The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-22

I ters OF King William ". by the actress
I Mrs. Jordan, while the dukes mother her
self behaved in such an outrageous manner.
living openly with a nObleman who was not
her husband, that she was deprived Of the
/ charge Of her only son.
/ The latter's practically motherless condi-
| ton appealed to the sympatbies of the
/ queen, who used to make a great pet Of the
/ lad when ct Balmorsl, and il is due in part
| to the favor which he thus enjoyed at court
/ from his bOyhoOdu up that he was so readily
I accepted as a suitor FOR the hand OF the
/ Prince Of Wales daughter
RESULTS OF A MOTHERS BAD EXAMPLE.
! As l have stated before in these columns,
I the dukes three sisters are ladies who ap-
| pear 20 have taken after their mother. For
| their characters are such that none Of them
/ was deemed worthy of being invited either
20 the wedding festivities of the duke or to
/ the christening Of his daughter, Lady Alex
andTa Duff. who stands a good chance,
although commoner in the eyes Of the
law, OF ascending the throne in succession
20 her mother, should the latter be permit
! ted to reign.
One Of these sisters is Lady Ida Wilson,
who, after marrying Adrian Hope, scandal
lied all Vanity Fair by repeatedly appear
ing on the promenade OF Rotten Row In
| state OF noisy intoxication, and then capped
matters by clipping with either her courier
or her coachmen. ! forget which.
For some time she resided in Switzerland
with her UdLet de coeur, but has now re-
turned TO London 70 brazen matters out as
the wife Of one William Wilson. whom no
body knows. but who is generally believed
TO be the mental referred to above.
Another sister is Lady Agnes Cooper.
She was married early in the '7Os to the late
Lord Dupplin.
THE vIsCoUNTEss HAD ELoPED.
"Duppy" was, however, neither physi-
oally nor morally what might be called
model husband. and one fine morning In the
very hight of the season. think it was on
the Cup day of the Ascot races-the word
passed that the viscountess had fed with
Herbert Flower, who enjoyed the well-de-
served reputation OF being the handsomest
and tinest-looKing man in England.
Lord Dupplin took matters philosophicelly
and secured a divorce from Lady Agnes,
who forthwith married the companion Of
her flight. In 1891 Herbert Flower died,
and after a few months Of widowhood Lady
Agnes married third husband. the famous
surgeon, DR.. Alfred Cooper. OF course she,
like Lady Ida, is ostracised by society and
cut by her brother.
The duKe's eldest sister, the Marchioness
OF Townshend, has the advantage
OF possessing half-crazy husband,
who, while closing his eyes to
her numerous indiscretions, is by no
means blind to the violations Of the va
grancy and mendicancy laws. Until the
moment when his own eccentricities and
the conduct of his wife necessitated his leav-
ing London he was in the habit of causing
the arrest and of prosecuting In person
every vagrant that he could catch sight Of.
HIS STOCK EXCHANGE OPERATIONS.
Nor Is the Duke of Flies own character
of the kind that would render the people of
Great Britain willing TO see him holding the
position of a prince consort, for ne is mixed
up in all sorts of stock exchange specula-
tions and enterprises, some OF which
are of such a nature as to have
led to their being stigInatized in the Lon
don press as bordering on swindles.
allude in particular to the various South
African companies Of which he is one of the
chief promoters and directors, and which
are assalled every week in London Truth
and other papers on the authority of many
explorers and experts, including Lord Ran
dolph Churchill, as delusion and q snare
TO unwary investors.
The duke, moreover, is a junior partner OF
the well-knoUn Westminster banking
house of Scott 81 Co.
1t was the widow and daughters of the
late leading partner Of this bank who have
recently been figuring SO prominently be-
fore the public ia the Earl Russell divorce
case.
THE DUKES STAY IN NEW YORK.
The duke who was one OF the boon COM
panions of his father-in-law, the Prince of
Wales, until the date Of his marriage, is no
stranger to New y ork, for he paid visit to
this city in 1876, and so we'll did he use his
time that he could even now give points to
knowing New Workers.
During portion OF his stay he was a guest
OF Ned Sothern at the Gramercy, and he
was likewise frequently seen on his way to
the jerome park races on the box seat of
Col. Delaney Kanes tally-ho coach.
Considerable admiration was excited by
the duke among his friends by the skill
which he displayed in making mixed drinks.
Some Of his triumphs, it was said, were
enough to make Hoffman house bartender
turn green with envy.
Like every other foreign visitor of dis
tinction, he made point of visiting the
slums. and it appears that he was especially
struck by the negro quarter. Indeed, he
declared that he had never been so touched
by music as when he listed in Thompson
street TO Il number of old time darkies sing
ing the pathetic songs of their race Of de
days before de wah.'
Formerly the duke occupied seat in the
House of Commons and used to be q warm
supporter of Mr. Gladstone. He has, how
ever, declined to follow the latter on the
subject of the home rule question, and it is
not 30 very long ago that he apostrophized
all those who favored home rule for Ireland
as "lunatics."