The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-18

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~ morrow his forty-third iirthilay
IL ana among the guests gathered
from home and ahroad III Il,
petersburg In honor OF the occasion.
none VIII receive n greater amount OF
attention than tine crownprncs and
Crownprlncess OF Gcrmnny. The iat-
Ter VIII be particuiaris welcome. For
she Is hall Russian her mother The
widowed Grand duchess OF Meckien-
st'rE ,schwerin being the only daughter
4 OF mat old Grand Duke Michael Nicho-
Iatovitch. who until his Heath two years
ago. Mas the most veneratcd and hni-
versaily respected Of all the members
Of the reisning house Of Romano,f. re-
1 nowned Tor his integrity, and for the
Liberalism OF his ideas ana trusted
/, above all others by his grandnepliew.
quite special affection Tho crown
princess. AS might hc expected, talks
! Russian perfectly, has the sprigh,lI-
ness the hrilliancy. and the taste for
great lady. and Is being Welcomed a;
-. letersourE. not merely as the futurc
empress Of Germany, bu, az n near
uear and particularly attractive rela-
Nicholas who was m, ,wenty-six
, ,whcn lie succeeded his fathcr. la& nov
and When one reviews carefully ana
lmphrtiailv All tint he has accom-
~ ,,ns dnrinS tina, relatively short
neflod. IN the way OF the t,ansforina
! ~. !.
oriental into a Western empire. and
| from despoiic into II constitutional
/ monarchy. With parlla mnmtary govern
/ ment-tnis. too. In the face of almost
lnsnperahle and most hiacouraginG oh-
| siacles OF every klni--it will lie re-
a,i"cd nat he sovereign ~ Jar
which he Is generally credited ana tina
MS reign viii ngurc ~ one Of the rt,ost
hninentou5 ana important In the his
tory Of Russia
Lady Norah Nocl who las bean haur.
inr as ono OF the soioists OF the Shct-
ne,d Cnoir; III the recent great musi- !.
tal festival ~ Cincirnatl. and who ar
I. ,cfWhrds accompanied rs her brother.
iScount Cnnpden, visited minneapolis
I g., raui' Chicago. nnd other greai
m1spita2iy entertained. Is n daughter
or the Earl Of Gainsboroueh and be-
longs to family that has many Amer
! lcan assoriations I.hns. Lady Notali,s
aunt. Lady Blanche Noel. Tho sister OF
Lady Norah's father tha prcsen, Lord
.ainSbor9usii, died IN the United
States 81, where she made her home, from
t;e tiine OF her romantic marriage Win,
hoinas Murphy, With whom She made
runaway match some forty years
ago; she became infatuated with the
orRanist OF her fathers private chapel
AT EXton Park in GlUuccstershire. From
her interest in the chapel music. She
was brought INTO daily contact with
the young orSaniSt q winsomc Easel.
mating I'lshman. and in the most
natural and simple way, II came about
! that after service was over ana the
rect Of The family and household had
F., left the cha pei she would remain ia
practice The music With him II Is
nothing STRANGE that in the hours sit
ting together after mathis and vespcrs
| the young and enthusiastic Lady
l'lanche, and tho lmDulsivc young Irish
orsanist' shonih fall In love with cucf
other. .
Aftcr their marriage Lady Blanche
; found tile 2rejud Ices Of bcr family and
OF her relatives against nor husband
or account OF his birth. too strong 10
admit Of his remaining III England.
without being subjected 10 humi:int-
ing ostra cism, and so they came 10 tile
United states. to embark upon "A new
! life. ana 10 earn their own living
, Lad. Blanche In the realms OF litcrn-
turc. and Thomas Murphy. first as an
. orSanlst. at New Rochelle. y. T.. aud
, then a. an orsans; Al New Conway.
where lie also taught music al the Rev.
Frederick Thompson's boys school at
Three l5lms.
Lady blanche wrote a good deal for
the '1ttlnn;lc Monthly" for ''jcrlh-
ncr's.' for The Catholic Review. and for
tho catholic World. etc. yet found time
ITO do MI her house work for she and
her husband were loo Door to keep
even a. single servant Wil;am Dean
Howclls was her firm friend and men
tor In III craturc, afd was wont to dc.
clare that she lad the most analytical