The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1895-11-07

with purple velvet. At the moment when
the Archbishop of Canterbury places upon
the head of the new sovereign the his
toric crown of Great Britain and Ire
land the young duchess will, in common
with all the other peeresses present, place
her own coronet for few moments upon
her own head.
Coronations are the only occasions on
which peeresses of the realm ever wear
officially the coronet Of their rank, which
at their death is placed upon their coffin.
Should the young Duchess Of Marlbor-
ough ever render herself culpable of any
minor offense sufficient to warrant her be-
ing summoned in a police court, she will
be exempt by virtue of her rank from tax
ing her place in the prisoners dock, and
will be allotted a seat upon the bench
alongside of the magistrates; moreover, she
will as a peerless of the realm not be asked
to swear or to take the customary oath on
the Bible, her mere word Of honor being
regarded as fully equivalent to the most
terrible oath of an ordinary citizen.
A Right Noble Duke.
Although the Duke of Marlborough is a
very noble duke indeed, he doesn't look
the part. He is not more than feet 5, his
face is boyish, his complexion rather sal
low and his mustache is only in the bud.
He is not nearly as good looking as thou
sands of British younger sons with hardly
penny in their pockets and no titles at
all.
AS to his mental qualities, though, they
tell us he is up to the mark. He is a college
man, and though only "a he has written a
book, a magazine article or two, dabbled
in electricity, made his peace with whole
swarm of angry relatives and made also a
speech in the house Of lords.
He may not have q big bank account,
but he has estates that are both extensive
and historic and when it comes to titles
he is as we'll supplied as any young man of
his years on fortune hunting expedition
could wish to be. Besides being duke
he is, as Chimmie Fadden might put it,
"a two times earl, prince, baron and
q marquis all rolled into one. Yet when
he writes his name on a hotel register he
puts it plain Charles Spencer.
It he should write his full name and all
his titles, the inscription would read like
this: Charles Richard John Spencer
Churchill, ninth duke of Marlborough,
marquis of Blandford, earl of Sunderland,
earl of Marlborough, Baron Spencer, Bar
on Churchill of cambridge. prince of Min
delheim in Swabia and prince of the Holy
Roman Empire.
Acquaintance and friends who are not
on intimate terms with him address him
as "your grace When his man Hawkins
speaks to him, he says ''your lordship."
just what his duchess Will call him is not
known. Although she has such variety
to select from it may be "ducky" for the
first few months.
OF ancestors the duke has a wealth.
There had been eight Dukes of Marlbor-
ough before he came into the title. All of
them were famous in one way or another
Some of them he may well be proud of,
and of some an expurgated account would
be the best to print.
His father, who died two years ago, was
both brilliant man and a profigate rake.
He wrote magazine articles that attracted
| widespread interest and figured about as
extensively in British divorce courts as
any peer of England ever has in modern
times. AS a young man he spent not only
the income Of his estates, but mortgagetl
| them right and left and finally stripped
Blenheim palace, which for ages had been
| the storehouse of all the rich and rare ar
ticles collected by the family, and sold its
| art treasures under the hammer. The pro-
ceeds went to pay his debts. In the mean
| time his wife, the Marquise of Blandford,
unable to stand his cruelty and scandalous
behavior, left him and secured q divorce.