River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1883-06-14
THE STANHOPE SCANDAL
One OF the --latest Explosions OF the
British Aristocracy.

Letter from Olive Logan.
Well another frail woman's charac-
ter is gone, shattered past recovery. 1t
will all be forgotten in day or two, but
this morning the details of the Stanhope
divorce case are lying printed on every
breakfast table, circulating from hand
TO hand in every chop-house, whilling
ever the country in every railway train.
Poor Camille Dubois2 Poor, weak abb
surd little woman, who drew prize in
life's lottery, where so many blanks
abound, and then was shallow, shiftless
enough to throw it away! This soft
gentle-eyed creature was on the stage in
burlesque, and / believe has twanged
the banjo and shuffied the hoe down on
the various play-houses of America as
we'll as in England. Here, however, it
was that the Hon. Wyndham Edward
Campbell Stanhope, son of the Earl Of
harrington, saw this lovely creature and,
seeing lovely, loved her. He
loved her as nobly as a noble
man can and offered her marriage, which
she accepted. To be sure, there was
tradition of theatrical marriage in the
family, a former earl of Harrington hav-
ing married the great Miss FoOte, the
peerless Juliet of two or three genera
lions back. All the same, a peerless Juli-
ct and an obscure actress of burlesGue
are two different persons, and this be-
ing the case there was something par
ticulary noble and touching in the atti-
tude of Mr.. Stanhope's mother, the
countess of Harrington, who took her
sons love to her heart and called her
daughter, The marriage took place in
1877 and Mrs Stanhope declares hat un.
Ill within four months back she had
been a true and faithful wife to her liege.
But in a little matter Of this kind four
months are as good Cor as bad as 70 r
wears. Like Mercutio's wound. which
had limitations in respect to width and
depth, twill serve.
The tempter came in the shape of
lashng Irish ieatenant-another Char
les OMaley or Harry LoIrequer. no
sloubt-a fascinating fellow, but unscru-
puous as Aaron Burr. Last August
NJ rs Stanhope was Yachting with he
husband off Cowes, when, under pretext
of er fathers illneSe in town, she came
to London and met her seducer, Lieut.
enant Walter Adye. Detectives on the
track, a hotel register, servants who
identify the parties, the fatal chain d
evidence is completed Poor moth; poor,
weak winged, light-headed moth! Usu-
ally the male eulprit in these cases es-
capes with scant censure from society,
but under the present circumstances 1t
must surely be that decent people will
refuse to remember who Lieutenant
Avde is when he bows. In fact, have
heard that the Queen will have no further
use for his services in the Royal Irish
Rifles. But | can't help plying the poor,
foolish little actress. 1t is enough 10
make the great Miss Foote, the peerless
Juliet. turn in ner grave that another
actress should have entered the noble
house of Stanhope-by virtue of her
own example, as it were-and then
sho lid hove not known how to bear,
with dignity and virtue, its blushinS
honors tn lex upon kerr
The heroine of this wretched drama
is appearing nightly upon the the stage
at vne of the theatres, but only those
versed in the history of London foot
lights recognize her as the foolish and
guilty creature who wronged man who
paid her the highest compliment man
can paw woman, that of making her
his wife Peer or peasant, a man can
give no more thon his prternal name TO
the woman he is fond of ond so prove
to her his belief, with Tennyson that
true hearts are more than colonets and
simple faith than Norman blood.
The recent parade of coIored troops in
Charleston was enligened by a whistling
accompaniment Of five hundred men.