The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-08-14
LADY RANDOLPH CHURCHILL.


New York SUM-
A few years ago Miss Jennie Jerome, the
second daughter Of Mr.. Leonard w. Jerome,
met Lord Randolph Churchill et dinner In
Paris Attracted by her beauty ami the
brilliancy of her conversation. he soon con-
fined his attention to her. Those who sat
near them stopped talking and listaned to
them with uudisguised admiration. Miss
Jerome was noted for her conversational
powers but they had never seemed to her
friends as brilliant as on this occasion. Lord
Randolph, however, proved q match for
her. Her satire was met with sparkling re-
partee and her wit and humor for once
found a fair exchange. When the ladies
had withdrawn Lord Randolph turned to q
friend and said, enthusiastically:
that's the brightest woman ever met"
and added, with the seriousness Of fatalist,
@and mean to marry her."
Singularly enough, while he was saying
this Miss Jerome was making an almost
identical remark concerning him to one Of
her sisters. Perhaps that evening she played
her favorite Chopin nocturne more tenderly
and wooingly than ever. At all events,
Lord Randolph was not slow In discovering
that he had made as deep an impression on
her as she had upon him. Within
O fortnight Of their first meeting
they were engaged and very soon
afterwari married. BY this union
Lord Randolph secured O wife whose aspir.
ing and ambitious temperament has spurred
him on in his political career and whose in
come is sufficient to form q welcome sddi-
ton to his small annuity. Mr.. Jerome con.
veyed to his daughter before her marriage
the valuable property upon which the Uni
versity club Of this city stands. Lord Ran
dolph is a younger son Of the late duke of
Marlborough. Between his elder brother,
the present duke, and himself there has long
existed feeling Of hatred, to which rather
than to his enthusiasm for tie Liberal cause
the dukes opposition to Lord Randolph Is
credited.
That this opposition has inspired Lady
Randolph Churchill to take part In her hus.
bands canvass, as related in our cable dis
patches. has not surprised her host Of friends
here, who know her to be as plucky as sh I,
IL accomplished, and who remember that,
while she can play Chopin divinsly, she Is
also an intrepid follower Of the hounds, and
usually in at the death. Indeed, her friends
openly proclaim that a large share Of her
husbands political success should be cred
tied to her, that his rise into prominence
dates from the time when she began to
coach him, and that his brilliant guerilla
tactics are inspired by her. 1t Is possible
that her friends exaggerats the part she
plays in her husbands political affairs, and
that his unpopularity here leads her Auseri-
can friends to underestimate his ability.
Though he Is nominally Conservative.
ho is In some respects more democratic In
his ideas than the average Liberal His
views on the Irish question show strong
traces Of American influence, and his polit-
ical methods often have dash OF the Ameri.
can pluck in them. His wife, during their
sojourn in Ireland, won the hearts OF the
people, and it is no doubt to her that the
modification in Lord Randolph Of the ira.
ditional Conservative views on the Irish
question IL due. He Is thoroughly progress
i've, another American characteristic. In
these opinions and methods his wifs's In.
fuence may be traced.