Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-15

4 ONDON. Sept. ls.-'He who
would write about women should
dip his pen in rainbow dye and
powder his lines with the gold
dust OF butterflies wings" one needs
not the French poets advice, however,
to write Of the Duchess OF Deyonshire.
Hers is and has been a strenuous life,
life Of action, Of doing and daring,
Of poignant passions She Is a bril-
liant woman. She has upheld her
place IN the highest rank of England's
nobility with a grace that has en-
deared her 10 the nation. She has
been England's foremost hostess and
has given English society pageants and
entertainments that are historical. she
Is mother-in-law or grandmother 10 a
round dozen Of Britain's noblest fami-
lies For years she was the intimate
friend and adviser Of Queen AloXan-
dra. and the steppingstone by which
many German aristocrat has entered
the sacred portals Of London society.
ALMOST FATAL WEAKNESS.
She possesses one weakness. almost
a fatal weakness, judging BY results,
end that Is an irrepressible mania for
gambling That woman whose proud
titles decorate 50 many pages of the
Almanach de Gotha and Burke's Peer
age. should be known 10 fame as the
greatest woman gambler 81 the day.
Is startling Nevertheless II Is true.
In the last decade the " chess ~ De-
yonshire. " Is fairly e. atcd, has lost
over 100000 On hard cash The
duchess. therefore. can scarcely be said
10 be carrying out the ducal motto Of
her house-'Cavendo tutus"-which l
translated means. safe. by being eau
tious."
Horace Wslpole gave the title 81 !
Double Duchess 10 the beautiful
Elizabeth Cunning who married the !
sixth Duke OF Argyll and seven years
later the seventh Duke Of Hamilton.
She was Therefore an anceslress ~ !
Lady Mary Hamilton. the richest IT,
tied woman IN Britain. whose recent |
wedding to the Marquis 81 Graham.
has been the event Of the present Lon
don season And strange 10 say. the |
Duchess Of Devonshire Is Lady Nary's
grandmother and Is also nicknamed |
the Double Duchess" When left a
widow bv the seventh Duke " Man
chester she married the present and
eighth Duke Of Deyonshire
THE DOODLE DUCHESS"
'The Double Duchess" Is m age lust
Il. No one would believe H. Judging
by her appearance on her doings She
Is a German, one % the Few foreign
ladies who have attained the high and
enyiablc rank ~ leader OF English So
clety. Here is her fun name and IT,
ties. Her Grace the Right Honorable
Louise Frederlca Augusta Dalton cav
endish. Duchess Of pcyonshire. March,
ioness OF Harrington, Countess OF Dew
onshire. Countess OF Burlington. Coun-
tess OF d'Auhalt Of Hanover. Lady Cav
endish Of Hardwicke. Lady Cavendish
~ Kcighley, Lady Of Grace ~ 81
John Of Jerusalem, and seventh Ouch
cSs OF Manchester. The latter title has,
OF course. lapsed and would not be 81
use as the dukedom Of Deyonshire Is
the ninth In precedence, while that OF
Manchester is the nineteenth.
II was In the days Of the prince con.
sort that the. Countess Louise d'Anhalt
came TO London Her father, the
Comte d'Aiton o. Hanover. VAS IN the
train Of the German princeling who
married Victoria the Good. When she
reached the age Of II. she was present.
"a at court and launched into society.
She had been brought up In the strict
German regime which also ruled the
court Of the period and the giddy whlrl
Df society opened her eyes. Within q
year they we're opened wider. There
Is an old German proverb about the
girls Of the faineflsnd which saw,
Every woman without ring on the
ihird finger Is witch" And the young
and beautiful countess had soon be-
Kitched a score ~ men. out of them
she chose Lord Vaudeville. who three !
rears later became His Grace OF Man
hester. History does not speak kindly
" this dead and gone duke. lie was
IN lnveierate gambler and wasted
practically all his patrimony at the
ard table. II was he unquestlonably
Sho instilled the spirit Of gambling into
his wife. spirit which has grown with
he years.
MARRIED AMERICAN GIRL
In July, 1861. the Countess Louise was
married.. A son and heir was born In
ne following June. When = this son
married Conslelo rznaga. the beauii-
hi American, nho IL nov Ccnsuelo
Duchess Of Manchester and neither OK |