St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-15

llClS put lUIUn llG liOSb plCpUoIClOuo
%2retentious as to their social status in
The United States, trusting to British
ignorance of American affairs to escape
detection. The shameful fact cannot be
ienied that there are persons we'll
placed in society who are Wiling to
end their influence for a monetary con-
liberation, and these persons find in
The aforesaid social Adventures eager
customers"
Tie American Leader.
Mrs. M~ackay's good and bad qualities
Ire commented on at some length.
Among other things the author says:
But, after all. the real leadership of
The American colony in L%ondon-if this
abstract position of leader be recognized
IS existing at all-must be conceded to
;wo ladies who bear no title; who hold
heir respective places in English Soci-
ETY. not by the grace of any English
alliance, but solely through their per-
sonal attributes, and whose relations
are thoroughly and ~diStinctiveiy Amer
lcan. These two ladies are Mrs. Henry
White and Mrs. Mackay.
The u~nforgiving spirit is very
itrongly developed in Mrs. Mackay, and
forms Ii of the darkest sides OF her
character. Let al atfront or injury be
offered her and she seems utterly in
capable OF forgiving or forgetting. This
;rait has been evidenced in several
eases, which have attracted more or less
public attention. i'll which persons actu-
ated by jealousy or i'll will had sought
10 malign or injure her.
"Dr. Johnson, it is recorded, once
iverred that he loved a good hater.
How DR.. johnson could have loved Mrs.
Mackay!
Among the most frequent guests at
Mrs. Mackay's house are her father and
mother, Co. and Mrs. Daniel Hunger
ford. Another frequent guest is the
Princess di Galatro Colonna, Mrs. Mac
kay's daughter, and her husband, Prince
Ferdinand. Prince Ferdinand di Co.
lonna, who is handsome man of thirty,
is the direct descendant of a family of
princes who date their ancestry back to
Saladln-a family which numbers in its
members the superb Cardinal Lepanto,
the patron of Michael Angelo. The Co.
lonna family stands at the head OF
Italian nobility, and is greater in honor,
richer in lineage, and more famed III
history than was ever Italy's oldest
line OF kings"
How tho ROnynges Rose.
Here is how one family typical OF
many has risen to social prominence
The story is curious:
For some time past-dating from the
period when Mr.. Phelps was minister
from the United States to ~England-the
BonyngeS have been among the mos
remarkable figures in the American
colony of London. The history of the
BOnynges is in many respects a most
striking one. 1t shows what may be
done. even in a social way, by
dint Of persistent effort and
ity known as 'push'-that by
the exercise of these attributes great
things may be accomplished ever in the
usually exclusive realms of English
high society. In the history of this
society the Ease of the Bonynges is
probably without a parallel. The Bon
ynge family circle consists of Charles
William Bonynge; his wife, Mrs. Rode
s: Bonynge, and two daughters, Miss
Virginie Daniel Bonvnge and Miss
Louisa Bonynge." The volume goes or
to tell at length about the early days Of
the Bonynges when they were strug
Cling in a Western mining town, anC
has this to say about the aid given by
American ministers to England:
AT last, when MI. Phelps became
minister, the Bonynges succeeded il
making Roadway. Minister Phelps wa:
all honest, well-meaning elderly gentle
man. who, finding himself transplantet
from the peaceful retirement of private
life in one of the quietest cities in the
United States to the life and activity O
the greatest city of the world, lost hi.
head. In many of the emergencies ht
found himself called upon to face ht
lacked the necessary determination, de
clslon, II %sternnesS requisite t O a sue
ceSsful filling of the post. His presenta
lions were frequently, both as to nun
Der and character, the subject of severe
criticism.
phelps Jr., the son, seemed to have
a perfect genius for getting into spec
ulations which did not pay and lost
good deal OF money. The acquaintance
of this young man Mr.. Bonvnge assidu
ously cultivated. With his shrewd bust
ness sense and knowledge he was en-
abied, it is said, to get young Pbelp.
into several ventures which, differing
materially from his previous expert
ences. returned more than handsom,
results. In a word, young Mr.. Phelp,
was taken in hand by the astute MIR
Bonynge, and Phelps pere proved duly
grateful in the only way he could prove
his gratitude-by according social ia
vOrs. Taking the BonyngeS as their so
cial proteges, the PheIpses were en-
abled, as a result of Mr.. Phelps oficia
position, TO launch them into society
Thus did the Bonynges obtain thei
start.
A Willy Schemer.
Another good story is told of hov
Mi. Bonynge managed to capture, so t,
speak, the present American minister
As has been already narrated. tn,
Bonynges owe their social start entirel,
to the aid of the Phelpses, and, natur
ally, they have in CONSCIENCE a yer,
lively appreciation of the value of tn,
legations friendly influence. When tn,
last presidential election was being hell
in the United States the Bonynges wer,
on thorns as to the result, and when tn,
cable dispatches to Europe announced
the-defeat of Mr.. Cleveland they wer,
in despair. Why? Because. of course
the defeat of the Democratic candidat,
meant a change in the minister to Lon
don and a loss of their friend AM
patron, Mr.. Phelps.
"ln a truly practical spirit, however