Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-06-18
What Came From Toadying
Titled ,BritOns.

Society IS very much excited (says
BRUNSWICK" the New York CORE
spondent of the Boston Gazette) over
his grace the Duke of Sutherland at
the Bigelow wedding. Not because his
grace was among the guests, but be-
cause he wore tweed suit and colored
shirt, and attended the wedding break
fast in this guise. But this was q
small sin compared to the introduce
ton of a lady in his suite that he had
no business to introduce to his Ameri-
can entertainers. These entertainers
have just learned the nature of this
lady's position, and don't think
that she will find herself in many
more private houses. She was
invited with the duke to dinner par
ty recently, and after the invitations
hadb been given out, the particulars
concerning her were discovered, and
the ladies who had been invited were
warned in time and did not come,
neither did the daughters of the host
ess, and no one but men was present.
This has settled the question, think,
and the Duke of Sutherland will not
be able to boast, when he goes back
to England, that the American people
so love q title that they will accept it
with all it's scandals. l do not know
whether it is the habit of dukes in
their own country to introduce ladies
of questionable reputation into the
houses OF their friends, but it is not
permissible, in this country, and, not
withstanding his exalted social posi-
ton, the duke will find that there
are lines drawn in this country that
may leave even noblemen on the out
side. -. :.
The Hon. John Bigelow, in this
Sutherland affair, should have follow
ed the example of a New York mill
ionaire, in q similar exigency. The
gentleman in question was at his
Newport cottage for the summer, and
had invited some Of the most charm
ing people available to meet the son
of an English Marquis, whom he only
knew by q letter of introduction, at
dinner. A few minutes before the
hour at which the guests were to sit
down, his lordship appeared. attired
not in the conventional dress which
gentlemen of every nation. in christen-
dom wear upon such an occasion but
in an old velvet morning-co trous-
ers of loud black. and white check, and
q sky blue necktie. He was met by
his host at the door. The gentle.
man eyes flashed, but he was equal
to the occasion. My lord, !" he said,
ssyou are presumably q gentleman, and
know theusages OF tho order Is this the
dress you ara in the habit of wearing
at dinners in England7 Hit q, then
your education has been. sin2ularly
neglected. II it is not, then You have
put q deliberate insult upon me in re-
turn for what j intended as courte-
sy. Nov. which Of these things am
TO believe Ths young scion began
to stammer out omething. mo
more, = said his would -have-beenhost,
sternly; s'n you did not know what
was pfoperfyouar enot what You pro-
fess.to 8 gentleman. II you did
know, then you are q wretched cad,
who deliberately intended to insult
those who had desired &c. be courteous
to- yon Leave my house at once!''''
The nobleman left. Next day he got
q friend tostry 10. explain that he
didn' know people were 20 particu-
lar in America: that really he had In
tended no harm, etc. do not wish
to haveany further acquaintance with
him that d all Ihave TO say. q was
tho curt answer, and with that che IN.
|ternationalS episode ended