The Washington herald., 1910-05-29
Daily Bread.

the validity Of the mulatto's succession
TO the earldom and estates.
What has become OF John Grey I am
unable to say. But his sister. Lady Mary
Grey. ike himself. a rather dark-hued
mulatto. has married a BOer. and as the
legitimate daughter of an earl retains
her title. The widowed countess is also
married. this time 10 a South African
half-breed Of the name OF Pieter Pieterse,
and has thereby forfeited her rank and
prerogatlves as d peeress Of the realm.
The school teachers victory. besides
converting him into a peer Of the realm.
invested him with an income OF about
$4,000 a year. which on the death OF the
actress widow OF the seventh earl and
the reversiOn thereby OF certain estates
10 the title was increased 20 more than
10000 per annum. lie would have been
even stil richer had not the seventh earl
disentailed much Of the family property.
which he left at tho absolute disposal OF
his widow. who bequeathed the Leicester
shire estates 20 Mrs. Arthur DUncom5e
and the Staffordshtre property TO the wife
of Sir Henry Foley.
This actress Countess OF Stamford. who
in her younger days had been a great
music hall favorite, was Of a rather &c
centric disposition. and in the early days
Of her marriage had entertained ell Lon
don by her battle with Queen Victoria.
Barred from court by reason Of her ante
cedents. she reyenced herself by securing
the box at the opera Immediately ad-
Joining that Of the Queen. The latter did
not relish the proximity. more especially
as Lady Stamford was " ont 10 behave In
q rather lively fashion there. as II 10
show that she was IN nowise impressed
by the proximity OF royalty
Eventually the Queen declined 70 attend
the opera as long as Lady Stamford con-
tinued 10 figure so conspicuously in the
adjoining loge. and as the countess abso-
lutely refused all requests on the part Of
the management 70 exchange her box
for one I'm some other part OF the house.
the Queen and the prince consort re-
maineG away from the 0rera two entire
seasons.
The ninth Earl OF Stamford-that IS 10
say, the one who has just died-was in
very straitened circumstances indeed d-r-
ing the eighteen years that interviewed
between his graduation from the unlve--
sity and his succession 20 the title, as
well rs 10 comparative afIiuenca, and his
speeches IN the House Of Lords. and
more frequently still in his platform ut
reranCes. furnished. often UuCUuSciOuSIy,
indications OF the hardships which he
had undergone and Of the odd experience
which he had gained while endeavoring
10 add 70 his scanty stipend as a teacher
by other kinds Of work
Another peer who has brought to the
House OF Lords the knowledge OF what
It is to have 70 toll for ones daily bread
IS Lord Lyveden. He is we'll known In
the United states as the organizer Of
visits OF municipal authorities and Of
members OF Parliament 70 this country
for the purpose Of instruction and of pro-
motion OF a better. understanding between
the two great English-speaking powers
OF the world.
Lord Lyveden. as Cou-tnay Vernon.
having failed to pass his examination for
& commission in the army. enlisted in the
Royal Artillery. then became an victor in
the Bancroft Haymarket company. mi