The Washington herald., 1911-09-12

wish to be another Lady Cardigan. Sc
the world loses a most fascinating book
Of memoirs.
/ Since George V came to the throne
( Lady Warwick has avoided publicity.
! her former Socialist friends have ceased
to regard her efforts in the cause as
| sincere. and her old intimates in society
With few exceptions do not recognize
| her existence. Nevertheless, the royal
family and society should he grateful TO
the countess for not abusing the great
confidence placed in her by the late
ikng.
The gift Of G5OOOo, made TO Dublin
hospitals by Lord Iveagh in honor Of
the first visit Of King George and Queen
Mary to the old Irish capital is but one
of many presents thus made by that
nObleman for philanthropic purposes.
Four OF his gifts alone were of a quar-
ter OF million pounds each, one to as
sist scientific research. another to i'm
prove the insanitary portion Of Dublin.
third to house the London poor, and
4 fourth to the Jenner Institute of Medi-
cine.
Altogether Lord Iveagh has given
away more than E2.Olr,OOO in donations
He is a member of the wOrld-famous
! brewing firm Of Guinness. and the faith
tr Of the two clever brothers. Hon. Rup-
ert and Hon Walter Guinness. both Of
whom take the keenest interest in phil
anthrOpiC work.
The Suffolk home of Lord Iveagh,
"Elveden Hail." is filed with treasures
that are almost priceless in value, and
the shooting there is considered to be
the very best in all England.
Suddenly stricken while in attendance
upon his imperial mistress, the German
Empress. at the castle of Wilhelmshoehe.
near CasscI. where she is spending the
summer during the absence of the
Kaiser upon his northern cruise and the
great maneuvers, which soon are to
commence in the vicinity of Magdeburg.
in the Prussian province of SaXony,
Baron Won dem knesebeck. chamberlain
to the household OF Empress Auguste
Victoria. died in a Cassel hospital re-
Gently. He enjoyed the entire conf
dence of his mistress, whose adviser he
had been for years in her many philan-
thropic efforts Before becoming an off,
Cial of the present court, he served al
most twenty years as private secretary
to the late Empress Augusta.
lie was the son OF Gen. KnesebeCk, the
last minister from the former kingdom
of Hanover (Which was annexed by
Prussia in the war OF 1850 TO Vienna.
He took service with the Prussan army
upon the outbreak OF the war of 1874
against France and was a cOmrade to
former Chancellor Prince Won BuelOw
as lieutenant in the regiment of the
King Own tRonncrl HussaTs. The late
chamberlain welded great influence at
the Berlin court, and especially with the
Empress. to whom he was a faithful
servant. being particularly fit. owing to
his deep knowledge of human nature. 20
keep from her all those petty annoy
ances to which ladies' of her exalted
position generally are subjected
lie was a very small and spare man,
very bald and caustic to such a de-
gree that his tongue was feared by all,
high or low, with whom he came in
contact. He was the object of innum
cradle attacks, especially on the part 0c
the radical press and the ultra-feudal
Yonker faction, whom he satirized un-
sparingly But withal, he was a Cour-
ageOus and very brave man. for in 1870
he was decorated on one Of the battle
fields in France with the Iron Cross. a
distinction not easily bestowed in Ger
many. FLANEUR-
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