The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-06-09
LORD WODEHOUSE ON
ENGLISH POLO TEAM


(Which has been in the family for over
ooo years. do not boast OF a single pub
ic-house, as dramshops and beer sa-
looms are called in England
All or Lord kimbcrley's property Is
not, however. situated in Norfolkshire
he mas extensive estates in Devonshire
and Cornwall and as Lord OF the Manor
OF Falmouth owns the greater part of
that seaport. The nearest town to
himoerle% is Wymondharn. well-known
to the sporting world. and which. with
that delightful way which the English
nave or pronouncing words in II man
ner entirely contradictory to the meth
od of spelling, is pronounced as If snel,
Windham.
The present Lord Kimberley's young
er brother, the Hon. Armine Wode-
house, who died a few years ago. was
married to daughter of the late
Matthew Arnold, sister of Mrs Fred
erick w. Whitridge. of New York. Mrs.
Armine Wodehousc has since married
again. and is now Lady Sandhurst.
wife OF Lord Sandhurst, the lord cham
berlain OF the court of ST. James
The city of Kimberley in South At
rica, so famous throughout the world
as the centre OF the South African dia.
mond industry, owes its name TO tho
late Earl of Kimberley, by whose di
rection. when Secretary of State for
the Colonies. the mines and the entire
district In which they are situated were
taken under the protection Of Great
Britain In 1871. The late Lord kim
berley was likewise secretary of the
colonies when British Columbia was
added to the Dominion of Canada
Although Grand Duke Nicholas Con-
stantinovitch is set down in the cur
rent issue of the Almanach de Gotha
as living at Tashkcnd, in Turkestan.
he has for the last three or four years
past made his home In the Crimea. at
a villa in the suburbs Of Balaklava,
where he is now reported to be very
Ill. indeed, with small prospects of re-
covery. He has bitterly atoned for his
misconduct of thrty-seven years ago.
when he became to such an extent in
fatuatcd with the Philadelphia adven-
turess. Hattie Blackboard, known in Eu-
rope under the nom de guerre of
Fanny Lear" that for her sake he
stole not only his mothers Jewels. but
even number of the precious stones
of the imperial chapel besides con-
fding to his American inamorata all
sorts of confidential family papers. The
jewels and most of the papers were
recovered from the woman by the no
lice, and she only escaped deportation
TO Siberia through the Intervention of
Eugene Schuyler. then United States
charge d'afaires, thanks to whom her
punishment was restricted to expul-
sion fromo Russia.
Grand Duke Nicholas was banished
to Turkestan, being deprived of all his
military honors. Alexander III. de-
clined to lessen i'll any way the pun
ishment inflicted by his father upon
the grand duke. But the present En-
peror at length yielded to the entrea-
ties of Queen Olga in her brothers. be-
half, and permitted his transfer from
tt-lSa
to Balaklava. with his wife and chill
dren, on the understanding that he
would live there very quietly. without
attracting attention, and that he would
make no attempt to leave the Crimea
Moreover, while Nicholas declined 20
reappont him to any OF his former
commands in the army, or even to re-
vive his military rank, he restored his
name to the roster of the knights of
the Order of St Andrew.
The marriage OF the grand duke does
not appear In any official records, and
court and government affect to ignore
the existence of his wife and children
who do not share his rank or title
His wife is the daughter of a former
Governor of Orenburg. that Is to say,
Il woman of fairly good family, and the
children have been carefully brought
up by French and German tutors and
Governesses.
The grand duke, whatever he may
have been In his younger years. rem
dered himself very popular at Tash-
kend. and also since his arrival at
Balaklava, by his amiable and gentle
manners. also by his devotion to his
wife and children. conveying the i'm
preston of having been to a great
extent broken in spirit by his long
exile and virtual captivity.
The Russians have always had a sort
OF special sympathy for the branch of
the reigning dynasty OF Romanoff, to
which Grand Duke Nicholas and Queen
olga belonged. For they cannot for
get that the father of the grand duke.
the late Constantine Nicholaiovitch.
was one OF the most liberal minded
and progressive princes OK the imperial
FAMILY, and that he played a very i'm
portant role In the emancipation OF the
serfs by his elder brother, Alexander
H. Indeed. the emancipation would
have been more complete had Con-
stantine had his way.
That Grand Duke Constantine Mich
olaiovitch was one of the first or the
reiSning family TO appreciate the beau
Ties OF the Crimea, and spent the de-
Ginning years of his life in the mag
innocent country seat which he had
constructed for himself on the Crimean
coast. Known By the name OF Cas-
sandra. it burned down shortly after
its creators death, and has never been
rebuilt
Copyright, 1913, by the Brentwood