The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-12-03

known as one Of the most charming Of
American women; she was liked and ad-
mired as much in London as afterward at
the white house. She still is sometime seen
in the inner circles of the old Washington
| society, as il TO show that the grace and
dignity and attractiveness which will one
day be historical, were worthy Of their
fame.
Mrs. Charles Francis Adams passed
| through London with her husband dur
ing the arbitration at Geneva, and looked
in again on that society Of which she had
once made part. She left memory there
among many people of importance that was
proof Of her tact and sense; for she had a
difficult role TO play. She was in England
during our civil war, when the aristocratic
| circles IN which she moved were intensely
| hostile to the north. At the time of her
Trent difficulty, Lord houGhton came to
| town and took Mr.. and Mrs. Adams to his
| country seat at Fryston, TO get them away
! from the storm OF English feeling which
reached even TO ball rooms and dinner
| tables.
Mrs. Reverdy johnson is still remembered
! in Washington and Baltimore as a stately,
| gracious woman Of the olden style, but her
| husbands stay in London was too short for
her to make decided impression on society.
Next came Mrs. Motley, sister of Park
BENJAMIN, the writer, and an amiable, sem
sible woman. but almost eclipsed by her
daughters have all married Englishmen OF
prominent families. The eldest, who came
| out in London, was pronounced by Lord
Palmerston, no bad judge, the pretiest
girl of the season. She is married
| to Sir William Vernon Harcourt, per-
haps the ablest man, after the premier
himself, in the present government, and
| the lkeliest to succeed him. She is past her
| earliest youth, but has talent for politics.
| Is good talker. and a great lady to the
fingers ends. An American might think
she cared too much for rank and precedence
but she is favorite in English society as
are her sisters; one, Mrs. Brinley Sheridan,
is the cousin by marriage Of the Duke of
Somerset, Lord Dufferin, Lord Houghton.
Lord Baltimore, and a number of other
arlstocrats; the other, Mrs. st. John Mild
may, Is also connected with many of the
high nobility. Mrs. Motley died soon after
her husbands removal from Office, regretted
by hosts Of friends. She lies by his side in
the cemetery at Kendall Green; for after
Motley's second diplomatic downfall he de-
clared that her bones should never rest in
America.
The three daughters of Gen. Schenck
were the next women to represent Amer
lea at the court of st. James. They had
many difficulties to contend with, In the
first place, their mother was dead, and the
question of procedure was settled against
them. Then, during their fathers term the
Geneva arbitration occurred, ana English
ill-feeling was at its hight. Lord
Houghton did not carry them
out of its purlieus but the famous
Lady WaldeRravs was their stanch
friend, and had them constantly at her
houses in town and country. They were
all clever and thoroughly American, like
their father, and perhaps the family would
have been more generally popular if they
had put their light more carefully under
busheL But their wit and their patriotism
were always in evidence. The young women
were too bright In repartee for many of their
acquaintance, and this is a fault men do
not forgive in the weaker sex, while the
women declare they dressed too we'll;
and they did dress better than most
OF the English bellies. At the close of Gen.
Schenck's career came his unfortunate but
innocent connection with the Emma mine,
and he left England suddenly to defend
himself before congress. The young women
remained for q while and formed warm
friends, who stood by them till they followed
their father. There were not wanting En-
glish as well al Americans to wish them well
when they left in SO great distress the society
they had adorned.
Mrs. Edwards Pierrepont came after
them, the handsomest representative Amer
ican women have had in London for forty
years. Her beauty and her costumes were
so much appreciated that their fame
reached the queen, who shared the general
admiration. Both her majesty and the
Princess of Wales were more gracious to
Mrs PieTrepont than to any of her success
sors or predecessors. The princess reported
to the queen the impression she had re-
ceived, and her majesty invited Mrs.
Pierrepont to accompany her hus-
band on one Of his official visits to
Osborne, an unprecedented honor,
SO that she might make her personal
PiarrarnOE lao
| Commanded" to join the royal party at
dinner, when Gen. and Mrs. Grant were
| asked to Windsor, and her majesty even
gave her portrait to the pretty American.
Unfortunately, the lady's competriots did
not share the royal feeling She gave
| great offense by declining the invitations
of Americans in London, and was generally
supposed to prefer the society of English
aristocrats TO that Of the democrats who
| she represented.
This preference was never attributed to
| Miss Ellen Welsh, who succeeded her. Mr.
Welsh was widower and Miss Welsh, the
| only unmarried daughter. The minister
was over 70 years of age, of Quaker blood,
| and had never been given to the fr1vOlltles
| Of this world. he was appointed minister
without his knowledge and accepted his
post unwillingly, but he was too old to fire.
| quent the late London balls, and his daugh-
ter could not attend them without a
| chaperOn: so that tneY neard COM
paratively little of the great English
world; but they entertained their own
country people with simple but generous
hospitality; and their heads were never
turned by their elevation, which is more
than could be said of several Of the ladies
who enjoy Miss Welsh's position.
One Of these left country house because
she was not taken into dinner every night
at the head of the company; another neg
lected TO return the visits Of Mrs. TAFT, be-
cause she had no title, until she learned that
Mrs. TAFT was the wife Of the archbishop Of
Canterbury; several of them we're eaten up
with ideas of their own consequence and
0uarreled about their precedence till even
the English laughed at them. l saw
one of them at Marlborough house take a
certain position in the line before dinner
and declare emphatically that was her
place. "Ol very WE'LL said a duchess, 'If
we are to consult precedence, am up here, u
and she stepped above the punctilious
| American.
After Miss Welsh came Mrs. Lowell, who
was too Ill for years TO take her part in So
ciety, but this did not prevent Mr.. Lowell
from going everywhere without her. She
was sweet, good-tempered, interesting
woman, liked by all who knew her.
was not in England during the regime
Of Mrs. Phelps, but she filled her station to
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