Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-11-21

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! EXEMPLARY AND BRILLIANT.
| The general idea of dukes son is
| Il rare young rake who goes the pace
with the swftest. This would hardly
serve as a description of the earl. AS
Il matter OF fact, he is a very sober
minded and exemplary bachelor. He
has a brilliant career at oxford to look
back upon. There he Won several
prizes for English vcrs.. and since his
graduation he has butted into the realm
OF literature as all author OF no mean
merit Earl Percy has political rs we'll
as literary aspirations. And what IS
more important, he has political prom
Use. He is one of the most brilliant
Of the younger members of the house
OF commons, for although he hears the
title of a peer. il is II courtesy title
only. given to him only in his capacity
as the son of n duke. Dukes have so
many. superhuous honors that they are
permitted to beStow some of them on
their sons So Earl Percy sits in the
house of commons, instead of in the
higher house, until he succeeds his ia
Their. And the house of commons is
genuinely glad of it. If he does not
so far it will not be through a lack Of
ability. of which he has an overf1owinS
abundance but rather through lack
of personal magnetism. in which he is
office, for under the Italfour ministry
he was. first. under secretary for In
da. and later under-srcretary of for
eign affairs.
GREAT SPENDTHRIE'T.
1t is to be sincerely hoped that the
present Marquis, Of Anglesey will re-
semble his predecessor only in name.
For the latter Was one of the greatest
spendthrlftS OF his age, getting rid OF
a princely fortune in a few years of
wild extravaganza that startled and
at the same time amused the world
The present marquis is but twenty-
three years old, tall and handsome and
It is known that several anxious Eng
liSh mammals, with nlalriageable
daughters on their hands, are already
angling FOR him., EIe has but 10000
acres to his name. a mere deer park
when compared With some of the larger
English estates, but this lucky young
man, when he5reaches the age OF TWEEN
ty-iive. will have All income of no less
than $650.00O a year to. do with as he
will.
Rank and riches came to him in
dramatic and unexpected way, for al
though he was the heir OF his cousin,
the late marquis, the latter died uneX-
pectelly. The present holder of the
title went to bed one evening in 1905
plain Charles Henry Alexander Paget.
Il comparatively poor boy. The follow
ing morning he woke up the sixth
Marquis OF Angesey, wealthy beyond
the dreams of most men.
KNOWN AS f'INPuDENT PUPPY
The girl who gets Earl W-interton
will secure Il husband who is expected
10 go a long way in politics. Although
he is only % years ofeaee anu, at the
time of his election to the house of com
mons four years ago, was the youngest
member of that body, he has already
forced himself into the public limelight
more than once. Since a certain mem
orable occasion not many months ago
he has been known as the "Impudent
Puppy Of the house. an eXcitable Irish
member so describing him in the heat
of debate. Earl Winterton is absolutely
irrepressible and If, when he is married
he talks as much at home as he does
in the house. his wife will have to have
an unusually long tongue to get a
word in cdgewise. Remarkable Is the
day In the house when this young irish
peer does not speak half-a- dozen times
1t Is fortunate for Earl Winterton
that the peerage to which he has just
succeeded is an Irish one. That en-
ables him to retain his seat in the house
of commons where a man has much
greater opportunities to attain political
distinction than In the somnolent at
mosphere of the hereditary chamber
Only 30 Irish peers sit in the house OF
lords and they are elected by their fell
low member Of the Irish peerage.
TAKES HIMSELF SERIOUSLY.
Earl Winterton stands feet 3 inches
In his stocking feet and takes himself
and his political work very. very seri-
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