The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-11-19
LORD SACKvILLE's DAUGHTERS.
They Have Been the Pets of Exclusive soci-
ETY. Circles in Washington.

They Have Been the Pets of Exclusive Soci-
ETY. Circles in Washington.
st. Louis Post Dispatch.
Lord Sackville entered the British diplomatic
service as a clerk to the Earl OF Aberdeen. then
Secretary OF State for Foreign Affairs, forty
three years ago. Ever since then Sackville
West has been slowly drying up. Attsche at
Lisbon and Berlin, secretary at Tunis. Madrid,
Berlin and Paris, charge d'affaires occasionally
and finally minister to the Argentine Confedera-
tion, to Spain and to the United States, he has
long since left his wits behind him.
1.-THE Baron is q small man. thir and straight,
although his head leans forward when he walks.
he has scanty hair and a full beard, both once
jet black, now blue-blacked with dye. De wears
English clothes, which are always twenty years
too young for him. His face has a hard, wooden
expression, and all his movements are mecnan-
ical He must be sixty-five and over, and very
old for his age as he is. He lives like his prede-
cessor. Sir Edward Thornton. in the big brick
building put up by the British government In
Sir Edwards time on Connecticut avenue. upon
land bought cheaply by the shIewd Sir Edward.
II is substantially, but not very tastefully furn-
ished, and altogether Is a comfortable sort or
place. One thing that makes 1t especially COM
Portable Is that the British government pays all
the expenses OF its maintenance. West has an
income os nearly $l25, 900 q year now, besides
his $50. 900 for entertaining purposes. And yet
he is the most unhappy man in Washington. In
one short letter he has made himself the laugh
ing-stock Of the world"
The English home of Lord Sackville, to which
he will now retire with his interesting family. is
Knowle Park. Sevenoaks. Kent, which, together
with his title. be inherits from his late elder
brother, the first Baron Sackville.
Lord Sackville was appointed minister at
a %widower and his three daughters were at
school in q convent in Paris. AS they finished
their education their father brought them to
Washington, and they made their debut in So
Getty there; first, Miss Victoria Sackville-W West,
then Miss Flora, and lastly Miss Amelia Sack
Vile West. For some few years before her
two younger sisters became of age and entered
society. Miss West, in a measure supervised or
gave directions as to their education and
studies. She has been all that an elder sister
could be to motherless girls. When It became
time to enter society, and to preside as the
head of tho household and legation mansion.
Sir Lionel gave her a grand ball, which was the
talk OF the town" for the winter season, and as
each OF his two younger daughters entered
society their debut was celebrated in q similar
style, to the delight and admiration OF diplo-
matte, high-oficial and society circles. These
young ladies. daughters of a hundred earls, -
have been the pets OF exclusive society circles,
though not exclusive themselves. AS warm
not be SO. for it would be foreign to their
womanly natures. At the fashionable winter
and summer resorts they have been the 'ad-
mired of all admirers" Without knowing who
Jn6y were, the mbu Oh leIterS anu ITO tE1Seitu
gentleman could tell at a single glance their
aristocratic and noble birth, for its sign
manual is visible and noticeable at
tie first glance or Introduction to
| them. Miss Victoria Sackville-W West has
been the belle Of Washington ever since her en-
tree to society. She is very beautiful; with the
rare combination of q ~faultless face and u Per
feet figure; ~clear-cut features, with large and
wistful dark-gray eyes and an ariable express
sion, and her every motion is one OF queenly
grace. The marriage of Miss Flora West. the
second daughter. last June, in Paris, to Mr..
Gabriel Salanson, secretary Of legation, and
son Of General Salanson, is still fresh in the
public mind. Her enforced exodus from Wash
ington and its gay surroundings was a source OF
much regret, and now the departure of Mise
West and Miss Amelia will create q void in the
happy and pleasant home circles in which they
were, and are still, such fsvorites. particularly
in Mrs. Whisuey's, Mrs. Endicott's and Other
| prominent society people in Washington, New
! York. Albany. Newport, Boston and Lenox.