The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-01-14
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ed 9e0tle1na1 q Cuhon G1f1ne33aa. vho
aeone time W. vesy wealthy, hot e1psg.
e0eoQ SOME yooD 80 ooVoGe Fove1oo az
fortune, which eo0po1lod hi retireme1f
70 hi plantation In the 6outh. m
da1gheess, however, Who might lltly b
called the Amoeican 0unnin9A ooetin-
ued to be constantly in New Yoek,
where the eldest captured the heart of
the not very fascinating heir to the
Dukedom at Aaneheste6. The younger,
who has been frequent visitor In Lon
don to her sister, . oonspicuous figure
In the ultra fhst and fashionable eel Of
OF young Yorkshire bar0net in the
Life Guards, Of considerable but prob
ably heavily encountered estate, who
he's, like Rawdon Craw]ey, enjoyed the
reputation Of being 20 ''deliehtfully
wicked, ;" and whose name for several
years has been closely associated with
that Of . magnillcently pr0pOrti0ned
countess, whore picture IL In every A.
bum in London. Mecaulay speaks in
his Byron essay Of those whose prin-
ciple 1t seemed to he ITO hate their
neighbOn and love their neighbour
wives" The modern British rake does
the last without the flrst. In fact, Of
late years h. has rarely had cause for
such hostility, because be has become
80 agreeably accommodating that 1t
worthy man cause fer uneastness."
The tendencies to gallantry were inner
tied by Sir John from u grandfather no
tOriOus for his devotion to the sex, Of
whom many stories were current. ]
the upper ass Of England wee alto
gether rUlil posed III iAayes and Msgkue
villes the outlook for her would lie poor
indeed. Such men are utterly useless
to the body polite. With all the adj
vantages If birth, fortune, and etluca.
ton, their only labor seems to be to Kill
the time and to abandon themselves to
selfish Indulgence. They are. in fact,
similar to the class which largely
brought about the first French RevOlu'
ton, and they have If late years given
the fashionable society Of England thai
intensely low tone which 1t unquestion-
ABLY nan tO-O0y. 1ntec WIN ue'c ~
turned thence after ten years absence
are utterly amazed at the change since
the death of the Prince COnsOrt and the
Queens retirement. AMythiny may bt
done now with in,punity, and alm' st
anything may be talked about. Fora.
section Of fashionable society In New
York this has an inc1iable charm and
the more such fell0w-feeling takes such
reople off to London and keeps them
there the better for this city. 1t i'"s
so,nt ti"es happened that q society has
been very vicious and yet very brilliant,
hut the modern faust and fashionable set
in London, a. in New York, Is - brain ?.
less rs 1t is delmuchetl. George Nv hall
redeemed his vices by seeking the So
ciety Of Sheridan and Fox in his pleas
ures; but unfortunately, in the case Of
the prerent Prince of Wales wits and
orators are not the lersOns most IN r.
quest ut Marlborough House and San.
dringl,an,, and dull or merely smart"
l,eautie. usually fill the places Of l;eor-
gial,a, Duchess Of DevOnshirc, and MIS-
CrrWc.