Lord George, as a younger sen, never had more than a small income. The Marquis's most ancient title mj that of Baron Cholmondeley, created In 1GS2; uiuiuai. ciiuciuy i lu. p u i l it 11 i family estate is Houghton Hall, in Norfolk. The Marquis of Cholmondeley has been prominent at court and holds the dignified office of "Joint Hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain of England." This Important Import-ant office involves no work, all the labors once associated with it being performed bv the "Lord Chamberlain," who is a political po-litical officeholder. The Lonl Great Chamberlain Cham-berlain merely stands about in a splendid uniform at certain state ceremonies. As a result of an ancient family dispute the office of Hereditary Lord Great Chamberlain Chamber-lain is exercised in rotation by the Marquises Mar-quises of Cholmondeley and the Earls of Ancaster. The present Marquis of Cholmondeley has long been held in high esteem by the roval family for'special reasons. His seat in Norfolk, Houghton Hall, is in close proximity prox-imity to Snndringham, which has been the " ravorito homo of the royal family since King Edward's marriage. In King ' Edward's time the notorious financial promoter, pro-moter, Terah Hooley, offered the Marquis a stupendous price for Houghton Hall. Although Al-though he was far from rich and not unwilling un-willing to sell or lease his place to a suitable suit-able person, he declined the promoter's offer. King Edward expressed the greatest great-est appreciation of the Marquis's loyal and delicate sentiments. Afterward the Marquis leased Houghton -I ' - j " The Heavy War Taxes and Losses Led Lady Cholmondeley Cholmon-deley to the Stage and Rivalry Rival-ry Sprang Up Between Her Ladyship and the Star of the Piece, Mile. Regine Flory. Mile. Flory Planned the Startling Entrance Shown Herewith on the Shoulder of Her Dancing Partner. But Lady Cholmondeley Outrivaled Out-rivaled the Star by Her Entrance in the Costume Above with a Heart-Shaped "Beauty Spot" on Her Hip. mi wwnwamawBtamq but centuries netoro that tho family was noted for Its achievements in English history. his-tory. The original seat of the family fam-ily Is Cholmondeley Castle, near Malpas, in Cheshire. An n i nn i 1 1 i . f ' OUBMOBV- - liilllllHII Hall to Colonel Ralph Vivian, who married a wealthy American woman. That lease expired and quite recently it has been occupied oc-cupied by the Marquis's oldest son, tho Earl of Rocksavage. who married Miss Sybil Sassoon, daughter of Sir Edward Sassoon, of the enormously wealthy Hindu banking family, who rival the Rothschilds In the financial community. Lord Rocksavage is a noted polo player, and in that capacity has visited the United States several times. He and his beautiful wife are very prominent in English Eng-lish society. The Sassoons wore held In high favor by King Edward and the present pres-ent royal family are delighted to have Lord and Lady Rocksavage as neighbors. As this couple has no children Lord George is their heir. It Is not known that the King and Queen looked with any particular approval appro-val on Lord George Oholmondoley's marriage mar-riage to his American wife. Owing to her previous divorce, the episode of the beauty spot and her various appearances on the stage, it is suggested that sho Is not exactly tho sort of addition Queen Mary would have welcomed to the Sand-rlngham Sand-rlngham circle. It Is thought that this circumstanco may have added somewhat to the unhappiness that has led Lady ' George to seek a divorce. Lady George Cholmondeley wns originally origin-ally Clara Elizabeth Taylor, and was brought up In Omaha and Washington. As a young girl she made rapid success In "The Wild Rose" and other plays. She then went over to England and vepeatfcd her successes there. Soon after her arrival she won the heart and hand of Captain John Alexander Stirling, Stirl-ing, Laird of Kippendalre, an officer of the Scots Guards and a wealthy Scottish land- ' owner. Her married life was passed i among a very lively set of young noble- I men, actresses and bohemian members of o society. r g Caption Stirling brought a suit for di- i vorce against his American wife, naming f Lord Northland1, son and heir of the Earl of Rnnfurly, as co-respondent. Mrs. Stirl- , ing, in return, complained of her husband's intimacy with the beautiful Mrs. Atherton, 1 who left a trail of ruin and trouble behind her in English society for many years. , HH She finally married Captain Arthur Elliott, co-heir of "The Better "Ole," and recently blew out her brains because her beauty was fading. IH The court gave Captain Stirling his di- w vorce, but did not sustain his wife's com- rv plaint about his relations with Mrs Ather- " Ifil ton. In his judgment, the presiding judgo fH delivered a stern denunciation of the life " ll of pleasure and dissipation, with its race- ll course parties and boating parties, led by fll the various yoiutg men and women con- Il cerned. IH Mrs. Stirling made a very spirited re- ll joinder, outside the courtroom, to the judg- IH ment, in which sho said the judges had ll not shown a vestige of impartiality and had decided the case against her on two I letters which were susceptible of twn meanings. - jH Society expected that Lord Northland would make Mrs. Stirling his wife, but ho omitted to do so, and soon afterward mar-ried mar-ried a young woman of large wealth Mrs. Stirling continued to.bo surrounded by a large circle of admirers and friends Among thorn was the fatally gifted Lnni ' George Cholmondeley, who wo0ed hS I until she consented to become lils bride. (C) 1020. International Feature Service, Inc. Gre3t Britain RIchts Heierred. H |