The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-06-23
ADD TO GLITTER
OF REGAL DISPLAY
American Peeresses Attract No
Little Attention in Scene
Of Kingly Pomp.
THE DOLLAR PRINcEssEs,
Their Combined Wealth Equals
That Of Entire English
Peerage.

y Especial Cab to The Times Dispatch.)
London. June 22.-Amid all the
medieval pomp and splendor OF the
English coronation. no small interest
centred to-day In that small though
ever increasing cotcrie of American
peeresscs.' who added the glitter OF
their splendid gems to those of their
foreign sisters. as they took their
beats In the great Abbey to watch the
ancient rites that formally place a
pew King and Queen over the United
Kingdom. IA
The American dollar princesses.' 2
as thoy are called in England, now
number an even two dozen, and rep..
resent combined wealth that equals,
" not overshadows. the aggregate
finaaces OF the entire English peerage.
the royal family excepted. In point OF
rank. their number is headed by the
Duchess OF Marlborough. Consuelo
Vanderbilt, and ended by the Baroness
Leith. OF Fyvie. formerly Miss Jano
Germany.
The places Of the American peer
esses in the great assemblage of mobiles
hidden to attend the coronation cere-
monies: their court costumss, and their
formal department during this state
junction are governed by the strict
court etiquette OF England. Each peer
and .peeress bears a number IN the
court roster. and each is compelled to
walk behind the person bearing a
smaller number at all formal func-
lions, 30 that the whole scheme of the
English social structure tapers from
The lo~licst peers to the English King
and Queen. who take precedence over
their court followers. The state robes
o. every member OF the peerase. to-
Getaer with the decorations they may
wear upon their armorial emblems, and
the demeanor OF every participant In
the! great pageant also como Under !,
arbitrary rulings of ancient court Gus
TOM thus each member OF the corona
t'on assemblage but I'LL part In the
we'll drilled ensemble.
Their socinl Order.
The social order OF the American
peeresses is as follows:
Duchess OF Marlborough tConsue clio
Vanderbilp. No. 10; Duchess OF Ro1-
burghe tMny GoeleO. No II: Duchess
Of Manchester (Helena Zlmmerman),
No. 20. Warehouses OF Donegal (vio-
let Twining). No. ~: Marchione.s Of
chioncss of Drnerin (Flora Davis). No
60; Countess OF Suffolk daisy Leiter)
No. IL; Countess OF Essex (Adele
Grant,, No. 10: Countess of Tanker.
VILE Lconora Van Marter). No las
Countess OF Granard (Beatrice Mills)
No. 16l: Countess of Egmont (Kate
HowclD. No. lea; Countess OF Monough-
more (Elena Gruce). No. 1876; Countess
of Craven (Cornelia MARTINI. No 200;
Countess OF Oxford (Louise CorhIn)
. no 2l3: Countess OF Ancaster (Eloise
Breese), No. 269; viscountess Falkland
(Mary Rcade). No. 27e Baroness Mon.
son tMrs Arthur Turnure). No 4o4;
Baroness Bagot GILLIAN May), No. Ala;
Baroness Marlborough (Grace CARR
No. AL; Baroness Marlborough (Ier-
mions shenley). No. 47a: Baroness De-
cics (Vtyien Gould). No. 473; Baroness
Cheylesmore elizabeth French, No.
6o2; Baroness Barrymore (Mrs. Wads-
WORTH. No. esq; and the Baroness
Leith of Fyvie (Jane Garmany), No.
619
Of the American peeresses in England.
1t does not follow that all OF even this
small number are in the positions pre-
6cribed by the court monitor at West
minister Abbey. There Is an unwrttten
law in English court circles that pro-
hibits any peeress whose marital ad-
ventures have been married by divorce
from attending formal court functions
This ancient law has been rigidly re-
.NiReu ny THO PRESENT Queen, ana under
this ban the head OF the American
peeresses. the Duchess OF Marlborough,
formerly Consuelo Vanderbilt. and some
few others have fallen.
Those. however, OF the dollar prin-
cesses" who did not take part In the
coronation. aside from the especially
invited representatives from the United
States. are the only Americans who
actually saw the coronation ceremonies.
All the rest OF tho 25o,ooo-odd Amer
leans who have made the transatlantic
trip. braved the rapacious hotel keep
ers Of London, and thrown their money
to right and left with true American
prodisality. were doomed to sit pa tent
ly in some portion OF the miles of
.'bleachers" erected along the route of
the royal procession, and content them
selves with but glimpse OF the newly
made King and Queen. St