The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-08-07
c Lady Ermyntrude Russell,
London Letter to the Philadelphia Press.

G Lady Ermyntrude Russell.
London Letter to the Philadelphia Press.
Since the marriage of the late cars
daughter to the duke of Edinburg,
there is not, I am told by alady author
lty, been such a wedding outfit manu-
featured in Europe as that prepared
for Lady Ermyntrude Russell, youngest
daughter of the duke OF Bedford. The
account OF the nuptial ceremony reads
something like that of the lovely prin-
cess in an old fashioned fairy tale.
Arriving at historic Westminster Alb.
hey in a stately coach of scarlet and
gold drawn by six horses and attended
by powdered footmen of imposing size
and gorgeous livery, the bride entered
the church and passed up to the choir,
followed by the gaze Of one of the most
lllustrious audiences ever assembled
within the walls of Westminster
Abbey. Even to the uneducat-
ed eye of a man the French wedding
gown was a wonderful affair of white
velvet, embroidered into stiffness, with
real silver thread and luminous pearls.
covered by asplendid veil of point lace
and sprinkled lavishly with diamonds of
superb size and purity, Including a $40,
600 tiara.
The wedding robe is but a faint hint
OF the prodlgal magniticence of the
trousseau, the cost of which was fabu.
lous, including dresses the buttons of
which even were of diamonds, rubies or
sapphires, embroideries of beaten gold.
and iron and bronze of such marvellous
workmanship as to be ranked as works
of art instead of dress trimmings;
hundreds of pairs of shoes with buckles
OF precious stones. The looms of the
Orient furnished their most exquisite
and costly fabrics, China, India and Jan
an embroideries, and the only English
product that figured in the
outfit was a lace dress of Hon
lton, which was worn by the Duchess
of Bedford on her wedding day. Mar
wells of the milliner's art, as well as the
lingerie, composed of acres of lace. of
silk and of fine linen, came from the
Continent, nothing made in the country
from which this Duke EFFORTS his reye-
nues being considered good enough for
the occasion. Ofcourse, these products
of other lands come in free, as all arti-
cles OF luxury are exempted from duty,
though tea, cocoa, coffee and other nee
essaries of the poor mans breakfast
table are taxed to the utmost in Eng
land. Had this money been spent in
England it would have employed a
small army of needle-women, who ore
Just now suffering for the want of work.
But what care the pensioners of the
House of Bedford? The first of the
line was paid by grants that not only
outraged economy, but stagger credi.
And for what? For advising
and executing a d~ishonorable peace
with France; for being "a will.
ing and greedy instrument of a
levellng tyrant, who oppressed all
descriptions of his people" His
possessions were stolen from their right
ful owners under the threat Of the glib
at the door. 1t has been truly said
nothing could equal the greed of
vulture statesman, as the first Duke
Of Bedford was called, unless it could
be the conduct ofthe gang OF swindlers,
cut-throats and courtesans who crowded
around Napoleon III. during the period
Of his successful crime.
The Duke Of Bedford was rs unsati.
able as a leech, and the wealth that the
present Duke layishes in foreign coun-
on his daughter comes from lands
originally appropriated by his ances-
,ors, and is to-day largely absorbed
the Woodworking population of
London from wretched dweliers in ten
ement-houses and from districts That
ne filthy, notably Covent Garden,
or the want of a few thousand pounds
being spent upon them.
1t would surpass belief in the United
States We're [ to tell the unadorned
tory of how such landlords as this
Duke Of Bedford literally wiring the
money out of their tenants which they
Use to make these vulgar and ostenta-
lous displays, at a time when half the
Industrial population of England are on
he verge OF starvation. These dukes
merely grant building leases for a GER
ain term. with very stringent condi.
ions, and at the close of the term the
built upon the property are
.bsorbed by the ducal owners. In
his manner, and without the cost
II q dollar to themselves, they
over their lands with houses. Their
property, owing to the favorable
egislation, goes practically untaxed.
The occupiers pay everything-all
ates. taxes; and even for the
treets and roads which they make for
hese representatives of an abominable
and system the producers or workers
re mulcted in every possible way to
improve the landowners estate. In
metropolitan domains of the Duke
t Bedford, | have no doubt many
travellers in London have OBJ.
there are erected gates, which
re closed at early, odd and inconven-
hours, and which are supposed to
indicate the s%iegneurial rights to treat
ONE of the populous districts Of Lon
lon as if they We're gardens. AT not a
tnrnings stand ducal beadles ready
0 turn back plebeian vehicles and TO
ar the way against short cuts at late
I early hours.
Cannibalism Of Fishes.
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