The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1895-07-19

search of health. Lady Randolph is in
Paris. All these impressive people met
in the gay capital a few weeks ago.
But it IS the Union club in New York
which has the most authentic Informal
ton. When Lord Randolph was in
New York he himself confirmed the
story. And now, to cap the climax, it
transpires that Charles Richard John
Churchill himself, who is the present
duke, and marquis of Blanford in addi-
ton until he has a son to take the title,
will visit our country and make quite a
tour of the land. Already his name is
down on the visiting list of the Union,
the Kniclierbocller. the Metropolitan
and other clubs. The duke bears let
tiers of Introduction to Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick Gebhard, who have left their
New Jersey residence and are now go
ing the rounds of New York society; to
Mrs Paran Stevens, to Mr.. John Jacob
Aston and to Mr. Elisha Dyer, Jr. The
duke Is already acquainted with Mrs.
Aston.
AS his grace of Marlborough is in
the deepest mourning, he naturally
leads a rather dull life. Most of his
days are spent amid the stately grand
eurs of Blenheim, the seat of the
family. 1t is a superb structure and
cost Mrs. j. Hooker IIammersly $780,
600 to repair, not one cent of which
money can she get back, a nd his grace
not his grace who is in Heaven. but
the one on earth-is far from cordial to
his stepmother The young duke is
also tritle cold to his fair relative,
Lady Randolph Churchill, now in Paris.
He displayed an unmistakable readi-
ness to have her vacate the town house
of the Marlboroughs at so Grosvenor
square, London, Immediately opposite
the Rosebery mansion adjoining the
brick edifice in which Baron A. de Roths-
child lives, But as his grace is very
fond Of his cousin, Winston Churchill,
eldest son of the late Randolph, he Is
more tolerant of those "Jeromes," as he
calls the American marital contingent.
This Winston Churchill is the dukes
chum. The duke has just had him ap-
pointed lieutenant In the Fourth Hus-
sars, a crack cavalry regiment now
stationed at Aldershot. His grace has
also secured leave of absence for his
kinsman for the coming summer,
wherefore 1t Is conjectured that the
cousin will accompany the duke to
these parts.
His grace proposes to "do" America
In manner BETTING noble lord. He
VIII visit Newport and then travel
westward. In all probability he will
make a sensation. He Is little past
twenty-three, having been born in
Blenheim palace on November 10, 1871.
From his babyhood smooth of cheek,
pellucid Of skin, fair of face, he has
proved so delicious to the fair that they
all yearn to bite him, Just as If he were
Roman Pompey born again. He pos
sesses that Difference of manner which
causes women TO allude to man as
sweet" while his voice has the reson-
ant ring of an echo or a cash register.
He has to reveal propensity for
that untamed form Of agriculture with
which the memory of his father Is so
indelibly connected, but that may be
because he is so poor. For notwith-
standing palaces, town houses and
lands, with coat of arms blazing with
The glory of one of the worlds grandest
battles, his grace is poor. His father
once declared that the boy would need
one hundred thousand pounds to be a
beggar, and in truth, debts and Blen-
helm seem to be elective affinities.
The boy narrowly escaped being sent
to this country to be educated. Either
because, like Fiji islanders, they wed
In the blazed tree In the ducal orchard,
or because, like Fiji islanders, they
wed the west, these Churchills have had
for years connubial tendencies of
transatlantic trend. In making Miss
Vanderbilt duchess the duke will be
feathering his nest. The wedding
would be In New York, Of course, since
ducal etiquette requires that It be cell
ebrated in the brides home. The
tenants of the Marlborough estate
are devoutly wishing that is grace
would 'urry the business. They want
tin at Blenheim, as the steward of the
estate testified before committee of
mediators last year, and they want it
bad.
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