The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-02-16
BY u MA,.ouIsn p.: EoNrENoy,


New York tonight. By the Cunard
- liner Maurctania, for Il stay here
Of several weeks. is 4 daughter OF the
seventh Duke OF Marlborough. sister
therefore OF Lord Randolph Churchill
and OF tho eighth Duke, and aunt Of
Ensland's Secretary or Stale for the
Home Department Winston Churchill.
aud Of tho ninth Duke Of Marlborough.
whose. cause she has vigorously cham
| pionod, in the differences With his
| american Wife. she Is married - Col
| oncl Gordon WILSON, formerly OF the
| Royal Horse Guards, and thanks to
| this union. is very rich as her hush and
! Vas tho son and heir Of the Australian
! millionaire fhc late Sir Samuel VIII
| son.
Colonel Wilson vas second IN COM
mnnd TO General Sir Robert Badcn-
| Powell in the gallant defence o: MAZE
king. ana Indy sarah was with him
! throughout the siege. doing true wo-
manly. service among the sick and
| wounded, and receiving he order of
| the Red Cross for the bravery which
under ere. She also received a media,
| for her services in scouting. and In
cndearorins to carry messages through
the Boer lines. Twice she was cap
| casion she Was released by means OF
an exchange OF prisoners. There has
| always been a mystery as TO how she
| obtained her freedom the second time.
! But II Is generally understood mat she
used her tongue to such terrible effect
against the Beers who captured her,
! let her go. For she Is very sharp- ton
| gucd, very clever and very indcpen-
/ dent, accustomed. to speak her mind
! with the utmost freedom and fearless
ness: facts which contribute 10 rem
| der her somewhat feared herself
Few women arc better known In Lon
| don than Lady Sarah Wilson, who was
q great friend OF Edward VII. but Is
/ not apparently in the good grace OF
! George Y. For not long after his acces-
| sion Lady Sarah and her husband wcrs
: House at Hampton Court beautiful
! royal suburban residence. lent to them
| BY the late King, which she had had re-
decorated ana refurnished. al a con.
| siderable expense, and on which She
| had spent large amount OF money
! OF medium height. with dark hair,
| strongly marked eyebrows, and an OK
| ccllcnt complexion, Lady Sarah is in
! dress. appearance and manner, one of
4, the SinarteSt women in England; Is,
| moreover splendid equestrennc, de-
voted to hunting and has hunted and
shot in almost every country in the
] world. killing tigers in India, grizzlies
/ In the Rockies. lions. elephants and buf-
| falocs in East Africa. besides riding
after tanfiarOo in Austral liza, and after
| wild boar in North Africa.
! Colonel Wilson distinguished himself
as a boy at Elton by jumping upon Rod
erick Mclean. when the latter made an
4 v
toria, at the railroad station at Wind
| sor. WITH Il pistol F'or~-(his Gordan
! Wilson and a school mate Leslie Muir
! ray Robertson, who had assist cd him in
| knocking down and disarmins the
| wOuld-he assassin, were summoned to
| Windsor Castle on the following day.
4 whore they were thanked in the most
| gracious fashion by the old Queen, en CHI
! receiving n beautifully framed photo
graph Of the Queen, inscribed with her
| signature and an autograph recognition
| of the service which they had rendered
I; to her.
| With the death OF Baron Albert
| Rothschild. at Vienna, there disap-
| pcared from the Austrian court. the
only remaining protesting lew who was
| .'hoffaehig," shat is to say. who formed
+, part Of the inner court circle. as dis
/ tinct from the outer court circle. There
| are q number of dgnitarics OF obscure
! son Of tho officers which they hold, and
| of the decorations and orders which
! they possess, are invited to attend great
| state functions at court. But they are
only present on such occasions by v!r-
! tue OF an invitation. and not as q right,
! and or course, are absent from any~ef
/ the more intimate court entertainment
and ceremonies. which are restricted
| TO mobiles OF both sexes who possess n
4 sufficiently blue flooded ancestry, free
from n1l nlebeian strain to render them
Is'hoffaehig."
The only exception that the Emperor
ever made. as far as mon arc concerned,
was In favor OF the two sons nf his
former Minister. OF Foreign Affairs and
/ OF the Imperial House, Count Colour
! chowskl. and OF the lato Barons Ma
thancl ana Albert Rothschild. The
Emperor did this by means OF special
lpntents OF ''hoffachiEkeit." which In