The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-15

her son for his conduct, without, howev-
er, producing any change in his habits.
Before the Princess of Wales left Eng
land for Copenhagen she spent three
hours with the queen at Osborne ana
there detailed her grievances and the mo-
tives that impelled her, to the course she
had decided upon. The prince naturally
desires to avoid a formal separation,
knowing we'll the storm of denunciation
that would shower upon him from every
quarter-a storm that might actually pre-
vent his even ascending the throne
Hence every effort is being made to pre-
vent this, but 1t is undeniable that the
deepest uneasiness is felt in official cir
cles over the outcome.
DUKE OF RICHMOND's sNUB.
1t was Mrs. Keppel who was the cause
of the snub administered to the prince
this summer by the Duke of Richmond
and Gordon at Goodwood, one of the cele-
brated race courses of England, and the
property of the duke. He had is usual
Invited the Prince and Princess of Wales
to be his guests during the GoodWood
meeting and the invitation was accepted.
1t is usual in entertaining royalty to al
low them to invite their own party, and
in due time the Prince of Wales forward
ed to the duke a list of those who would
being on the list The duke returned the
list to the prince with Mrs. Keppels name
crossed off, and a polite note saying that
he must decline to receive her as his
guest.
This was an unprecedented experience
to the Prince of Wales, and so angered
him that he resolved on retaliation. In
curt note to the duke he recalled his
acceptance of the invitation and then ac-
f,.ia y1,n
had place near Goodwood to be their
guest during the races. The Duke Of
Richmond was not dismayed at the royal
anger. The private Enclosure a Good
wood Is naturally the point of vantage
from which to see the contests, but ad
mittance to 1t depends entirely on the
dukes favor. When the prince and his
friends appeared at the meeting, expect
ing place in the inclosure they were dis
appointed. The duke refused to recog-
nize the prince, and gave orders that he
was not to be admitted. The prince saw
the races, but he. saw them from the
same level that the commonest laborers
on the dukes estate did
The married life of the prince and prin-
cess has been pictured as an ideal one,
and there is no doubt that as royal mar
riages go 1T has been fairly happy. In
the first place 1t was love match, and
in public and private life the prince has
shown the affection he feels for his beau
tiful wife. But the prince is amiable,
easy-going and a progressive and well
versed man of affairs, enjoying many
things in an innocent manner that his
wife frowns upon. The princess is a de-
VGut Christian, a severe moral censor
and this equality has undoubtedly had it's
share in producing friction between the
pair. She~shas exhibited the utmost dis
like and aversion to some of the intimates
of the prince, and as he is intensely loyal
to his friends, this has been another
cause of disagreement
CARELESS ABOUT ASSOCIATES.
Like Napoleon Ill, the prince is far too
careless Of the character and tone of his
encourage For man who claims to be
the censor, the mentor, and the supreme
ruler of English society, the champion Of
proprieties, and the judge in all cases of
deviation from the standard of correct
ness, the intimacy and friendship with
which he honors the faux menages Of
several of his friends is scarcely becom-
ing. Thus he is a constant visitor to the
house of Lord Marcus Beresford whose
establishment is presided over by the
lovely but exceedingly notorious Mrs.
Charlie Butler. The latter is the daugh-
ter of the late Gen. Ridley, and eloped
from her first husband Col. Kingscote
of the artillery, with Capt Butler, of the
Horse guards, an officer whose claims to
fame are based upon his record as a
crtcketer, and as the first discoverer of
Mabel Gray, the London counterpart Of
the Partisan. Cora Pearl. Subsequently
the divorce court permitted Mrs. Kings
cote to contract a marriage with Cant.
Butler. Matrimony, however, in it's legal
form, proved far too commonplace to suit
her views, and she, in course of time.
abandoned Butler for Lord Marcus Beres-
ford. Once more she figured as the he
rome of a divorce case, Lord Marcus
being the correspondent. But, although
the charges against her were proved,
yet the character of Butler was such that
he was held to have been a cognizant
and consenting party to her infidelity.
interviewed and the divorce was refused.
Since then she has lived openly with Lord
Marcus as his wife.
TACTFUL AND SENSITIVE.
The Prince of Wales is eminently adroit
and possesses tact in the highest sense of
the word. He 1s extremely sensitive to
public opinion. He is keenly alive to the
progress Of modern ideas. He realizes, as
much as any man in England, that the
distinctions Of caste and class and even
the prestige Of royalty, are rapidly pass
ing away before the uprising of demo-
cratic spirit among the English people
He fully understands, that royalty and
the Institutions Immediately connected
with it depend for their future existence
upon its making concessions to this pop