The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-25
MORNING JOURNAL COURIER MONDAY NOVEMBER a 1901

a difference in your income whether
 your acres are in the heart of city
 ana are part of the highest priced land
 Tn the world, or whether they are out
 m the country It is probable that this
 lucky scion of the Russell family owns
 more property in London. than any oth-
 CT one person, and that he has a great
 CT number of tenants than the Duke of Westminster All his huge London property, though which, as somebody has said, the Duke grows richer while
 he sleeps" is managed from a funny
 little house just across the street from
 the British Museum. There is nothing
 about the office to indicate that it's staff
 deals with property yielding the income
 of principality. It is hidden away be-
 hind a high stone wall, and one might pass it twenty times without ever sus- pecting it was there, if it were not for the little brass plate on the door. There
 is strong room" and an audit room," where the Duke himself reviews !, his portly ledgers, but none of the gilt ter and sumptuousness of an Amer can
 office. The most interesting thing about
 the place is the sight of tree growing
 out of coffin in the yard. The coffin
 is an ancient one, evidently that of a
 child, and was found years ago in dig
 ding on the Dukes estate.
 Untiring as is the activity of the Duke
 of Bedford,it is equalled If not surpass-
 ed by that of his talented duchess. Her
 grace is an enthusiast on the subject
 of good music and hardly misses an
 evening at her husbands Royal Opera |
 House during the grand opera season. |
 But her ability as a sportswoman and | her love for animals are the traits that | have made her famous. She has the | reputation of being the best shot among i, British women-which is saying a good | deal-and is often to be found trudg ng through the game preserve at Woburn abbey without either keepers or beat ers-all alone except for teh compan- ionship of two or three of her favorte dogs, but making great slaughter among the birds and rabbits. She is al- most as fond of fishing and as success full thereat It is a question whether the duchess likes dogs or cats best. The dogs at Woburn live like fighting cocks but the cats have a most luxurious rom practically given up to them. Her grace is president of the society organ l which runs in London remarkable boarding house for we'll to- do cats and a lodging house for poverty stricken ones, and Is represented by two or three exhibits at almost every cat show that takes place. The duchess was present ( at this years dinner of the men who , sells cats meat in London and made a . kindly little speech in which she begged | the men to be charitable to the stray cats that they encountered on their C rounds.
 But it is for her private zoo that the duchess is best known. The 20 is at it surpasses the geological gar 4 lens in London, of which the Duke of Bedford is presiding officer. With the . assistance of her husband, and, incl lentally, of her husbands strong box, fer grace has stocked her 20 according o her own notions, and the result is a weird collection of strange beasts. None if the animals are dangerous and all .re tame; so they are allowed to wan Ter about one part of the Woburn rounds according to their own sweet will. Among them Is a zebra, an odd due COW that came from India, and 4 ome Japanese deer Here, to- little erd of kangaroos, bred by the duchess erself, is in evidence, cheek by jowl with some barking deer and whole ovey of strange pheasants. whose for Ter abode was among the shrubbery of he Himalayas. There are alligators and another deer with a tail like n, hat of horse, chamois. mouff1on sheep m rom Corsica and a wild ass from Per ia, while several cranes, an ibex, a ock of foreign ducks and squirrels and abbits iinumerable are other features the duchess most wonderful zoo. he duke and duchess care more about leir own animals than about London ociety, which is considered by them to e less interesting sort of zoo. They re less known socially than any other air of their rank. It is aid, too, that le duke is a, shy man. Furthermore e takes himself most seriously.-Lon- on Communication of Springfield Re- ublican.