The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-10-30
ny la MAnouIsE DE FoNrENoY.

~ ORD RONALD CONVEX, son OIL
the second Duke OF sutherland.
brother OF the third duke. and
- uncle OF the present duke OF that
ilk, Is, SO well known q iigure, not only
.tin the United Kingdom, but also every
Where on the Continent, that there
are many who viii be sorry to hear
that he has been oFertaken by sach
heavy financial losses az TO wipe out
of existence every vestige of his for
tune. leaving HIM ut the age or siAty-
Eiiye dependent upon The bounty OF
his nephew, the present Duke OF Suther-
land, who Is fortunately. the greatest
isrGed proprietor OF Great Britain.
Lord Ronald is unmarried. and is
thus spared the distress entailedh by
having 10 deprive ones wife and chill
garen OF the comforts and OF those
Injuries that have become necessities.
But he Is obliged. 10 give up Hammer
field, his picturesque country seat. IN
the fatrest portion OF kent. near run
bridge, while his wonderful collection
OF art treasures, historic relics and
curios OF every kind viii come under
the hammer at Christie's, and be dis7
persed To the four#corners OF the .eartn
his creditors. This Is the blow that
viii hit him hardest OF ALL
One particularly priced treasure VIII.
however, escape, thanks 70 ms nav
ing presented 1T two. or three years
ago to the British Museum. 1t is
uftle pocket Bible. In 1891 Lord Ron
aid was laid up in the Louise Hos
lpital, at Aix-la- chapelle, where he un :
aerwent a rather dangerous opera anon.
While convalescing there ne sent TINS
years, to his nephew, the present Duke
of Argyll asking him to get Queen
Victoria to write in 1t her favor1tG text
a short time afterwards he got the
Bi5le y back Mith sa,sr s
of the late Queen as follows, dated
from Osborne. August .:
II asked the Queen before church 70
put something in your book, ana sHe
said what she liked best was the text
about Charity or Love; this was just
as we were walking toward the church,
The Bishop OF Ripon, DR.. Boyd car
penter, preached, and 10 and behoiq.5
the text was exactly that oIaw ,ii tlls
Queen had lust s.. spok sen a nms she eo
M from esiine service, she Inscribed the
text on the tly-leaf Of the Bible II = !
Love suffereth long andsis ki la1.,. 4,
Love faileth not----Y. r. L. lS91 IN IN
the New Testament the text runs to
the effect that It is Charity" that sui.
fers long and that charity ever
tbs word Love" for Charity IS de-
tcidedly characteristic, and there are:
many who will be disposed to-, her.
rendering Of the sense of the words OF
the Apostle PAU the insesiption Iosd
Ronald through the fact that II was
written by the Queen on his birthday
At one time Lord Ronald was 7, g
frequent visitor to America, ana J., , y
over here saw mnsh me iaor 81 the
North American Review, OF O! ipt
Wendell Holmes and Of SPres ISL e,a
Grant, of whom he used to say that E t 9, g
fine simplicity Of his face put MN ~
the type of Grants face was Sc ttls y;
OF 9 e the esi Land nd Of cakes. ],
Lord Ronald stood rticularly n ~,
In the favor y i Sood q the
son Of the most Intimate Of al her.
friends and few men have had, 4, p tteI
opportunities OF seeing the EWo,rr la,t any any
81 bsseng asqua1ntilat Msse s.
this sinEularly gifted and bril- liant ,tll
man, who has been IN turn, 81 g " nor;
sculptor, painter confid NJ J, OF ca piH}sala
personages, I'd 81 sohs emian WHY
cynical ana sarcastic to- !, d ;t 70
is full Of anecdotes, ana ~ MS Y CONVEX
5sation IS, always ntertaining, z, Z. =,
~ AS far as his talents y as 4a scul lga,.,,
are concerned a y VA stratford
5ons vea to y his shaK mon,l-
iument there. His paintings ore nearly IL.
ali in private gin4lfleri asa con- 5n.
as faT as Ms lif fnnnished public evil.
senss thsseo Ell lis read
able book Of Renoiniscen ana n = ms Z
Differentiated Gal HTc ia in
his HaVeraI works d bout Queen Marie
An s dg VINO Vas object Ct par ar
e insp1f1raal9n
OF much Of his aetiyityias g 81 y
n 11ascribing a visit paid TO 2 y En-
press esa ugenie he ates, etore
leaving, ts gays me q llst5e
shust tin alab I, Y = ,nast
ifetaiIstle ii little
Boccurr a,n q 2 s \ !, 3 y
l III, the la bus ~ he ta Rle,
Ia Ias niclsed IN ths 81 ad as