The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-19
BRITISH ADMIRAI,S
WE'D AMERICAN WOMEN

ming promotion from tho rank OF
commander TO that OF captain. at the
early age Of twcnty-nirc. hy his cap
ture o, couple Of Chinese batteries
with Few of his sailors
Both OF these admirals eniov in an
altogether exceptional degree the
friendship aud good will Of KIM,
George while their American wives
are great favoritcs Of Queen Mary
The Beattys are near ncirhhors 10
Balmorai. and arc treated rs such bv
the monarch and his Censor, during
iheir annual autumn stay in tho nigh
lands while queen MARY learned to
know and appreciate tho American
wife or Admiral Hood. when nc was in
command OF the Naval college at Os-
borne. whore the Young princes re-
ceived their education
The Admiral and Mrs Hood make
their PRINCIPAL home at Shee, Lodge.
In tn" outskirts Of London ahutt,ns
on Richmond Park. ana which they
purchased from the late Duke of tire.
In fact. il was while visiting his sister.
the Duchess Of Fife. al sheen Lodge
that King George became attianced 10
Queen Mary, in Tho garden OF the
place.
Cardinals, being human. ara in 10
sense exempt from tho Ills that inific,
mankind. and tho story which comes
by cable from Rome tn the effect that
tho nervous breakdown {of Cardinal
Wives Tuto, has developed into So
acute a form Of ncurasthcnia as TO
entail the loss Of reason is n case
while extremely rare in tho annals Of
the Sacred College. not cntircly with
out prec dent.
For the late Cardinal Edward Henry
Howard became dementcd some nve
~ 10 h.. F..,.
a maCniAcent looking man who had
served as a lieutenant and rs can
tain In tho Second Regiment or I.lre
Guards before entering holy orders
In fact, Plus IN, when he appointed
him TO b. Arch Priest of ST Peters
at Rome. smilingly remarked that he
had selected him for tho Office because
he was the only man whose great
stature and majestic appearan, was
in keeping with tho magnificent gran
dcur Of the great Basilica
shortly after becoming cardinal. he
visited England, and attended a gar
den party at Marlborough House.
given by King Edward when still
FRINGE or Wales. and AT which Queen
victoria was present 1t was tho first
occasion Of a cardinal being invited
to royal entc, tsinmsni in England
since the days or tho Reformation.
Among the guests was the former
comma nding officer o. the Second
Regiment of Life Guards who had.
meanwhile. become a general and
coloncl-in chief of tho CORPS Being
Roman Catholic, he naturally bowed
the knee and kissed the ring Of Car
dinal Howard. the only instance OF
the colonel Of an English regiment
paying any such &C, Of homage to one
OF his former subalterns When Car
dinal Howard lost his reason ii be-
came necessary To place him under re-
straint. as his insanity was ~ 4 vio-
lent character. rendered dangerous nv
his great bodily strength and stature
ihat prince Of the church should
he committed TO n lGnatic asylum was
not to b. drcamt of for one moment
There was talk OF conhdns him in
monastery, which seems TO he the tate
IN stor" for tho Spanish born Cardinal
NiNes Y Tuto. But Cardinal Towards
cousin. and tho chief Of his family tho
Duke Of Norfolk. premier peer az the
BRUSH realm, would not hear or any
such thing. and took charge OF his at
iiictcd relative, setting aside io,. his
use an entire remote wing of his beau-
tiful castle OF Arundel. in Suss>x.
With private garden, where the car
dinal spent the remaining years OF
his lie IN the care of private phvsi-
clans and nurses, the object OF the
most affcctionate solicitude on the
part Of the duke and of the latter's
brother. Lord Edmond Talbot lie died
there IN 1892. his remains being con
Voyed to Rome, for eutombmcnt in
his cathedral church Of ST. Peter
Arundel Castle, once the home OF
Alfred the Great is so vast in extent
and is surrounded by such spacious
grounds. that Cardinal Howard was
able 10 live there without his privacy
being ever disturbed by either guest.
~ the castle or by the thousands or
tourists visiting II every year.