Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-03-22

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J and fire dances of L0ie Fuller wearing
draperies spangled with diamonds,
emeralds, and rubies costing 100000.
He spent 100000 for jewels in a
single year. There was no splendor,
however barbaric, that the eccentric
young marquis did not attempt to
achieve, no extravaganza he was I'M
willing to attempt.
The marquisate of Anglesey was
created in 1915 in order to reward the
earl of Uxbridge, who as field marshal
commanded the British cavalry at the
battle of Waterloo The title of earl
of Uxbridge had dated from 1884 an
before that the earls of Uxbridge had
1 been Barons Paget since 1852. When
young Henry Cyril Paget therefore
came to the title six years ago he was
a peer Of England, entitled to call him
self the fifth marquis of Anglesey, earl
of Uxbridge and Middlesex. and Baron
Paget of Beaudestrt, county of Stat
ford
Before he became the marquis young
Paget was scholar at Elton and after.
ward second lieutenant in the Royal
| Welsh fusileers.
Once in possession of the great
estate in Wales, with its famous col
lection of plate, jewels, paintings, fur
niture, tapestries, and armor, the
young marquis launched upon the car
Ger of eccentricities that made him ia
nous On, of the first things he did
was TO transform the beautiful old
gothic chapel, Plas-NeTydd, into a
private gayety theater.
The wedding of the marquis was OF
piece with his strange career. He
chose for his wife Miss Chetwynd
daughter of Sir George Chetwynd and
! ;he marchioness of Hastings. She was
only II years old, Of beautiful and re-
fined features, with violet eyes and
masses of Venetian red hair. They
! the time that the marriage was ar.
ranged in order that they might Jointly
| inherit property which both would
| hayr iost if they did not marry each
/ other
Eighteen months after their wedding
the marchioness applied to the Eng.
/ fish courts for a divorce The terms
of separation proved the marquis &c.
! centricity For the first year ne al.
| owed her S15 5000, and $4,000 to pay
debts contracted while they were Nv
| ing together. The second year he was
TO pay her $4,000 the next. if ey
were still separated, S25 1000, and so on,
the allowance increasing $4,000 each
year until It reached $4,000.
Afterwards the marquis and his
young wife met in Paris and became
reconciled, We're seen everywhere to-
gethcr. and even Travelled togethr. So
society was not surprised when she
appealed to the English courts to
have her decree of divorce annuled.
Her request was granted but the
reconciliation was short lived, and
they separated a second time only to
be reunited at his deathbed
In the meantime the marquis had
launched into the career Of extrava-
gance that made him famous. His
theatrical entertainments at Anglessy
castle became as famous as his jewels.
Money was not considered In the
early days he used 70 gather arounI
him amateurs as well as professionals,
but in the later shows ne had only
professionals o assist him He was
always the star His taste ran lit
lie toward PLAYS Of serious interest o.
dramatic value He perfected extrava-
ganzas which allowed costly costum-
ing and enabled him to wear mos.
gorgeous clothes~w omen's a. well as
rlen sand gave him chance to
display his jewels. Among the plays
* produced were Aladdin. "Sinbad. I"
al Red Riding Hood" Tbo enter.
tainments usually continued for six
Weeks
In Aladdin" his costume consisted
Of gauze silt, TO which had been
70 tened literally thousands Of brill.
ants 50 that he was all Of a sparkle
wherever he moved About his neck
he wore strings Of diamonds, and on
his shoulders were bows Of tho prec-
ious stones His head was covered
with turban which would have excit-
cd the envy Of the riches raiah OF In
dia II contained a mIkailCcn, en-
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