The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-07-24
DESCENDANTS OF HEROES SUFFER BY CONTRAST


acres he was deprived of this source of
income With considerably less means
than had been enjoyed by his predeces-
sOrS he was further embarrassed by
the obligation to pay allowances out
Of the estate to the surviving widows
of the second and third dukes.
1t is no secret that with large fam
lily the duke has-had a hard time of it
to make both ends meet. Although as
a disciple of Mars in his younger days
he displayed few of those talents which
distinguished the conqueror of Napo-
leon. rumor has it that among the
swells in the guards he contracted an
expensive taste for card playing, from
the consequences of which his purse
still suffers. However that may be, the
necessity for retrenchment compelled
him some time ago to seek tenant for
the StrathfieldSaye estate, around which
linger so many memories of the nation
al hero, but he has not yet succeeded
in letting it. And though 1t has never
been openly placed on the market it
has more than once been reported that
his grace of Wellington was trying to
let or sell Apsley house, the famous
town residence of the victor of Water
loo. Indeed. it has been stated that on
one occasion he had nearly concluded
arrangements for it's sale TO South
African millionaire with social amb1-
tons when some rich friends, thinking
that the place should be preserved as
a sort of national heirloom, contributed
enough between them TO tide the duke
over his pecuniary difficulties. When
In town the duke and duchess reside at
Apsley house in a very quiet style and
do little entertaining, for 1T is well
understood among their aristocratic
friends that they cannot afford swell
balls and dinner parties. In fact, Ar
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ing duke isn't what it is cracked up
to be by a long subsequently, when
there is no big bank account to back it
UP.
There could be no more striking
study in contrasts than that presented
by the present Duke Of Marlborough
and his renowned ancestor. the hero
of MalpIaquet and Blenheim and other
famous battles. Between the short.
slight figure and boyish physiognomy
of the former and the stalwart form
and handsome countenance or the
great soldier there is nothing sugges-
tive of even remote relationship. Like
the Duke of Wellington. the husband
of Consuelo Vanderbilt holds his an
tenure flag" is presented every year
to his sovereign. Stimulated by his
American wife's ambition he strives
hard to amount to something in publis
life, and the standard by which peers
are measured in these days not being
very high one, he succeeds fairly well.
But it is his cousin, Winston Churchill.
who inherits most of the brains OF the
family.
The eldest son and heir, the Marquis
Of Douro. is now twenty-eight years
old and still unmarried. 1t would sur.
prise no one if he should some day
emulate the example of the Duke of
Marlborough and replenish the family
exchequer by wedding an American
heiress. Among his aristocratic asso-
ciates in the guards he is not popular,
for no better reason, probably. than
that he takes the profession of a sol
der seriously. They have nicknamed
him "Do-go" and rot long since treat