The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-11-02
BY La MAnaulsE DE roNrEyor

that Consuelo. Duchess of MARI
j borough daughter OF ". *.
-, vanderbilt, has become con-
,SsIt 10 roman Catholicism, are. 10 say
me least, premature What is ,rns
"omeFer' is that she has Interested her
ser IN certain Roman Catholic chari
rs anu that matters have reached
such point that she is being onnosed
ana obstructed in her phiianihrn-,in
m0Tk by the ultra Protestant clement
on account OF her alleged Roman cali
o,.e teahihss and is being In conse-
quence thereof defended and chamnto,
ed by the Roman Catholic ciorRv ar,i
ies.y In England, as well az by tha
catholic press. nc
nc AS an Illustration Of this. may
mention that one of the not cba,i
les OF the duchess. and one "a wh;cb
stie ueVotes much of her time az we'll
as very large amount OF money is
s si,e " 81 ,nd starting and mainten-
identically the same sys,em, o'" a. on
Mills hotels in New York and ne
i-ord howton lodging house. for men
-. ~ ia9hoo on and quite as undenomena-
iona! There is nothing else Of the
kind in England, at anv ratc for ~
men; and the duchess has brought
INTO existence and launched a move.
nnent Tor the establishment of houses
or this kind for women. not oniv IN
London, but also in the Other hip
cities. one would have imagined thar
an undenomenational philanthropy Of
TINS KIND would have met with the
same kind or universal approvai thar
the late d, 0. Mills received in Nav
YORK and that Lord Bowton Obtained
IN England. But somehow or other
me ultra Protestant element have mis-.
,aken the object OF this charity. havs
duchess. tooth and nail. When quite
recently the duchess induced the
Housing Committee at Liverpool to &C.
cept her proposals in connection with
n EsArr,a r1fg. Nod
house. the municipality OF Liverpool,
| which had been asked 10 grant not
only the necessary license, but also
certain facilities, such as had been
granted IN some other towns, refused,
on the ground that II was after all
essentially a Roman Catholic charity,
and that the principal bencfciaries
thereof would be poor Roman Catholic
experiences at Liverpool have been
similar to those which fell to her In a
rev other towns and cities; and thus
she is finding herself to such de-
as the promoter and moving spirit OF
charities denounced as essentially Ro-
man catholic, that the impression has
become general that she is now a con-
vert to Roman Catholicism.
1t may be recalled in this connec-
ton that there was always a very gen.
eral belief at one time to the effect
that Sne late Duchess of Marlborough
ent duke, had been converted to Ro-
man Catholicism. during the lifetime
OF her first husband, Louis Hammers
ley, in New York. by Monslgnor Capel.
who died last week in San Francisco.
and who was portrayed by Lord Bea-
consdeld, under the transparent
pseudonym of Monsignor "Catesby." IN
his famous novel "Lothair." That
| Hammersley entertained some suspic-
ion of the kind. Is shown by the clause
! in his Will. in which he expressly
stipulated that his widow. daughter
OF Commodore Cicero Price. of the
! United States navy. should be exclud-
ed from any benefit under the terms
Of his Will, and should lose her life
! interest In his property, in the event
| of her adhering to the Church OF
Rome.
more than any other of his colleagues
! at Washington who suggests by his
manner and appearance the word re-
pose, and an aversion to all unneces-
! sary eXcrtion and labor, 1t Is Baron
, Hengelmuller Won Hengervar, the rep
| resentative of Emperor Francis Joseph
| In the United states. Some years ago
| the baron was raised by his sovereign
| to the Hungarian House OF Lords. He
| did not. however, have an opportunity
| to take his seat at the so-called Table
! OF Magnates at Pesth until when re-
Gently at home on leave OF absence.
And now comes the news. to the amaze
ment OF his friends, that he has Joined
the Labor party in the upper chamber
of the Magyar national legislature
| While there Is Labor party In that
chamber. Baron Hengelmuller Is about
! one Of the last men whom people here
would have considered as likely to be-
come a member thereof; and one can
not quite conceive OF him in the act Of
| hobnobbing with the Labor leaders OF
! this country. Messrs. Csompers Debs,
! etc. Seriously speaking, however, the
! baron, who conceals under the most
| phlegmatic manner the most amazing
| industry, has devoted no little time
and sagacity to the study OF the econ
omio problems Of the United States.