The Washington critic., 1888-09-21
MAY MARRY A DUKE.
Rumored Engagement of Miss MacTavisi
and the Duke of Norfolk.

huihoreu engagement Oi MISS macA"NAs"
and the Duke of Norfolk.
The wealthy English Duke of Nor
folk is an intimate friend of the Mac
lavish family of Baltimore. Last june
Miss Virginia MacIayish one OF Balti-
morc's prcttcst and brightest bellies, &C
companicd by her mother, went TO
Europe, and while in London they were
the guests Of the Duke of Norfolk MISS
Virginia was presented to royal society
and became quito invOnte. hiVer
leaving England the mother and daugh-
ter travelled in Francc and Italy, ana
they ore now in Paris
Tuesday report was received lnoJ
the engagement of the Duke and Miss
MacIaVish had bcen announced in Lon
don. Several OF the ady'S friends III
Baltimore do not credit the rumor, ana
it is WHISPERED that the lady had al
ready given her heart to n Baltimore
gentleman. None of the tamily are
here, and the report cannot be correctly
affirmed or dcuicd An intimate friend
of Miss MaC'ravish said recently that
she received letter from her two weeks
ago, and she did not even hint at an
engagement with the Duke.
| Virginia MacIuvish is the last IN so
| cicty of three sisters, who, few years
ago, were the leaders in their exclusive
| circles Tho receptions and entertain
mcntS given at thn grand MacTavish man
sion in Cathedral street were the m0sC
brilliant in the city. Suddenly, rlght
in the height OF u social season, MISS
Emily, the younger daughter, lald asldo
her splendid jewels and dresses ana enterfc
the convent at Mount dc Sales near tTls
city. The othtr sisters continued TO
shine i'm society another season, and then
Miss Mary, the Oldest, wound up Euro
pcan tour by shifting herself up Ill u
convent in Brussels. Belgium. About q
year ago Cardinal Gibbons, on his way
home from Rome, specially visited Brus-
sells to olliciate at her formal reception
into the cloistcr. Society was more sur
priscd to learn of the two sisters becom-
ing nuns than that the third sister may
become Duchess
Like English girls Miss Virginia Is
fond of the hunt. She IS the most uar-
ing rider of the Ellridgc FoX-huntlng
Club, and is nc;rly always IN at the
death She is nded as being the lneso
horsewoman in Maryland Her father,
/ thc Into Charles Carroll NlacTavish, was
direct descendant Of Charles Carroll,
of Carrollton, AMI his mother was the
daughter of Gcleral Winfield Scott.
Z Miss Virginia, like the rest of her fam
+ ily, is strict Roman Catholic. She Is
, of tall, handsom figure, dark brown
, hair and eyes, anda sweet pleasant lace
She is little eccentric in some things.
7 Last spring one o her pets, II fine hunt
ing dog, died. Sic wanted it buried IN
+ one of the principal cemeteries of the
| CITY but the officials refused her tempt
ing offer of handsome sum for the
privilege. Accordingly she buried the
the remains of hG pet with novel cere-
mony in the gardu of her home. a Ilt,
| tIe rosewood collir, lined with pcrfumcd
white satin. was made by IL leading un-
dortnl,er. and in tlis the dog was lowered
into n crave dug by Professional grave
b digrcrs. Miss Macravisli weepingly con.
, ductqd thc SERVED Tn, servants acted
| MS pall-bcarcrs. The M,cravish family
are very wealthy and very charitable