St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-01

The action of the queens proctor is so
inSurmountablP. But the woman said
to herself: Though England has de-
cided that | must be a slave, neverthe-
less ! will be free" Meantime Lieut..
Lynch-Blosse, after enieavoring to
blacken his wife's character in his regi-
ment and getting SOnndly thraShed for
his pains. eloped with
& LigGt-Headed Scotch Peerless
whose husband, Lord Torphichen,
promptly obtained 4 divorce, with the
custody of his childreii. ard the clippers
fled the kingdom, leaving a small army
OF sWlndled tradesmen who are still eX-
cecdingly anxious to discover their
whereabouts. When last heard of, the
eX-Gnlform was living in Chicago nnder
an alias. and lie VIII probably remain
one of the many English ornaments of
this country, for the same English law
that permits man TO castigate his wife
| in moderation is excessively SeAere ii he
SwindleS tradesmen.
Mrs. Lynch-BlOsse obtained her Da-
kOtan divorce on the ground Of adultry,
/ the evidence being the record of the
| Scotch suit of Lord TOrphichen against
Lady TOrphlchen, otherwise styled the
! Rt. Hon. Ellen Frances Gordon, and
apart from the wrongs, the beauty, and
the pioneer courage OF Mrs. Lynch
BlosSe, picturesque as they made it, her
case possesses profound interest to the
legal mind. 1t adds TO the weight OF
such cases as except to the old rule of
/ dOmIcle (DitSOn vs.. DitsOn. II. l.. 81:
! Harding YS. Alden. 9 Mo. $40: HOLSTER
IS. HolIster. 6 Pa. ST., $40: Derby VS..
| Derby. II Ill. App, $40 by showing
that where husband is guilty of such
! conduct as would entitle even to a linn
| tied divorce, the wife is at liberty
10 establish separate JuriSdic
tiOnal dOmicile. Moreover Mrs. Lynch
Blosse might have obtained divorce on
grounds less strong than she did. for
divorce good at the place of domicile
will be sustained in England. though
the same grounds would have been in
sufficient to obtain it there. Harvey VS..
Farnie, +. r. s App. Cass 40: Turner
VS.. Thompson. l.. r., Is p. ID. 80 OF
this law, probably, comfy of nations is
the chief opponent. Those who admire
moral courage and feel
Glow OF Indignation
at the fact that. in order to secure her
natural right to own herself, 4 woman
in the closing years of the nineteenth
century has to spend thousands of dol
lars, travel thousands of miles, and So
JOurn among strangers, may be glad
to know that since her freedom
she has married an English gentle
man of high character, and is living
restfully in charming little cottage on
the banks Of what Macaulay calls, in
his picturesque way, 1.-THE river OF the
ten thousand mastS." The great, fever
Gus heart of London throbs near.
Another very interesting parsonage in
the Sioux Falls Divorce Colony is Mrs.
James g. Blaine Jr., now living in a
cosy cottage Oh the fashionable avenue
with her sister. Miss NevinS, her son,
James q. Blaine, third. and her maids.
When Marie NevinS, piquanty pretty,
witty. and accomplished, made a stolen
match with the ungreat sob of one of
Americas greatest political figures, she
little dreamed what the hands of the
Fates-WhO are sometimes the Furies-
were spinning for her; yet she wears
her robes Of sorrow with some of that
grace OF pat thence which comes to her
sex like an instinct born of centurjed
servtude. How Ter husband ever fascin-
ated so fascinatingly elusive a creature is
mystery to all who know him and a
miracle to all who know her: but who
has ever guessed the riddle of a wOm-
ans heart? Surely 10 ran yet known
to the world. except possibly BalZac,
and he only occasionally by some sort Of
electric, psychological accident The
has been carefully
Hidden From the Public.
although some SuperSerViceable. would
be friends have now and then busted
themselves with starting absurd ru-
mors, as if for the fun Of cOntradicting
them; for instance. a precious yarn
spun lately to the effect that Mrs.
Blaine ST.. looked down on her daugh-
ter-in-law as not aristOcratic enough
til have married Blaine. How in
trinscally absurd is such an idea
in connection with a family as close
TO what Lincoln called the plain peo-
ple'' and as really proud Of so being
as thatOf the famous Republican leader,
Blaine is a man so thoroughly demo-
cratic that Only very stupid enemy of
his could have invented such a piece Of
Self-convlcting nonsense: for if aris-
tocracy entered into the question, Mrs.
James e. Blaine Jr., could make a bet
ter showing than her spouse, since. if it
c0nferS any QuaSi-patent Of nobility in
this country TO have distinguished
father, it must give larger halo of
social splendOr to have distinguished
grandfather, etc. etc. Now, Mrs.
Blaine Jr. had a grandsire who was a
power in his day, fOrceful, brilliant
man. Samuel Medary, who was sue
ceSsively governor Of three states.
Ohio, Kansas and Minnesota. Mrs.
Blaine Jr., apart from her marital mis-
fortunes, deserves much sympathy for
her physical fate. Just lately her leg
was broken again and her surgeons fear
that her lamenesS must be perpetual.
Yet the talk about her
Going on the Stage
has some basis, and no one who ever
talked with her. and enjoyed the priS-
matte play of her facial expression and
the fleXions OF her vibrant voice, could
doubt her fitness for certain popular
roles. Nor need her lameness defeat
her of success. A play of mingled
pathOs and huDor could be written for
has offered TO do il. and Hamlin Gar
land could do it eXcellently. BalZac in
his marvellous book, 1.-The AlkaheSt,"
declares that she is blest among
women, who having some great bodily
defect, nevertheless wins a mans affec-
tons, for she never loses her hold on
them, and it might very easily be the
same with lame actress and the affec-
tons of the public.
As to Mrs. Blaine's case an immense
interest is felt. an interest which lies
not alone in the points of law. Mrs.
Blaine Jr. is Catholic. ana her exam
pie in taking this step contrary to the
custom of her church is likely to be
fruitful. 1t is pretty safe prophecy
that the next pope will see the adviSa-
bility of returning TO the policy of the
church prevalent before the council of
Trent and will allow wiser freedom
to his spiritual subjects in this matter OF
divorce. Hearts were created before
creeds, and the primal laws Of God still
possess. and exert in emergencies, their
ancient vigor of eminent domain.
1t is noticeable that nearly all the
women in the colony have children. and
nearly all are women of unusual grace
or beauty, or mental gift-sometimes all
Three in One.
A very interesting person occasionally
seen on the streets with little golden
haired boy is Mrs. Nina Hubbard. for
merlv of Redhank n L She has one