Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-28
THE HOUSE OF LORDS
AN AMERICAN WOMAN BLUFFS HER
WAY PAST THE GUARDS.
Claimed 10 he the Wife Of IN American
Dignitary and Had Good Look At
the Titled House.

Tho wife OK weli-knOWn Hepupncan
official of the Treasury Department has
lust returned from flying trip to Europe.
Her name will not be divulged. but tho
husband is also an ex.congressman from Q
western State. and before he was q men,
Der OF Congress was q minister OK the
Gospel. A host Of people know the lady.
who, during her Washington career. mas
been noted for her artistic dressing, says
the Washington Post. A.,
other side, but she proceeded TO see
things" in fashion that made the staid
wife Of the United States commerciai
agent, with whom she travelled, pale with
awe and green with envy.
Mrs. Official saw Paris. particularly the
Louvre. She could not be lured from II,
and insisted on spending the entire day
without eating or drinking, whiie sne
studied pictures and catalogues. Rubens,
yeasquez, Angeles, Da Vincis made her
head swim when she went to bed that
night. Three or four hours later she
woke up. Oh, such q headache But
what was her name Who was her
husbandl What was bis position. his
title? No one OF these questions could
she answer. The head seemed likely. to
burst the harder she thought, the further
seemed as If her senses were going from
her. II she could not think of his name.
she knew she should certainly slip her
brain. But il wouldn't come. Then she
remembered she had written him letter
that day, and flew TO her portfolio. Thank
heaven There 1t was. and there was the
name.
She knew who she was once more, but
the title-not q sign OF 1t was on the al,
| h.,an Tho vytfa Of
the grand potentate of the rising sun, for
all she knew. and then. at 4 o'clock in the
morning. Mrs. Official sat down on the
floor of that pension and wept because
abe could not recall her husbands title.
Every painter. from Rubens down TO
Whistler, ran through her head. She
could name them over backward ana
forward, but her husbands title was lost.
The affair grew desperate and II was not
till she recalled pamphlet in her trunk
that she saw ray of hope. Down on her
knees she went. Every blessed thing was
flung out of the trunk on the floor. The
book was at tho bottom. and there the
good woman found on the front page tho
lost title. She shrieked with rapture TIL
the inmates of the adjoining room came
to inquire the cause of her distress.
TO SEE PARLIAMENT.
This is not fiction. IL Is actual fact, ana
| il was all the effect of the Louvre.
But London was tho scene OF her cher
! foelwres. Now Mrs. Official bad always
had q hankeripe to see the English Parlia-
ment in session. By the time she regis
| tered In London the hanKering had become
| a full-hedged American determination.
With the 1adiea Of her party IN her
retinues she invaded first the corridor OF
| the Houso Of Commons. There was
member of Parliament who had been q
member from her own State in the Ameri-
can Congress. He had amassed fortune,
gone to England. taken up. with the
| county md secured au election TO
| the Nous& Of Commons. Mrs. Official
sought bH aid. The American Brush
member "a Parliament had exhausted ms
| number ~ ladies' admissions. bit, he
| thought he had friend who could loan
| n ticket. But no, that went no further.
| and. according TO the latest English edlcts
for the conduct of Parliament. no ticket
no woman admitted. and only certain
| number on certain occasions at thai.
| Mrs. Official wasn't discouraged. Wen,
| SAID she ~ really don't care much about
| that. What want to see IL the House OF
| Lords. How do you get there!
| Tho English member OF farilalheht
| looked stupefed for couple or minutes.
Tho House Of Lords Why, I've never
| been there myself"
THAT don't make any difference. You
can If you want TO. can't you! when
way do you get there Z"
| The member of Parliament couldn't see
| the use of knowing how TO get there, out
he showed her a long. white marble cor
| ridor, away down at the END or whlch
were guards, formidaole-looking gentle,
| men, supposed 70 daunt anything except
| "a lord or q statue.
WOULD BE OFFENDED.
1 uat1 tba 'yOu %
down there and say There - nn Amer
can lady here whose husband IL an Ofhcla
of the Uuited States: that he ranks onlI
second to the President. and that II sh'
should 60 back and not have been admit
ted to see Parliament they would feel very
bad and would be offended ,"
The member OF Parliament roared at the
instruction and said ! say thatE
| Mrs. Official stopped the laugh on the
third round with, Yes you go right
along and say that. BE sure 10 say my
husband is next to the President"
| The member OF Parliament IN his sur.
| prise oDe Jed, and in q moment beckoned
down the corridor. The gorgeous guard
swung open the door. Mrs. Official sailed
through, and in another moment FOUND
herself locked up III box about four fee'
square that reached exactly to her chin
| wherein her chief sensation was that the
animals must have been cleared out fol
her accommodation. She saw man read
ing something interspersed with III,
lord. my lord." every two lines.
A doorkeeper. with figure like Her
cules. more gold than II brigadier- general
and gold medals enough TO serve break
fast. came up 10 her pen.
do you sec that big man right acros
there?" pointing to seats hard by. That
the Prince OF Wales"
LOOKED BORED.
| She saws be looked bored 10 death. wore
his hat on the bald spot Of his head. anC
had elevated his legs over the bench II
front of him. Tho LORDS" did not seen
TO mind him at all and did not give any
longer performance than usual for HI
benefit. IL was short sitting. The lord
fled out so near 10 the American In tn
box that she could have poked them Will
an umbrella, but not one lifted his eyes.
Then the guard told her she was only tn
third or fourth woman who had ever ha'
the honor to be- admitted to that box o.
the floor. but Mrs. Official didn't tell hin
, in return who her husband was.
MARRIAGES.