Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-04-17
A VULGAR PEER
. INFAMOUS CHARACTER OF THE LATE MAR
QUlS OF AILESBURY.
BIS Unb,ushing Vices - Amoars With Concert
Hall Sirsns-Bsaut5 No Special IadIcsmsnL
Degraded and De,ssisd.

pllShed DlackguarQS, nOOle or lEhOUle,
from Great Britain. 10 fact, for shame
less eOarseness he has not been ap-
preached since Manchester was in his
prime. He had an utter contempt for
the common decencies Of life, aud would
far rather joke with barmaid or patter
slang with touts and felowssoi tha, fix
than associate with the Prince Of Wales
himself. There was nothing fin de steele
about Lord Ailesbury. He had the man
nors OF targeman, the speech Of a
costermonger, and was the black
sheep par excellence OF the House
Of Lords. Some persons who feigD con-
tempt for titles have said that his moral
degeneracy was due % his being COM
PEELED TO go through life with this ap-
palling tail Of diilnit.es-LOrd Henry
Brudenell-Bruce, MarQUiSate OF Allies
bury, and the Earidoms Of Ailes0ury,
Cardigan and Bruce; the NiScOunt Of
Savernake, and the BarOnieS of stan
ton, Wyvil and Bruce. Others declared
that be was not blamable for deteriOTat-
ing, because he was merely a victim OF
NAo lAWAAA IL a. "a "a ava Ht1lAl NaN Nht4
influence OF one OF his fOrefaJhers. Yet
this hardly seems a fair excuse for his
moral ObliQuity, for the reason that he
is the only one OF long line OF BruceS
that ever so besmirched the family
name.
Lord AilesbDry began sowing his
wild oats when be was about sixteen
years old, and he scattered them all
over London and the countryside as
well. Far from being ashamed of the
crop he planted year after year, Lord
Ailesbury invited all the world 20 watch
the sport lie early showed a predilec-
tion for concert hall women and for
horse racing. He kept a stable Of IA
GERS until his money began 10 run low,
ana no one except hensef aud tue w0-
men themselves ever knew how many
entanglements he had with them. He
was debarred from the turf for the pu-
culiar running Of his horses and for
falling 70 pay racing debts.
His "NOble" LOrdship was as plastic
as putty 10 the hands OF sharp women,
they knowing this weakness far better
than be did himself Nor had be
keen eye for feminine beauty, for many
Of the nymphs be was euam0rad OF
we're even more than plain looking.
While still TO his teens PaQuita Balanchi,
q scrawny but vivaciOus Spanish pre-
miere danseuse, wheedled him out OF
swell turnout, jewels and a love Of
villa 10 st. Johns wood, all OF which she
speedily transformed into ready money,
with which she coOlly marched OF 20
Seville. One month lavishing money
en- a barmaid, next on q trull and
fortnight later picking and choosing
from the free-and-easy femiuinity Of
concert halls and minor theatres, but
terfy like he winged from dOwer 10
flower.
He started an opera company 20 sup
oort fiirtatious lnez MOntlbiu in 1SS3,
And, String Of her, took Loilie fiddle
kins under his wing. She was a concert
hall singer. just while they were
honeymOOning Inez appeared ana
threatened 10 shoot him If he didn't cut
Miss Tiddlekius. Instead he gave her o
pair Of black eyes. His larkS kept his
colleagues in the House of Lords won
deriug what he would do next 20 bring
the nobility into further disgrace. Ills
Lordship never kept them wondering
very long. Two OF his kinsmen, and
honorable men, were also members Of
the House Of Lords.
It was one OF his delights 90 mount on
palfreys a lot Of snowy young women
from concert hall or pot house and him-
self lead the cavalcade through Rotten
Row, bowing to every face he ever saw
before.
He once thought he possessed a horse
Hrrr.. @ f.r "a ..-H44~
q prize every English nObleman yearnS
to win. So sanguiue was His L0rdShip
that be backed his horse 20 via for
tune On the day OF the race he took
coach load OF Gaiety girls TO Epson 70
see him make the coup. When his
racer failed TO win Lord AileSbury's
rage knew no bounds. he fancied that
MS trainer as well as his jockey had
tricked him. His rOars as he beichet
forth Dillingsgate could be heard above
the shouts of the crowd cheering the
winning horse. For this indecency he
cot bis first diSciplining from the
Jockey Club. Turning on his female
companions, he blaspheme6 them Tor
bringing him bad luck, winding up his
misbshayiOr by ordering them of the
coach, leaving them 20 get back 20 Lon
don as best they could.
Noble" Lord Ailesbury, or Ducks,
IS be was more commonly known, was
patron Of prize fighting, badger draw
ing, chicken and dog fighting and all
such sO-called sports. When the beau
ties of concert hall and other London
charmers palled upon him be was wont
20 bic him % some English town in
search of a fresh face among provincial
play actors. He was partial 20 "mur-
mers," but IN none struck his not over
fastidiOus fancy be sought feminine
comp partnership among the farmers
daughters or in public houses. Every
such Journey ended by his bringing a
fresh sweetheart back TO London with
him. The showineSs of mis- garb could
not be easily IatChed, and, If matched,
hardly anyone excepting himself or q
cOster out for a holiday could have been
coaxed 10 wear such blazing tOggerY iu
public.
ne affected plaids the blocks of which
we're rarely less than an inch square.
Combinations OF reds, greens, ye.lOws,
blues and black pleased him best With
his stocky. overfed person incased in
this flaming piumGge, with a score OF
white pearl buttons as barge as trade
dollars cleaning on his coat, with his
fingers full Of rings, with q diamond in
his light blue scarf, with a low, broad
brimmed white silk hat clapped on his
head aud with the whole profusely
sprinkled with periunery, he looked
and smelled like a perambulating bOu-
ouet Once seen he could not well be
for gotten.