Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-02-16
ONLY AMERICAN MARcHIoNESs
she who was Flora Davis Occupies
Unique Position in British
PeeraEe.


Copyright, 1892, by Press Publishing Coz
LONDON. Feb. 15.-(New York World
Cablegram-special Telegram )-she who
before marriage was Flora Davis nj New
York has become through the deaf the
first marquis of Dufferin and Ava My
American marchioness in the By : 5eer-
age Her father is John H. Day {. anker
at "a Washington Square, Me- <.
When she married, nine u 90, Lord
Dufferins second son. shf 4 me Lady
Terence Blackwood. Two 4 ago Lord
Dufferin's eldest son, the Of Ava, was
killed in battle while d. Ladysmith,
and as he was Lnme LORD Terence
Blackwood became Il { and took the
title of Viscount Clandeb- ye.
The new marquis and marchioness OF
Dufferin and Ava have beautiful house in
London at 75 Cadogan Square, where they
are now. The new marchioness is expect
ing a visit from the stork and has to be
kept quiet.
The marquis has been trying to let this
house for the coronation season, since, on
account Of being in mourning, they will not
be able to go out or to entertain. The
coronation, probably, will be the only fes-
tivity they will attend.
Their house is entered by a large, square
hall, an uncommon thing in a London house.
All the rooms are beautifully decorated and
upholstered. When they first went into
It the drawing room was done in a shade OF
rose red, but when everything was finished
she decided the color was unbecomng, so
she had the whole altered at a cost of
$4,000, all of which was paid by her father,
who also gave the decorations and furniture
for the house.
The late marquis OF Dufferin, after a
long and brilliant career as governor gen.
eral Of Canada and British ambassador to
saveral of the most important courts OF
Europe, died last Wednesday, In his sew
enty-sixth year, respected by all, yet
ruined in purse and broken in heart
through perfectly innocent but too trust
full connection with unfortunate specula-
tive enterprises pathetic letter, writ
ten by him at the time of the whitaker
Wright smash. has been published here, in
which he moaps "It is really heart
breaking. I am nearly ruined, and many
others are involved in the same calamity
The one bright spot in the whole business
is the way my shareholders have behaved
And what do you think that good fellow
G. did? He asked leave to place Il 0OC
at Lady Dufferins disposal, and yet he
himself is a poor man"
The late Lord Dufferin courteously as
sented to more than one request Of your
correspondent for his opinion on impor.
tant international questions In November
Of 1890 he was asked to write an article or
the old and the new diplomacy, he being
the most distinguished living exponent o.
the former. He sent this interesting let.
ter, hitherto unpublished: ''I hasten Il
acknowledge the receipt of your hatterinl
proposal. but In the first place 1 am fa-
too busy to be able to embark on any liter
ary task. and in the second place 1 d,
not know that have any distinct concep
tion Of what is meant by the new and ole
diplomacy The telegraph and rapid mean.
of communication by letter between tn,
foreign mice and its dependents has, o
course, modified the position of the repre-
sentatives at the various courts of Europ,
to a considerable extent. imagine tina
Is not what you mean by the expression
new diplomacy a term which 1 hav,
frequently seen used in the newspaper
without, however, being able to compre
hend exactly to what it applies"
The new diplomacy" was Mckinley g
which was copied by Chamberlain, Will
Dufferin's letter is an admirable exampl
| OF the "old diplomacy"