The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-09-28
The Only Original Lord ShOIto
Douglas in This City
ANOTHER IS IN VICTORIA
Serious Trouble in the Sand Street
Lodging House
The Odor OF Fried Onions aud Boiled Cab
bage Causes the Downfall of the
House of Douglas

DOuSlHS OH ehTtu, tue ldCt JUS nob ueou
extensively advertised up to this time.
And if, as has bsen generally supposed,
there Is only one OF him. it is highly i'm
practicable that he can be in more than
one part of the country at one and the
same time.
For this reason it would seem that the
publication of q dispatch to the effect
that Lord and Lady Sholto Douglas left
Victoria, B. c., on Tuesday morning for
New York, ell route to England, after en-
tertaining lavishly in that city, would be
something Of shock to Lord Sholto
himself, who Is at the present time doing
light Housekeeping at lodging house on
Sand street. this city.
Lord Sholto was not. no viewer, greatly
shocked over the aforesaid publication.
He simply said: saw, those things don't
interest me at all any more, do We
| know" in his well-known and mimi
table way.
| The dispatch referred to appeared in
| the Examiner Of Tuesday morning and
was as follows:
VICTORIA, B. c., Sept. 25.-Lord and
Lady Shoto Douglas lett this morning
| by the Canadian Pacific for New YORK
en- route for England During their
weeks stay here they were registered at
the Driaid hotel as Mr.. and Mrs. Lang.
| Lord Douglas was a much talked of man
| in California during the summer ON ac-
/ count OF mis- marriage TO variety act
ress. He is now taking his bride, homo
to England. Duiing his stay here he en-
tertianed lavishly.
Lord Sholto was discovered on the
porch of his lodging house at 525 Sand
street by the reporter. He was ia COM
Portable attire. The black stripe down
the side OF his white check trousers was
not extensive enough co draw any notice.
able heat his way. while the loose lawn
Jacket and loosely tied bath-towel cravat
concealed we'll all the evidences of
shirt. He read the thing through slowly.
Then one hand stole furtively up among
his quiet features. looking for his
moustache, which was twisted soon after
being found.
Then you were not in Victoria on
! Tuesday, entertaining lavisnly on the
eve OF your departure for England" the
re porterasked why, no certainly not,
my dear fellow. | was heah:" and an
injured look stole over his face, that
such thing should have been asked.
| perhaps there is man up there who
looks like you who is palming himself
off-that Is-gulling people-sort OF
impersonating you, as it were?" the re-
porter ventured.
"Why, now, how queah? I cannot
how could ne,u III he look look like mseg"
The reporter ventured nothing on tnat
point.
''He must be deuced low. I don't un-
derstand It. l have bean right heah all
the time"
And 30 he has. For five weeks Lord
and Lady Shoito Douglas have been at
this very same lodging mouse.
Despite the rumor that Lord Sholto has
bought large tracts of land near Los An
geles, the fact remains that when he
reached this city he began light house
keeping again and so far has failed dis
mallv i'll two places.
When he first came here he refused all
callers at his lodging mouse. No. 40l Tenn.
pie street and declared that he needed
rest.
For few weeks be stayed at the Tenn
pie street place and then heard that II
country woman of his a Mrs. Burrill.
was keeping lodging house at No. 525
Sand street. AS Lord Sholto is nothing
if not patriotic, he moved to the English
woman $ place, which is called the Shaifer
house. When the second move was made
the noble family had been increased from
two to three. The third Der was a
pretty little white rabbit, with pink eyes,
that Just matches one Of Lady Douglas
| late dresses.
The rabbit, the light housekeeping,
Lady Douglas indifference to some re-
qurements of toilet recognized in polite
society. were all factors IN the last trou-
BILE that has befallen the house of Doug
las and forced one OF his own country
women to prove that she does not love a
lord so much as she loves the amenities
of her Judging house.
In this city Lord Sholto possibly on
account OF the increase in his family,
rented more rooms than he did in Ala
media.
There he had one. but at the Shaffer
house he hss two. But, true to his lordly
instincts, he chung to the light house,
keeping. He peeled potatoes until his
fingers were black, cut up onions until
tears ran down mis- chseks he even
washed the dishes as OF yore: These
things did not bother the other boarders
so much, but when the pungent odor of
frying onions stole softly under the
kitchen door, travelled along the halls
and lent aromatic body to the atmos-
phere for half block away, there was a
strong kick from the boarders, IN which
the neighbors, even, Joined.
The kick of the injured inmates was az
strong as the onions, but even that failed
to move the Englis landlady until few
days ago, when the noble family decided
10 have corn beef and cabbage for dinner,
and to insure privacy, cooked 1t in their
own little kitchen. he scent OF the
onions chung still to the house, and gar
den, but when the boiling ca bbage etflu-
via Joined breaths with the onions open
war was declared. The first gun was a
threat to call in the board of health. In
vain Lord Shoto declared that neither
he nor his lady liked boiled cabbage.
and that they only bought it to please
the little rabbit. He was sternly re-
minded that rabbits did not care to have
their cabbage boiled. Still he stood out
a while, and other guns were fired at
him. Having made up her mind Mrs.
Burrill, who is a woman of strong deter
mination and decided mental pow ers.
called Lord Doulgas from his scented
bower ana asked him to give up his
rooms. Lord Douglas turned rather pale.
but insisted that he be given reasons
He got them. The landladv checked
them off, one bv one, on her fingers, I'M
til both hands had been utilized, when
in despair OF other counters shs counted
back again. Then the lord turned on his
hsel and re.entered his castle. Lady
Douglas did not take the matter with the
calm that marks the De We're family, but
her nobler half explained the strong ne
cessities Of the case, and she concluded
that as so far they had had no trouble in
finding places in which to do light
housekeeping they cnuld easily, find some
other house where the inmates would be
willing to accept the culinary odors in
exchange for the presence of nobility.
The rabbit has 80 far taken things cas-
lily, contentlng himself attentIvely wag-
ging his ears and investigating the gar
den.
Where Lord Doulgas goes next is a state