The evening world., 1903-10-02
BOWERY TO
HOUSE OF LORDS
AII-Around Career of English
Peer, Who Now Conducts a
Party on Tour Through the
United States.

4 real English Baron. who has beeu
a soldier. an actor, a walter in n Bowcry
restaurant, a steward on an Atlantic
liner. n ships steward. a fisherman and
an inn-kecper. is at present In the city
In charge OF a distinguished party .:
English tourists VINO have just tinisneI
4 tour OF British Columbia.
He IL Courtrnay Robert Percy Vernon
third Baron Lyvcdcn. Hc was tho eldest
son of the Hon. Cpurtcnay john Vernon.
rector or Grafton Underwood. North
,mptonshirc. who died on July 2. 1892.
His brother. the second Baron Lyveden,
died In 1901. and the present Baron sur
ceeded to the title ard an estate Of
i5,Ooo acres of lard In Northamptonshire,
TIL present Baron Lvveden studied for
the army, but funked In his eNamina-
lions for n commission. and then en-
listed. After serving eight months he
came to the United States and earned
his living in various calllngs.
His Party OF Visitors.
He occasionally conducts parties OF
tourists from England's a%ristocrncy on
trips to remote parts OF the world and
among the party he hns just brought
back from Canada are the following:
Lord and Lady Bray, Cumming Mac
dona. NJ. p. n cousin OF Henry d. Mac
dona, the New York lawyer: Sir Edward
Clarke, WHO was the British Solicitor
General in Lord Salisbury's second
Cabinet, and the lntter's son. Percival
Clarke: George Doughty. NJ. p: Col. $,
A. Sadlcr. NJ. p. for Middlcsborough,
and Mrs. Sadler, and G. \. Allen, Con
%servative Parliamentary candidate for
Croydon.
1t was before he succeeded to the title
that Baron Lyveden did the things thai
would furnish material for several
novels Of adventure. He is a tall, we'll
built. gOod-looking chap with n pa'r of
bright, twinkling eyes and a pronounced
English accent.
After failing In his c~xaminnti)ns for
a commission in the army. principally
because he preferred the actual lighting
to the perusal Of books in wn!Ch IL set
down the theoretical ideas OF command
ing an army. young Vernon enlisted in
the Royal Artillery.
an Actor.
After serving eight months he deter
mined to be an actor and bought his dis
charge. BY strange chance he secured
an engagement with the Bancrotts in
London in 1852 and was cast for the
part OF Capt. Seabright, in The Over
land Route lie remained with the
Bancrofts the following year II played
Henry Beauclerc in Diplomacy" II
Tony Lumpkin in she Stoops to Con-
ques'
A. ,ba apl Af hl< GannpJ aaasnn an
the stage he acquired the States
fever" AS he calls 1t, and came "a IA
irst cabin passenger 10 New York. lie
arrived here with So IN mis-, pockets
the city WAS broke. In telling his
story, the Baron said;
Il found ms way To the Bowery and
looked about for IA berth, yknow. [
saw a sign in the window of a cheap
restaurant which said a waiter was
wanted.
Lied Like n Gentleman.
II applied. and the mar asked me II
j mad ever 's.ung hIsn.' | lied Ike a
gentleman, y'Nnow; said Knew oil
about il. and all that SIX OF tang. Me
stomach made nc, y know. 4 mad a
hour 1 WAS Singing hash like a vet
eran.
81 have ,rlel t find the place since.
~but-blesS me. The Bowery ls 50
changed, y'knOw. ina | cJu dat do IT,.
The meals were sal rlctory as to Guiu-
tity, II tncy were n in quail ~. For
IL cents one could get soup, beef and
potatoes aud coffee"
After his expcr ences ms a waiter Yer
non went back to England. uut in a Year
was back In the States ana land d a,
Charlotte, n. C.. where he became u
fisherman.
He lost his boat In n storm and then
bought an interest In the leading hotel
OF the place. After q short experience
az a hotel-keeper he went back 10
4 mail steamtr. The Nile. running TO
South AmcrtcDn ports. lie swal5ed
decks and scrubbed staterSoms like \
Hindoo. Shortly after he secured n
berth as steward on the American liner