The Greeley tribune., 1906-01-04
DUCHESS OF MANCHESTER.

Fen country, in spacious WILDWOOD
ed park. close to the town of Hunting
don. -Four centuries ago it was the
dover palace of Queen Katherine, of
Arragon, after her divorce from
Henry VIII. 1t would still appear to
be the residence of her spirit. since
her ghost, in long, Queenly robe and
royal crown, is said to roam its cor
ridors even yet. The Castle, however.
has another ghost, less dignitied, per-
haps, but distinctly interesting in its
habits. The portrait of Sir John Pop
ham, erstwhile Lord Chief Justice of
England and one of the earliest pro-
moters of American colonization,
hangs in the great hall, and its origi-
nal is said to keep nightly vigil for
rogues and pOachers, accommodating
himself, according to inclination and
moonlight, by either sitting astride
the park wall or secreting himself un-
der the shadow of the mighty elm
trees. Probably the ghost of Sir John
is an immense saving of gamekeepers'
salaries to the ducal purse.
Lord Denbigh. who is well remem-
hcrcd in this country from his visit in
Boston few years ago, at the head Of
the Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company of London. is the chief of the
family to which the famous novelist,
Henry Fielding, belonged. He likewise
claims rela ationship with the imperial
Austrian House of Hapsburg; this
claim, however. being ridiculed by
many eminent English genealogists.
| He is lordin-waiting to the King,
and one of the forty Roman Catholic
| members of the Upper House of the
English national assembly.
| The Bradley Martins, it is learned,
have made several efforts to purchase
Balmacuan outright, the magnificent
place they occupy in Scotland. But,
though they have frequently raised
their figures to fancy price, they
cannot induce the owner to part with
| ii. The fact that they merely lease the
place does not prevent them from
spending a mint of money on it, 1t
! is now far more luxuriously fitted up
/ than Balmoral. the Scotch royal resi-
deuce. and Mar Lodge, the Duchess
or rather, Princess &c Fife's place.
! pales into insigniticance compared
with it.
/ The Bradley Martins have been SO
! long In England that one almost lor-
gets their rise to influence in the so
cial world. Theirs is Il success que 10
rfclpS-at least. so it would appear,
|nnd. I'm fact. such success makes small
| imrrcssion ON the thoughtful. Yet,
when YOU look into it, you find many
things that arouse your admiration.
If is no mean thing to make an en-
france in the London world of fashion.
If rpuUires a deal of tact and kuoWl-
cdrp of men and women The Earl OF
| Ct.1vou, the son-in-law of the bradley
Martins. passes most of his time look
inc tier his forty thousand acres, ana
in attending to his duties as county
/ r,oristratc near his WarwickShlre
home Lady Craven is keehly inter-
csted in poultry farming, ana at
Coomhe Abbey has bred birds mat
have stirred up the keenest SORT Oh
romuutition amongst English fancefs.
1 Moreover it is agreed on all hanas
That the boy-and-girl marriage OF 1915
has turned out more pleasantly than
tbe wiscacres of that date predicted.
And the Countess of Craven grows
nraftipr as she grows older.
Prince Nanzeta Pehassnez Monte
gunIH. who claims to be the lineal de-
scnpdant of the famous Aztec King OF
thn- name. is a small, olive-skinned
voufh with large, heavilyfrinsed
%rgv eyes, Il full, red mouth and long
hair He wears civilian clothes Il
brn1d-rimmed Sombrero, and usually
carries an interesting, carved cane
van Calava.