The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-06-23
: CAY GirlNA GLADYS.
A Scandal Concerning the biggest and Pr
test Of Hrltfsli f{elles:


ing and sending an indescribably filthy and
ibelous letter to the Earl of Lonsdale con-
corning the countess-a letter SO filthy that
it could not be read in court. Mr.. George
Lewis, the we'll known fashionable barris-
ter, said he appeared for Lord L.onsdale to
prosecute tho prisoner for writing a filthy
and lbelous letter to him. Lord Lonsdale
had been abroad, and returned to England
about April II. Upon his arrival he found
awaiting him at the Turf club, Picadilly,
the letter in question, which bore neither
the signature ils:f the address of the writer,
bat the postmark of Melksham. Lord Ions
dale sent tie letter to the postoffice author
tiles, who informed him when it was post
ed, and then lie placed it in the hands of
Mr.. George Lewis to discover, if possible,
the writer Of the letter, so that he might b e.
brought to justice. The result of these in
quiries was that the letter was clearly traced
to the prisoner. Evidence to this effect was
offered, and the prisoner was held in "a 900
bail, Mr.. Montagu Williams, the other fash
ionable counsel of London, saying, before
bail was taken: Il am not in position to
offer any explanation at present of the letter
which, need hardly say, is most disgrace
full"
The Earl Of Lonsdale the fourth who
has born the title-is the head of that Low
Their family which fot q century and half
exercised parasnotln influence in the coun-
ties Of Cumberland and Westmoreland. Pitt
owed his seat to the family's influence, be-
ing returned for Appleby without even Wis
iting the constituency: in gratitude for
which he made his patron Earl of Lonsdale.
The first earl, harsh, penurious man, who
ruled his vast estates with rod of iron,
married daughter of Lord Butte, the roy
al favorite: The family owns immense es-
tates: Lowther Castle in Westmo1land,
Whitehaven Castle in Cumberland. and the
town Of Whitehaven, and large property
iii Rutland-inall 81 $50 acres, with nom
inal rental of Ell, 211, while the Earl of
Lonsdale has 80 church livings in his gift
worth some e1O, 900 year. The Lovthers
are a very old family-one was attorney
general to Edward I, and made very good
transactions in crown lands; indeed SO late
as 1922 they got the Manor of Ennerdale
with its mines and quarries, 961 acres in all,
for e2500, having previously rented it for
less than SIS year and tenth Of the min
ing profits. Sir James Lowther, the first
earl, is immortalized in history as mil
lionare whose 'rapacity degenelated into
mere dishonesty" who made it arule new
er to pay his neighbors because he knew
they were rascals, nor his distant creditors
because he didn't know they weren't. 1t
was he who by refusing to pay q debt to
Woodwarth's father ruined the poets faml-
w. He was an accomplished boroughmon-
ger, owning nine members of parliament,
whom Greville calls Lord Isonsdale's peo-
ple," as if they had been servants. To
return two members for Hazelmere he pop
ulated it with forty golfers, who lived rent
free and had half guinea week for their
votes at election time, when he sold the
seats or filed them with relatlves who OBJ
tanned sit,ecures. The present earl is the
first spendthrit Lowther.
He was born in 1855 and succeeded to the
title in 1876, marrying, tive years later, Lady
Constance Gladys Herbert, four years his
Junior, the daughter of Lord Herbert, of
Lea, (9idney .Herbert), one of the purest
and most earnest Of modern British states
men. Some years ago her mother and SIS
ter joined the Catholic church; not so Lady
Constance, who was one of the gayest as
we'll as one Of the most beautiful women OF
England. She is one of the tallest, too,
standing nearly six feet in height, and is
swarthy and dark-eyed, with an almost
Jewish cast of countenance, so as fully to
merit the pet name" she is given in society
Of LA Gitany," or "The Gypsy" Her
brother, tie Earl of Pembroke. considered
that for girl Of ther disposition young
husband who was noted even among his
fast set:for drunkenness and debauchery,
was g very undesirable guardian: He re-
fused to attend her wedding: Lord Ions
dale came into q: property with a nominal
rent roll of $3.50, 600 year, but perhaps
yielding nearly 81 200. 900, and besides this
income of So, 900 a day, had about $3.50, 900
in ready money when he succeeded to the
title. Every possible means to squander
this fortune Was adopted-last, and not by
any means the least, a racing stud, and the
countess, "They seemed" wrote chron-
icler couple of years ago, ito be very
fond of one another-in we'll
regulated way, Of course-and after
their union they scattered gold
layishly all over Europe. Balls, dinners,
yachts, racing, hunting, succeeded in un-
broken succession. She wanted everything,
and ho bought her everything. The old
world was fansacked for curiosities, luxu~
ries, objects of art. Her diamonds cost
her. 100000, and her furniture, pictures,
marbles, and like, more than $500, 200, in
seven months; and yet she was not content.
They loved the great world and its resplend-
emf 9swds more than they loved one an
other before their honeymoon was fairly
over. While he was yachting in the East
! ern Mediterranean she was dancing at Mon
! te Gallo. He dined late and long at the
Maison Dofee, when she captured young
noblemen and watched the stars from the
cliffs of Sorrento. She was 20 and he was
"a. but both had lived long enough and fast
enough to feel weary, jaded and old. In a
few months after their marriage Lady Gla-
! dys had to return to her mother, and her
husband committed the disgraceful act of
announcing in the papers that he would
not be responsible for her bills. Not long
afterward the earl had to sell his collection
| of paintings and eooii share of his proper
| ty that was not entailed.
Meanwhile the countess consoled herself
and became one Of the most professional OF
the few professional beauties" Her
photographs with those of Mrs.. SLangtry
! end most of the other very fashionable
women, were exhibited in the shop windows
along sidt Of those people withvery doubt
| full regulations, al marked at the same
rrio6--two shillings. One Of Lady Ions
dald's prettiest photographs attitudes was
| lying In q hammock, but another showed
Ter feeding chickens, and on being asked
what it was intended.to represent, she re:
piled, ."sowing my husbands wild DATA u
su1l smother photograph, that proved .
sensation amounting 70 a7positive nda1,
showed her huge form to q gratiaed public
sitting on balcony rail in an attitude OF
Reat boldness, tempered by little mod
esty. She also condeseended to appear in
other attitudes, the motive of which was
always the exhibition Of rouscular capacity
and though her rivals could assume atti-
tudes suggesting more or less the muscu.
line and the muscrlar which were then all
the rage, the seat upon the rail was clearly
an achievement beyond their power.
Finally her brother, the Duke Of Pembroke,
manaced to induce her to retire from this
publicity, not, however, before q very
circumstantial rumor had gone the round
Of the society press to the effect that Lady
* u1onsasla exacted a royalty on the sale o.
heI .pistnses,. Before q year Of married lite
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