The Washington herald., 1913-07-02
Court Gossip of Interesting
Events on THO Continents

Wniano. He also owns 5aoo0 acres In
ustraila. as well as Considerable
$500 IN Canada. Mr.. Burb,des's
mas owned property in Wiltshire
80. 'he fourteenth century. and n. ba.
1911. tne keenest interest in both tbs
h.;n and territorial army. Besides
p-i,;s, member of the COMMITTEES Of the
nIovnar, Association for the EN-
p.osnneht or Ex-Soldiers. he h.. 1900
on the War Office Committee
osahized a Territorial CycI,,. 60
aniohs the 5000 men emnIovad -, ~.
-, SO keen has he been in the ,.rri-
49,. sause mat he has given a Sor,-
nsnt extra vacation. with nav 70 49,,
fiie,hoer OF his stan who joined The 800
pou. SIX hundred acres Of the Dree-
ho n Sas'ie estate, in Midlothian. hays
,. purchased by the British govern
a. l tne JOINT use Of the War once
ment. The land lies about IN. p.n,,ans
nihs, and there are 100 acre. ~ vaod.
me oeautiful Den of Dreghorn" q. Nc,
70 De touched, which Is satisfactory .s ..
one OF the most picturesque spots 9,
Scotland. A rife range Is 70 he 80.
Ished on a part of the land. which q. g.,
'he immediate vicinity of the new bar-
RACKS at BEDFORD. The Dreghorn Castle
estate was purchased in the sos NJ
me last century by the late Mr.. r. A.
Mache. NJ. p. The estate was OWNED a
long time by the Homes of KeIloe
Blair Drummond House, the wall
known seat of the late Col Home Drun,-
mono, mas been sold to Sir Alexande,
Nay Muir. OF Deanston. along with about
Sop acres of the estate The new; ouns-
was tenant Of the low ground shooting.
on the property last year and In IaIr
hHlr Drummond is beautifully situated
surfing. and it is within two miIes of
Deanston House, the present re.ide,cs
OF us new owner. Sir Walter Scott sew.
srai umes was guest at Drummond
me pace, IN the eighteenth century
belonged to Lord Kaimes, ancestor Of
the late proprietor of the estate.
one OF the most remarkable stories Of
domestic trouble and villainy was pub-
iished in the Paris Figaro, utterly nm
renewable in a civilized nation Of m.
twentieth century. I shall relate n bere.
IL Is the sad tale of French COUNTIES.
VINO had been divorced without he-
knowledge while continuing to reside with
ner husband. Had Figaro not mentioned
tne names OF all parties concerned
t"hich L prefer to withhold. a. the Iady
Is well known in this country ana shs
evidently Is the victim of a foul pIot,-
should not have repeated the scandal
Inc countess declared that recently
she was met by lawyer. an Old friend
or her family. and who asked her vhers
she was living since her divorce Sbs
replied. But I am not divorced. and
am still living happily with my husband
Inc friendly lawyer thereupon informed
her that he knew her HUSBAND h.d ~.
tanned divorce decree; also that h.
was about to marry a wealthy widow
Investigation showed that the djvo,c.
had been granted on account of alleged
notorious misconduct" whereas IRE
countess is stated by hsr friends to be
Flrtuous woman II seems she has
signed numbe- of documents at the re-
quest OF her husband without readinv
them 1t has now been ascertained fba,
the statements in them included A re-
tusaI 10 live with her husband, an ac-
ceptance Of the divorce decree ana !.
receipt for the restitution of her dow
The police authorities were consulted
oy the countess, and meanwhile N.
count mas married the other woman
The suggestion of a Lincoln memorial
IN London in celebration of the one hum
dred years of peace, recalls the fact that
the great hberator already is commence
rated In the British metropolis by the
Lincoln Tower at Christ Church
Westminster Bridge Road. The tower n
200 feet high. and was hoilt by Ameri-
cans at the close OF the civil war, in
appreciation of the sympathy extended
by the Rev. Norman Hall and his con.
gregation to the union cause, when pub
lie opinion in England almost entirely
was on the side of the South. The STARS
and Stripes" are wrought In the stone
work Of the tower. also the British Lion
and American Eagle. FLANEvJR