The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-05
by LA M,noUrsE pE roNrn,oy

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me, Is, like his father. Il Unon-
~ ISL entering therein from his
mother and sisters. who are Iro-
~ advocate the abolition OF the House
OF Lords, Il II refuses to yield To the
p99pnhiar Will and are ardent advocates
OF the political equality OF the sexes.
whereas the new Lord Carlisle. hi,her-
TO member OF the House OF Commons
LOT East Elrmin ghnm. Is opposed to fc-
saries s nf and has delivered q
tanning estricted the Legislative
powers of the peers. Previous TO his
accession to his fathers honors, he has
canvassing pariinmentary d liz 's for
one candidate. where his mother and
sisters would be equally actively en-
rival With all that; the family has al
ways been united one. and opposi-
ION on every conceivable subject.
rom politics TO temperance. did not
ara from being one Of the happiest and
most anectlonatc In Great Britain.
inc now widowed Lady Carlisle is
So well known in this country. In con-
m ,!n,.i with the total abstinence
ish Woman's Christian Temparancc
Assoclation that II may be just as we'll
70 explain that her views on the SUB
1cct are not shared by her son. the new
Lord carlisle. any more than they were
ny her husband. the late carl. In fact.
ikc ms father, he has always dcplored
the iconoclastic manner in which She
dealt with The world famed Castle
howard cellars. on her husbands ac.
cesslon TO the earldom and the estates.
a daughter of Lord Stanley OF Alder
ley. she married her husband when he
was plain George Howard and stood
only remote chance of succeeding Ia
the ehrldom, indeed. II was not until
sne mad given birth to family of six
sons and five daughters that in 1889
george Howard became Earl of Car
use and the owner OF great estates.
including Naworth and Howard Cas-
ties As soon as she took possession
OF these ancestral homes she proceed
ed to destroy the contents of the cell
lars. emptying the watts. and smash
Ing all the bottles Of rare old wines
went down into the cutters. in spite
of the protests OF her husband and her
sons. DECLARING. in answer to their
pitfalls. that alcohol was responsible
for such large share of the sorrows
and troubles OF life. and was so in
furious in any form to inynlids-quot-
ing medical opinion us hei~Authority--
that The only good thing to be done
with II was to destroy it wherever
would she ever permit wine to be
served at her table, not even II royal
ty were present, which perhaps is tho
reason why. In spite OF the rank of
popularity. no member of the reign
ing house ever sought his hospitality,
resenting as 1t did the attempt TO die
ate how 1t should be entertained.
Another feature which she introduced
at her husbands two castles In York
shire and In Cumberland. and at his
town house on Palace Green Kensing-
ton. was the substitution Of six-foot
Amazons for the solemn and cere-
inonious buffers. grooms of the cham
Der. and livcried footmen. Though a
member. OF the .Woman's Rational Dress
attire her "footmaids" In boomers
They wear blue gowns, snowy whitci
caps and aprons of n pattern designed
by herself.
Then. too the now Dowager Lady
Carlisle assumed the exclusive admin
fstration of her husbands estates, and
so completely Is her family dominated
by her. save in things political. tina
il is Just n question who thcr the new
earl Will venture to demand the sur
render Of her mana cement Of the cs- |
tates to himself To what extent her |
authority has been eSerted In this con-
ncctioD was shown some time ago in
the suit brought In the London courts
of lawS'by some urban Council TO re-
strain Lord Carlisle from cutting drain
she stated in the witness box that all
the plans for any work whatever on her !
husbands Yorkshire and Climb erland-
shire estates had to be submitted to
that 1t was she. and not he, who de-
clded what should be done and what
should not be done. Although the
earl was the nominal defendant he
was not even placed In the witness
hoS, so thoroughly apparent was 1t to
Judges. counsel and jury that he had
nothing to say about the matter.
With all that ne was far from being
q mere noncntity, but. on tho con-
t-ary. he was the most accomplished
artist IN Sthe peeraEc. Flo was the |
lery was frequent exhibitor at the
Royal Academy exhibitions, espccial-
llyiprcvIons to his advent to tho family
honors. and at one moment there was