The morning news., 1889-03-15
LADY MANDEvILLR.
The Pretty American Girl Who Mar
ried Dukes Extravagant Son.
From the Philadelphia Bltlletfn. ..


ried Dukes Extravagant Son.
From, the Phlddelphfa Bulletin.
When the beautiful Senorita Consuelo
Yznaga married the Vscount George Vic
tor Drogo Vaudeville, the eldest son of the
seventh Duke of Manchester, she won a
title and became a member of an old and
distinguished English family. But there
was very little money with the title
although one or two castles and a house in
London, with many acres of land in the
north of Ireland, still belonged to the
family. Yesterday Lord Vaudeville was
declared bankrupt.
Lady Vaudeville has become better
known in New York since her marriage
than before it, for she was southern girl
native of Louisiana, and only came north
during the summer to spend few months
at Saratoga. The few who saw her at that
ultra-fashionable resort talk of her girlish
beauty and exquisite voice with admira-
tion.
Her mother was a native of louisiana
her parents being French. Her father,
Senior Antonio Yznaga del Vale, was a
native Of Cuba, and belonged to an old and
distinguished Spanish family. He settled
in Louisiana after his marriage on O great
cotton plantation, and here Lady Mande-
vile received her education. She had an
English governess, and even went to the
convent at Georgetown, but French was
the language of the family, and she still
has noticeable French accent, although
her English is very perfect
Although an American, Senorita Yznaga
was reared more like young princess.
Her father owned some 300 slaves, and un-
til after the war she had four maids to
come and go at her bidding. At the close
of the war the family was somew hat
poorer, but still lived in their southern
home surrounded by every luxury, and
after disposing of some property in Cuba,
they again were able to come 10 Saratoga
for the summer, with a retinue of ten SER
wants and horses and carriages
In 1875, when Senorita Yznaga was but
II, she passed the summer at the United
States hotel, and at one of the weekly balls
was introduced to the young Viscount Man.
deville. He was then handsome youth of
q summers, tall, slender and fair, and had
come to America on a pleasure trip Ito do
the states as he expressed it. But during
the entire summer he got no farther than
Saratoga, for he had fallen in love with the
little Spanish French American beauty, and
was only waiting a fitting opportunity to
lay his heart at her feet
The opportunity came one moonlit even
ing. as they promenaded the hotel piazza,
and diamond betrot al ring soon glistened
on the taper finger of the senorita. The
his sons intention by letter, and, it is said,
was almost heart6roken to think that his
son was to briug to the anchestral halls a
little American savage, as he called her.
The viscounts mother, who was the Coun-
tess Louise Fredric Augusta Won Alien Of
Hanover, was also deeply grieved but they
consented after "a struggle to receive the
young daughter-in-law into tae family.
AS already remarked above, the wedding
MIA ant oil
The bride wore white satin and a lace veil
that belonged to her reat-grandmother,
and which afterward aStonished the Duchess
of MancheS 5er with its old age and beauty,
and also a pearl necklace worth $50, 900.
They sailed for England and arrived i'll the
spring, i'll time for the bride to be presented
at court. Her youth, beauty and refine
ment of manner and speech, her little
French accent, her wedding dowry of
100000 from her father, all won her a
place in the affections and admiration OF
her husbands relatives and the fashionable
London world. and before August she was
the sensation of the season.
Lady Vaudeville is most beautiful
woman. Hers is the American-Spanish
type OF beauty. She has soft, dreamy
brown eyes, with dslicately penciled eye
brows, jet black, and in direct contrast to
the hair which is golden. Her forehead is
low and broad and her lips remind one Of
sculpture She has vivacious manners ana
is an accomplished musician. Her favorite
instrument is the guitar, on which she ac
companies herself wheu singing. Her sister.
Miss Emily Yynags, taught the Prince of
Wales how to play on the banjo, and they
sometimes play together with L tdy Mande-
vile. Lady Vaudeville has three children
"A son and two daughters. 1t is not known
whether her private fortune has been
touched by her husband or not. Her hus-
nand went through the bankruptcy casa
the other day, and is not now much re-
spected in London on account of his rather
immoral life.