The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-09-22
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AGAINST SMART SET
Father Bernard Vaughan Be-
comes Known as 1.-The
Scourge of Society,""
TRIPS ON A GILDED BARGE.
ANTIQUE FORM OF ENTERTAIN
MENT PROVIDED BY THE EARL
AND COUNTESS OF ELLESMEREI
LONDON GOSSIP.
(By Richard Aborcorn.)

vaughan, the ScOurge or Society,
continued his campaign against the
Smart Set during the fashionable Dub
lin Week'-the week of the Horse
Show and Leo Pardstown races So
ciety people in crowds went to the
Mansion House, where the Mayfair
priest gave an eloquent address on his
favorite topic-the bridge players per-
dition
Father Vaughan described a vivid
dream he had had, in which was a
sort of Dantesque allegory on the
doom of the bridge player. Il fancied
/ saw" said Father Vaughan, lin one
of the outer courts of Heaven we'll
known London gambler pacing to and
fro in search of a pal but none such
came. At last he went to St Peter at
the Golden Gate, and confessing that
it was by cheating that he had passed
through. he begged for pass-out tick
eft to see how his old friends were
doing down below.
There he found an enormous crowd
of well-known betting men and women
in a low and suffocating room. They
were being forced to play bridge with
no Stdhto anu III dtotNi olICbtC- vi
some time he watched the faces of the
players, in which rage, despair and
hatred were depicted. The passion to
play awoke once more in him and he
lost his return ticket to Heaven.
1T was secured by noted and fash
ionable society woman, who was
known to be a confirmed cheat. She
dashed with the ticket from the gamb-
ling saloon, asking for the iron gates.
There she was met by Satan, who,
after congratulating her on her luck,
pointed to the words on the ticket,
not transferable She screamed and
tore up the ticket and the Devil led
her back to the moles to resume her
everlasting play. See he exclaimed
these letters of fire, ''All hope aband
on We who enter here
Trips on a gilded, luxurious state
barge, quite in the style of the Roman
are curiosly antique form
of entertainment provided for their
guests by the Earl and Countess of
who are entertaining
large house party at Worsley Hall,
The barge, built of solid oak and
richly decorated was built by the
Earls ancestor, the Duke of Bridge
water, for voyages on the Bridgewater
Canal, which he had constructed and
which skirts Worsley Park for two
miles.
Unlike the classic state barges Of
Rome, Lord Ellesmere's barge is not
by oars, but is dragged by
team of horses, mounted by postillions
which trot along the tow path.
Elegantly built, with a high prov
and stern, it is provided with a luxur
ious salon and sleeping berths. with
a lounge deck protected by an awning.
Queen Victoria and the Prince Con-
sort were once the guests of the Earl's
father on barge trip and in honor of
the occasion the barge was richly dec
Grated and gilded.
The favorite trip of the Earfs barge
parties is from the rustic scenery of
Worsley Park for three miles along the
canal to the wonderful swinging aque-
duct which carries the Bridgewater
Canal across the Manchester Ship
Canal Here the canal merges into
the industrial region of Manchester,
which is not suitable for pleasure
trips in gilded barge.
The court officials who are arrang
ing the details of the Kaisers visit to
England in November are considera-
bly, worried by the uncertainty as to
whether the Empress will accompany
~ ~, Ea;e
ms accident on the tennis lawn at
Wilhelmshohe may possibly prevent
her taking the journey.
If the Empress cannot come the
Kaiser will probably stay with the
King and Queen in a homely way at
Sandringham, instead of making
visit to Windsor. The
Kaiser. however, ardent a sportsman
as he is, will certainly not miss the
great "Battue" in Windsor Great
Park, when an enormous bag of game
is expected to be made.
The official visit to the City of Lon
don may also be abandoned if the
Kaiserin stays at home. Altogether
will mean a very great reduction in
the expense of the visit.
The heir to the greatest estate in
Great Britain lin point of size is the
young Marquis of Stafford, strip
ling soldier. who has just celebrated
his nineteenth birthday and is sec
ond lieutenant in the Highland Yeo-
many regiment known as Loverat's
Scouts.
The Marquis, as eldest son of the
Duke of Sutherland, will inherit the
vast ducal estates in Scotland and
England. which cover more than mil
lion acres. This huge domain, larger
than many German principalities, has
not the richest rent roll of English es-
rates. That distinction belongs to the
Duke of Westminster, who owns most
Of Mayfair and Belgravia, the fash
Ionable quarters of London.
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