St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-01-27
FAIR BELLE Billion
How She Kicked Herself Into
the Peerage Of Old
England.
cLANcARTY IN HARD LUCK K,
The Countess Thereupon Re-
turns to Her Kicking to s.
Support Him. $40 8
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SHE'S COMING TO AMERICA.
Her Father-in-Law Cut OLE
the Present EarPs 8
Income. &
SHE'S COMING TO AMERICA.

LONDON, Jan. A.-"She kicked her.
self into the British peerage, and now
will prevent her noble husband from
figuring in the bankruptcy court by.
her kicks and capers.' This is the
comment of the gay world on the latest.
move Of Gunner Billions daughter, who
in 1891, defended her leaves and
pearls almost as many as belong
to the coronet Of the Marchioness Of
Lorne, a daughter of the queen), in I
the most sensational breach of promise
suit that London has enjoyed for years.
The countess plans are kept a se.
cret for the present, but I have il on
first-class authority that she will ap.
pear in one of the pantomimes, prob
ably under the management of Au-
gustus Harris. In the summer she
may go to America. 1t is also report
ed ON the quiet that the Marchioness Of !
Aylesbury, Dollie Lester may become ;
partner of Lady Clancarty's enterprise.
What team they would make! Think
of, the bill boards on Broadway p!;ts-.
tered over with the crests and coro-
nets of two of the Oldest and oest fam
lies of Great Britain. ~
A WILD LIFE.
Ever since her retirement from the
stage, announced b. that character-7
istic telegram referring to the birth
of twin sons to her sister Flo: 'Dou-
bic bill tonight-no encore, please
Belle Clancarty has lived at Garbaldy
Park, County Galway, Ireland, or at
Roscommon castle, her husbands es-
/, tates, and it must be said to her credit
that her conduct has been exemplary.
She led wild life previous to becom-
ing a peeress of the realm and owned
up to it bravely in the suit brought by.
that "cantankerous old man" her
father-in-law, since dead; but love for
her husband and children and re-
,spect for the position she acquired,
made her break entirely with her old
associates and habits.
Old Clancarty was good hater, and
left to his son not a penny's worth that,
by hook or crook, could be delivered to-
his wife and children. In additions,
he mortgaged the estates, about oO,0oYi
acres of land, with a revenue OF S6o0oo
per year, until the money lenders res.
fused to let him have another shilling.
THOUGHT SHE WAS AN EARL
ESS.' Z
What were they to do, the new earl3
and his lady, which latter, it is alleged.=l
first insisted that she was an earlesss..a5
She had not fought for her place tooths
and nail to starve and freeze, after
worsting those who refused to accept
her into the family. So the countess
put every penny at her command INTO
her husbands establishment, succeed
ing in making it homelike for time
but, soon enough with trouble, In ihe
courts, caused by her fond mother-in-'
law. and the debts contracted by the
former Viscount Dunlo, recourse had
to be taken to money lenders, as It
was practically impossible to run the.
estates without working capital.
The countess sister, Flo Billion, tells
me that Belle had foreseen the pressing
troubles and kept UP practice for thesi
stage all along, buying songs, taking
music and dancing lessons, and. ec--s.
casionally running over to Paris '.to.
study the novelties. So she may be-
expected to be fully up to the business
when we see her pirouetting across thef
footlights. (
HAS she her diamonds yet?" -
asked.
Every one Of the sparklers, re-
sponded Flo, with great spirit, land Il