The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-03-12
THE AMERICAN BEAUTY.
Miss Chamberlain and Her Alleged Social
Triumph in England.

London Letter in San Francisco Argonaut.
Whatever may have at any time written TO
the Argonaut, of or about Miss Chamberlain, in
England, has, l claim, not only been borne out
by the facts but has been not nearly as severe
as what has been thought and said of her. She
has not been the belle and the success in England
that the general run of American papers would
have one believe. What the Chamberlains are
at home, or what Miss Chamberlain is thought
of in Cleveland, l don't know and don't care.
/ have only spoken of her she appeared in
England-not to society newspaper reporters or
correspondents of American journals, but to En-
glish people of the best society who happened
to see or hear her. Now am. dare say, stat
ing what will surprise good many of your
readers but it is nevertheless true that the ex-
istence of Miss Chamberlain has been, and is a
fact unknown to many English people of the up
per classes. The name of Chamberlain is rather
a common one in England, and outside of the
Prince of Wales's ''set" lin which it appears
the young lady was the bright particular starry
and those who keep au fait of what appears in
the society weeklies. doubt if even to-day,
should you mention Miss Chamberlans name,
people would know whom you were talking
about. By those, however, who did and do know
the young lady, either personally or by reputa-
ton, the way in which her name has been as
ISOLATED with that of the Prince of Wales has
been universally condemned, and her parents
in permitting it, have been greatly blamed
You see. this is how it is in England. No
young (unmarried) lady can accept the Prince
of Wales's notice or favor in the faintest degree
and retain her reputation In fact, no English
young lady has ever had her name coupled with
that of the Prince in any way whatsoever All
the professional beauties whom he has admired
and with whom he has f1irted and amused him
self till they became famous" have been mar
red women Take them all, from Lady Mary
Craven down to Mrs Langtry and Mrs Corn
wallis West, and they all have husbands. There
isn't one miss among them. OF course / am
talking of ladies, to which class I have always
supposed Miss Chamberlin to belong, and beg
to assert that it would be utterly i'm
possible for any English girl who holds in
England the rank and position which Miss
Chamberlain claims to hold in America, to know
the Prince of Wales except in the most dignified
and distant fashion. Anything like the public
notice which he is said to have favored Miss
Chamberlain with, no English young lady would
be allowed to receive. Nor would he offer it to
one. Therefore it is that / have said and re-
iterate it, that in the favorable notice which
Miss Chamberlain received from the Prince of
Wales she did not gain any credit to herself in
the eyes of right-thinking English people. TO
have her come over to England and imagine
that she has achieved grand triumph because
she accepted attentions from a man who would
willingly--indeed, far sooner-have bestowed
them upon dozens of English girls had he dared,
seems a trifle absurd. Indeed, it is grotesque