Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-11
UNHAPPY LOUISE.
Fer Life is Made wretchsd by the
schsming Of 9 Woman With q
Wart on Her Cheek.
The Premier's wire n = bigger
Woman In Canada than lhe
Queens Daughter.

~ 0AAAAn IN (HuoUA IMAM lne
Queens Daughter.
Nsw YoRK, January "a Cana,
tiGn correspondent writes TO tho
Tines: Princess Louise refuses to
renaiu 10 Ottawa because Of repnes
nance which she entertains toward
! Lady Mcdonald, wife Of Sir John A.
Mcdonald, Premier Of the Dominion.
The result Of the general election in
June last was extremely disappointing
to Her Royal Highness, who hoped
that Sir John McDonald's governs
msnt might be defeated, and Lady
MoDOnald's domination over society
circles thus brought to az end The
Marquis OF L9rne aud the Princess
Louise arrived in Canada in Novem,
Der. 1878 Sir John A. Mcdonald
had then just returned 10 power by an
overwhelming majority. He and bis
friends had been Tor Eve long years 10
opposition, aud were disposed to ex>
ercise their newly gained power to
the utmost degree. Sir Johns gov
eminent is one Of almost personal
rule. His will is law in all party
councils, as we'll as at the Executive
Board. he selects for his colleagues
usually men OF plisble nature. who
are never great sucklers for matters
Of principle, and these he rules abso>
lutely. tie feels that without him his
srty could not exist an hour. and h.,
followers are under greater obligations
10 him than be is 20 them.
Lady Mac Donald, who has been
;ruelly described as a large, mascu
line looking woman, with a wart OF
her cheek" ~partakes largely of her
husbands feelings and ambitions, ano
seeks to rule in society as Sir John
does in poliucs. When the Princes
sas installed as mistress Of Rideau
Hall. il soon became evident that LaJ,
Mac DOnald wss anxious 10 manage
her. She sought TO ~mOnopolize more
than an ordinary share OF the Prin
cess attentions, and endeivored te
thrust her personally into everythin.
connected with Rioeau Hall affairs.
Ii is evea stated that she went 50 iai
Is 10 advise the Princess 10 the mater
Of selecting her personal friends. Lady
Macdonald, however, was not to b,
81 easily beaten upon her Uwn ground
aud on all occasions took care to az
\ pear more prominently, If O.sible,
than the Princess herself. Having
plenty of patronage at her disposal
.hs easily kept on hand a retinue oi
admirers and ~aatterers. She was des-
tined, however, TO receive a severe
suubbing. One evening when Hef
Royal Highness was at home Lady
Macdonald appeared on the scene
With her usual bevy Of personal
friends. There we're not many others
nresent. but among these was a pretty
French Canadian lady, the wife Of a
Senator. To this lady the Princess
Louise wa particularly attentive,
Entering into conversation with her
in French, she o o grew interested.
for the Senator's wife, beside,
being young aud scomely, wa
we'll educated and had trav-
eled in Europe, Neither
Lady Macdonald nor any OF her frtnds
understood a word Of French, and il
is easy to imsgine how Inundated they
felt as the conversation proceeded;
inaiiy they took their departure ia
high dudgeon. The Goodness be
tween Her Lsdyship aud the Princess
had. Therefore, culmlnated 10 40 open
rupture. and the former was possessed
OF sufficient power TO make natter
often exceedingly unpleasant for the
Princess
Thus matters continued during the
winter and summer Of 1879. Disagree
able gossip regarding the relations
between the Marquis and the Princess.
which soon pervaded all the Canadian
cities, were thought TO emanate from
Stadacona Hall, the Premier's seat
The Princess vas Obliged to take par
in public balls and dinner, and to
mingle with people neither the most
accomplished nor the best behaved
Some oftbe scenes enacted at Rideau
Hall toward the closing hours OF some
grand balls have become historic
The champagne furnished by the Ca
madam government is never Of the
best quality, and the Princess would
often be led down 10 dinner by some
half fuddled old ex Governor, Cover
uOr, or Chief Justice, whose converse.
ton would not always be OF the most
entertaining description. Lady Mac
donald ambition is not yet fatisfed.
Having driven the Princess out Of the
field. she aspires TO become mistress OF
Rideau Hall herself, and with that
end in view has, through her agents,
started an agitation in favor OF her
husband 8 appointment 70 the Cover
nor Generalship. Several Canadian
newspapers have been induced ia
publish articles in support of SiI
Johns c~aldidature, and it is believed
that the agitation which is now beinp
openly conducted in his favor is not
without Lis consent.