New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-11
London, MAY Il.

-. 6sure and laced up the back.
head turned with certain
ro Of coquetry over the shoul-
ssr and a boy Of some two years old in
,.rus. There lies the tragedy of her
,.,sr life. The boy grew up. entered the
- became an officer. a Captain IN
49, ,oth Hussars. a D. 5. O.. a soldier
~ every promise Of soldierly career.
= uas killed in Somaliland. in 1904
-, tventy-six years old; in one of
80 little wars which cost so many
--.cious lives. the price Of Empire.
fr,arlotte Tenant had married Lord
p;bhlesdale in 1871. London knew her
nicture Of English girlhood, though
- WAS in fact Scotch; and as one of
,,o, trio Of sisters which included Laura
lrennant. of whom wrote yesterday, and
Tho present Mrs. Asquith. She entered a
-oorn with a swayng ease of movement
uhich perhaps YOU noticed before the at
,r.c,ion Of the face made itself felt. She
.s tall slightly and we'll made. with
,ols gold hair and the pale blue eyes
which m poetry anu 80 oiteh III req u
,,4s belong 70 the English maiden; with
sreetress Of expression and manner
n5,,h tod YOU little Of the firm will that
lay underneath
lord Ribblesdale was known at the
.,r,a ~ mis- marriage 10 this delightful
,,rl FOR certain picturesqueness Of feat
-. and hearing that had made him a
e,rort,e in the society Of which he was
ss,eered an ornament; not word COM
monty used Of man. | had met him
earlier ~ 2 house in London, tenanted
~ French woman Of worldwide fame.
us uss leaving the room. and when he
had gone. 7 asked who he was:
Comment vous ne connaissez pas &C
Nsau lord ."
n tone which rather implied that not
- know this beau lord" was mistake
N omission 70 he made good at once
as suppose il was Later. he played
more serious part in life: became
= ord in Waiting 10 Queen Victoria, II
hat be serious. and then Master Of the
puckhounds. a post which. among other
bonoralle distinctions, entitled him to
-ds m the Ascot Race Course at the
head Of the royal procession. The Mas
,sr ~ the Buckhounds has however,
..,,s~ in,rortant duties. and these Lord
pibblesGsle well knew how 10 discharge.
ue understood horses and horsemanship
ord wrote = book on these high mat
tsrs. an approved book. He was Cap
Tain in the Rife Brigade: went into
fo,j,ics. rs a Liberal, but an Independent
liberal. and was for time Chief whip
~ nc Liberal Government in the House
RI Lords. He cared for art. too. and Is
= trustee II the National Gallery ana
~ ,he National Portrait Gallery: posts
win duties which are held to imply
trovledge and devotion, as In his case
-hsv certainly do. He rode well ana
toldlv 20 hounds: eulogy which IN Eng
md makes other eulogies superfuous'
and lee IN az this moment from a grave
accident IN hunting some months axe
with the Duke IF Beaufort's hounds.
ra5v Ribblesdsls had the kind Of ac-
-o-,plishrerts which served her nus
Land az well as herself. To look az they
usr. well matched pair. foreigner
seeing them enter drawing room "oulo
Rave chosen them as types Of dlstlhc-
ton. in her case 2 gracious distincron'
with n his perhaps a slight haughtiness
n n7rrer which the foreigner might
= -
ride IN his wife. Social duties in Eng
and are so NAM and SO various that ~
re s1ual - them. and still more to per
fcrrn them brilliantly. is 81 itself ols-
sinct,on and : kind Of public service. 4
vife rho makes her home attractive
snd other peoples homes attractive pN
srceptionsl gifts is something more than
aselume-t - husband who has v deal
vrh affairs and people and IS under
POLITICAL ~esponsibi lities. She i an eauai
rsrtrer without vote. needing NO
rore squs 20 him Who has z cote me
bloom ~ her life has al us womanly
f-eshness and purity. with no faint from
tsse~ things Whether The husband -
bee or C-rnToner makes f'tle olr1er-
.rcs-1 mean 70 say that though the CIR
crnstances are different the demand
rror the wife &c much The same
II this demand Lady Ribblesdals was
CororA.sr- and more than competent.
she brought into The partnership her
ron share ~ capital She had tact ana
luckness delicate perceptions ana "
CONVINCING smile and sweet persuasive
ness ~ manner She had intelligence
mch a= women only have. the lnteil-
gsnce hich comes. IN the first instance
q irtu',ions and then hroadens anu
roccr7-e stea9fast with experience ana
knowledge and reading. There was a
rslici,D I'm nor choice % words. in her
cno.co # ideas. i'm the delicacy Of her
distinctions between what she approved
md what she disapprOved, and IN her
distinctive Judgment Of meu and women.
rare nature altogether. answering IN
herself the inquiries Of those who desire
Q know how ~ English woman Of the
higher set fills in vomanly way wom-
sns place.
Another recent death on, Of the same
c.rcl. ~ celebrities is that Of sir Alfred
rvaU suppose his name. Ike Laura
T.nrant's and LADY Ribblesdale's, may
rot he widely known in America which
4 take ta bc a sufficient reason for try
lDa n make IL known a little better U
,aaoso Who care for what is best. Yet 10
meet Sir Alfred Lysl was 10 misunder-
stand him. or. which is the same thing
20 understand only one side Of him,
perhaps the side he chose 70 show YOU
There was little in his appearance to