The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-03-24

Gold Medal. Widwinter Fair
iful woman, one of three Moncreiffe sis
tiers, who were equally famous for theii
charms. She confessed that she had beer
guilty with the Prince Of Wales and othel
correspondents.
The Prince was put on the witness stand
and answered some embarrassing question:
with perfect equanimity. He solemnly
swore that there had been no wrong be-
| tween Lady Mordaunt. 1t was shown
however, that the Prince had frequently
visited Lady Mordaunt alone and that hel
husband had forbidden her TO receive him
A number of letters to her from the
were in evidence.
Many indulgent friends of the Prince OF
| Wales declared that he was victim Of the
rule of etiquette which permitted a mar
red woman to receive him alone, and that
! he was a maligned innocent. That, how
/ ever, was not the general view. The pub
/ lie wondered why a young married Prince
| should write letters TO a young married
woman.
/ The Times took this occasion to read
the prince a very solemn and famous les
| son, in which it said:
The Prince of wales has learned Y a
painful experience how watchfully he must
walk. whose life is the property and study
Of the world. If royalty has many privi-
leges it must suffer not few privations,
and the charm of personal intimacy is
one that must denied to inheritors of
crowns.
I'VE do not dout that the future years
Of the heir apparent will show the in
fiuence Of the lesson he has had to learn,
and that Engllshmen yill see exemplifed
in their king that IS to a life from the
semblance even of Levitt
Just how he has learned his lesson we
are all in a position to judge.
The court refused to give Sir Charles
Mordaunt divorce at this time, because
his wife was insane and unfit to plead
1t was in connection with the case that
the Prince uttered his famous dictum:
1T is the duty of man named as CO.
respondent in divorce suit to purjure
himself Hike gentleman"
In 1919 Sir Charles Mordaunt at last OBJ
tanned his divorce. This time the Prince
of Wales was not mentioned. 1t may be
noted that Sir Charles who had always
been an austere and gloomy temperament,
died of the shame and sorrow caused by
this suit
1t was still early in his married life that
the Prince made Mrs. CORVALLIS West the
reigning society beauty of the day. She
was typical Irish beauty, tall and dark.
eyed. She had a splendid figure, was a
daring cross country rider and a wonder
ful dancer. Filtration was her art. No
such tragedy followed the Princes admir-
alton for as in the Mordaunt and Iangtrv
cases. Mrs. CORVALLIS West is a brilliant
and honored member of British society to-
day and a grandmother.
The Prince of Wales relations with Mrs.
Langtry make a very important part of
his career. She was originally Miss Emily
Charlotte lie Breton, daughtre of the Dean
of Jersey. rich young Belfast Quaker,
Edward Langtry married her
Mrs. Langtry went on the stage and left
her husband. The Prince admired her
more than ever. Sir John Millais painted
her portrait and labelled 1t the Jersey
Lily" Later she threw her reputation to
the winds. She became notorious in com
pany with the Earl of Rosslyn. the Earl
Of Lorsdale, S.r George Chetwynd. Sir
Robert Peel Abingdon Baird, Frederick
Gerhard and many others. Several of
them were ruined. The Earl of Rosslyn
has been through the bankruptcy court,
and is now a poor actor. Sir Robert Peel
sold his heirlooms.
Recently Mrs. Langtry went in for horse
racing in England. Last her horse. Mer-
mon. won the Cesarewitch at Newmarket. |
On that day the Prince OF Wales escorted !
her through the members enclosure. On
the same her husband wandered through !
the streets and died-a maniac. A week
later the Jockey club passed a rule ex-
Guiding her from the private enclosure. /
Today Mrs. Langtry IS hardly in the es,
society
Tt would he possible to review the list /
Of women whom the Prince has admired 4
without mentioning Lady Brooke. now
Countess Of Warwick. There are many /
persons in England who maintain that she /
. model wife and mother. but II IS GER
tain that she IS very conspicuous in the
Prince Of Wales set. the atmosphere of |
which Is not favorable 70 the austere viz
ues. The Prince enjoyed himself hugely
1t entertainments where Lady Brooke was
known on account Of her Cossiping nature /
rs the "Ba billing Brooke"
The great Thackeray, the strongest and
-ruest satirist Of the manners and morals
II his own countrymen. has left an i'm
7erishahle series Of ESSAYS called .The
Four Georges" The last Of these Georges
VAS the so-calied First Gentlemen Fl
Europe" who used TO SET drunk under the
ale when he was rot INDUCING in other
lastimes Of the aEs. which he led.
He was 4 disgraeed brute
The present Prince Of Wales. his grand
lephew. is really ID he respected. c31s.d-
ring ne 5 the Eraninephew Of such
srandunc.e. He drinks c.aret instead OF
bort. ana loves TO have about him women
VINO are really pretty and witty.
TWO American women have srub5ed
m
They are Ms. George Peabody We,m3-e.
.rd Mary Anderson.
After The triumph in England ~ Ma~v
Anderson. wao IS now rhe wife ot Antonio
Navarro. the Prince desired = e presented
q hey. She vs. eau,iuL She politely de-
linsd she honor
Nh. George Peabody We,more the vfe
y the Ex-Governor ot Rhode Island
z nasr of the immensely -.ch and ve--
Exclusive ketal,aS family Of tre -Is New
I 7rk Nuickerhockers. and one ~ The ultra
5soiou7rie caders q the 80" did tGe
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