New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-29

masculine. and to be men without
| mans strength. She did not want votes
for women, and it is easy to imagine
what humorous scorn she would nave
poured out upon nlilitants and moder-
ates alike in the suffrage sisterhoods
; of to-day. She well knew that charih
was more to a woman and meant more
to a man than all the warlike equip
ment or political Mysteries OF the IRAN
! chise hunting Missionaries who would
revolutionize not merely social order,
but human nature. and abolish all but
physiological distinctions Of sex. Charm
she had to tho 'ast; she was wom-
ian 10 the last; she yielded TO none
Of her sex In attractions essentially
sexual; or, if you don't like that word,
! feminine. You felt all this all through
the dinner. It's q pleasure to remem-
Der it all after all these years when
different and less womanly type OF
/ woman forces her way 10 the front.
! The tact and good sense of the
Duchess Of Marlborough were conspic-
uous in these rather trying circum-
stances. Silence, as | came to kno"
afterward. was to her a constraint, but
she made no effort 10 share in a con-
versation which had become almost the
MONOPOLY OF Caroline Duchess ana
Lord ndolTh She seemed. though
proba bly, she was not, content to nsten'
] suppose Lord Randolph was glad tha'
his brother should have married q
fortune. since Of a fortune the Duke
dom stood much in need. There mao
been q story which went the rounds of
London concerning a projected aiIiance
7 between the Duke and another lazy
who had 10000 year. ION" SAID
Lord Randolph, 10000 year would
be 10 use TO my brother Mrs. Ham
ersley's income was known TO be much
more than that. Still, between her
and her host there were no signs or
any very active sympathy
The new Duchess had gone through
/ some embarrassing experiences at Mrs.
Henry Oppenheiin's concert party a
, few evenings before. 1t was her first
/ appearance She had arrived in Lon
don that morning and her luggage had
arrived somewhere else, Sc that she
was in difficulties about her dress, ana
: only went 10 the party upon her hus-
/ bands pressing wish. She wore
white satin gown which had seen much
service. The attitude OF Mrs Open
helms smart company IVES critical, and
/ their reception Of the newcomer
not oyercordial. The Duke himself
I had Jeen under a cloud. When London
, chooses to be cold II Is arctic, ana
: arctic the Duchess must have felt IT
that evening. As for the Duke he was
used to chils. Nothing of all this
could have mattered TO Lord Randolph
himself often a rebel to society and
defiant of public opinion, whether So
cial or political. He and his new sis
ter-in-law perhaps understood each
other silently. BE that as II may, the
composure Of her manner conciliated
the good will of the dinner party. II
was an orde:l through which she
passed happily.
Not long after ! saw something Of
the Duchess In her new role as mis-
tress of Blenheim. y large party was
asked; mostly a family party. Mr..
/ Henry Calcraft, Mr.. John Delacour and
/ were the only guests not Of the fam
lily or its connections. The Dowager
! Duchess Of Marlborough, widow OF the
seventh Duke, was there; whom all
London admired and respected. In her
relations with her son she had suffered
much and forgiven much; and had per
suadcd London 10 forgive Not what
you would call a brilliant woman, but
with many qualities higher than mere
brllliancy: sagacity, tact, great in
sight into human nature, heir to great
traditions which she handed on unim-
paired, and a genuine kindness. We
went for walk after breakfast the
first morning at Blenheim. and there
was this dialogue, she asking:
What do you think Of herr"
Il had rather hear what you think
of her"
well. Lily is all right. but she talks
too much
you would not say that If you had
been at Randolph's dinner"
yes. l heard she behaved extremely
well there, but you must see she !.
restless and talk is natural to her"
she Is a woman"
True, and an American, with the
vivacity most Americans have, and
perhaps she has too much"
There were other estimates of more
Intimate kind, all kindly than this:
It's new to her and England is new
to her, and as hostess she takes too
much pains and not enough for
granted"
That also, ! think, was supposed TO
be American; as if in social response
bilities the American woman was too
anxious, and showed that she was
anxious. J have heard overcritical for
eigners say the same thing in New
York and Newport, and more often still
in Washington, where the foreigner Is
frequent
But when the Blenhein party broke
I'M the old duchess said OF the new:
.r 4b;,l. cba yvill do worry we'll