Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-12
London Gets Jolt il Lady
Cardigan's Reco|Iections.
STINGS IN MANY STORIES
Lord Kitchener's Speech Strikingly
Like Curzon's.
INTEREST IN POLAR MATTERS
Opposition to the Budget Continues
to Stir the Lords-Treasure
Search in the Thames.
Foreign Correspondence Of The Star.

| Foreign Correspondence of The Star
| LONDON, September 25, 1909
| A sensation and an exposure are compel
Ing for attention in London this week. The
sensation is an easy winner. for it has
been set going by Lady Cardigans as.
founding "Recollections." just published
An annalist of 'bewildering candor and
blazing indiscretiOn, is one of many SINH
! 1arly strong epithets which have been be-
slowed on this remarkable lady. The vol
unie has disclosed secrets of social life
| involving some of the most prominent per-
sonages of the Victorian era.
| The book is regarded as "a bombshell''
in some circles, and it's sale has been pro-
| digious. The authoress' maiden name was
| De Jersey: she was a friend Of the great
Duke of Wellington. and she says she was
proposed for in marriage by widowers
| beyond count, among them being Prince
Soltykoff and D'Israeli the Hebrew pre-
m:1r of England and great opponent OF
| Gladstone. The Lord Cardigan whom she
| married was he who led the charge OF the
Light Brigade at Balaclava. She claims
| to ''have seen and heard the life of courts
and high society for more than eighty
years."
| The countess tells many stories, all of
| them having their sting, about the prom
others one stating she did not marry
| DIsraeli because he had disagreeable
breath, and King Edward advised her
not to, anyway. In lighter vein is story
| of the grandfather of the present Duke of
| Westminster who. notwithstanding his
| great wealth, had the reputation of being
| rather mean.
A story was told about his once looking
at pair of trousers his valet was wear
ing and saving: These are very good
| trousers. Did ! give them to your Yes.
my lord Well here's shilling for
you." said the stingy nobleman. 'Tll
| have them back again.
There is more than suggestion of acid
| in the following anecdote:
Slap at a Beauty.
| THE Ailesburys visited us at Cowes
| several seasons. and they liked the
place they took a house every summer.
| Although Lady Ailesbury was considered
| a. beauty she was excessively thin, and
| her scragsiness was the source of a
! joke some years later. She was devoted
| to Lord Wilton. but one day she went on
board Lord Cardigan's yacht. which was
! lying off CalshOt. and stayed the night
before returning to Cowes. Lord Wilton
| who was furious about IT, made quite an
| unnecessary scene with Cardigan, and
| some kind friend said that after all it
was only case Of two dogs fighting
over a bone. Poor lady Ailesbury! She
| was scraggy. but to be called a bone
must have greatly annoyed her"
Another story mentions lady in a
smart square who became a mother A
gentleman passing by asked man why
he was putting so much straw down in
the street Was anybody go very iii?
No" he replied but four gentlemen
who know the lady have ordered straw,
SO I'm putting it all down SO as not to
offend anybody
| Think OF the fact that all the social in
| trigues. the complaisant husbands and
| personal characteristics OF famous peo-
! pie are here dealt with in unbelieva BILE
frankness and some idea is gained of the
| aristocrats. =
The authoress even talks gayly of how
she outwitted her own father and went to
theater, where she found him with his
mistress.
Kitchener's Speech a Puzzler.
The exposure to which reference is
made in the opening sentence of this let
| ter concerns the speech made by Lord
| Kitchener when he retired from the
office of commander-in-chi in India the
other day. He will probably leave the
public to draw their own inference from
the remarkable instance of thought
transterence' which is supplied by an
anonymous correspondent in the Times,
winch has given In parallel columns long
| extracts from this speech at Simla and
| Lord. Curzon's farewell speech at Bonn
| bay In November last
Not only did the soldier and statesma n
share ideas In common, but their Ian
| guage was identical. or only slightly al
tered. Perhaps you will permit me to
| point out what are the main princip'es
that have underlain everything to which
l set my hand in India said Lord. Cur
ION: Nine months later Lord Kitchener
said: But. perhaps. I may be permitte ed
| to point out two main principles that
| have underlain all 1 have ATTEMPTED to
DO In India and so On. Is this a COIN
cidence or imitation? asks the CORE
spondent. Perhaps Lord curzon's speech
SO impressed itself on the mind Of Lord
| Kitchener that he unconsciously gave ut
| terance 10 the excellent grafton.
The mystery should he referred to the
| Kitchener, who claims that he is soldier
| and not an orator. thinks 1t worth while
| to explain how the remarkable coinci-
| dence occurred. He will not he less
| on that of Lord Curzon, but the prob
ability is that the secretary who prepared
| that speech for him has since had an in
terview with the great man that has made
him wish for prolonged seclusion
Aviation Hopes in Cody.
! 1t is amusing to observe some Of the
consequences Of the chagrin felt in this
| country that British enterprise has
| been left SO far behind in the paths OF
aviation and polar exploration. Mr..
Cody, who has been very successful on
this side In flying, happens to be an
American. and in order to be secure
that the laurels of the London to Man.
chester fight shall not rest on alien
brows the precaution is being taken Of
providing him with naturalization pa
pers before he enters upon that under
| taking.
| Mr.. Cody has mentioned that he would
be a British subject within ten days
| The British public, satisfied with tn.
next best to a born Britisher will be
dlighted IL he wins the prize to hail
him as new fellow-countryman oy
| adoption. The moment that contest
has arisen between two Americans for
the honor OF having discovered the
north pole England in hot haste is or
ganizing an expedition to find the south
pole.
something definite is being seen in the
way of polar exploration in London this
week, about the genuineness of which
there can be no squabbling Lieut. Shac-
kleton's antarctic ship. the Nimrod, has
been towed under the bridges and moored
on the Thames embankment, and people
| In London are being shown the conditions
| under which those carrying out the ex-
petition lived during their strenuous time
| in polar seas. Practically the whole of
the equipment then used is on view