Birmingham age-herald., 1895-09-30
NEXT INTERNATlNOAL MARRIAGE.
Vanderbilt and Marlborough Sketch of the
 Duke-The Lady's Personality


 | Springfield (Mass) Republican.
 The young Duke of Marlborough,
 whose engagement to Miss Consuelo l Vanderbilt of New York was announced in yesterdays Republican, will be the third prominent member of this historic house to wed an American woman. His | father the Duke of Marlborough, took | for his second wife Mrs. Hammersley ot | New York formerly Miss Llllie Price ot | Troy, N. Y, and who is now the wife Of | Lord Charles Beresford. The late Lord | Randolph Churchill, the present dukes | uncle, also married an American, MISS Jennie Jerome, daughter of Leonard w. | Jerome of New York.
 Charles Richard John Spencer l Churchill, the ninth Duke of Marlbo- | rough, will be A years old on November | 13 next He attalned his majority four | days after his father, the late duke, died | In addition to being the Duke of Maribo- | rough he is the Marquis of Blandtoid | and will be until he is the father of a | son, who will assume that title by courte- | sy He is also Earl of Marlborough | Earl of Sunderland, Baron Spencer or | Wormleighton, Baron Churchill of San l dridge Prince of the Holy Roman Elm | pire and Prince of Mindelheim in Suapla | These titles are burdensome however | and when, in the last week ot August, | he arrived in New York on his first voy- I | the only person to accompany him. 1n- scribed his master on the register or the | Hotel Waldorf as plain Charles Spencer | The young duke is strong contrast Tn l appearance to the general run or the | Churchills, although he bears family | resemblance to the portraits of the first l duke, who was the greatest general of his | age. He inclines more to the Hamlltohs, | his mother having been Lady Alberta | Hamilton, daughter of the Duke of Abe
 corn. She is still alive. Like his father | he is somewhat below the average in size l and slender with a sallow complexion, | high forehead, aquiline nose and dark 1 brown hair His face is without hair | with the exception of light mustache | and his favorite attitude in conversation | is to stand with his arms crossed on his l breast and one hand stroking his chin. | His manner is entirely unassuming, while | the acute observer may occasionally de- | tect look of boredom in his or what l might be taken as a cynical curl on his | lip, but those who know him best say | that his cynicism is only skin deep.
 Of a family whose every member has l been conspicuous in one way or another. l one of the greatest soldiers of his day, an | other the best talker, still another the | possessor of the handsomeset leg. the | young duke, in his matter of fact way, | has already shown that he has some | of the family traits strongly developed. | He went to Cambridge, where he soon | showed that he had reached his proper l sphere by flooring the boldeSt examiners | of whom Trinity college could boast He l speedily became member of the Pitt, | the Atheneum, the True Blue, the Carl | ton and other organizations of the stu | dents. He played polo and cricket, the | latter with great precision and accuracy | of style His rooms became noted as | showing his excellent taste. and he was l well-known to the Bond street dealers
 in the antiques. He is bold horseman
 as well, and with all these he was an | excellent student, history being his fa- | Vorite study, while for mathematics he | entertained a strong dislike. After the
 | year of mourning consequent on his l fathers death the young dukes coming l of age was commemorated by a grand
 | fete in historical Blenheim palace in | which he had passed almost all of his | life Then he took his seat in the house
 of lords and began to take an active part | in politics. But he found some time to | devote to literature and in January of | last year he made his debut as a writer | with an article on "Blenheim and It's
 Memories. which was published in the | Pail Mall magazine.
 l Miss Vanderbilt who was named Con- | suelo after the Duchess of Manchester, | who was Miss YZnaga, and an intimate | friend of Mrs W. K. Vanderbilt, is just l such a girl as might be supposed to at | tract a young man like the duke. Now
 | about IS years old, says writer in the | | a dark brunette, with black hair and eyes
 and very rich coloring. Her face is small | and she is decidedly japonaise in type.
 She is very slight, but carries herself | well, and will undoubtedly be a very l handsome woman. She has unusual sweetness and charm of manner and al- | though she has few intimates these few | say this sweetness of manner and dlSpo- | sition make her most lovable. and they | are devoted to her. She is one of the l f,,l r.Ph a a 1 the entertainments at Marble house in | Newport this summer her attentions to l the wants of her own and her mothers | guests has been constantly remarked. | In a word, she Is yet thoroughly sim | ple, sweet and unSpoiled child. She dresses very simply, generally in white | or crepon or muslin, and her only orna- | ment is usually red rose or cornation | in her black hair. At the recent Marble | house ball she wore fillet of carnations, | which was wonderfully becoming to her | She has been educated at home by pri | Vate goVerness, who is still member of | the family. She is well read and while | not possessing any particular accom- | pllshment is said to be unusually culti- l vated. She is the eldest child, but is not | yet too old to enjoy a game of romps | with her brothers, William K. Jr.. who l is now about 15 years old and Harold, | who is about 10.
 The acquaintance between the duke | and Miss Vanderbilt was formed in Lon | don about eighteen months ago. During | the last two London seasons and in Paris | last spring they met frequently in socie- | ty. and the friendship thus formed led to | the entertainment of Mrs. and Miss Van | derbilt at Blenheim early in the present | summer. It was but natural under the | circumstances that when the duke | reached New York upon his contem- | plated tour of the world that he should | have received and accepted an invitatto | to visit Marble house at Newport. Since l then he has been very marked in his at l tentions and the announcement of the en- l gagement was not exactly surprise
 Something About Women at Atlanta. | Springfield (Mass) Republican.
 The verdict of some people who ought