The San Francisco call., 1905-05-30
His Grace of Sutherland. on
Tour of America, Comes to
Town and Goes to Bed
ARRIVES ON LATE TRAIN
Without Ponlp, but With
Much Luggage, He Regis
ters, Then Hurries to Lift
By HELEN DARE.


What do you think OF this?
AS between two dukes-the real and
| the make-believe-San Francisco turns
out in full force and her very best hui
NOR and manners and clothes to well
come the duke of the footlights, the
whimsical Duke of Killicrankie. and
lets the genuine Duke. his Grace of
Sutherland, slip into town unmarked.
Here's independence for you.
Here's real Western sauciness and
sangfroid,
And one more proof that you never
can count on San Francisco.
Exactly on the quarter of the hour
before II last night. while all the lob
by Of the st. Francis was one vast
cushiony red-plush desert with only
myself at the desk listening to the. as
surances of Mr.. Wills that the ducal
party would not arrive until this morn
ing, with a patient man waiting near by
to get in word dgewiSe about send
ing ice-water to his room, with a bell
boy in the dim distance doing against
glistening pillar. the plate glass
doors swung wide and four men troop
ed in, followed by an avalanche of
leather bags personally conducted by
a blue and gold porter.
The four men were of assorted sizes
and ordinary appearance. somewhat tired
looking, somewhat travel-worn, and they
trooped to the desk in the usual mascu-
line way. The tallest one and the short
est one. and the middle sized one made
way for the bearded one. a man of low
voice. unassuming manner and pleasant
countenance, in a square-topped stin
black hat and tan-coolred overcoat.
'.Will you?" asked the tall man OF the
bearded man, indicating the wide-paged
register and the pen Mr.. Wills was offer
ing in readiness.
Yes, said the bearded man. It was the
Duke himself. and he might have come
from Napa for all there was to mark
difference, and he took the pen and
scratched in a delicate, running and
somewhat illegible hand:
The Duke of Sutherland. London
Ernest Chaplin ...............
A. Simpson ...................
l.. Laferme ....-...-.-........
Registering for himself. his brother-in-
law, his secretary and his courier, respec-
lively
Then the elevator swallowed them. and
In the yastness OF the red plush desert
there remained only the man who wanted
ice water, myself and the heap Of sub
stantial Dubious leather bags, the ducal
luggage.
Thus does duke arrive-in San Fran
cisco.
The occasional changing Of a passing ca
BILE car. the tap-tap Of the passing foot
falls went on as before. A couple or re-
porters rushed in, asked eager questions
and rushed out again. for his Grace was
tired and was not to be seen last night,
and the ducal suite on the eighth floor
both the ducal suites-were closed to the
world
They are very handsome suites that will
house the second largest landholder in
Britain during his several days stay here
with four bedrooms and two sitting
rooms and five baths-and they will cost
him 500 a day. One has a green color
scheme and the other a red, and the Duke
chose the red the corner onA for his own,
which shows he likes the appearance or
comfort and warmth.
The courier came down to say that his
Grace would need only the pile OF bulbous
leather bags last night and could wait Tor
the other sixteen pieces Of luggage until
this morning, and perturbed waiter with
the whole responsibility of entertainment
upon his shoulders came rushing up to
ask:
Hin which room will is royal 'ighness
ave is meals served?"
The Duke of Sutherland Is one OF the
richest of Great Britains twenty-five
Dukes-and one Of the simplest and most
democratic He Is the second largest land
owner and has perhaps the largest deer
preserve. He was born in 1851, succeeded
to his title in 1892, is married. f1ne
sportsman and fond Of travel. The duke
dom was created in 1888 He came West
by way of the Grand Canyon and will re-
turn by way of Vancouver. sailing for
England in June on the Belgfc. the same
steamer he crossed on.