The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-14
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The Academy. and against Lord
Douglas and his inanasin rs. editor ,aii 7.
". III. Grassland During the trial, let,
Douglas. asking his former friend.
Manners Sutton. for loan for con-
siderable amount, informing him that
to give up The Academy Manners SUIT
ton declined the loan. In consequences
CT the unbusiness- like way in which
the paper was conducted, anc there-
upon was nade tbs. object OF the most
violent abuse and disgraceful inuendo
in The Academy.
Lord Alfred Douglass anlmosity to-
wards everything American is due TO
the treatment which he received when
in this country a few years ago. Some
men In New York and Washington, ID.
c.. blessed with short memories. were
foolish enough 10 give him cards for
Immediately led 10 q remembrance of
his FORMER association with Oscar
Wilde. and TO the role which he played
in the suit which eliminated in the
ruin and imprisonment of that gifted
but misguided Individual The cards
for Lord Alfred were thereupon i'm
mediately withdrawn. and ne was
given TO understand that his presence
was objectionable. the Metropolitan
Club at Washington being among the
number. Lord Alfred was very In
dignant. and since then everything
American has been to him anathema
He 8 younger brother of the pres
emit Marquis Of Queensberry, and also
of Lord sholto Douglas, who, after
having made an unhappy cl marriage
Is now earning his daily bread there.
at the rate of 81 day. as track
walker.
Lady Leicester. who has been ap.
pointed one of the Ladies Of the Bed
S Waitins, t to Queen Mary IS ons
of the latter's girlhood friends, and
Is the only daughter of Lord and Lady
chioness delicacy of health. Lady
Leicester was prior to her marriage
honors OF Londonderry House in her
mothers stead. and to fulfil many OF
the latter's social obligations. This
is no small task. For Londonderry
tiles. and whenever the Uniontsts are
| in power, Lord Londonderry invariably
holds high office, which means that
| his political followers have to be con-
/, Now. however. Lady Birdie"
| Stewart, as she was known prior to
her marriage, has but little time to
look after ner fathers establishment
sisting Lady Londonderry to, her sis
| ter-in-law, the wife CT Lord Castle
reagh. VINO is heir to the Marquisate
OF Londonderry For Lady Leicester
/
her own. and is the mistress OF Hol-
land House, which has plaNed SO great
| a role In English history and IN Lon
don society. during the last 3oo
| years.
Holland House is familiar to every
| American who has visited London, and
volumes have been printed about IT.
| But less Is known Of Lady llchester's
homes at Melbury House and at ABB
i botsbury Castle, in Dorsetsh1re. ABB
i botsbury Castle is famous not only
| for possessing the finest collection OF
bamboos in the United Kingdom, but
also for the largest swannery In Eu-
rope. 1t is over a thousand years old,
and at the present moment there are
about 1000 birds on the place. They
are born fighters. and during the
breeding season continual batting
among them goes on, owing to WHICH
the numbers are kept down This
swannery Is said to date from the
reign of King Canute, when 1t was
first established by a settlement Of
Danish monks No one In England
can keep, swans, which are so-called
royal bird" without a license from
u the crown. and each owner has his
distinctive swan mark" cut on the
gill OF the bird, and registered by
the sovereign's an-herd,. a member
! of the royal household. whose 1urls-
diction in the matter OF swans en-
! tends over the entire unAed hlhs
dom,
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