The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-26
MARRIAGE GOT THEM TITLES.
American-Born Women Who Shone in
High English Social Life.


the Earl of Essex, which was publicly an
nounced in London on Tuesday, has
caused but a slight ripple in fashionable
society, for the international marriage is
a loug-established precedent, and many
an arlbitious American girl Of place and
beauty looks forward TO eoronet as the
inevitable contamination Of her career.
1t is something more than a century since
the first American girl united her for
tunes aud her fate to those of foreign
husband Of rank and title, and now some
of the most beautiful and popular women
in London society are those whose nativ-
ity was beneath the floating folds OF the
star-spangled banner.
Some eighteen or twenty years age 2
brilliant American girl met at dinner
party in Paris the younger son of the
then Duke of Marlborough. The lady
was Miss Jerome; the young man was
Lord Randolph Churchill. Fascinated by
the beauty and wit of the beautiful Amer
lean he addressed to her a remark in
French, and received such an apt reply
that he continued the conversation with
increasing interest. When the ladies
withdrew he remarked to his host; THAT
is the cleverest and wittiest womanI have
ever met. I mean TO marry her" And
marry her he did, and a lucky thing it
was for the English lord, for it is signiti-
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riage Lord Randolph Churchill had never
filed any prominent position in the arena
of politics Within one year after that
event he entered the House as a member
for Woodstock, apd has ever since been
well to the fore in all party questions
From the earliest days of her marriage
Lady Randolph has identified herself
with her husbands interests,
and in politics she has taken
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persuasion, reserve, force, and judgment,
as well as the charm of her personal
beauty, have more than once turned the
scale in his favor. Lady Randolph is an
ardent supporter Of and worker for the
Primrose League, and during the cam
paign which followed closely on her has
bands appointment as secretary of state
for India she made her memorable speech,
which has now become Primrose motto:
''To sustain to the utmost all that is dear
to England, religion, law, order and the
unity of the empire" In personal APP
pearance Lady Randolph is decidedly
southern. Her coloringis warm and dark,
her forehead classically modelled, with
soft dusky hair rolled back from it in
beautiful natural waves. She is an
especial favOrite with the queen, and &C.
cupies an enviable place in London society.
The Duchess of Manchester is another
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handsome, clever, and a decided success
| in society from the moment of her first
| introduction. Her quick wit, her must
cal ability, her charm of manner, as well
| as her purely blond beauty, won her ad-
| miration on every hand. The Prince and
| Princess of Wales were among the first
| to make he welcome at Marlborough
| House and Sandringham, while with the
| Gladstones she has always been an eS-
| pecial favorite. Her kindness to all MT
| sicians is proverbial, and her own must
cal ability is not the least of her attrac-
! tons. In manner she is cordial. frank
| and simple There is Lady Water
! low, a Californian girl, who is bet
| ter known in London for her phi
| lanthropic work among hospitals and
| training schools, children's charities
and soup kitchens than for
her social triumphs. Lady Waterlow has
travelled extensively and intelligently,
and is a broadly-cultured and liberal
minded chatelaine of her beautiful home
at Trowsley Towers in Kent. Another
| of the prominent women of England is
Mrs. Frank Evans, writer of South
African folklore tales and well-known
advocate of the liberal cause. Through
! two contested elections Mr.. Evans has
come our successful, owing largely to the
untiring efforts of his wife. Five years
! ago when Mr.. Evans was in America, a
! by-election suddenly became necessary.
| Mrs. Evans went down to Southampton
| and fought the battle for him, and had
| the happiness of welcoming him as the
liberal member by a good majority as he
| sailed into Southampton water the morn
| ing after the declaration at the poll
OF courseit is easy to see why an Eng
| lishmaD is fascinated by the brightness,
chic, and daring of the American girl, for
! hfai
| the Lord Chumley order. He wants to be
| entertained, aroused, amused. He doesn't
want to exert himself to entertain a
woman with pyrotechnics of wit or the
| heavy artillery of actual opinions in an
argument. He has the hopeful audacity
| that characterizes the typical American
smasher, and as the typical English girl is
shy, and self-conscious owing to her strict
| bringing up and constant surveillance,
the two present a very helpless combina-
ton. Then along comes this dag
! cling, etfervescing, radiant American
! girl. He can't understand her, but
he adores her, even when he is dimly
conscious that he is the butt of her joke,
| She puzzles and tantalizes him, fascinates
| and perplexes him. She gives him more
! pleasure at a dinner or ball than he ever
dreamed Of. She is a revelation to him,
and the result is that he makes pro
posal of marriage straightway. Not in
frequently an old and honored name is
all he has to confer, and the angelic being
who is so appealing and miscellaneous, so
daring and SO dif1ident, all in turn has a
| pretty fortune wherewith to enrich that
name and to buy the carriage that shall
bear the quarterings of his shield upon
its panels.
But what about the girl7 In exchange
! for her coronet she must renounce many
of the American wifes prerogatives The
Englishmans house in his castle, and
though he does not always carry it with
him like the stall, he has a home where
| ever he stays, and his wife is expected to
| preside over his domicile, manage his
| housekeeper If he has one, OF his servants
| If he hasen't one, and look after the
family OF children, which are feature of
every English household. He has his
house in town when he comes up for the
season. He has his country house, where
he is fond of entertaining his friends for
modest little visits of three or four
months at time. He has his shooting
box for the hunting, and his wife pre-.
| sides over them all as gracious chate-
laine and dispenser of hospitality,
But the American girl is adaptable, and
when she sees that she must inform her
self thoroughly on a great variety OF
| topics hitherto unfamiliar to her she goes
in for it with a vengeance. Otherwise
when the brilliancy and audacity of her
| girlhOOd loses its novelty and charm she