The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-19
THE MIGHTY ARE FALLEN.
DANES Of Noble Rank Who Are
Excluded From the Best
British Society.
Lady Colin Campbell, Lady Beau
mont, ths Duchess Of 6uth-
erland tho Women.
Why These August Personages Arc Ostra-
eissd by the Naughty Female Lead
ers Of tho English Aristocracy.

II will still be fresh in the minds of most
Of our readers, says the Marquise dc Fon-
teuoy in the New York Recorder, that tho
d;sgIaceful and shocking divorce suit Of
Lord Colin Campbell was followed by his
appearance in the court of bankruptcy. Tho
trustee appointed by the latter has just
made his report and statement OF accounts,
from which 1t appears that the amount of
assets to be distributed among the credit
ors does not exceed $16.50 Accustomed as
are the judges OF this court to impecuniosi-
ty on the part Of the soions Of patrician
families who seek financial whitewash with
in its portals, the minute character of
Lord Collins available assets has absolutely
staggered them.
Lord Colin, who is by far moro objection
abls than any of his excessively unpopular
brothers, is now back in London after, for
= short time, practicing as barrister in the
courts Of Bombay. 1t looks as If he were
utterly incapable of any ; sentiment OF
shame, for he walks about with his head
held ~ high as ever, manifesting . most
lordly contempt for all those pool fellow
creatures who do not happen to have astrain
Of royal Stuart blood coursing through
their veins.
Lady Colin Campbell, although she won
her case and caused her husband to be non
suited, has bsen made to feel severely the
effect of the damaging and peculiarly dh-
gushing revelations in connection with the
divorce proceedings. She has completely
lost caste, Is no longer seen at any of the
good houses, and while retaining Q certain
kind of questionable popularity among I'M
attached men, is ostracissd by all the
women who rank as leaders Of London So
ciety. To certain semi-publio functions
she is still invited, not, however, as Lady
Colin Campbell. but merely as a member OF
the journalistic staff of Edmund Yates
London World. Her weekly contributions
to that sheet bear the signature of "Vera
Echariohkin,' and among her journalistic
associates at the present momen is that
most horrible and repulsive individual, A..
M. Bloadley, who, notwithstanding his
hideous past in India and Tunis-a past
that has necessitated his expulsion from
every club to which he bslonRed-has re-
Gently been ~re-engaged by Edmund Yates.
In one word, Lady Colin Campbell, al
though still the sister-in-law of Princess
Louise Of Great Britain, has fallen to the
social level of the present Duchess of Suth-
6rlAnO anu Oh Lazy De6uAlOHGs
Lady Beaumont ia the daughter of the
we'll known German milliner, Mime. Louise,
in Regent street, London, and of her hus-
band, Mr.. lsaacson, q member of parlia-
nent, who has been the central figure in
more than one scandal. Lady Beaumont,
Just as Lady Colin Campbell, has been the
Respondent or defendant in some very hor-
yible legal proceedings; and although Lord
Beaumont. like Lord Colin. has been un-
able to secure a dissolution of his marriage,
yet the evidence put forward against his
wife has been fully sufficient to deprive her
of the social prestige ordinarily enjoyed by
q petress of the realm.
With regard to the duchess of Sutherland,
who as Mrs.. Blair was the travelling COM
panion of the duke on several OF his visits
severe ostfacism by tbs members of her
husbands family, BY the court. and by
English society in general. Although mis-
tress Of Che most magnificent residence in
London. her salons are deserted, and the
portals of Stafford house, which formerly
opened to all that WAS noblest and grandest
in the land-the queen WAS q frequent
visitor there, and tho prince Of Wales WAS
running in and out OF tho house all day
are no longer entered save by such women
as Lady Beaumont, Lady Colin Campbell,
ct 10 reste.
TIE new duchess has done everything in
her power to secure social recognition, but
it has all been in vain. Early in the season
she leased a splendid place in the n%eishbor-
hood of Windsor in the hope of establishing
some kind of an acquaintance with the
castle and with the colony of persons more
or less directly connected with the court who
reside in the vicinity. Day after day she so
%arranged her carriage outings as to meet the
queen taking her afternoon drive in the
home park. Hsr majesty, RS q rule. makes
q points OF graoiously bowling or smiling in
return to every salutation that is addressed
to her, no matter whether it be by q duke
or \ day laborer, by q peeress or a washer
woman. @.~
She. however, made an exception in the
case of the new duchess of Sutherland, the
brought her most forbiddinR expression to
hor face, and she received the obsequious
rsverences of the duchess with q most
frigid and 10y stare and without the slight
est response. The duchess exposed herself
daily to this public humiliation, apparently
hoping that her majesty would at length re-
lent. 1t was not until certain privileges in
connection with the park ordinarily granted
to Windsor residents were pointedly re-
fused to the duchess by the castle authori-
ties that she realized the uselessnsss of re-
manning any longer at Windsor.
The queens attitude toward thesex- Mrs.
Blair is perfectly comprehensive, for she
WAS exceedingly fond both Of the mother Of
the duke and Of his first wife. Ths latter
had been one of the favorite ladies OF her
majesty, VINO was accustomed 20 Gall 0ef by
her Christian name and to treat her with
the utmost affection. Under the ciroum-
stances it is only natural that she should
feel intensely prsjudiced against tho rather
vulgar and coarse-looking creature who led
the luke to forget all that he owed to his
charming and lovabls wife, to his family,
to his great and ancient name, and to the
laws governing society. Neither the queen.
nor any one else for that matter, can forget
the lnmentabls scene when the duke lay ill
Mt Trentham, and thslate duchess, with her
daughter and daughter-in- law, who had ar
rived TO tend and nurse him, were subjected
to dis9raceful treatment at his bedside and
foroed to abandon not only the si0k room
but also tho house of the lady who has
since become the second wife of the duke.
Nor are the circumstance connected with
the death of Lady Alexandra Leveson-
Clover last spring likely to improve the
social position of the new duchesr. Lady
Alexandra WAS the only surviving daughter
Of the duke-a frail, delicate creature,
greatly beloved by her godmother, the prin-
cess of Wales, and by the queen. Having
been n witness of tho treatment and
neglect to which the mother had been sub
iect by the duke, she absolutely refused to
meet the dame whom her father hid mar.
ried 30 very quickly after his first wifs's
death of q broken heart.
The duke rstaliated by stopping her