The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01


sor nor Marlborough house is she liked
and n she wears attached TO her left
shoulder the insignia Of the order of the
crown or India, the latter does not imply
q token OF royal favor. since il was con-
TERED I'm accordance with the inevitable
custom that prcscribes the grant of this
particular order 20 the wives of states
men who have held the Office OF secretary
OF state for India.
The queen has never forgotten the slight
pldceu upon herself by Lord randolph
Churchill, when. during a visit to her ma
leSty' he coolly notified the newspapers
hy letters written upon note paper bear
ing the royal cipher, that he had resigned
his Office of chancellor of the eNChequer
without having previously informed his
SOVEREIGN or the prime minister of his de-
termination.
No one to this day knows Just what
prompted him TO behave In this fashion.
but u IS generally understood that he was
led to throw up his office by overhearing
some indiscreet remark made by one OF the
queens guests to the effect that he was in
debted Tor his political cminence and for
his favor in high quarters to his wife's
clcVcrneSS. and, above all. to the admira-
tion which her beauty had inspired in the
heart Of the Duke Of Clarence. He took the
six months soJourn in South Africa two
or three weeks afterward mis- wife was not
among those who babe him farewell at the
railroad station. BY the time that he re-
turned home. however. he had realized the
fact of injustice Of which he had been
guilty and permitted his beautiful wife to
nurse him through his last sickness until
the end.
At the time of his death it was stated
that ne had left his two sons and herself
far more comfortably OF than had been
anticipated. and the sum of $4,000 was
mentioned as his fortune. But before
his will was admitted TO probate the late
Mr.. Montague popularity known as the
"hencfactor of the tory party died,
and among the obligations bearing the
signatures of the various members OF the
conservative element. amounting in all
to a total of some 100000. there were
discovered l. -. us of Lord Randolph
Churchill to the extent of $4,000, which
cut a big hole into Lady Randolph's es-
tate.
Lady Randolph was not a woman to
hide her light under q bushel or TO he
content with mediocrity. As long as her
husband was well off she prided herself
on having the most perfectly appointed
house in London. Everything i'm the
Randolph Churchill establishment In
Connaught place was of the superlative
order. All things were arranged on
princely scale. and the house was one Of
the first in London to be fitted with cleo
trio light. Lady Randolphs salon was
az celebrated as her table, and IL was
terrible blow to her when. owing TO Lord
Randolph's financial reverses she was
compelled to give up housekeeping and to
reside with her mother-in-law, the old
Duchess of Marlborough. There Is no
one that better understands how to spend
money to the best advantage than Lady
Randolph. and moreover, she may yet re-
son Winston
In the event of the union of the pres
ent Duke of Marlborough with the daugh-
ter Of w. X. Vanderbilt remaining with
ont issue, a conflict is certain to take
place between the late Lord Randolph $
eldest son, Winston, recently I'm Cuba and
Lord Randolph's eldest sister. Lady VIM
borne mother of that Mr. Ivor Guest, who
ofiieiated as best man to the duke at the
wedding.
by marrying Mr. Astor Lady Randolph
viii become plain Mrs. Aston. as her first
husband was not peer Of the realm, nor
had he even a title of nobility In the eyes
of the law, his predicate of lord" being
purely matter Of social courtesy, such as
Is always accorded to the younger sons of
dukes and marquises. With the American
Duchess of Marlborough the case was diff
ferent but even there the practice Of re-
tanning in second marriage the title of
the first husband Is discouraged, the queen
having insisted that the relict of Mr. Ham,
crsley should be presented at court on the
occasion of her third marriage not the
Duchess of Marlborough but as Lady VIII
liam Beresford.
The attitude of the Prince of Wales to-
ward Lady Randolph Churchill is to GER
tain extent influenced by the part which
In his very bitter quarrel with the heir
apparent. 1t was on the subject of the late
Duke of Marlborough's intimacy with the
Dowager Countess of Aylesford, who was
the correspondent in the divorce obtained
by his wife.
The prince. who was the most intimate
friend and chum OF the late Lord AyleS-
ford, popularity known as Joey" insisted
that the duke should adopt a certain
course with regard to the scandal, es-
pecially in connection with some COM
promising correspondence, and when the
duke declined, brought pressure upon
Lord Randolph Churchill to obtain HIS
end. Lord Randolph resented this, and
it is probable that no heir to a great
throne has ever been called upon to listen
to such a tongus flashing as that TO
which he was subjected by Lord Ran
dolph.
Mr.. Astor is not yet popular in Eng
land, nor has he obtained any serious
foothold in London society. merely be-
cause the great English mobiles strongly
resent the advent upon the scene OF
American multi -millionaireS who are pos
sessed Of incomes as big or bigger than
their own, with no corresponding obli-
cations.
Then, too, Mr. Astor has antagonized
a number of prominent people by impoli-
tic quarrels and oddities of manner, the
effects of which, in event the marriage
now being discussed becomes a reality
Lady Randolph will probably now at
tempt to obliterate, just in the same way
that she smothered away many of the
angry passions aroused by the brusquer-
les, and even downright rudeness of her
first husband.