The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-24
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The Notorious Dake ofSutherlaIid
settles in Florida
ne Prefers she nissd states 60 EnE-
Iand-sarns Fs<ss Absss
the psehess.


Nex Yszk worsd.
The sss-yrar-ssld Dukeof Sutherland
who has recenfly intilnzted bis riesns-
ure 20 sseronze an American sovereign,
viii. If nafuralized. acciimatizeSi arid
vaccfnated. be the first peer Of the
British realm. for century or two. al
isast. 20 settle dor-n as plain citizen
OF the United States. Sutherland has
been paying visits to these shores O:
freesIom so long. and readers OF the
World have got 80 accustomed to see
ing his name IN print that they may
not realize at firss blush just what the
full significance Is Of the declaration
the sexagsnarian bridegroom rnais
last week az bis wedding breakfast in
Dunedin, near Tampa, Fla AS hs
rose 10 his stalwart legs 10 respond
with pride ard an excellent grace &c
the brides health, as proposed hy
Bishop Weesl-whO had Just iegaiixed
i her happiDeSs-tEae :. Duck rs the
FIoYidan crackers insist on calling
him. said that Tampa, where he HAD
found his greatest happiness. would in
ali probability be his permanent home.
This means IN plain English that we
have an American duke at last, and
better still, an American duchess,
whose charms of intellect and man
ner, at least. are quite mp % those oi
any hereditary peerless of the old
country. Ii must be conceded that 10
Mrs. Arthur Blair. late reiict OF Capt.
Arthur Blair. r. A, the Fi0wery
State. oEes the possession OF a duke
who, at least IN the honeymoon s
golden light, sees Colambia's shores so
fair that he fain would never leave
them. Mrs. Rlair herself Is not OF
noble birth. But her family in Eng
land have fer generations ranked high
in the aristocracy of letters. and the
rather empfessee lady who first wore
these honors TO the United States with
the dnke. nearly Eve years age, has
not failed TO impress on all with whom
she has come in contact the force as
well as the grace of her mental powers.
IL was in the season OF lcs56 that
New York society got its first glimpse
OF the Duke OF Sutherland and of the
lady who has now become his wife and
made an American out Of him. And
Just here current misconception OF
the social aspect OF the dukes entree
into New York society should, in jus
tice to his friends, he corrected. If
their explanation should reflect a little
bit on the sagacity of New York's
gilded youth, still let the truth be told /,
though the devil himself be shamed
The incident in question Is known in
fashionable society rs the Sack Coat
episode.
From excellent authority it is now
learned that two innocent little incl
dents OF the debut in the States of the
hereditary British legislator who may
hereafter make law in the Florida leg
isiature-have beer distorted into the
awful episode of the Sack The first
was one for which Gotham's jeuaesss
doree should bliish-to wit. the appear
anee of the duke al an evening enter
tainment in a black sack coat. which
aroused a universal howl at such a
violation of the proprieties, but
which has since been recognized by
connoisse1rs as being no other than
the famous Tuxedo or Comfort coat so
generally winning its way nowadays
into the good graces of society men
sick to death of being mistaken for
walters! As the first 20 deal death
blow to the tailed dress-coat, Ills
Grace, Duke of Sutherland''-thats
the way to- speak of him, we Crackers
deserves a monument, To which
should only every alternate dude in
the land contribute the cost OF his
coat-taiis, there would he no limit of
cost and comeliness
The second little incident was the
appearance Of his grace on the morn
ing OF his departure on the Sans Peur
for the Vest Indies, at wedding where
the ha,ife eotee had gathered, IN plain
travelling suit and escorting Mrs.
Blair, now Her Grace, in "A correspond
ing travelling suit of gray plaid, which
set off her figure to excellent advant-
age. That portion of the s0a which
has very tender social eorns at once
and numerically shrieked that its toes
and propriety had been trodden
on. Ana the reyerherations of the
shrek have not vet died away. The
duke set sail, and Mrs. Blair and the
rest of his party went with him. Mrs.
Paran Stevens and n number of leaders
of fashion had entertained him. and
incidentally, her. and some of them
even went on hoard the Sans Pear.
which Is Il wonderfully well-traveiled
boat, and made, in that distinguished
e0mrany-wh where they rubbed elbows
with duke every day-the voyage
down 20 the enchanted seas whore the
Gulf stream breeds perpetual summer
and the wind nIurmurs ever OF Ponce
de Leon and his fountains Of youth.
The duke, or plain Sutherland, a.
be may now be called with American
frankneSs, is coed deal of youth
himself. lie doesn't look his age. y
aS the saving goes, and enjoys the
hardy habits, good appetite aud de-
bonnaire manners Of u man who lives
and loves To live much in the open air.
George Granville William Sutherland
Leyeson-GoweT, Scotch Earl OF Suther-
land. where, II was said by Emerson,
he conld ride from sea 10 sea across
the tight little isle without ever go
ing oil his own domain, was born in
ISIS and has been a luke" since 1861.
Before he was a duke" he was the
Marquis OF Stafford, and then and
since he has developed "monstrous
lot of hard sense and an excellent
ability 10 mind bis own business, with
the suggestion that this rule also ali-
plies To Others. Here is IA very good
picture OF him-a tall, tsoasi-Shoui-
dered clear-complexioned and we'll
bearded man, carrying his 30 wears as
ably rs many New Workers get along
With their fortieS and taeir iiitieS.
All his life the duke has been man
OF wealth individually apart from his
vast landed possessions. 4 compe-
tent critic said OF him n good many
years ago in London
There are land owners who secure
consideration other than that derived
from the extent OF their territorial pos
sessions Among them - the Duke III
Sutherland The Duke OF Sutherland
Is one Who recognizes 20 it, fullest ex-
tent the axiom that property has rs
duties rs we'll a. its rights. lie i A
mode landlord He has for wears
been Recommending introducing and
personally experimenting agricultural
improvements throughout his vast e.
tatsS IN Eymvlaud and Scotland. and IL
his tenants were polle8 20. morrow fesr
would declare themselves anxious n
secure any other rights than those
they already possess.
In polite his grace II Liberal.
some surprise was therefore exhibited
wheaSt was announced that he hs,i
accepted the invitation 81 the Earl az
Beaconstleid o. the ministerial dinner
on the eve II thc oiseniug af parlia.
nssst. Those who know him are thor
edgiily able "a appreciate the motives
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