The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-20

to accept the dukes invitation to Good
wood and attempted to do the races
| from Portsmouth, living on board his
yacht, the Osborne, and travelling to
and fro each day by special train. But
he found it uncomfortable, and besides
his absence from GoodwoOd caused SO
much comment that the next year he
became again the guest of the duke,
more as matter of social duty than
| pleasure.
This year he made up his mind that he
| was becoming too old man to submit
! to any control of his pleasures by the
master of any house that he chose to
nonor, and accordingly arranged with
| Mr. and Mrs. James to stay with them
| for the Goodwood races instead of with
| the duke.
Some of the comments which he made
as to the reason which led him to refuse
| the dukes hospitality came to the ears
| or the old peer, and he resented them,
| besides taking the ground that since
| the race course was his private property
| II was gross affront on the part Of the
prince to attend the races from the house
| OF untitled people in the neIghborhood,
with whom he was himself not even on
visiting terms.
The duke made no attempt to conceal
| his displeasure, and while Offering splen-
Old hospitality to the Duke and Duchess
OF York. who were his guests, practically
! Ignored his future king, who was com
| PEELED for once to take his place in
the crowd without being admitted to
the private Enclosure of the duke. It
was an extraordinary spectacle and
! spoke volumes for the Independence of
the old duke, whose action would appear
to have received the approval of the
| queen, since she has invited the aged
peer to visit her at Balmoral
QUEEN HATES GAMBLING.
Ten years ago the Duke of Portland
preferred to forego a visit of the prince
at Welbeck Abbey rather than to permit
| games OF hazard under his roof
| Inc queen short time after honored
the duchess and himself with invitations
apparently to show the public that she
approved this course. This is in keep
Ing with her attitude toward her eldest
son. whose card playing she is the first
to deplore.
NO stronger evidence of her sentiments
can be given than her refusal to allow
the prince to make use of Windsor cas-
tie during the Ascot races. Although
Windsor is within easy drive of the AS
cot course, and the queen with her
| court is always away in Scotland at the
tlIne or The races, yet the prince is in
Varlaoly driven to lease country seat
In the neighborhood of Windsor for the
! Ascot week, at an expense which he can
Ill afford
He is obliged to do this because his
mother will not permit games Of hazard
| under her roof She is willing to give
him the use Of Windsor castle providing
| he VIII abstain from cards. Rather than
! comply with the stipulations of his ven
| cradle mother he prefers to lease a coun-
try seat at an expense of 1000 for a
single week, where he can surround him
| self with his cronies and play cards as
| he pleases.
! THE GAMBLING DUCHESS.
Largely responsible for the devotion of
! the prince to cards is the Duchess Of Dew
onshfre, passionate gambler. Another
| who influenced him at one time is George
Russell, his private secretary prior to the
| appointment of Sir Francis Knollys
George Russell is a cousin of the Duke
| of Bedford, brother-in-law of the late
| Duke of RoXeburghe and an uncle of the
present duke, who Is credited with an in
| tentiOn of marrying Miss May Goelet
! Through the interest of the prince he OBJ
| tanned the lucrative appointment of per-
! manent head of the department of public
| works, which has under its control all
royal palaces, government buildings and
| parks.
He made use of this position to fit up at
! government expense a number OF the
pretty lodges in Hyde park, Regents
park and st. James park as gambling
| hells, from which he derived large sums
| Shortly before his downfall he was stay
| ing at Kimbolton castle as the guest Of
the Duchess of Manchester (now Duchess
| of Devonshire), the Prince ard Princess
of Wales being present. Cards were the
order of the day, and during the high
play the duchess, who is one Of the clev-
crest women in existence, saw that her
| his future king.
| For a moment she hesitated; then she
| realized that the slightest scandal would
| result in the failure of the royal visit to
| Kimbolton. that it would get into the
| papers, give rise to popular discussion
| on card playing and associate her name
and that Of Kimbolton castle forever in
the eyes of the world with a disagreeable
episode.
So she arranged, by insisting hav-
| ing Russell for her partner, that her loss
es should counterfeit his gain and he be
| practically unable to rob any one.
| Six weeks later friend Of the duchess
| entered her London drawing room and
announced that one Of her friends had
| been caught cheating at cards at the
| Turf club.
| "'Wait one minuter she exclaimed.
| Then she scrubbed g. name on a piece
Of paper and covered it with her hand.
| Now tell me who 1t 1ss
George Russell" replied her visitor.
Look here" said she and with that
showed Russell's name written on the
| paper, adding that she had caught him
cheating at Kimbolton castle and that
she knew that sooner or later he would
| be discovered.
TRANBY CROFT SCANDAL.
Far less knowledge Of the world was
| displayed in a similar instance by Mrs.
| Arthur Wilson.
For when she and her children caught
| another of the princes lifelong cronies
| cheating as she believed, at cards
| while staying under her roof as
felIow-guest of the Prince of Wales,
she charged him with the offense.
This made such a scandal that 1t be-
came the subject of a disgraceful law
| suit, which brought odium upon the
prince IN connection with his fondness
for card playing, while it has associated
his own name and that Of Tranby Croft
with one of the most ignoble scandals
| Of the present century.
| George Russell was obliged to leave
England and lived for many years in
exile. Lately he has returned to Eng