The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-06-29
Of BR|TA|NS HUEST
Is the Blood of the Earl of
Suffolk aSd Berkshire,
HE WOOS DAISY LETTER
Who Is Pretty Sure to Accept
in Due Season.

| MISS OalSy Letter.
Miss Daisy Letter is one Of the three
beautiful daughters of Mr.. and Mrs. Lew
| T. Letter, of Chicago. One is Lady Curzon
wife of the Viceroy of India, and one other
| is Miss Mamie Letter.
The suppliant Earl of Suffolk and Berk-
shire is one of the Towards. unquestion-
ably the Oldest and noblest family in Eng
land. Their aristocratie gTanduer is
summed up in that famous phrase OF
Pope's: " All the blood of all the How
ards"
The Duke of Norfolk is the head Of this
family. He is the Premier Duke of Eng
| land. He takes precedence over all other
peers.
The Earl of Suffolk is descended from
Lord Thomas Howard, second son of the
| fourth Duke Of Norfolk, who received the
earldom of Suffolk in 1903. The Earldom
Of Berkshire, conferred on another men,
Der of the family, was merged with that
of Suffolk in 1876.
The Earl Of Suffolk is entitled to quarter
the royal arms of the Plsntagenets. He
is directly descended from Edward l., the
PIantagenet King Of England, and from
descended in the direct male line from
Hereward, the great Saxon patriot, i'm
mortalized by Kingsley.
The Ears own title is one Of the oldest
in England, but he derives greater glory
from being one of the chiefs of the house
of Howard. Compared to his family. that
of Marlborough is new and Insignificant.
The Earl has a fine old Elizabethan
mansion, Charlton Park. near Malmesbury
in Wiltshire. 1t is surrounded by an estate
of ten thousand acres. In the house is a
great collection of old masters.
This picturesque peer is but twenty-five
years old and is an officer in the army.
He is an aide-de-camp to Lord Curzon. in
which capacity he has been able to devote
himself to Miss Daisy Letter, the Vice.
reines sister.
Miss Daisy Is attentively considering.
The Earl Of Suffolk and Berkshire is
pressing and persistent.
The correspondents from Simia write
that Miss Letters answer may be a tardy
one, but that it is pretty sure to be Eyes
They say that the Vicereine and Mrs. Levi
z. Letter regard him fondly.
Mr.. Levi 2. Letter. Miss Daisy's father,
is favorable. He viii not say the Earl
nay.
Miss Mary Letter linked the first title to
the name Of Letter. She is the vile Of
| Lord Curzon Of Kedles-1n. VINO is now
| Viceroy of India. 1t remains for Miss
Daisy and Miss Mamie Letter to further
make the Letters distinguished abroad
Their brother Joseph Letter. did not help
much in that direction when he cornered
wheat and sent bread up 2 cents loaf last
| year.
Well, pretty Mary Letter has the most
| exaltel position in the Indian Empire Ca
rolas Duran said Miss Mamie Letter was
| the prettiest American girl he ever paint
ed And now Daisy Letter is to ally herself
| to the blood Of the Towards. which is next
| in rank TO the blood royal of England.
Miss Daisy Letter Is worthy an ardent
woOing even though she were not heiress
| to a share OF Levi 2. Letters twenty vii.
| lions. She Is beautiful in n radiant pic
I turesque way. She Is clever. She is witty
She is an accomplished musician. She has
| all the winsomeness OF her school girl DAYS
supplemented by the SAVIOR faire of two
seasons in society And she is at that all
conquering wor.d-owning age-nineteen
years.
1t is but natural that Henry Molyneux
| Paget Howard. Earl of Suffolk and Berk-
shire, aged twenty-five should faA inlove
with her.
1t would he easy to fall in love with love-
ly Daisy Letter anywhere. but the condi-
lions in India are especially favorable to
that commOnest Of al falling feats.
There is the comparative isolation Of the
| English and Americans among the brown.
! faced, white-turbancd Hindoos. This
makes acquaintance quicker and the bonds
OF friendship closer. Life Is elemental! in
the East. The simplicity and ardor of the
natives are communicated to their rulers
1t Is a land of romance, and they who
tarry in 1t grow romantic.
! The appearance Of the Vicereines beau.
tiful sister was hailed with delight a;
Sima. the summer capital of India. The
Earl of Suffolk aide-de-camp Of Lord Cur.
zon, the Viceroy. was the most delighted
Of all. Read Mr.. Isaacs" and see fol
yourself how easy and delightful It Is tC
fan in low in AnglO-India-easy and de,
lishaful as It may be elsewhere.
'rhe Earl was presented at a dinrer
arrival Of her sister. II was MS I!easurc
and honor to take the Amerirl1 beast,
in II dnr'r. she was very prs.ty II =
coNn Of 1859 pinI silk, with rirk rcs'
IN her hair and a rose flush on her round
cheeks. The flush deepened az the Earl.
compliments. The others gathered abou
the bic were pleased at this symptom o.
. Il dding romnce. They are boru match
makers IN India. They make matches no
only for the happines Of the candidate,
but for their own amusement and relic
from ennui. Matchmaking makes then
flrget the neat OF an Anglo Ind a. sum
mer Just see what Mr.. Kiplng has 4
say on the subject
The Earl of Suffolk called ,he day 1fte
the dinner. The next day he drove will
| Miss Letter and her chaperOne. The mex
day he met her at hop and got his quot.
OF three dances early In the evening an,
looked disconso,ately at her and reproach
fully at her partners the rest of he eve
ing.
The drives and calls and hops have beel
continued and always the Earl II SuNoil
is seen somewhere as near as may - Il
the ne.ghho-hood OF Miss Letter 4 pro
posal was inevitable And the Simla PCS
sips set it going that the Earl WAS aide de
! camp not 10 the lord. but TO the adv
The Earl contided his JOY in his hope .
mess one night. and so his story has C n
from Simla 10 London and from I 1nion I
New York.
The marriage viii rot take p'a-e uu,i
the Misses Letter with chara ,te-issi
American determination. have thorough
q seen" India. The sisters will make tou
{ Of northern India and see the old cities c