New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20


envoy 70 Switzerland. is the great grandson Of
s young footman. who. after serving as an at
tache Of the buffers pantry in several private
families in London, had finally become attached
10 The staff Of domestic servants at Arthur's
Club where by his quickness and smartness of
appearance he managed to win the goodwill of
a director Of the East India Company. The lat
te-. with the object of giving him a chance to
improve his condition in life nominated him 70
some subordinate post in the Civil Service Of
the Indian Government, where the ex-footmaa
rose step by step. until at length he retired
baronet. as Governor Of the great Presidency Of
Madras with its thirty million inhabitants. and
a Privy Councillor 10 the Queen.
In Paris one Of the most influential and popu
lar leaders Of society is the widowed Marquse
Herve de ST Denis. who has recently contracted
new matrimonial alliance with the Baron de
Waru only son and heir of the mult-millionare
president Of the Orleans Railroad Company
Her blond beauty is of the most ethereal kind
and her dainty person is distinguished by so
much aristocratic elegance that one TO look
at her would ever dream that her father had
begun his career as a mere stable boy. who. in
the service of the last reigning Duke Of Parma.
was promoted from one post 10 another until
he biossOmed forth general a baron and as
Prime Minister Of the Duchy Of Parma, besides
being decorated with the grand crosses Of most
Of the orders Of chvalry Of Europe.
Lady Evans. who but three years ago was as
Lady Mayoress Of London dispensing magnif-
cent hospitality at the Mansion House 20
crowned heads and royal personages. foreign as
we'll as English. nothing but a chamber
maid a the Oak Hotel, Sevenoaks. in Kent,
when her husband first met and married her.
Her father was a village plumber and her
1er dat Of her
cook and general servant. At the close of Sir
David Evans's Of office as Lord Mayor OF
London. very distinguished company, includ-
ing archbishOps peers and Cabinet Minister'S
assembled the Guild Hall in the city of Lon
don to present 10 Lady Evans portrait Of her
husband by the late Sir John Millais "in kindly
remembrance OF the graceful help which she
had rendered" during the OF office of Sir
David.
On the Continent there is no more ancient
lustrious family than that Of Kinsky. the
CHIEF Of which bears the title of Prince of the
Holy Roman Empire. Two of it's most distin-
rushed members. the Counts Eugene and Octav-
Jus, both of them Privy Councillors of the
Emperor and knights OF the Golden Fleece,
married domestic servants, Eugene taking his
wife from the laundry, while the Countess
Ocavius Kinsky was formerly the chamber
maid small inn The latter lady has rem
iered herself very obnoxious to her husbands
family by her graspng propensities. But the
late Countess Eugene. the x-washerwoman Of
Ischa was a singularly charming woman. uni
versany beloved at Vienna, and. although she
never asked for presentation Court, the
names OF quite a number Of members of the
imperial family figured on her visiting list.
The widowed Princess Alexander Of Batten-
berg whose husband at time ruled over
d. 10 eoi1 how
from the kitchen. her father having been the
valet and her mother the cook Of the old AIS
TRAN General de Martini. Yet in spite Of this
parentage Princess Alexander is treated as a
sster-in-law by the similarly widowed Princess
Henry Of Battenberg, who is a daughter of
Queen Victoria Her Majesty having shown
great kindness and consideration toward Prn
cess Alexander Of Battenberg. acknowledging
her a kinswoman
The second wife OF the late Lord Bramwell
had originally been his cook. while Lady Haw-
kns who is the better half Of the eminent
English Judge Of that name was originally
hOusemaid. as also the widow or the
Grand Old Man" of Australia Sir Henry
Parkes King Joachim Of Naples, from whom
the entire princely house Of Murat are de-
scended began life at the close OF the last CEN
tury as a mere stable boy. while the frst Prince
Kutusor, founder Of the grand Russian FAMILY
dred years ago by the skill which he displayed
as the valet and barber TO Car Paul, mon
arch whose great-grandmother Empress |
Catherine was the chambermaid or village
Inn. where she first attracted the attention VI
Peter the Great, who ultimately married hei |
These are but a few instances which could be |
cited In order 10 show how very little reason |
there Is for the belief in the existence OF mat
deep gulf which is held 10 separate hlgh lie |
above stairs from life below.
That the prejudice which formerly existed In |
exalted circles against mental occupation Is
rapidly disappearing is abundantly proved by |
the number Of titled persOnages VINO are CON
tent 10 take al meal time their place. not al |
the table OF the master OF the mousse put AT Una.
OF the dOmestics in the servants hall. mus i. |
Is only the other day in the course OF civil |
suit against Sir Charles Nugent II came OUT |
that he was earning his livelihood as groom |
while Lady Nugent taking In washing
yet the Nugents among the most ahclent |
and illustrious Of all the grand houses OF the
nobility OF Europe some Of their members pelns
princes Of the Austrian Empire. while the head
OF the family II the Earl OF Westmeath VINO Is
az the present moment a secretary OF the BTU
isn Embassy at Washington 49,
Here in this country LORD Drunmonu the
grandson and heir of the British Earl or Perth |
and the French Duke OF Mefort, died eight years
ago while occupying a mental position, that OF
door porter In the establishment or one or the
propretors OF the great New-Yo oaiy news
papers. and myself can remember having Iouho'
some ten years back, Prince benjamin ROMAN
VINO by virtue Of his birth. Is the tituar cousin
VI every crowned head in Europe ana 10 ue
sscended in d direct line from Godfrey Duke OF
bouilon leader OF the first Crusade. and the
arst Crusader King OF Jerusalem hguring as
walter one of fha synalier restaurants In Dec