The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1902-03-25
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Which are naturally popular among the !
young matrons in the government
house set. The Curzon regime ia a
very brilliant one, and innovations in
PRODUCED by the present yiceroy. which
excited some criticism at first, have
certainly tended to enhance the dig
nifty and brightness of the Ticeregal
court. A state carriage is now used
for all important functions, and in
stead of merely holding formal sscep-
tions, Lady Curzon gives gay little din
ners constantly.
The ladies' dinner of the 20. P" club
at the Criterion, last Sunday, was
most CHEEKY and successful function,
lighted up by a positive constellation
of stars" The beautiful Miss Maxine
Elliott was in the chair, looking ra-
diant in a gown of white Irish lace
and black Chantilly Insertions; her
pretty sister, Miss Gertrude Elliott
! (wearing white chiffon and lace, with
a big corsage bouquet of violets), sit
ting close by with her husband, Forbes
| Robertson. Miss Marie Tempest, in a
wonderful gown of cobwebby lace veil
ing chiffon, which was showered with
gold paillettes, wore a wreath Of gold
en- ivy leaves in her ruddy hair, and
Mrs. Cecil Raleigh's black gown was
| frightened by some superb diamond
and emerald ornaments.
By the death of Lord Seton, who
passed away last week as the result Of
an accident that befell him over seven
years ago while riding in a steeple-
chase at Aintree, one of the largest and
most valuable estates in England (the
Liverpool property alone is worth
2150,000 year, they say passes to a
new owner, and the most distressing
or recent tragedies among the nobly
born has been brought to bitter con-
summation. Early in the spring OF
1894, young Lord Molyneux, as he was
known while still his fathers heir, fell
in love with the Lady Mary Willough-
by, the lovely young daughter of Lord
and Lady Ancaster. He was rs and
she was IT, and still in the schoolroom.
The parents on both sides approved,
and the young people became formally
engaged. A few weeks later the gal
liant young lover was riding in the Alt
car steeplechase, and at the fourth
fence his horse fell, throwing him
heavily on his head. He did not ap-
pear to be seriously hurt. but he was
too much shaken to continue the con.
test, and another rider mounted his
} horse. Scotch Bride, strange to say, il
spite of the accident to her first rider
won the race, but poor Molyneux never
crossed a horse again.
1t became apparent, few weeks aft
: erward, that Lord Molyneux had sus
tanned serious injuries to his brain
: and ever since-for seven long years
) he has lain demented, dead while still
7 alive, burden to himself and to thos'
: around him, an object of hopeless pity
During that long seven years the af
flicted mans father-himself a famou
sportsman-died, and the helples
: wreck that had been splendid figur
4 in so many scenes succeeded to hi
: honors and his vast estates Then hi
mother, one of the greatest of grea
r ladies, who resisted to the last the ir
resistible invasion of the nouyeau,
: riches, followed her husband broken
S hearted, to the grave; and now tn
5 poor inheritor of so much wealth, an
pride, and greatness of position, ha
], joined them where the weary be a
: rest. And poor young Lady Mary re
: mains unmarried and mourns him nk
S a widowed bride.