The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-12-18
Special Cable to The Tribune.

thirty years back the so-called Gamer
clear-eyed girls voyaged from New
York and Philadelphia and Maryland
to become the wives of England g great
est mobiles. old fashioned folk on the
eastern side OF the Atlantic prophesico
disaster OF all sorts. The vuleariZatior
of the upper classes, the Americaniza
tion of the English accent, the general
disorganization of society. all these
evils were confidently predicted. What
has h7ppencdi Three decades have
passed English society is stable as
ever. English homes remain guarded
and stately and beautiful. The English
speech oDtiuues as different as it ever
was from that of New York or Bos
ton. And yet n change has set in--a
change that no one predicted, no one
fOresaw
The American mother came. Smiling
and serencly solf-confidcnt she took up
her position in her English husband S
home, and in fash the stern nursery
regime that was the lot of English
children was undermined crumbled aud
disappeared.
Thirty years ago among the better
classes in England intercourse between
parents and children was of the mar
ioWest ueseIlptloh, L ne parents leu
their own lives apart from their of
spring The children spent their days
entirely in the nursery, fenced In with
attendants and regulations Of all kinds.
They were a little world apart.
Now all that is changed. Nowadays
parents take an interest in their chill
dren. Their thoughts, their speech,
their ways are the most popular themes
of the hour, Parents are Jealous of the
sal. hoir ,,,q
over the children to be paramount,
Who has effected this metamorpN osis
in the constitution of the homel The
American mother. The British public
at first iealously opposed 10 the union
of British peers with American girls,
has gradually come to admit that these
beautiful young Americans have made
the best of wives, and that their off
spring bid fair to take the lead in the
peerage of the future.
Interesting Figures.
One of the most interesting figures
from this point of view is young Wis.
count Vaudeville He is the product
of two generations of inter erunions, and
the blood OF America, north and south
runs mingled in his veins. His grand
mother was Consuelo, Duchess of Man
chester, daughter Of Antonio Yznaga dc |
Vale, of Ravenswood La. His
mother. Helena. the wife of the present
duke, is the daughter of Eugene Zim
norman of Cincinnati, n hero of the |
civil war, famous engineer and one
Of the great railway kings of America.
The little S.year-old viscount is heir
to over 10000 English acres, besides
his share in the great dowry Helena
Zimmerman brought to her husband.
He and his brother and sister have
been brought up in great retirement.
The Duchess Of Manchester does not
care for society She likes country
pursuits and is passionately devoted to
animals. She is intellectually inclined
and highly cultured, and speaks French
ike native. having been brought up
Evans, whose contributions to periodi
,al literature are SO we'll known. The
luke owns the historic castle of Kim
bolton, famed as the death place of
Queen Catherine of Arragon. the hap
less wife of Henry VIII. The castle
IS magnifcently furnished and contains
many priceless paintings by Vandyke,
Titan and Holbein. But the unworldly,
simple minded duchess prefers to reside
1T Tanderagee, the plain old Irish man
'ion, where, surrounded by her warm
hearted and attached tenantry she is
bringing UP her sons to be good shots.
fearless riders and high-spirited, cul-
,ured young Anglo-Saxons When in
he course Of the next few years Lord
Vaudeville and his little brother Ed.
ward go to Eton they will be found to
be far ahead of the ordinary English
oov of IL or 12. This they owe almost
entirely to their first upbringing at the
hands of their gentle, kindly American
mother.
Duchess of Marlborough.
The only other American duchess was
brought up entirely in Paris. Consuelo.
he beautiful Duchess of Marlborough,
S the daughter of the millionaire rail,
way magnate, William Kissom Wander
oilt- Unusually tall, slender and full
IF stately grace, the duchess is one
# the most noticeable figures in Lon
Ion society. She takes a prominent
part in all state functions, wearing a
diamond tiara and the
Yorld famous Vanderbilt pearls, which
ire unrivaled for size and lustrous
beauty. Those priceless Jewels could
ell strange tales of their adventures be-
'ore they reached the Duchess of Marl-
borough S white, slender throat, for
hey were gift from the wicked En-
press Catherine of Russia TO Prince
0rlof her lover and the partner in her
Yorst crimes.
The first Duke of Marlborough, the
great general. left only daughters to
succeed him. and Queen Anne permitted