Omaha daily bee., 1897-07-04

efforts at waltzing by a few of Englands
tremendous swells were most divertng.
An effort to get Mrs. Bradley Martins
opinion on the Devonshire ball as described
in the newspaper reports was unsuccessful
this afternoon description of her state
of mind would be interesting but it would
take too much space, Not long ago. after
d. rt,rV vi. .orousy whole evening, she lost
a diamond, one of the crown jewels valued
at $50 900 frantic search was made for
It, but in vain. After the hall was over a
charwoman cleaning the staircase picked up
the diamond and carried 1t to the butler,
saying that she had found a piece Of glass
belonging to one Of the chandelier pendants.
The butler looked at It and nearly tainted.
Tho jewel was returned to Mrs. Martin
about a week ago. History does not record
what she did for the charwoman.
Mrs. Mackay has announced that she will
not go out of mourning for her son, as it
was expected that she would do at the end
of the season She Is certainly seen driving
about London in the deepest black.
The death Of Edith. countess OF Aylos-
worth. recalls one of the most notable Eng
lish aristocratic scandals OF the century in
which the father of the present duke of
Marlborough was concerned. When the
prince of Wales made his Indian tour he
had in HE suite both the earl OF Aylesford
and the duke of Marlborough then Lord
Blandford Blandford returned to England
before the rest OF the party and eloped with
the countess OF Aylesford. with whom he
lived eighteen months in Paris. When
Lord Aylesford returned from India he be-
gan divorce proceedings against his wife,
but as she was able to prove unfaithfulness
equally fragrant against him. the court re-
fused him his suit He then went to west
eru America and died on a Texas ranch in
1855. The sympathy OF society was alto
gether with him in his suit against his
wife, for the duke of Marlborough had been
his intimate friend The fruit of the elope-
ment was a son, now about % years old, a
year or so younger than his half brother,
the present duke of Marlborough. Lady
Aylesford brought up this son with the title
of Lord Guernsey, treating him as her eld-
est son and heir to the Aylesford peerage,
although it was known that Lord Aylesford
could not have been his father. They had
not met for q year and a half before the
chilt's birth. When Lord Aylesford died
tho next heir to the title, his brother,
Charles Wightwick, instituted suit to set
aside the claim of the alleged Lord Guern-
sey and after a sensational trial the court
decided that Lady Aylesford's son was "a
stranger in blood to the Aylesford family,
being in fact the son of the duke of Marl-
borough. So the title parsed to the other
claimant who now bears it.. The son of the
duke and Lady Aylesford adopted the name
| of Spencer Churchill and dropped into OBJ
scurty. 1t must be said to the credit of
the former duke of Marlborough that when
he was giving his testimony in the Colin
Campbell divorce suit before that he had
offered to marry Lady Aylesford when his
| first wife. Lady Blanford, divorced him,
but Lady Aylesford declined The fact is
their association had been terminated by a
quarrel, Lady Ayesford complaining bit
terly that when she was disowned by her
| husband, the duke, the cause of her mis-
fortune, grossly neglected her, leaving her
almost starving with her babe in Paris
Lady Aylesfords son is far more like the
former duke of Marlborough than is the
present duke. who takes entirely after his
| mothers family, the members of which, by
reason of their lean, gaunt aspect, as well
| as their rapacity in securing we'll paid pub
lie offices, have earned the nickname of
| THE Hungry Hamiltons."
| Ten thousand invitations were issued to the
| queens garden party at Buckingham palace
and it has been asubject of general comment
in society that very few American residents.
outside those married to English aristocrats
| were found on the queen's list. These were
w. W. AStor, John Jacob As;or Mr. and Mrs.
| Walter Burns, Miss Burns Mr.. and Mrs
Ogden Goelet and Miss Goeet. Mrs. Rolands
and Mrs. Post. There were many other
| Americans in the best society fully qualiiic:
by having been presented at court, but none
| of these were invited. This caused consid-
| cradle disgust and disappointment amongs;
! them and their esteem for the English royal
| family has decreased 80 per cent in conse-
| quence. Then the absence Of the young
| duchess of Marlborough's name from the
| jubilee honor list, although she was recon-
| mended for the royal Victorian order by
| Lord Salisbury, would have caused moro
| comment were 1t not that the queen had
Cancelled the whole list 60 that she permitttd d
| this unique celebration of womans power to
| pass without comforting distinction single
! member of her own sex. The explanation is
| that the number of applicants inhuentialy
| supported was so great that to avoid jealousy
| and heartburnings, the queen decided to
| withhold decorations from. women altogether
! The difficulties OF determining who shall have
| titles on an occasion of this kind may be
| gathered from the fact that the prince CT
Wales told one of his most intimate friends
| who informed me, that there were 5000 ap-
| plicationS for titles and orders. Seeing that
! only six peerages and about an equal num-
| ber of baronetces were conferred, the extent
| of dsappOintments can be appreciated
| There is one case in particular which is the
| subject of much gossip in exclusive circles:
Sir Horace Farquhar, a close friend OF the
prince of Wales, one of the Acknowledged
leaders of society and liberal contributor
to the tory political funds, whose appllca-
tion for poerage was, strongly backed by the
prince himself and Lord Salisbury, was as
sentod to by the queen but Sir Horace is
one of the directors of the South Africa
Chartered company and when the colonial
secretary Chamberlain, learned he was about
to be created a peer he interposed absolute
objection on the gound that in view OF
Farquhar being practically on his trial be
fore the committee of inquiry into the char
tered company's administration, his ennoble-
ment would give the enemies of the govern
| ment just cause for outery. So Sir Horace
had the tempting morsel snatched from his
very lips and has not been heard of since