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cent date, and was due to his success as A
lawyer, It was felt that the pair, despite tho
apparent gulf between them, could come
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lawyer, It was felt that the pair, despite th
apparent gulf between them, could com
together after all on something like a,
equal footing. This was the outside yiey
oi the case-the view OF the people
but the aristocracy looked at the affair all
ierently. | am told that from tho first pub
hcity OF this engagement, Lord Garmoyl,
hos been worried almost out OF bis lie b,
appeals made 10 him from this class L
break oil the match, and rumor designate,
as his chief tormentor the Duke OF Rich
mond. This gentleman protesting against
the marripgo OF a prospective Earl 10 q
woman who, though vir,uous, was held to
be beneath him In rank, reminds ono very
much ofSatan reproviug sin. Those iamif.
lar with the history Of Charles IT., from
| whom the Richmonds received ihair tillp
and estates, conferred under the most dis.
graceful circumstances, will know at once
what is meant, and word to the wise will
be sufficient. ,f'F sItiiU5t|5 i;
i orr. .slTioN TO TIE MATCH. NJ
The opposition OF tho intended bride.
groom's father wRs more natural and tus.
titiable. Being a strictly religious man,
the most devout, perhaps, Of all the Eng.
llsh peers, constantly in demand as chair.
man OF all the great church meetings, lie
would, oil course, base his chief objection
to the match on the ground OF his consci.
entious serup|es against the stage. In re.
porting Earl Cairns as having said that he
looked upon all theatrical people as SO
much dirt" Lord Garmoyle has probably
been guilty OF a grots exaggeration. But
It Is an open secret that this gentleman
does not patronizs the play house, and
that he believes the theatre to be exsrtinr
baueiul influence. For tho father, con.
stquently, some allowance can .s made.
Many indeed will feel real sympathy for
him. But nothing can justify the interfer-
ence OF other peers, nor, can anything ex-
tenuate the base conduct OF ths, recreant
lover. Those even who share the feelings
oi Earl Cairns toward the stage must stilI |
admit. that to make a plaything OF u .yirtu.
GUS Gir!, and then heartlessly cast her oil, |
simply because she belongs to the theatrical
t,roiesslon, Is an act which deseryes at once
he 4aeVerest reprobation and the very
heaviest penalties; III anything could add |
to the ignominy Of Lord Garmovls's course.
be the pusillanimous letter he
wrote, breaking, of the engagement, in |
which, tits said, he, expressed regret at
having; 10 part with his ,"black.eyed darl.
!ng,@and wound up by asking her to name
her solictter.7zSSI In dealing with deiendauis
in cases oftbis kline, - English juries are
severe, and 1t is expected that
IN this instance they will be unusually 80.
Miss Fortescue, however, will hardly get
all she asks. But she need not replne over
her financial prospects,, for, to great per
'onal beauty, she now adds worldwide
noiorieiy, not at all diacreditable to her,
and though she is not an actress Of the first
rank, her services are already in great de-
mand by entefprising mansgere, and it
may be safely redicted that when she re-
turns to the stage she will net only receive
IN ovation, but will reap golden harvest.
PATRONS OF THE STAGE E{l
It must not be thought that the attitude
81 Earl Cairns, as Get forth above, repre-.
'ents the feelings toward the Stage OF the
Of church people over here. His
case is quite an exception, for most OF The
members Of that body 60 to the play with
,s few scruples as they go to their prayers,
and there are no end Of theatre. goers even
among the Clergy. It ia not lorg since
Canon Shuttleworth followed Mr.. Harris,
ol Dfury Lane, in delivering M address
from the stage Of that theatre Just before
the final act in "Cinderella," and ia to.day's
paper the indcfatigabie manager Of that
house annourcts special natiEee for the
families Of poor curates inviting not only
these butall other ,impfcunious ministers
10 bring their households to the perform
ance free Of charge This will seem like
something Of novelty 10 toAmericans, aud
the straneest thing about it is that Mr..
Harris claims to bave taken this course in
response TO appeals made to him by the
clergy themselves. Many, doubtless, will
think, with the writer, that this is carrying
The clergyman's free pass busioes q little
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