The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-06-05

since became Lord Annaly, gave rise for
time to considerable amount of gossip in
London, which could not but have proved
annoying to her relatives, while the sudden
rupture Of her engagement with Sir Edgar
Vincent, on the very eve of the day ap-
pointed for her marriage, created quite a
sensation in Mayfair. Sir Edgar was not
at the time as enormously wealthy as he
has since become. and it is asserted that
the cause which led him to break off the
match was the discovery that his bride
would loso her jointure of $50, 600 year, as
widow Of Lord Lonsdale, on her re-mar-
riage, and that, moreover her debts
amounted to considerably over quarter Of
million dollars, which her second husband
would have the privilege of being forced to
pay. Sir Edgar Vincent, who is al exceed
lngiy handsome man, subsequently welded
Lady Helen Duncombe sister of the Ouch
ess Of Leinster while the bride whom he
had deserted consoled herself by marrying
the homely but very wealthy Earl de Grey,
whose principal title to fame at present is
his almost European pre- eminence as
sporting shot and his possession of the
beautiful Lady Gladys Herbert as his wife.
A PROFESSIONAL DANCER OF FAMILY WHO
WILL BE PEERLESS.
The name of Kate Vaughan has been
mentioned above as one of the two
originators and creators of the skirt dance
on the professional stage. She by rights
deserves 10 find place among the women
OF birth and rank who have achieved fama
in connection with the Society Nautch of
Great Britain. For although she for many
years figured as q regular member OF the
dramatic, or rather the burlesque profess
sion. yet she is well born, her father hav
ing been a country rector of lineage sufi
GENTLY ancient to admit of his name being
included among those of the county fami
lies of England. She was brought up and
educated with no other object in view than
to assume the rank in society to which her
birth entitled her. and the circumstances
which led her to seek both vocation and
livelihood on the stage were of painful
character, which it is unnecessary to de-
scribe here. In 1887 she married Colonel
the Hon. Frederick Wellesley, brother OF
the Earl of Cowley, and who stands in the
line of succession to that peerage. She
had previously figured as the cause of the
decree of divorce which his fist wife, a
daughter of the ex-Ambassador Lord
Augustus Lotus, had secured from him.
Colonel Fred Wellesley, although his name
is retained on the list of retired officers of
the army, is no longer a member of the
Guards and other leading London clubs
The reasons which led TO mis- semi ostracsm
from which he is gradually now emerging
queen to deprive him Of his post 10 the
diplomatic service, of his office of aide-de-
camp In The royal household and 10 place
him upon the retired list OF the army.
While acting as charge d affaires of Great
Britain at Vienna he had appeared in the
embassy box a. the opera in percep.ible
state of intoxicetion and accompanied by a
notorious demimondaine. 1t was on
night when the emperor and empress hap
pened to be present and when Colonel
Wellesley was seen taking his seat by the
side OF his fraii companion in the most con
spicuous portion of the box, and in full
view Of the court and Of the whole house,
the empress arose and withdrew. A few
minutes later the gallant colonel was called
into the little salon at the rear of the en-
bassy box ana there, after the exchange OF
few angry words, received a singing
blow on the cheek from Count Hugo Kali
noky, younger brother of the present Aus
trian minister Of foreign affairs, and who
like every other Austrian officer present.
vas frantic with rage at the 1nsult 10 which
his sovereign had been subjected. On
the following day, While walking on the
Ringsassah, he was again struck IN the
face, this time by another cavalry officer,
and for the same reason as on the night be-
fore. To neither the one nor tc the other
Of these blows did the gallant colonel make
any response, and incredible though it may
appear, took no notice whatsoever of the
challenges thus forced up him. Of
course his summary recall from Vienna i'm
mediately followed. 1t may be added that
he has large families of children both by
his former as well as his present wife.
Besides the names above mentioned there
are many others mat could be cited in order
to show now thoroughly the fad of skirt
and ballet dancing has taken hold of the
feminine element of London society. What
The craze will ultimately lead to it is i'm
possible 10 say but there is every reason to
fear that neither the tone. the taste nor the
morals of the English race will be improved
by London's Society Nautch.