Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-04-25
MISS CHAMBERLAIN.
A sober Estimate of Her sta,u. a. a
Belle London.

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Whatever I may have at any time
written of or about Miss Chamberlain in
England.writes London correspondent
of the~San Francisco Aryonaut, has, L
claim, not only been borne out by the
facts, bet has been not nearly as severe
a. what has been thought or said OF her.
She has not been the belle and the sue
cess in England that the general run of
American papers would have one believe.
What the Chamberlains are at bone, of
what Miss Chamberlain is thought of in
Cleveland, / don't know and don't care.
have only spoken of her as she ap-
peared in England-not to society news
paper reporters or correspondents of
American journals, but to English peo-
pie of the best society, who happened 20
see or hear her.
Now am, dare say, stating 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 upper classes. The name
of Chamberlain is rather common one
in England, and outside Of the Prince of
Wales "set" lin which it appears the
young lady was the bright particular
star'') and those who keep au fait of
what appears in the society weeklies, |
e. doubt if even today, should you mention
Miss Chamberlain's name, people would
know whom You were talking about.
!, To those, however, who did and do know
the young lady, either personally or by
reputation, the way her name has been
associated with that of the Prince of
Wales, has been universally condemned,
and her parents, in permitting 1t, have
been greatly blamed.
You see, this is how it is in England ::
Noycung .(unmarried) lady can accept
the Prince of Wales notice or favor in
the talntest degree, and retain her repu-
tation. In fact, no English young lady
has ever bad her name coupled with
that of the Prince in ally way whatso-
ever. . All the professional beauties
whom he has admired, and with whom
. he has flirted and amused himself till
they became famous" have been mar
ried wemen. Take them all, from Lady
Mary Craven down to lIrs. Langtry and
Mrs. CORVALLIS West, and they all have
husbands. There isn't one miss"
among them. OF course | am talking of
ladies, to which class have always sup
posed Miss Chamberlain belonged and
beg to assert that it would be utterly inn
possible fer any English girl who holds
in England tie rank and position which
: Miss Chamberlain claims to hold in
America, to know the Prince of Wales
q. except in the most oignified and distant
f, 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 / reiterate it, that
in the favorable noCice which Miss
Chamberlain received from the Prince
of Wales she did not gain any credit to
herself in the eyes of the right thinking
Enslish people. To'have her to come
over to England and imagine that she
has achieved grand triumph because
she accepted attentions from man who
wouii ,wiilingly--indeed, tar sooner
have bestowed them upon dozens of En-
glish girls had he dared, seems trifle
absurd. Indeed it's grotesque.