The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1908-02-13
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Nations, was a particularly handsome
one sent in the name Of President
Roosevelt.
The marriage between the Countess
of Yarmouth and her good-for- nothing
titled husband has been annulled, and
will be made absolute in about six
months. One cannot feel any sympathy
for Alice Thaw in her unfortunate and
unhappy marriage, for she must have
known perfectly well the character of
the man she was marrying. The Earl
of Yarmouth belongs to a proud old
English family, the head of which has
borne the title of Marquis of Hartford
since 1898. He is the oldest son of his
father, the present Marquis, and the
heir to the title and estates. Before his
marriage to Alice Thaw he had won a
very undesirable reputation by the sew
ing of wild oats, was in debt up to his
ears, as the saying goes, and was evil
IDENTIFY cast off by his family to GER
tain extent, for in order to support him.
self he went upon the stage. With no
real interest in his work he did not
prove much of a success, tho for awhile
his title proved a source of attraction
to the curious, SO he left the stage and
became a wine agent for New York
firm. 1t was at this juncture in his for
tunes that he met the Thaws, and it is
Sdlu ne uTSI tTleQ 10 lUSTdtldte nl1NSeiI
into the good graees of Alice Thaw's
cousin, Miss Elizabeth Thaw. She. how
ever, was too sensible to throw herself
away on so worthless fellow, and re-
fused to listen to his suit Then he
concentrated his destinations upon Alice
and everyone Knows that in spite of
family opposition, and Notwithstanding
the fact that the marriage was delayed
for more than an hour by the Earl's
h,c I'M amt
of the debts of the noble peer, she per-
sisted in marrying him. Now it is said
that to free herself from this marriage
which she was so anxious to contract
she has agreed to continue the income
she settled upon her husband the day
she became his wife, which amounts to
about $4,000 year. She is expected
| to return to this country as soon as
| possible and join her unhappy mother.
The Warehouses of Hartford has stood
| by her daughter-in-law thru all her
| trouble, ands has done her best to pre-
vent the divorce. The Earl of Var
mouth did not defend the case.
The children of millionaires are really
given a very poor chance of growing up
| into helpful, sensible men and women.
From the time their baby eyes look out
upon the world from the perfumed laces
| If their luxuriously-appointed little
| cribs the wrinkles of life are all smooth
ed out and they are spared the healthy
rebuffs which develop strength of char
acter as far as is possible. Unless such
a baby has an unusually wise, sensible
mother 1t is destined to grow up into a
selfish, thoughtless, useless member of
society, tho If the baby be boy this is
not so apt to be the case, since his COL
| lege life and other experiences are apt
to knock good deal of nonsense out of
him and a good deal of manliness into
him. But the poor little girl grows up
with every wish gratified, associating
only with children of her own class,
her fashionable mother too occupied
with social affairs to give her much at
tention, and to expect her to develop
into anything but a selfish, frivolous
woman Is as unreasonable as to expect
to see law of nature broken. OF
| course, there are many mothers in our
millionaire class who give much time,
thought and personal attention to the
bringing up of their little ones, insisting
upon simplicity, consideration for 9TH
into the routine of their daily lives.
Mrs. Harold Mccormick, of Chicago,
the daughter of John Rockefeller, seems
to be woman and a mother of this
sort. She has turned the great ballroom
of her beautiful home into the most
charming school room imaginable, and
here every day a class of multimillion-
aire children meet and are taught to
work with their own hands, to respect
! the rights and privileges of others, to
| learn that wealth is in itself nothing
to be proud of, that they owe duty to
the world and society, and many other
i true and useful things. The children
are required to dress simply, and sim
plicity is the motto of the school. Al
Christmas time these little heirs and
heiresses made with their own hands
presents for their fathers and mothers
and altho the work of the little mex
perienced fingers was pathetically COM
ical In most respects. they were so proud
and happy over their achievements thai
many a fond, parental eye filled with
tears as they received the little tokens
of love. The children are wild over the
school, and dread to have Sunday or g
holiday come around, and the mothers
have all noticed great improvement
lin their children since Mrs. Mccormick.
project was put into execution.