The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-09-02
the AMERICAN GIRL
IS S0C|ETY'S PET
Interest i'm Duchess Of MarIbor
ough and Mrs. Paget Again
Shows 1t.
NEW ROYAL

Princess cIementine of Belgium Has
Prospects for a Happier Married
Life Than Was the Part of
Either of Her Sisters.
Copyright. 1904, by w. r. Hearst.)
London, Aug. 20.-Nothing in its way
could be prettier or afford higher evil
dence of the esteem in which the Amer
lean girl is held by all classes and
grades of the aristocracy han the gem
eral sympathy aroused by the accidents
to the duchess of Marlborough and Mrs.
Arthur Paget. The former long ago
won all hearts by her unaffected, girl
ish charm, righteousness and tender,
wonanly heart. Eight years of the life
of the court and cares of a young fam
lily have not deprived her of these char
acteristics, the which will ever prevent
the realization of her fathers dream
that she might become the head of a
salon that should be the center of the
social life of London. In the fall from
her horse there is a peculiar eme of
misfortune, the duches consistently
avoiding the risks attendant on riding
TO pounds. While she delights in see
Ing the young husband whom she loves
III ilulilS COSTUME, SHe IlcISell IeNSl
hunts, but prefers driving her pair of
pretty black ponies. 1t Is possible the
secret of her charm to Englishmen lies
in her complete contrast to the typical,
breezy. masterful American girl. Her
black hair, her soft, dark eyesr her
sweet voice proclaim her the senti-
mentalist.
Painting of the Duchess.
. In the state rooms of Blenheim may
d H. ,a1,, . ra;nti,,r Nf the l,,1hncc NV
Carolus Duran, showing her as she
stands, dressed in white with a pink
sash at the top of a flight of marble
steps. This picture seems to breathe
the chiIdlike freshness in which lies her
peculiar charm. A taste for natural his
tory has chung to her from childhood,
and the yards at Blenheim contain all
kinds of odd creatures-gazelles, peli-
cans. snakes, squirrels, tortoises, Per-
sian cats and kangaroos, while in the
kennels are to be found 100 spaniels,
descendants of the King Charles Span
iels which went to Blenheiin with the
great Duke of Marlborough. In the
summer she is mostly to be found in
her tent on the lawn, the tent being
beautifully fitted in the manner of q
boudoir. Her American bower. arched
With trellis work and running down to
the river, recalls the days of the bower
at Idle Hours, When she was Miss Con-
suelo Vanderbilt.
Mrs. Paget's Position.
Mrs. Arthur Paget's name has been
nous for more than a generation on
both sides of the Atlantic. From the
day Of her marriage to General Arthur
Paget, more than t~Wenty-seVen years
ago, until the present day, she has, by
right Of her fine executive ability and
her strong, resolute. forceful character
made herself a Neritable power In So
ciety. Given the charity bazaar enter
tainment or garden party, and Mrs.
Paget a even been the first woman
to whom a distracted hostess turned
for help and guidance. The number of
enterprises which she has steered to
q successful result cannot be counted.
Above all, she has enjoyed the warm,
answering friendship of the king and
queen, and among the best messages
of sympathy II sorrow to reach her
when the news of her l~alnentable fall
down an elevator shaft became public
were two signed respectively Edward"
and ~"AleXandra.'
Another Royal Betrothal.
The engagement of the mature Prin-
cess Clementine of Belgium with Prince
Victor Napoleon would now seem to be
an accomplished fact. On the whole
her marriage promises a far greater
measure of happiness tina that which
attended the marriage of her two sis
II wiz CiCll III ~ law Id ~ a
turn have PLAYED a leading part In
!. stories that blacken the pages of mod
ern history. One of these sisters was
. S%tephanie, who became the child bride
of the crown prince Rudolph of Austria
The second was Louise, who made he,
!, wretched marriage with Philip of Sake
Coburg. Clementine now in her thirty
second year, has been able to watch
!, the outcome of those two marriages
+ and altogether is not without eXper-
: ence. Prince Victor is forty-two ant
it is only necessary to say of him tina
, he knows more of the night side o.
life in Paris than any other man ii
Europe. AS the present head of the
. house of B~onaparte, he is, through hi:
, mother, the Princess Clothtlde of Savoy
+ daughter Of Victor Emmanuel, con.
= !. nected With two royal houses. TIL
: heart of the Italian beats a littl.
faster as he reads the story of Victor
. Emmanuel, King of Sardinia and Sa.
voy, offering his province, the cradle
3 of his dynasty, as a sacrifice to tn
> cause of Italian unity. The Empero;
Napoleon demanding his as the prize
' Of his support of Italy against Austria
{ had demanded also the hand Of Cloth.
. ilde for his brother, Napoleon jerome
5 the selfish viveur, who was double he
: age. 1t has been left to tht historian
= to tell how father and daughter ming
8 led their tears ere the girl sacrificed
! herself for the future of her nativ
. land. Though Prince Victor inherit
much of the cynicism of his father, h
y also possesses the tender heart of hi
mother, and on the Mole is likely t
make a tolerably good husband.
The selfish woman of fashion Nigh
!, we'll find an example in Queen Alex
u andra. Surrendered from the hour O
> her marriage by the comforts as wei
as the splendors of court life, she ha
u ever kept in touch with the hearts @
!; London's poor. The moneyed dam
y turning from sick and poverty-stricke
{ people, and living in the little worl
of the rich. contrasts but i'll with tn
! gentle Alexandra. ever responsive t
the sorrows of her poorer sisters, an
going among them in her quiet helpfr
J. way. The suggestion for the erectio
. of a statue of the queen has met wit
enthusiastic approval. The East En-
of London, so much the better an
happier for her work. would seem t
be the most suitable place for the cree
ton Of such a statue. Even as a pub
q lie adornment. a statue Of the mos
beautiful of all royal women woul
possess value.
$ Arthur of C~onnaueht.
around the slender, boyish figure {
Prince Arthur of Connaught centers