The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-18
THE WINS OF HER GRACE
DUCHESS OF MANCHESTER HAS
SOME TRAITS OF A SPOILED
CHILD
YOUNG COUPLE COO AND TALK
Newspapers Bother Them, but They
Serve Tea to an interviewer
to Whom They
Complain.

Fire away!" said the Duke of Man
chester when a humble, untitled newspa-
per reporter went to interview him. ASK
me any questions you like"
ASK him how much he lost at
interrupted Lord Lambert, significantly.
y quick remonstrance from his grace
was followed by gale of laughter, that
swept all restraint before it.
His grace the Duke OF Manchester Lord
of Tanderagee, etc, does not meet you
halfway, says the San Francisco CORE
spondent of the Inter Ocean. If you have
the open sesame he is frankly cordial
and charmingly informal. lawfully IN
comfortable chair, that he says, point
ing disdainfully at the Palace hotel S
best. Come, try this one; the Lamb
won't bite
Lord Lambert takes careful aim at the
duke and fires a center shot. Five min
utes OF this merry verbal battledore and
shuttlecock, then request to see the
Duchess of Manchester creates a sudden
/ lull. The duke considers. The lord looks
a protest with his eyes.
Say, honestly" says the duke, she
hates this sort of thing. Besides, she s
not feeling we'll, poor little thing! You'll
excuse her, won't you "
For answer there is the frou-frou of
silken rufties and d plaintive voice come
floating in: Oracle where are you
The horrid doctor says my throat is very
bad, but I'm going to dress for dinner,
anyway.
The speaker is dangerously near TIE
door. His grace and his lordship make
a dive for it.
Too late. The portieres part. Enter
her grace, Helena, Duchess of Manches-
ter.
+. DUCHESS TAKEN BY SURPRISE.
The duchess looks surprised; the lord
is evidently annoyed; the duke does
The act and does it gracefully. 1t
smootls the little quicker in her grace's
brown and scissors her another re-
porter in two.
Tie Duchess of Manchester sinks into
an armchair. Her pink satin negiigee
trails, in shimmerlng folds, revealing
petticoat Of cream lace, under which feet
like little pink mice peep in and out.
Thu; Anglo-AmeriCan duchess, despite
her Tcutonic papa, has Spanish instep.
Her grace has two feverish spots of pink
burning On either cheek. Her voice is
sweet and slow, but it is evidently with
difficulty that notes issue from her scar
let, pouting mouth. MY throat hurts
Sc and she raises d slim, jeWeled hand
TO her white throat.
Lord Lambert closes a window and adj
justs a blind. The Duke of Manchester
sirs the fire. His lordship wheels up a
chair and insists on her grace taking it,
The duke brings Il fOOtStool and arranges
the folds of her gown. The maid fetches
a wrap and places it on her shoulders.
The valet rushes for a. Grescreen. Her
grace accepts it all with the air Of
we'll, not so much that of a duchess as
of girl with a very sore throat who
wants to be petted. For when ones
throat is raw and rasped ducal coronets
don't count.
In the soft ftful glow of the freight
this new American duchess IS very pref
ty. In the sunlight? Well-rather pref
ty. But that's a guess at best, for
though it was only o'clock in the after
noon the blinds were drawn and the fire
and soft-shaded lamp or two did duty
for Illumination.
This young woman, whose portrait will
soon be hung beside those Of the famous
beauties of the house of Montague, need
fear nothing by comparison. She has
not the faulty faultless beauty of the
poet. Her mouth and nose are just IT.
regular enough to be piquant. Her large
gray eyes are rarely beautiful, with an
expression half laughing, half wistful
that is very captivating.
HAIR OF TITAN SHADE
Her hair is of that indeffnabIe shade
which is neither brown nor gold nor red
but a mixture of all three-a combination
Which usually produces a sandy re-
suit, but in this case has achieved the
French blonde" Her complexion is
gOod, though over the pink and white
of her cheeks there is a sprinkling of
Sun kisses that proves her love of
outdoor life. Where the sleeve falls
away from the wrist there is a hint of
an arm white and beautifully rounded
She is neither "divinely tall nor yet
"divinely slender" Just a healthy, fresh
Colored girl, who even when she has Il
sore throat can be gay.
Lord Lambert attempted a funny story
apropos of nothing. But it served the
purpose of making the duchess smile
His grace tries to discount it with fun
nter one. The duchess forgets her sore
throat.
''How you English can punish a good
story" she laughs.
Her grace, the Duchess of Manchester,
las an American sense Of humcr Lon
don climate may be bad for it, but it
won't kill it. It's bred in the bone.
Cards for your grace and the bell
boy shoves in a tray full. The duke re
CARDS them with an amused smile He
G&thers up a handful ana inpressiveIy
reads the names of a dozen reporters
representing every paper in town from
grace comes to the rescue Here, But
tens" she says, tell them that we're
cut; tell them that we've gone to Europe;
tell them anything, but don't let them
up.
"The duke is so soft-hearted to the
press she explains.
"Wen, I've been there myself replies
the duke. 81 s'Eose you know I wrote
for one of the New York papers last
year. I used to curse upstairs and down
cellar if 1 sent a man out on a story and
ne came back without it.
DUKE KIND TO REPORTERS.
81 like to treat reporter like a white
man. Some of them, instead of appre-
eating it, dub me dead easy, and write
me down.
DO YOU like newspaper worI1?" inter
rupts her grace. My aunt, Miss Evans,
has written a great deal for the press
There isn't a tinge of ostentatiOn about
this ducal pair, nor the faint of cheap
pride hle duchess is ever careful to pat
on the brakes when describing Tandera-
gee castle, her husbands ancestral home
Perhaps l oughtn't to go into ecstacleS
really just the most beautiful place l
have ever seen. We arrived there in the
evening, and the castle and the grounds
were brilliantly Illuminated, and the ten
give us a rousing welcome.
1T was a strange feeling for an Am1r
ican girl. l was overcome at the thought
of what my advent might mean to those
people. I hope to dc everything within
my power for them
The duke patted her hand approvingly
and the lord smiled his satisfaction
Oh continued the duchess, as en-