Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-27

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| long one and Consuelo. before she opens
the castle door leading into the ducal pew
has time to collect her thoughts.
NEW YEAR GIFTS.
! These are now all Of new year. The
| coming year viii bring forth a great deal
| for her. And she feels deeply its respon-
| sibiHties. But with that peculiar sweet
J ness and Inconsistencies which is a gift
from neither of her parents she goes on
| thinking of others as She has always done.
! The Duchess has been busy making lit
/ tie holiday gifts FOR friends at home. Her
( own circle is such a wealthy one that II
would be impossible to make them sitts
which they would prize for their intrinsic
value. so the value Of the gift must lie in
the sweetness that goes with 1t.
And so the Duchess has been getting up
I little remembrance gathered as much
as possible from her English life.
For months past. ever since she arrived
an Woodstock. her girl friends have been
writing TO her TO ten them about her new
home. Is Blenhem the wonderful place
if is pictured i'm history? Is it that great
spreading castle that the king planned be-
cause IL would afford space and training
quarters for the whole English army? Is
If p1easant or is it like Croome Court,
where the Countess of Craven lves-a
dark. diney place, elegant only in its vast
ness
To these the Duchess has written long
letters, for she is the promptest little cor
respondent i'm the world, telling them of
the clories Of Woodstock. its falling leaves,
its great trees its stone bridge with the
rooms underneath almost touching the
water. of the cavalry Of Woodstock
which calls her husband Colonel
In the New Year gifts the Duchess has
striven TO carry to her friends the glories
of Woodstock one set Of presents has
been pine cones gathered together in fan
ciful shapes to form & very large, hand
some scrap receptacle. The cones are tied
with ribbons upon a gold wire frame in
the shape Of a basket. Upon one side
there is a bit of birch bark enamelled with
the monogram Of the Duchess. The edges
of the bark curl and are touched with
gold. The wires of the basket are solid
gold. so the little gift has such intrinsic
value that none could accuse the little
Duchess of penuriousness.
NEW PORTRAIT GIFTS.
To her closes, friends the Duchess is
sending pictures of herself. These are
lately taken in London and show the full
face They are only bust deep. Around
the head is the same wonderful aureole Of
hair that looks curiously like a halo in
some lights.
The pictures are mounted upon panel
cards made of water color paper. Upon
the TOP of the panel is the MARLBOROUGH
crest: underneath is the autograph.
Around the vine there is a vine Of flowers.
These are copied from the garden Of the
Duchess. One flower that grows close to
the sun dial is "a flaming little poppy that
turns with the sun. Tt is small but love-
ly. 1t furnishes the only brilliant color
ing TO the immense bridal bouquet which
the Duke had sent from Blenheim to New
York year ago. out of the great. mighty
mass certain flowers were selected for the
bride to carry. but the little peoples
bloomed upon her table all the week.
n painted blue ribbon ending with a true
lovers knot at the top. This was sent
with New Year thought when I am far
away
But to one aunt Consuelo sent the best
picture Of all. IL was a portrait Of her
self. drawn by herself, and her friends
say it is the best likeness she ever had.
zone draws ones own face the first time
one draws" she wrote in n laughing note.
"and I hope have succeeded in making
] n H,
something you would prize and 1 know you
would like nothing better than something
I had done myself"
The picture shows the Duchess in little
dress of soft white stuff with cape
thrown around her shoulders. soft Dor
der of ostrich feathers touches her very
hair. Around the picture is a band Of
shaded gold and o twist Of white ribbon
runs through it.
The dawing has its faults, but it is 4
sweet little picture for a girl to make
of herself for favorite relative.
If society women whose hands are over
laden with things they must do could only
learn q few points in contentment Of this
young Duchess they would be happier.
and who knows but more successful wO-
men.
ConsueIo is taking her position as calm
~ as though She were a Queen, with the
humbIeness which Queendom has always
given it's women. She has lost some Of her
smiles. and her manner is not 50 quick
but "a deep serenity is taking its place.
/ Unless something happens to disturb this
she will Doe known as "Consuelo the Good
in the annals of ducal history, as her
great grandmother the first Duchess, is
known as sarah the Proud
one of the New Year gifts this winter
which has been making her great deal
of work is the gathering of souvenirs.
Something from Historic Blenheim' has
been a constant demand. To one friend
she sent q chip from a stone which a for
mer Duke rolled over the bloody spot
irwhere he slew the husband of the woman
he loved. while his sweetheart watched
/. him kill her husband from @ window in
the castle The stone is mounted in a
gold block ana answers as a paper weight.
Another set of presents consists of bulbs
from the wonderful conservatories and coll
lections Of the roots Of rare plants. These
if sold. would bring a small fortune, and
the Duchess selects them because she
knows they will be kept alive. constant