The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-22

The Pretty American Girl Who Mar
ried = unke's Exsravsgant Son.
phffadefuhta pulisfaa

When the beautiful Senorita Con-
suela Yznaga married the yisconnt
George Victor Drogo Vaudeville, the
eldest son of the seventh Duke OF
Manchester, she won q title and be-
came member of an old and dis.
tingwishei English family. Bat there
was very little money with the title.
although one or two castles and q
house in London, with many acres OF
land ia the north of Ireland, still be-
longed 10 the family. Yesterday Lord
Vaudeville was declared a bankrupt
Lady Vaudeville has become better
known in New York since her mar
riaee than before il, for she was
Southern girl. q native Of Louisiana.
and only came North during the sum
mer % spend few months al Sarato-
ga. The few who saw her 81 the then
ulfra-fashiDnable resort talk of her
girlish beauty aud exquisite voice with
admiration.
Her mother was q native OF Louis
lana, her parents being French. Her
father. Senior Antonio Yxnaga del
Vale, was a native OF Cuba and be-
longed to am old aud distinguished
Spanish family. lie settled IN Louis
lana after his marriage on great cot
ton plantation, and here Lady Mansle-
vile received her education. She had
an English goyerneSs and even went
ia the convent at Georgetown, bat
French was the language of the family
and sl<n still has a noticeable French
aecent, although her English is very
Perfect.
Although an American, Senorita
Ysnaga was reared more like a young
princess. Her father owned some 800
slaves. and until after the war she bad
four maids 10 come and 80 at her
bidding. At the close III the war the
family was somewhat poorer. but still
lived in their Southern home sur
rounded by every luxury. aud after
disposing OF aome property in Cuba
they again were able 90 come 70 Sara
toga for the summer, with retinue
OF 10 servants and horses and car
riages.
In 1874 when Senorita Yznaga vas
bat l., she passed the Aummer at the
United States hotel, and at one OF the
weekly balls was introduced 10 the
Young Niscounf Vaudeville. Ae vas
then a handsome youth ol y summers.
tall. slender and fair, and had come TO
America ON pleasure trip 20 do the
States, as he expressedsit. But dur
ing the entire summer he got no
further than Saratoga. for he had
fallen In love with the little spanish
Freneh-American beauty. aud was
only waiting fitting opportunity 20
lay his heart At her feet.
The opportunity CAME one moonlit
evening. as they promenaicd the hotel
piazza, ard diamond heihroihaI ring
soon glistanea on che taper finger of
the scnorita. The Duke of Manchester
WAS duty informed of his sons inteu-
tons by letter, and. IL is said. was
almost hearthroken 10 think that his
SON was i0 bring 20 the ancestral halls
little American savage, a he
called her The Nisgoant's mother
who WA the Countess Louise Fred
erica Augusta Won Alien az Hanover.
was also deeply grieyed. but they con
scented after 4 struggle ~ receive the
young dasghieF-in-saw into the family.
As already remarked above. the
wedding took place during the teuien-
NAL ss-ar. The bride wor<. white satin
and a lace veil that belonged 70 her
great grandmother. sn0 which after
wards astonished tie Duchess Of Man
chester with its old age and beauty.
and alao pearl necklace worth So
GO. They sailed for England and ar
rived in the spring in Time fer tkN
bride - he presented az court Her
youth. beauty an3 refinement OF man
ner and speech. her little French ae-
cent. her wedding siowYy of Si0l.tp1
froiG her father. al pon her place in
the affections and admiration of her
husbands relatives and the fashion
able London worss. and before August
she Was the sensation Of the season.
LADY Vaudeville Is a most beautiful
Woman. Hers is The AneFican-Sp
ish type of beauty. She has soft,
dreamy brown eyes, with deiiestely
penciied eyebrows. Jet black, and III
sdircct contrast to The hair, which i
.goldea Her forehead i low and
Shrosa and her lips remind one o.
sculpture She has yivaclouS manners
S2nd i an accompii~ hs'a musician. Her
ttavorite instrument is the guitar, on
(which she accompanies herself when
singing Tier sisfoF. Miss Emily
s xanEa. taught she Prince OF Wales
Aow Ia play on the banjo. and they
sometimes play together with LADY
SMaadevllle I-Aay Vaudeville has
Saree ehilAren-a son and two tiaugh-
sers. liz IS ne; known whether her
9avjvate fortune has been touchea hy
.laer husband or not.