St. Paul daily globe., 1892-11-20

| wonder whether many American
rirls would consider the career OF the
duchess of Marlborough an enylaDle
one. asks writer in the Chicago Times.
There is a big element Of success IN 1t.
The daughter of Commodore cicero
Price, u. s. N, started i'll life poor III
all but personal beauty. Through hef
first husband she acquired great wealth.
and through her second lofty title.
But she had to go through trouble
some litigation to obtain the money, ana
she had to give herself to probably the
greatest blackguard i'll Europe to get
the title. AS owing to his ScandaiouS
divorce it was difficult TO find clergy
man to,perform the marriage ceremony,
Marlborough and his American bride
were welded simply before the mayor
of New York. like any immigrant
couple from Castle Garden. One hears
a great deal of the duchess successes
in London society, but it IS doubt
full whether there is any othe.
foundation for these than the fervld
fancy of some newspaper correSpon-
dent. A divorced woman may not be
presented TO the queen; neither, un-
derStand, may the wife of divorced
man. Lacking that all-important rec
ognition the ambitious American woman
must have been at great disadvantage
in her new sphere. 1t is said OF her,
however. that she made few mistakes
there. She had thoroughly studied
her Burke, 1.-THE British Bible"
Indeed, the duke somewhat sarcaS-
tically remarked Of her that she was
far more familiar with the. i'll
tricacies of the British peerage than he
was. Aside from his moral character,
the late duke was an attractive and re-
markably clever man. 1t is quite pos
Sible that marriage contracted eyl-i
IDENTITY as mere matter of bargain and
sale on both sides was a fairly
happy one. The dukes cleyer7i
ness was shown to great advan-
tage in the manner in which he MAN.
aged to possess himself of large part
Of his Wife'S inheritance. Perhaps it
did not need much management. The
American duchess seems to have had an.
eminently reasonable feeling that he
was entitled to make free with her
riches since he had secured her his
title. A great deal of her wealth was
spent upon beautifylng and Improving
BIenheim palace, which she must now
give up to the wife and son Of The duke
by his first marriage. She is now a
stout, passe, not especially attractive
woman, and one wonders whether she.
has found the game worth the candle.
Her grace of Marlborough is by no
means the only American ducheSs-the
dukes of Somerset and Manchester both
had American wlves-and 1T Is within
the bounds of possibility that another
American may succeed to the title that
Mrs. Louis HammerSley bought. The
present duke is delicate young man
who attained his majority last Sunday.
In the event OF his death Lord Ran
dolph Churchill, the late dukes brother,
steps in, and Lady Churchill. who was
Miss Jennie jerome, of New York, be-
comes duchess OF Marlborough. She
was beautiful girl. and is still beau
tiful woman, with superb, erect flg-
ure, gray blue eyes, and regular feat
ureS, and an expression OF great sweet
ness. A charming hostess, and clever,
well-informed woman, her tact and pop
ularity are said to be of the greatest as
sistance to her brilliant husband i'll his
political life, while her tact and grace
at entertaining makes her one of Lon
don'S first favoriteS socially.
Another English statesman who has
dill American WIG Is OH w ilidlH V ol :
non Harcourt, who reads the liberal
party in the absence of Mr.. Gladstone.
His wife is the daughter of John 10th
rop Motley, and is said to have ''all the
intellect to be expected of Motley'S
daughter. and all the vivacity of an
American girl" The Vernon Harcourts
eschew society and delight in their
own freside. Still, in quiet
way, they entertain delightfully."- in
their London home and In their favor
ite country place in the heart of New
Forest. Sir William is triple-chinned
man of ponderous physique, and, though
professedly rampant radical, takes
particular pride in the fact that he can
trace his descent in an unbrOken male
line through the house of Plantagenet
to the year $50. He is very effective
parliamentary debater. 1t has been said
of him that he likes to make a rafting
speech and be cheered by somebody.
but that he cares very little for the
effect Of his words five minutes after he
has uttered them.