The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-11-05

! the princess Of rnindelheim.
| It is whispered in the Faubourg ST.
| German that the income Of two-th1r as
| of Miss Counselo's dowry-which the
duke cannot touch-is to be applied Tor
that very purpose.
| Mindelhelm. only q, few hours dis
| lance from the industrial city Of Augs-
burg, is beautifully situated in a high
| lY picturesque neighborhood- 1t mas an
| interesting old castle and the mauso-
| leum of the ancient dukes OF Ieck-no
/ relation to the present Tecks, VINO are
of strictly plebeian and Inorganic on
| gin-some 4,5o0 inhabitants, and fertile
| fields and forests. A charming nina
| ture court, such as the prince of Oct
| tingen, in the neighDoring town OF Wal
| lerstein, keeps up, could be established
| there, with country houses and hunt
| ing lodges, in three Of the eight villages
| belonging to the principality, which TO
| this day contain old-time dynastic resi-
| dences more or less decayed.
1t is a pretty prospect but in case OF
! its realization would her English
| Grace, with the railroad rampant and
steamboat among her armorial bear
ings, by these means advance one step
| towards recognition as q, member of
the continental high aristocracy? The
! case of Napoleon III might be cited il
answer.
He was the son of king defying the
principles of legitimacy; his mother
had originally belonged to the lower no
bility. He became emperor of France;
he ruled Europe with a high hand. He
searched all the courts of the contin-
ent for a princess upon whom to be-
stow his name and exalted rank The
kings and queens and emperors and
dukes and small fry princess, even, fiat
" refused his offers. Then the Bona
parte bethought himself Of the meditiz
ed seigneurs, but they likewise regret
ted their inability to serve him. So
he had 10 marry a Spanish woman,
whose title as well as reputation was
not beyond question and whose escutch-
con, without the emperor's endorsement
would scarcely pass muster in the Eau
bourg St. HOnore.
Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt will on the
continent always be a Vanderbilt; no
more, no less. That is, her husbands
social equals will regard her so. Taine
says at is Just the most difficult thing
in the world TO initiate a grand dame"
According to the emperor's rules Miss
Vanderbilt is hardly born at all, and
even if she owned every cent Of the
s135. 000,0 which American placed at
the disposal of European peers and
lordlets during the last quarter of
century she would never be regarded
of Sufficient birth" to become one of
them.
But, ii is argued, Frances objection
to recognize the future duchess of Mari
borough as an equal do no obtain in
her newly adopted country; in Great
Britain nobody dares dispute her right
to distinction. That is true. MARI
borough is a good fellow and his young
wife that will be is charming; both will
be popular, because the Britisher dear
~ loves a lord who spends his or his
consorts money freely, but among En-
glish peers and baronets there are more
than 100 enjoying foreign nobility dis
tinctions from prince to baron.
France does not reject the vulgar
money bag only-she discriminates also
against interiors of seminole rank
The true nobility disdains to draw to
its bosom wealth from however reputa-
bic a source it may spring. When the
beautiful Countess Sarah of Jersey
sought a footing in Vienna aristocratic
circles she soon had to learn she was
not wanted, the objection being her
sleeping partnership in the Coutt's
banking institutions, not, as some as
serted, her lia,son with a British prince
The only way for Miss Vanderbilt to
acquire standing on the continent is
for her to urge her husband to enter
the diplomatic service: the wife of an
amba SSador goes where, as an individ-
ual, she would find every door shut
against her. As such she may claim a
fauteuil at court, where as unrecog-
MED duchess she would not be entitled
to a tabouret, the small fall-legged seat
without arms or back especially de-
signed for commoners in royal France
and adopted by all the courts of Eu-
rope.
British etiquette, whict last year,
about Christmas time, killed a minister
OF state (Sir John Thompson, the Ca |
madam premier), gives the American |
duchess unusual prominence.
On the sixth day of November Miss |
Consuelo becomes ''tne right trusty and |
right entirely beloved cousin" of Queen |
Victoria, the Prince of Wales. and all |
other British royalties. a form of ad- |
dress that dates from the period when |
English kings created their natural |
sons dukes
The order of precedence at court is as |
follows: Royalty sits entirely apart on |
a dias: to the right the ambasSad doris, |
who are looked upon as personal rep |
resentatives of their monarchs: to the |
left the dukes and duchesses' bench" |
Then follows the diplomatic corps; the |
nobility and the rest Of the world sit |
far off, as entirely apart from the |
duchesses' bench as the latter is from |
royalty.
If Mr.. and Mrs. William K. Wander |
bilt write TO their daughter after Nov |
6 they ought TO address the letter to |
The" Duchess of Marlborough A !
formal letter 10 her Grace should be- |
gin: Most High, Potent, and Noble |
Princess
The wife of the Duke of Marlborough |
has the right TO style herself or her /
visiting card: THE Duchess of MARI |
borough" but viii probably prefer 70
omit the The which is now used only
by the naughty duke OF Argyle
. Paris society has not yet been treated !
by the former Miss Anna Gould. now
Countess Castellane. to the sublime
spectacle of witnessing her appearance |
with the crown of Marie Antoinette !
upon her brow. 1t should rather be re-
rer'red 10 as "a" crown of that unhappy |
and luxurious queen. for this royal /
headgear, boasting of three little dia-
monds, six bad turQuoises, n few ditto /
pearls, and twelve of thirteen rubies
on a band of gold. which the Castel- |
lanes s..aerited from Talleyrand. has |
hardly ever been in active service at /
the French court. In all probability
1t was a present from the German sub
ject- of the queens mother. OF course
Nine. de CaStellane may get all the
wear she pleaSeS out this most unregal
royal crown, but whether she is entitled |
10 that distinction is another thing
The future duchess of Marlborough. on
the other hand, is privileged TO wear a
crown in her sovereign's presence.
The royal crown is 4 ducal cOronet
heightened with eight arched 6iadems
supporting mount, the latter ensign
Ell with golden cross. Her grace's
crown consists of a circle Of gold chas-
ed and jeweled, set round with eight
strawberry leaves and eight pearls on
pyramidal points of equal height al
ternating. The cap is of crimson vel
Vet turned up with ermine- Il is fac