New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-09-08

hn.ses are SeCtloH ~ '"'
r,ch" and therefore of course
i1. idle. But there are dit-
. met Kinds, or even degrees, OF Idle
and an example or two may
ne'e "a show that CONGRATULATIONS
when announced by a CABINET
."~,.,.r are not always scientific. IL
A" nth remembering also that
.ss "a never a Duchess In her own
-. q. never born a Duchess. but pc
Us -. one by marriage. 1t is not a
W. ., original sin. She Is born just
rounn. with a title or without ou'
lar. and we're there ever TWO
non alike? 1t is only to mind pro
indy philosophical, like the Ensiish
-.oye,t's. that all members OF par
w. ,sr class appear identical. There
w" even American Duchesses' three
- ,,sm. and their nationality, or II
~, "a merged by marriage IN the nus
s,rds their birthright entities them
- separate treatment
Nut the thing 1 ask you to consider
,s the idleness of a class ana VI
.ons individual members OF the class
:, q not a numerous company. OR &C
- Dukes sitting as such In the House
- Lords there are but %. To these
NAV be added eight Scottish ana TWO
,r1sh Dukes, who sit, II at all by their
...o,d or lesser titles. Sometimes the
r,,Sadou ia Of the United Kingdom
,,oush the Duke himself is Scottish
=. IN the case Of the Duke Of Suther-
,ord whose wife also is Scottish. And
n order 10 keep as far away as possioie
from purely private lives, l VIII take
.so Duchess of Sutherland as first
u,r.,ration. For II may be said OF
-. that not only by position but oy
.,o,ca her career has been public at
least in part.
u began with a romance, IN t"0
,snses of the word. There has always
h..n q legend that her marriage with
,hs Duke came about by an accident
rhe-A was a dinner party. A guest
rss missing and Lady Millicent ST
c,a,r.Frskine was sent for from the
nu,,erv 10 MI the vacant place. Then
for the first time the Duke beheld her'
fsu straightway in love with her ana
presently married her. In its way II
is q pretty story. The chief fault Is
that there's no truth in II. Lazy
Nppcent was daughter to the late Earl
Of Rosslyn, a nan Of wit and OF the
world The two families had long
been intimate. The Duke was then
MARQUIS Of Stafford. born in 1891.
Lady Millicent it is true. was only a
girl when she married, being, | think
seventeen: and at the date Of the mar
rage in 1881, the Duke was thirty
three There was no need Of a legend
10 add piquancy TO such a union.
| suppose it cannot be easy for an
American 10 comprehend the fun
meaning OF the life upon which an
English girl enters when she weds the
owner Of a great name and a great
estate. There is a difference between
owning shares and owning land. The
rysition Of the owner Of land in Great
Britain is patriarchal; and when he
marries the duties Of this position are
shared with his wife. The Duke OF
Sutherland owned at that timo nearly
a million and a half acres; the greater
part in Scotland. bu. with large prop
critics in staffordshire and Shropshire.
Trentham Hall. IN Staffordshire, was
one Of the best known houses in Eng
land. Il figures IN "LOthair," and Dis
raeli as we all know, loved splendors.
The glory Of Trentham is departed, but
Llleshall, in Shropshire, remains.
Dunrobin Castle, in Sutherland. mod
ern but magnificent, is the capital seat
OF principality; an immense and
beautiful d)main.
What we Americans have 10 realize
Is that on these vast estates vast num-
oefs OF tenants are settled. Sporting
properties in part excepted. the tenants
OF the land are farmers who live In
farmhouses and employ laborers.
, There are, therefore, scores and hun
dreds Of families whose prosperity and
happiness depend in great measure on
Their relations with the landlord, and
N the case Of the families. on his wife.
The crofters in the Highlands are a
case by themselves. but the same thing
rue Of them. The notion Of ten
Sney as relation purely commercial
GOES not exist; certainly not with thu
o'oer families. Where the old families
nave sold out 10 the new, they have
MOI always been able to include in the
bargain the old ideas and habits. On
property where the ancient customs
exist the husband can no more dis
enafge all duties appertaining to the
pace than in the house itself. In the
mouse and all over the estate the wife
MS business partner and something
more: with multifarious and compli-
.a,eo social obligations to the house
lies. N '''0'i i"'''-
he Sutherland property there
~. villages as well as farms and ten
.,n,' farmers There are gamekeepers
$50 gardeners. grooms, boatmen.
mas.,e' and many more; whose do
'''N lives fail 10 the carr ~ tho