The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-10-19
THE BALFoUR LADIES.

Several of the women belonging. by
marriage or otherwise, to the family of
the Premier of Great Britain, are almost
as well known in their way as the men
of that famous race. Miss Alice Bal
four, the Prime Minister'S unmarried sis
ter. presides over his London house. and
on her devolves the ordering Of that 90
cial state which a Government chief must
maintain. Her duties are double. for, be-
sides being Prime Minister, Mr. Balfour
still holds his old place of leader In the
House of Commons. Miss Balfour. as
niece Of Lord Salisbury. has always been
prominent socially, yet she. too, has In
dulged in authorship. In 1896 a book of
hers was published called Twelve Hun
dred Miles In wagon, or wagon.
less should be dropped out, peg would
be knocked from under the British con-
stitution.
into families as illustrious as their own
when they marry at all. that is The
Prime Minister himself is still a bach
elor. What manner of bachelor he Is
lege mates gave him at Cambridge
Aunt Fanny" Mr.. Balfours father.
the Hon. James Maitland Balfour, mar
ried a Cecil, the sister of Lord Sails
follow his example in connecting them
selves with ladies who are the daughters
Of somebody with a large 8.
The Prime Minister'S brother Gerald
great novelist and occulist, Bulwer. the
first Lord Lytton. md sister of the au-
thor of Lucille" While this beautiful
and brilliant young lady had no literary
plenty, and that and her talents along
this line have made and kept her SO
distinguished leader in high life British
circles that she had actually no increase
of social prestige to gain when her broth
er-in-faw became Prime Minister. All
that could be done she herself had al
ready accomplished. 1t Is safe to say,
however, that she. in her own right the
Lady Elizabeth, has not wholly approved
when her famous brother-in-laNsA Ar
thur James. has more than once declined
q title. Her husband would probably not
have done so.
Then comes the Premiers other we'll
known sister-in-law, Frances, the wife
Of Lieutenant Colonel Eustace Balfour.
The fifth son of James Maitland Balfour
married the fifth daughter of the Duke
of Argyll. sister of the present Duke.
BY this marriage Eustace Balfour be-
came brother-in-law to Princess Louise
of Lorne. Queen Victoria daughter. His
wife IS Lady Frances Campbell IN her
own right, and she is the Balfour lady
whom Americans will naturally like best
of all. Lady Frances Balfour has beau
tiful, high bred face, the Scotch blood
showing in its high, Equare forehead and
rather prominent cheekbones. The pro-
file IL classic, the nose long and straight,
the chin firm and strong. the complexion
is straight and slim with a carriage erect
and full Of spirit. Withal she chooses
to dress in the style of severe simplicity.
Her light hair Is swept straight back
from the high. square forehead, to which
q phrenolosist would assign strong de-
velopment of the reasoning faculties. Her
plain dark bodice is buttoned down the
front without frill or ornamentation of
any kind and is finished at the neck vita
a high, perfectly plain collar of the same,
inside of which appears tiny line Of
white Frou frou, frills and accordion
plating are not for Lady Frances, who,
however, underst ands her own style so