The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-25
the bod $ by no means the only wsalth

the land is by no means the only wealth | there.
 Mrs. Adair has in the Panhandle a ! little Kingdom of her own, of which she is the fairy queen. Across the ! wide tracts within It's borders 5o,000 cattle roam at pasture; annually 10000 calves are branded at the great round- up. whose fame has spread over the entire State. Each year from 5000 to ] S.eOO steers are marketed. In the cat tie alone the annual net profit of the Adair ranch during the last ten years has been more than $10o,000. This, too. in the face of opposition of the strong est and of the leagues of ranchers that promised for a time to kill all indt- vidual ranehers in Texas.
 Where formerly ranchers let their cattle graze at will over the country, willfully wasting it's resources and 1 their own possibilities prosperous farmers now surround the Adair ranch. No effort Is made, however, to farm any part of the large tract composing Mrs. Adair's estate. Like an ancient ba. ronial castle is the ,ranchhouse an iQ- posing pile of stone. There is noth- ing about 1t to suggest the roueh-a ana ready ways of the old Texas rlncher. Rather, it is a palace transplanted into tse Texas grazing country, thing or awe and wonder to the hard-working, hard-living riders from the remote sec- tfons of the Panhandle country. Equip ped with every convenience, electric light, water works, modern sewerage and every modern comfort the ranch" house is a fit abode for kinS.
 Treats Friends to Ranch Life.
 Mrs, Adair does not suffer from lone Illness or the want of eompanionship of her kind when she takes up her resi- dence each year at her Texas home Thither she brings with her large par ties of British and American friends. To the English peer and his wire, to the spoiled London son of fashion, the free. wild life of the ranch appeals with peculiar compelling power, so that an invitation to one of Mrs. Adairs protraeted house parties Is something to which society people in England as- pire.
 these visits, for where would an Eng Iishman be satisfied unless he could ride to dogs? Mrs. Adair herself Is passionate devotee of the chase. On the ranch is a stable of blooded horses and large kennel of dogs.
 But to see another side of Mrs Adairs life, and that is the side which the world most often sees--a society leader in London. Close to Sunderland House, built by the Duke of Marlbor- OuRh after his marriage 70 Miss Cou- suelo Vanderbilt, Mrs. Adair's London residence Is the largest private mansion in Mayfair Her entertainments rank as the most eagerly sought and the most lavish in a world where enter taining has reached a refinement of OK vagance. The fancy dress ball with which she opened the London season, May 13, 1906, and at which the Count ess of warwick, now famous as a so- cialist leader as well as a society leader. led the pompadour quadrille, is still referred to as the most striking function of many seasons It was at tEis ball that Mrs Adlir wore some of her famous jewels.
 As a practical relief worker. Mrs. Adair has shown the same executive ability shcA displays in the manage ment of her estate, When Lady Ran dolph Churchill was in South Africa in 1900, Mrs. Cornelia Adair was put at the head of the executive committee of the American hospital ship Maine, a project to outfit aud maintain hospi- tai ship for wounded and sick British soldiers during the South African war with American money. She visited Boston, New York, Chicago, Pittsburg and Philadelphia in the interests of the scheme, spurring her fellow coun- trymen to contribute by appeals to their national pride.
 When the Johnstown hood happened