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Show SUGGESTED AS VICE-REINE When the first Irish parliament since the dawning of the nineteenth century assembled in the "Old House at College Green," Dublin, where the eloquence of Grattan and Flood stirred the Europe of their time, an American woman may stand at the throne, listening listen-ing to her titled husband reading the king's speech inaugurating home rule in Ireland. This great day, so soon to come, is the talk of town and country in the British isles. The question that has rocked the politics of the three kingdoms to the foundations of political life has ceased to be political. Its social side is what now appeals most rapturously to volatile vola-tile Ireland and gay, dashing, fun loving lov-ing Dublin. Two wjomen are most prominently spoken of as the likeliest to lead the new regime as vice-reine of Ireland. The first is Consuela, duchess of Marlborough, Marl-borough, the self separated mistress of Blenheim palace, which the English people gave to "Ian" Churchill for his victories in protection of the "low countries." coun-tries." The duchess would make a most dignified, queenly hostess. Only one circumstance seems to bar the way between her and the dream which she has cherished when the Marlborough marriage was made her domestic estrangement. es-trangement. This, however, appears to be drawing to a welcome close. Queen Mary has expressed her desire that the duke and duchess should forgive, forget, and begin all over again. And it is hinted that if the proud Consuela consents to be pacified, the vice regal coronet will grace her brow. |