Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-06-24
CHAPTER 1.

end of May, carnage a1ter carriage
LIED Nm to the door of Lord Langley's
,,Iace in Carlton House terrace, and from
each stepped out, on to the red carpet
Is;d down to receive them, radiant
visions, clad in exquisite robes OF lace
and chiffon, with long trains of satin or
velvet falling from between their shout
ders. Curling plumes OF spotless white
adorned their heads, and jewels worth
many kings ransom sparkled on their
necks and arms, and were seen through
streaming wells of tulle; for it was the
dav of the royal drawing room, and all
+be beauty, rank and fashion of Vanity
Fair had come to add their luster to
Young Langley's "traintea."
The motley crowd, gaping, in the in
tarmittent rain, round the porch of Lang
low house, were not sparing in their COM
mont on the guests. With truly British
olItspokenness, they gave expression to
their opinions of all and sundry, more
particularly when some bedizened and
nainted dowager, long past the age for
iow.cut gowns, displayed her yellow
shoulders to their curious gaze.
That's the old Duchess of Feltham.
She ran away from her first husband,
and. when he divorced her, married the
duke-he was only marquis then. He
died last year; it's her son who's the
duke now. He's running himself over n
dancer at the Mayfair theater. They say
he would give her the family diamonds,
only that his mother has the use of them
Ter life"
That's Princess Voluska. She was a
little milliner in Paris, and when the
,rince first saw her, she was bringing
home a hat to his sister No one
thought he would marry her; but he did,
in spite of his family's opposition"
There goes the Countess of Banton.
She's an American, though she would
like to forget the fact now. Those pearls
she's wearing are worth no end of money.
Her father gave them to her for dow
nv the day she was married, and if Ban
ton had been duke she would have got
twice as many She's lovely, but she'll
never learn to behave like an English
lady. That's her sister with her, that
lovely girl with apple blossoms on her
shoulder She's come over with more
dollars, to catch another title"
That's Mrs. Hogg, the millionaire
pork packers wife; and there's Lady
Ursula O'Grady. She's engaged to Lord
Bilberry, who's a fool and a drunkard.
She hates him, but he's rich. The man
she loved was Capt. Power; he got the
Y. c. on his deathbed in South Africa.
The 0'Gradys are poor, and Lady Ursula
has extravagant tastes, they say. Doubt
less she will be no more unhappy than
many society women"
There's Mrs. Roy Fortescue. It's a
wonder she's allowed to pass the throne,
considering the talk about her and Birrell
Vernon, the actor"
And so ON, and so ON.
Inside Langley house, the dark old
walls made fitting background to the
rich toilettes.
Lady Langley the carls second wife,
stood at the head of the staircase, in all
the glory of her court robes. She was
regal-looking woman of 30, and she bore
her h0nors well; though, before her brill
liant marriage, she had. as the youngest
daughter of a poor country squire, been
but little used to figuring in the gay
world she now adorned.
She had made a brilliant match, but
she did not look happy, and her thin
mouth seemed to Indicate that she could
be very cruel if she chose
The old earl stood beside her, and
helped to receive the guests, smiling, in
spite of his equity foot, and happy in his
Wifes pleasure. He, at nigh seventy,
took but little pleasure personally in the
brilliant assemblies that from time to
time filled the house.
HIS daughter, girl of Is, not i'll
favored, but eclipsed in looks by her
M haf cAo IN, how,
dow OF the drawing room, attended by
her governess Miss Raynor, and both
gazed timidly on the Kaleidoscope throng
Before her fathers second marriage,
httle Lady Carolyn had been the petted
CARING Of the earl and his guests; but
since the advent of the second Lady
langley, she had been relegated to the
sehoolroom, and her presence in the
craving room on the present occasion
was only allowed as a special favor.
Miss Raynor was noticeable for her
heauty, even in that company, where the
charms of each high-born woman were
"eightened by every advantage of cos
tune and couture
she was tall and slender, with masses
"' Wavy chestnut hair cooled low on her
neck. Large, dark blue eyes, with thick
pack lashes, lighted up face of marble
Pailor; Her mouth was perfect, her nose
sTalght, with narrow, clearly cut nos
uiIs. Her dress, in decided contrast to
Hose about her, consisted of a black
SKIRT, and a blouse of soft silk, lightly
Trimmed at the square-cut throat with a
bttie rich lace-an heirloom descended to
her through several generations.
Tier movements were full of grace, her
voice was cultured and musical.
As she stood beside her pupil, more
man one man turned to take second
.ook at her, and then asked her name
rom some of the beauties around them
some governess Lady Langley picked
" 70 teach Carolyn elocution, / believe
~ 'Ffle used to stammer frightfully," was
'le usual answer, supplemented in one
haynor, l believe, is the name-she
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