New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-08-25
TEMPLE BAR
Lady Meur Dying, It's Future Is a
Subje of Conjecture
opyr.rht 1909. BY tho brentwood Company

Il - of traitors were spitted until the effects Of
| .,e and weather sent thea tumhng down into
! - street below The building Of the great law
Its on the border line of the city some twenty
- wears ago neCessitated the removal OF Temple
e. Lady NeuN then induced her multi-mill-
Il ,,naire husband, the late Henry MeuN. OF brewing
Il s.r,e 10 purchase IL. and 20 have II regretted
Il cone by stone al the entrance of their country
! lsce Theobalds Park where il looks very pict-
II rresoue among its rural surroundings. framed
| a is with setting Of superb trees at least its
II ,sual In age.
/ when Sir Henry MeuN died he bequeathed 10 Ills
xiie al his estates his stock in the MeuN brewery
| and large sum I'm ready money amounting 10
Il several rio.s % dollars There were no children
n the union. The property was left al her free
disposal She is now lying very dangerously I'll OF
eonres,icu ~ the lungs. pronounced beyond re-
s,yery-may indeed have bgeathed her last ere this
| puer appears in p,lnt-and as she has no legal
heirs there BIS much speculation who win be
oue the pos~yss5r of all her property
| A, one moment IL was expected that she would
| ,eQueath % 90 the Earl OF Essex. whose mother
vsc0UrtoSs Maiden. was a sister of the late Sir
Hsnr.s father Lord Essex is therefore a first
COUSIN of The late Sir Henry. But Lady Meux and
ne Countess of Essex. who is an American
dlaea,er ~ Beach Grant 81 New York quarrelled
ana il is now very doubtful whether either her
husband COP s'cpsou the present Niscount Maiden.
vii benefit anaer Tie terms of The VIII of Lady
gegN.
Lady AeHN rs somewhat eccentric dame who
formerly figured in the corps de ballet Of the Gaiety
Theatre and an the STAGE OF the London ana pro-
,Hcai music halls under the name OF Valerie or
rather susie, Lansdon ON her honeymoon. which
spent in LIlpt she achieved considerable note
y her 't'ste Z" purchase from the Egyptian gov
enmeut no matter AT what cost. the obelisk At
He.oroli>, the only uu, ~ The so-Called Needles
q Cleopatra which sim remains standing on The
sic on which n was erected thousands OF years
ago Though she was unsuccessful I'm her al
,smpt and took hei failure very much to heart
she always retained q prediction for every
ting E-1Euan. ana. taking advantage Of this
Ernest hua-e, The famous Psychologist and Gu
I-lo- 81 tHe Egyptian department OF the British
Museum. managed TO persuade her To furnish the
Hlat'ey large sum az money needed for the pub
lcston "t his remarkable studies drawn from
ancient documents and Inscriptions. in The posses
son ~ the museum. treating OF Egyptian life
under Alexander tae Crest
These studies are embodied IN a couple OF mag
si1'ent volumes, spleucdly GOT up and Illustrated
ana dedicated IN biz letters TO Lady AIeuN They
thea me-" light on the career of Alexander The
Great, are q surprising interest and importance
q historians and students OF Roman and Greek
tines and VIII remain as lasting memorial 10
LACY Die -N. Nlor possessed OF mucn native wit
ri d" -tt.e culture or education. never dreamed
NAen as susie LanEaou she was dancing In the
L6ndon music halls that her name would become
ett1.aied throughout Tie scientific world in con-
Reckon 80 -th that OF Alexander. OF whom she had
probably never heard
] mas add that She also furnished -, Ia, r,,,..
't money needed ioi The publication Of the So
called Book of Paradise containing the histories
and SAYINGS OF The monks and hermits of Eg,prisD
ana l gan deserts during The first three centuries
iAe ~-g.tisn era, and comprising the writings of
F4laaias. Hierouzmgs and others. The work is a
l.-t oi information not only for the Theological
l'---, l-i also FOR students Of the folklore tile
Base and The social conditions of EGYPT ia early
'#HL
1. 9e ana Afa'lc manuscripts ana parchmeuts
~ 80 -'.' ..-i"es De.9As TO the British Museum,
"a '0'" F-.' az JHe splendid collection
,- -
80 ''.7o "'l-''ed q considerable
''-1 '-' ''' t'i-' Where Tor many years
$500 ~-'' '.-V -iii' ~ Nj Iheo-
~. I ,.sI '..5 famous Racer \o-ocyoTsli-
.--- - ' -'--' " imam a. Whit
4. - '-, i-.'r'-Af'i' lt morse
-''S'- D.. AL. whitney al
80 ' '' was SUN t't property q
81 20" I'','''S'S leased IL 70 TIE
.''.1t" n'' 'S-'iH-
'' saw eNi1'ii'e 81 patriotism q
''' ~[s--' 'lp'i H-ills The f"er war. when
i-'it7u 'io HorS-d an entire battery
gums -'I use IA me He'd Tor The I'm
''.- Do al f" A'''S expense she mas a
'-- o- country seats including one in Wilt
si7' e"' DID surrey, namely Sheen House, East
sl'e4' chateau IN France. and London man
-" 10 fa-h Lane But her favoTte lone is
--eola-e Park, IN Herts, magnificent country
!A2e' which Us portrayed by sir Walter Scott III
as novel 1.-THE Fortunes of Nigel" The house
mere occupies the same site as King James Is
-aeoba.d Palace. She is beloved by the poor peo-
ie o. her district for her charity but has man
aged 70 quarrel with nearly an he- ,,.rr--a-7,
4sgLoo's.
among The stockholders OF the MeuN brewery OF
Which she IS the principal owner, are the Duke of
ho1burghe, Lord AylesbUry, Lord Twecdmouth
who Is srI lying very IN near Dublin and Lord
lsseG. TIE brewery which two years ago was
| r0yed from Totterham Court Row 20 the suburb
q Wands.y0rth WIS founded before George III