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Monaco, or some such place as that.
The Earl of Stamford. the head of one
of the most ancient houses in England's
peerage, while an undergraduate at
Cambridge, distinguished himself by
marrying a common womau-of-the-tOwn
named Elizabeth Bllige, and subse-
q%uently another courtesan named Ann
Cocks, by neither of whom he has had
strain" Earl Ponlett is another noble
specimen ofsimilar proclivities. When
or.e-and-twenty he married Elizabeth
Newman" and subsequently Emma
Johnson" his eldest son and heir being
born six months after the first marriage.
This son is Viscount Hinton, who, in
turn, demonstrated his strain and the
beauty of the law which legimated him.
by going on the stage as a professional
pantomime clown under the name of
Mr.. Cosman." and marrying a ballet
dancer named Ann Shippy, who has al
ready presented him with an heir 70
titles which date from 1927.
The Earl of Oxford, when Lord Wal
pole distinguished himself by seducing
the countess of Lincoln Whose husband
subsequently became dukeo New Cas-
tle), a high stepping beauty, and daugh-
ter of the tenth duke Of Hamilton. the
fruit of the liaison being a son whom
Lord Lincoln refused to father. A di-
vorce followed this little affair also, but
Lord Oxford declined TO marry the
woman who had sacrificed so much for
him. He however took the boy un-
der his protection. and the young man
now passes as Mr.. Walpole" quite sat
isfactorily to people who don't know
TINT an earl's son should be an ''honor-
able" Lady Lincoln ended by marry
ing the tutor of her other sons "a Ger
man named Opdebeck), and went
| abroad with him.
The Duke of Beaufort is, in his way,
/ about as sorry an illustration of noblesse
oblige as YOU could find in the whole
peerage. A sensual profigate, roue,
and rake, no lady would ever dare to be
seen speaking to him, much less re-
ceive any attention from him whatever.
The protector of the pretty Gaiety &C
tress, Connie Gilchrist, since she was
women whose names are unknown in
even respectable, let alone high society,
and his four-in-hand coach at races is
always covered by ladies" Of question
able character only. In short, it would
stamp a woman directly to have the
Duke civil to her in any way. This is
shocking state of things for a nan of
sixty, whose dukedom dates from 1852,
and whose mobility" on baronial Gre
alton goes back to 1908.
The Marquis of Harrington, the Sec
rotary of war in Gladston's Cabinet, is
one Of the most ou~trageously immoral
men In London. 1t would indeed be
hard to say how many villas" in st.
Johns Wood he does not keep up, or
fos how many slips of the feet of titled
danes and demoiselles he has not been
directly answerable. The Marquis of
Huntly has been up In police court for
obtaining money under false preteuses,
and for Ascending abroad in order to
defraud his creditors. Two nice char
ges against a nobleman, truly! Then, the
Earle of Aylesford is a debauchee and
bare-faced cuckold, his wife having for
years under his nose been the mistress
of the Marquis of Blandford; while
Viscount Vaudeville is as confirmed a
drunkard as any to be found frequent
ing the lowest gin palaces. The two
latter noblemen have adopted, it APP
pears, the United States as their future
! residence. / don't think the United
States is TO be congratulated upon the
acquision. The Earl of Gosford was a
short time age summoned 81 q ca5dTi-
yer, and made to pay not only the pal
try fare of Ave shillings, which he had
refused, but the costs of the proceed
ings, and Viscount Cole acted the part
Of poltroon with Lady Mordaunt, and
had to periure himself to get clear of
responsibility. These are all / can re-
member Just now, but they viii suffice.
So much for the men, for I have re-
versed the rule Of the places aux danes,
and viii now mention q few Of the fair
members of the nobility who are decid-
edly fraii also. OF course / do not speak
of ladies who have become titled only
by their marriage with noblemen, but
who have been born so, else i should
have to intss=a- the Countess of Ayles-
ford, a notorious woman, and the Coun-
tess of Egmont, whose reputation as
Miss Lucy King an earl's coronet has
hardly yet been able to make people
forget.
The daughters of the Earl of Fife-the
Ladies Duff are the sort / refer
to. The earIdom of Fife comes
direct from the Macduff immortalized
by Shakespeare; yet what are the ca
reers Of these daughters Of theh ouse?
All of them great beauties, they are as
unchaste as they are beautiful. The
esgEEs Oldest daughter. Lady Ann Duff
married Marquis Townshend, and was
soon afterward seduced by Lord Ernest
Bruce, the marquis giving the az
fair .rnhIicifx AMI taking his aat