The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-07-19

considered a brilliant match, as inter-
national marriages 60. He was only q
Parliamentary Secretary for the y Foreign
Office But when, on the retirement or
Lord Elgn, young Curzon was appointed
3yiceroy Of India, his wife became a bis
star in the British social firmament.s
The position is. perhaps, the most - I'm y
portant under the British crown.
4 Lady Curzon's full name before mar
rage was Mary Victoria Letter She was
a sister Of the famous plunger, Joe"
Letter, at one time known as King of
the Wheat Pit" Lord Curzon was h q
traveller OF note. He has written books
about his journeyings the world over,
but more particularly in Persia and AZ
ghanistan, which have become STANDARD
works. d The Letters were spending tho
winter In washington when he met the
young woman who won his heart.5lt was va ;
| a genuine love match on both sizes: " y
all the marriages of American girls 70
English noblemen, this has turned $ .1t. 70
| be one OF the happiest No other Ameri-
can woman has occupied abroad such a
proud and distinctive position as the
| American Queen Of India, Z as the Vlce-
| refine has frequently been called.
III elped Her Husband in Politics.
While the Curzons were on their honey
moon the downfall OF the Rosebery Cabi-
net made new Parliamentary election
necessary, Il Lord Curzon was selected to
Stand for a seat Ills wife entered the
canvass 4 in q doubtful district with as
much enthusiasm as her husband did.
| Following the tactics adopted by another
American woman, Lady Randolph
| Churchll, few years before II she elec-
| tioneered for Lord Curzon's election. n OF
/, only did she sit on the platform beside
a. Aft,o, MT nj
speeches, but she drove through the towns
and villages OF Lancashire and made
1.-The acquaintance OF the voters. their
wives and their children Under the strict
bribery laws in English 9electioneering
| this was a difficult task for an impulsiye
American girl. But Lady Curzon managcd
BIZ successfully Her husbands election
was in no small degree due to her win
! ming personality. !,
! During the early days OF their married
| life the Curzons lived In Carleton Gardens
while in London. They had also com
| Portable country seat at the Priory, Hel-
gate. spurred on by his American vito,
| Lord Curzon worked hard and progressed
rapidly. In foreign affairs he was Lord
J Saltsbury's right-hand man. There were
| three other men. all with powerful influ-
| ence mentioned for Y!ceroy Of India
when Lord Elgin,s retirement became In
evitable But the preference was gwen
to Lord Curzon, He was only thirty-nlne
years old at the time. Statesmen we're.
| therefore, astonished. They had expected
| ~ ,ee the vtceregal throne occupied by
| a much older man. II was position
STYLED only second to that Of King Ed
ward himself.
The Brilliant Indian Court.
Iord curzon Is ruler Of go. 1o.0oo people.
! He lives In surroundings OF spIendor IN
| approached by any other Minister o. tpo
! Crown. The rnagni'icence Of his palace
| and it's environments IL but family unuer-
| stood by persons not familiar with East
! indian life. Without question: tho Vice
| regal court In India Ia far more brilliant
I IN its ceremonial! functions than the court
1 OF ST James. This is necessary In Or
| der TO conform TO native Ideas OF Spienfor.
| To please the natives. everything must
\ be carried out with truly Oriental ideax
! of layishness. That gold and silver
| thrones are used al dnrDaFs, or Iecep-
lions of Rajahs and other state func-
/ ions OF courr. is only detail of the IN
| Comparable splendor Which is part ana
] Parcel OF yiceregal life. Lord Curzoh'H
! salary amounts to 1850 9 year. He has
/ beautiful residence at Calcutta that
cos, s5DD.oo1 10 biIild,9and another small
palace 1T Earraakpore, which ~ q r.fr-
side regidencG, about twelys miles from
the city. This ~ used principally iDr
weekend entertainments.
There 10 hlso q rnaHniirsnt summer PAL
ace NJ simla, uRsd during the SIX hot
test months Of sfe year. The natural sur-
4 roundings Of this place are HnsuribaSasdt
II Is built on the summit NJ fiiIi. sbf-
4 rounded by stately pines. lnierspsrEfh
| with q wealth ~ rfpdodendfCnh, cilfysan-
themunls and China asters. Fiery rock
/, ~. m,