The Washington times., 1904-10-16

the only genuine and blown in the bot
tie man TO break the bank at Monte
Carlo q syndicate OF admlring BrltOns
Immediately turned him into a stock
company at so much q share, preferred
and common. with dividends lllimita Dle-
Lord RUszlEu went TO Monte Carlo 10 DO
or die. He did neither. somehow his
system would not work. ana after q lew
weeks the CrouDicrs had gathered In
every penny invested by his c0ust4tu-
ents iu the iufallible scheme Of the earl
Inherited Over a Million.
When the Earl Of Rosslyn was but
little more than nineteen years Of age
he inherited, in addition TO large estates,
money in stocks aBd bonds TO the value
of almost $4,000.
After inherlting his vast fortune, the
Earl OF Rosslyu had nothing to kin but
time and nothing 20 burn but money.
f And the way he burned Il was "a cau-
ton
.'R0ssy" gave late suppers at e20
cover. The Lord only knew what they
were composed Of
"Rossy'' did not care a rap for eX-
Qeuse- He moved a wide swath from
the East 10 the West End and from Rot
ten Row 20 Mapping old Stairs.
His acQuaiutance among soubrettes
and concert hall stars was vide and
I comprehensive. Tt was at after -theater
dinners given TO these beauties Of the
D
Here. too. he first began TO CLEAN ef-
fuIgeutly as a ballet dancer. Dolly
. Tester. before her marriage, used 10 hold
/ champagne glasses for Rosy to shatter
with his nigh kicks.
Divorced in Ieo2.
/ Lord Rosslyn's marriage 20 Violet
/ Allne. daughter of Robert c. de Grey
! Vyner, the weII-known sportsman took
place I'm $780, the same year that he
F. came into the earldom on the death &C
I his father. the family estate being Dy-
I sart. Fiieshire. There are two children
/ of the marriage. Lady RosabeIIe St
I Clair-Erskiue and Francis Edward ST.
/ ClafT-E.rskine. Lord LOughbOrOugh-
In 1902 Lord Rosslyu was granted a
( divorce on the ground OF jesertiou. The
/ early years OF their married life We're
/ happy. but some time prior 20 Novem-
Der. 1885, differences arose over some
. friends for whom Lady Hosslyn had
/ "a preference. That year, Depart House
: was sold. and he removed u q smaller
/ residence on his Fiteshire estate. Lady
/ ROsslyu refused 20 90 with him and
/ Lady RossIyu visited a friend IN life
shire. and during Lord ROsslyu's abb
seuCe, drove over and had certain adj
diticus made 10 the house. He hoped
she would then come back and live
with him, but she refused repeatedly.
although he and his friends besCught
her TO do so.
Ia 300 he Htted up RossIyn Castle, but
even that possessed no attraction FOR
her. After he returned from the War
his wife wrote, refusing ever 10 live
Lord RossIyn said. during the divorce
proceedings. that his wife had an allow
last i've years he himself had earned by
literary work ana theatrical enEuge-
ments about 5000 per year, with an
allowance from friends mis- income aF-
eraged nearly $3.50.
The Only ActOr-Earl.
Lord Rosslyu is well known in New
York. He appeared there two seasons
p ago as an actor ia one of Charles FrOh-
s. mans companies. He had formerly
played IN London. Among the plays I'm
. which ne has acted are "Trelawuly of
p the Wells" and Ellis Exceuency, the
Governor"
. / The establishment which the announce
. ment that he was going 70 adopt the
stage as a profession created therefore
{ can be readily imagined. No peer OF the
Z British realm had ever done such a
: / thing.
c some OF them had been mixed up I'm
uusavOTy scandals with actresses 70 be
sure. Some had made prOtegeF and in-
b innate friends Of prizehghters & nd jock
evs but the polite world smiled and
looked the other way.
/ But Tor one of its own TO become a
3 / professional actor and appear for al
e who chose 10 pay the price TO gaze az
b. was another thing II was a daring
! step. but Lord R0sslgn has spent his
, whole life In doing daring and uncon-
I yeutiOual things.
Rosslyu was broke. dead broke. lie
had turned his hand 20 nearly every
"a thing. after losing over a million dol
7 / lars ON the turf i'm less than five years
. some of IL as the racing partner of Mrs
/ / LauEtry de Battle. He gives the FOL
b life
b "a peuny-haltpenuy I'm my pocket. q
s cruel hunger a sense OF the fail ia my