The Savannah morning news., 1902-03-16

chester. she will walk in the coronation
procession and no train, outside the
royal family, will be longer than hers.
And justly so.
The Duke of Manchester owns a title
that is nearly 300 years old, for it was
created in 1926. For centuries his faith
ers have had honors bestowed upon
them. At his birth in 1877 he at once
became Lord Montague of Kimbolton,
then Viscount Vaudeville At the age
of IS he became the Duke of Manches-
ter by the death of his father.
In selecting an American wife the
young duke did no more than his faith
er had done before him. for the eighth
duke married Consuela Yznaga Del
Vale of louisiana, and though it is
said they did not live happy ever after
their marriage certainly started off
with a romance.
1t is hoped that no unhappy fate
awaits the present Duchess, the little
American girl, who, in her early TWEEN
ties, finds herself situated in a foreign
country with the highest honors of
the land heaped upon her.
She is one of the few American duch-
esses.
She will walk up Westminster aisle
not far behind the Queen, dragging her
velvets.
She will carry her crown upon a
cushion and place 1t upon her own head
as King Edward assumes his.
She will ride back in the great pro-
cession of glass coaches.
She will eat of the cornation feast
at the Kings board.
She will be one of the leaders in the
grand fetes of the coronation week
When the other titled American wo-
men are forgotten the name of the
ninth duchess will be engraven upon
historys tablets as the one, who, in
1902. assisted King Edward in the pomp
of putting on his crown.
In spite of all these honors which, it
would seem, might overwhelm young
woman, the Duchess is apparently as
unconcerned as though she were a no
body and expected to do nothing. Lon
don people say she is one of those
American girls who, born to- wealth
and educated in freedom, can face any
world
Each day she goes to to town shop
ping, and sometimes remains in London
for a week selecting the wonderful
gowns which are to be worn by her
in June. Her taste in dress is good,
and she shops and shops until she finds
what she wants. She shows an Ameri-
can fondness for bargains and is bright
and clever in picking them up.
great extent, and is not infrequently
guest either of the Queen or of the
Queens daughters. On these occasions
she is brilliant and even fascinating,
and when she leaves she knows she has
made good impression,
The Duchess is often seen in London,
with the Duke, for the two are great
friends, thereby refuting the accusation
that people cannot be friendly if mar
ried. They shop together. drive to-
gether, and dine together, making a
little restaurant party of their own.
The Duchess, though the owner of
magnificent gowns, is very plainly
dressed for every day street occasions.
She wears the simplest of long brown
cloaks and fur boa that would not
fascinate an American girl of average
means.
A hired cab is often good enough for
this honored American girl, and she
who owns numerous horses and whose
dover was one of the heaviest ever
taken to England, leaves all behind
and slips away for an unpretentious
morning in London's busiest shopping
district.
The Duchess of Manchester is consid-
cred a beauty. She has the wonderful
American complexion, which is now
more celebrated than the English skin,
and she has beautiful clear eyes. Dim
pies play around her mouth and she
has a remarkable way of looking you
square in the face. She is classed with
the American beauties abroad.
1t would not be- saset teds6yO that the
Duchess will come to America this
summer after the coronation is over,
though preparations have been made
for a Newport visit 1t is doubtful if
she can be spared. Queen Alexandra
has too few American duchesses to al
low one of them to escape from London,
for this will be the grandest season
that the Queen will ever see. And so
to England's social history will be adj
ded a chapter to tell of the pleasant
intimacy which existed between an ell
derby sovereign and bright little
American girl.
We talk about the duty of children
to parents. 1t is nothing to the duty
of parents to children, and in all my
experience I have never known one
successful man or woman, or one
ruined life, that 1 could not trace it
right straight back to the father or
mother who had formed the character
Of that person. oh, but you say so
many good peoples children turn out
so badly. Very true. Some of the
best people in the world are the big
gest fools. The unwise restrictions
that saint puts on his sons may
send them out into the world to
plunge them into every sort of de-
bauchery, while the worldly wise
counsel of father who is a profess
sional gambler and sport may keep
his boys straight. There is judgment
in all things and with the best in
tentions to save them, many a pa
rent steers his children on the rocks
instead of away from them.
The first place in which parents
fail is in establishing their authority.
and in intoxicating a habit of obedi-
ence in their children. Everywhere 1
go l see mothers who throw up their
hands helplessly over some girl or
hoy of 10 or Il years of age, and say
that 1 cannot manage Susie or John
ME. That is the beginning of the
end. In a little while Susie and
Johnnie want to run the streets, and
they do il. They go to places that
their parents do not approve, and
nobody can hinder them, and when
the time comes when they stand in
deadly peril, nobody has the authority
to save them from their own folly.
All morality, all government, all re-
hgion hinges on obedience, and any
Parent who fails to teach it to a child
has failed in his first duty.
The next place in which parents
fail is in their carelessness. If any
one should load all his treasures of
gold and silver and jewels-every-
thing that makes life worth living
on a ship and send it out to sea in
obaroa IF TiI0t who WAS utterly