The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-01-17
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gers on board the Mauretania are Lore
and Lady Poulett, whose name must oe
pronounced "Pawlet. Lady foulese
was formerly Miss Sylvia storey, one
of the members of the Gaiety IheaIs
Company, in London. and dau2hbSi ~
the well-known comedian. the iate TO- 81
storey The young earl was Io TOT, &c "a
resign his commission in the army AZ q
lieutenant of the Royal welsh ueiie..
regiment for marrying her rms NIUE ,e
not be construed as any rehectlon OF
tho character OF the countess But !.
was due TO a rule TO the effect tnat any
officer of the army contracting nanls
monial alliance with an actress shouid
be required 70 resign.
No such obligation exists in the case
of the officers of the navy. inc reason
for this is that the latter. when on ser
vice. leave their wives at home. wnere-
as in the army the officers have their
wives and children living with then
wherever stationed. and are necessarily
brought into close association WIN WIN
the wives of their fellow officers; Tor
the officers OF a regiment. with their
wives and children; form not merely
a small colony or club, but one large
family In the event of one Of the
OFFICERS having a wife who. for one
reason or another. Is sighted or boy
cotted by the wives and daughters
of his superiors and comrades. the
situation becomes exceedingly us
agreeable. not to say intolerable.
OF course, it is a rule tndt clten Is
most unjust in it's effects. for there are
actresses whose names are free from
the slightest breath of scandal, ana
who are 10 be met at some of the
greatest houses in England. on so
cial footing. But still there does
undoubtedly remain a social preJu-
dice against the stage. which fouhu W.
expression in the maintenance by even
so progressive and liberal minded a
monarch as King Edward. OF the ola
regulation barring actresses from pre-
sion to court festivals and functions.
Young Lord Pouletts succession
to the earldom and valuable estates
was attended by all sorts OF dinicul-
ties in the shape of legal proceedings
on the part of an Individual VINO our,
ing the lifetime of the late earl useo
SON He styled himself Viscount
Hinton" had at one time been clown
in a circus. and attracted attention Dy
peram bulating London and the pro-
-vinces as an organ grinder. the organ
bearing a placard to the effect that ne
was compelled to resort to this means
the refusal of his father, the .enor-
mously rich sixth Earl of Pouiett, 10
contribute TO his maintenance.
The late earl, when very young
man, long before his accession to the
title. had wagered his fellow ofncers
of the Second Regiment OF Foot at
would wed the Hrst girl he met In the
street after leaving the mess oinner
table. He won the wager. married the
next day. and three weeks iate pe1 Ge-
seen before he made this foonsh PEI;
Eight weeks afterwards she gave plrtn
to a son. On the ground OF having Deen
born in lawful wedlock, the son: wnen
he grew up, claimed to be the. ofspring
of the earl But he did not dare TO 90
so as long as his mother was ailve- Sne
never furnished the late. earl with
grounds for instituting divorce pro-
ceedings against her. and ne was TOO
heartily ashamed of the episode to
ATTEMPT to prosecute her for false
declaration as to the paternity OF her
son as long as she lived.
The Committee for Privileges OF the
House of Lords. on the claims OF the
orgsn.grinde, to the t sasid 1ate io e,i
death, decided that on the evidence
produced the claimant could not
possibly be the offspring OF the sixth
earl. and pronounced itself in favor OF
the right of the late earl,s son ny a
holder of the title.
Lord Poulett represents younger
branch of the Poulett famliy,o1 whicn
the Marquis of Winchester is the chiel
having committed Cardinal Wolsey
to the stocks when that powerful
Drelate was only schoolmaster at
Limington. in Somersetshlre- Anotner
Sir Amias Poulett was prlnc1pal JaiIer
of Mary, Queen of Scots. John PouIett
was raised 20 the peerage by james l.;
and Queen Anne promoted tne Lore
Poulett of her day to an eS-.dom Tor
his services in negotiating the treaty
of union with Scotland The grand old
places in Somersetshire, has been in the
possession of the Poulett family. and
ancestors of the present earl In the
male line direct, since the reign OF
tCopyrieht, 1918. by the Brentwood
CnnpnanU