The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-11-09
A NEW ENGLISH BEAUTY.
A Story of the Prince of Wales and the Wife
of Life Guardsman.

London Letter to San Francisco Argonaut.
The coming beauty-if in indeed, she can not
fairly be called so nOw-is a Mrs Cayley, the
wife of officer in the First Life Guards She
was Miss Chappell, daughter OF the
well known Bond-street music-seiler and
publisher. Of course, she was a great heiress,
without which comfortable fact, l fear, her
beauty might have gone begging, so far as MIR.
Cayley was concerned At all events, money or
no money, it isn't every man in a swell regiment
like his would to marry bridesmaids
daughter, no matter how beautiful she might
be-
Most of the daughters of English trades-peo-
pie are girls with instincts which all the educa
ton of fashionable young ladies' academies"
in the world cannot overcome. They
live upon dress, exist upon admiration, and
are loud, boisterous and fast But Miss
Chappell was a gratifying exception to the
general rule. Beautiful as dream and stately
as a queen-that is to say the theoretical queen;
not built on the lines of the du1npy Victoria-she
was as modest as she was beautiful, and as clean
minded as she was stately.
A little incident, by no means unusual in its
inceptlve stage with the budding beauties who
catch the eye of the Prince of Wales, will show
the sort of woman she is. Before her marriage,
which took place less than q year ago, she had
what other women would regard as the 'honor"
of attracting the notice of His Royal Highness
By one of his numerous equerries he signi6ed
his wish to make Miss Chappells acquaintance"
Nine out of ten women, old and young, would
have jumped at the opportunity. But what did
Miss Chappell dol With tears in her eyes and a
shrinking blush of maidenly purity she sought
herfather and mother and begged them to take her
away from London at once. | don't think Albert
Edward ever got such snuD in his Gfe-not
even excepting those he has to endure from
the beautiful Countess of Dudley every time
court etiquette compelS him to be thrown in her
society. Shortly afterward Miss Chappell be-
came Mrs. Cayley, and her marvellous beauty
has been attracting in the highest circles to
which her marriage has given her the entree the
admiration it had in the sphere she had left
Tall and graceful, with curly brown hair
clustering all over her head, large violet eyes,
and one of the sweetest expressions imaginable
she moves about with charming simplicity of
manner quite unconscious that every eye
follows her wherever she goes. AT the
ball given at Portsmouth the other day by
Admiral Hornby to the Philadelphia cricketers
she was greatly admired, and the King of Swe
den was so pronounced in his attentions that she
got away from him as soon as she could and
went back to the society of less pretentious and
more intimate friends with smile of relief.
Royalty clearly has no charms for her.
While | am speaking of him | will give an
other reported instance of the Prince of Wales's
N TvGeEnor toward woman. The other night he
was talking u GalSolv7aN- % s.J'all..-.:-
,e II hear, Lady Romney," he said, that Lol
,r Romney has nickname. What is itP
IT "Instead of replying, Lady Romney sal
le ''Sir"-every one addresses the Prince, Sir
Sir, hear that you are called Tummy.' Is
" truel"
e Without word he turned with scowl al
10 walked away, needless of the attention his r1t
e behavior attracted to her. He really had on
y himself to blame for he had no right to spea
Sc of husband to his wife in way that he won
"a not allow himself to be spoken to by the wifi
X Lady Romney is to be complimented for hi
# spirit. 1t is comfort too to think that in Lad
Dudley there is woman in England bra
"a enough to turn her back upon him and refuse
+ speak to him when she meets him. AS for MI
n Cayley, she avoids him she would a cobra.