The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-16

ignorance of the true state OF affairs,
and of the real sentiments among the
po"t' tnat ls 10 say the least. aston!sl-
Ing. Had the attack OF the preiatn
been addressed 20 any other member q.
me Imperial family. IL would have been
In questionable taste; but that ii
should have been aimed a; ArchJuch-
css Augustine, OF all people In the
world. has excited good deal OF in.
diSnutoN. az Il piece Of siRgularly mis-
directed zeal AID injustice. which ~
iktiy to be resented nowhere more
thun at Rome.
= Archdukc Joseph, the husband OF
Princcss Augustine, commands, as gen
erhl OF division, the troops at Buda-
ent Representatives OF the re,gmins
house OF liapsburs. and. like his tnthcr
ana grandfather and namesakes before
him, is FAR more hungarian than Aus
lure, Mt any rate dc iacto, the fret
lady of the land In hungary. n!s
grandfather. .irchduke Joseph. was
Palatinc OF Hungary as long as the lat
ter was an autonomous provincc| ina,
is TO say, until the Revolution OF 1919
ana while the Office has ceased since
hungary has become q virtually indie
pendent kingdom. SIN. at the same
time. 1t cannot be denied that tho pres
ent Archdukc Joseph. Hike his father
before MN. nils. nj any rate in social
Mngyars. One OF his sisters is mar.
ried 10 the Duke OF Orleans, and an
other Is the wife or the head Of IN,
prineGly and ducai house Of Thurn.
and Taxis.
Lord Herbert, who Is due in New
York Tomorrow, from England. on
p;%. ;, I the he. olympie with Lady Beat
pres snt Marquis OF Angloaey, is the
eldcs; son and heir of the fourtcentli
earl OF Pembroke and Montgomery, is
captain OF the Royal Horse Guards, Il
one OF EnGland's crack polo players,
and has an American aunt, in the per
son son Of Leila. Lady Herbert, sister of
M ,h ,Corng,ius Vanderbilt, daughter of
.ork. and widow OF Sir Michael Her
pert. who died as British Ambassador
TO the United states. Young Lord Her
Herbert" but as Lady Beatrice" in
conversation. in view of the fact that
she ranks as a marquess's daughter.
her husbands courtesy title being
merely that of baron.
Lord Herbert. like the other members
of his house, is blessed with good
i9,oks. good manners, and many accom-
eroua foreign ainilntions of his family.
Thus. the seventh Earl OF Pembroke
married particularly lovely French
woman, sister of that Louise de Qucr-
ouailles, who was one OF the most IA
nous OF the favorites OF Charles H.,
and by him the ancestress of the
Dukes aarS OF Richmond. The eleventh
cdTi married the only daughter OF
Simon. Count Woronzoff who was for
so many years Russian ambassador in
London; while the late Sir Michael
Herbert was only keeping up the fam
lily tradition in this respect when he
led to. the altar Miss Leila Wilson, OF
New York.
Lord Herbert. when his father dies.
Will inherit the latter'5 great carpct
manufacturing business At the time
when the French Protestant weavers
were driven from their native land by
the revocation Of the Edict OF Nantes.
and sought refuge in England, lnrge
number of them settled at Wilton.
There they prospered, and received
charter from William III, which
formed tho skilled workmen Into &
corporate body, prohibiting any person
not licensed by the guild from setting
up carpet works within ten miles OF
Wilton. Most of the weavers lived on
Lord Pembroke's Wilton House cs-
tates a few years ago Lord Penn
broke. finding the business In diff
cultles, formed a company, in conjunc-
tton with Lord Radnor and Lord Is
liz Tton. for assuming control OF the
industry, which has now become cX-
tremely prosperous. Wilton carpets and
rugs enjoying Worldwide fame, OWING
to the care with which they are made.
each knot of wool being tied separate
~. there being nearly 100000 knots 10
every square yard.
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