The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-08
MANCHESTER DUKE
NOT AMERICANIZED
Despite Wife and Mother From
|. :. He Remains an
Englishman.
SKETCH OF HIS MOTHER
She Was Friend of King Ed
ward and Prominent
in Society.
SKETCH OF HIS MOTHER
>p,c.ai cabi- D-spatc. 10 rsr srv

LoNnoN. Feb. Tho Stttch devo,es Us
page LIN the Great World" this week
:" NJ Duke and duchess of Manchester.
"i" were guests of Frederick ". Wander
OK on ms Nhcht warrior when that ves-
sci was wrecked OF Savanilla on the Goa IT
OF Colombia n week go. The Duchess was
formerly Miss Helena Zimmerman of
Cincinnati.
The sketch does no, say much about
either the Duke or the Duchess. I, be-
gins 10y describing briefly the career OF
Mr. Zimmerman. the father of the
duchess. ANA then goes on TO say:
Between the Duke and his father-ir-
Jaw a'd between their affairs there ex-
iS'S the most perfect dissimilarity. An
American mother ard an American wife
ht'" not sufficed TO turn the Duke limo
awning of an American or 70 .niow him
VAIN IA" financial genius OF "A thinner
man oN lZnICi. HIS mother Cousualo
Duchess of Manchester. nee Yznnsa. was
not without N" ability that L. no mean
part oi IN" Inheritance OF the daughters
Of IN" United States"
tn" Sk'fch then proceeds 20 speak O,
the Dukes mother u SAYS.
INTO hey hands passed the enormous
,"Ui"ihi1n fortune Of her brother. Mr.
i1rdct, ana with IL a dozen financial
problems. u f.ll 10 hor to apport,on m,
large incomes to her sisters Lady Lister
Kaye ana Miss Emily y2rsga, ana 70
COZ" with some OF the difficulties OF he-
sons estate she faced m involved situa-
non win mans understanding and All
the Wh.l" was flling her place In tn.
social theme of smart London TO u4rfec-
ton. The deaths OF her husband and her
twin daughters shortly after their debut
ana th"u the death Of her brother left her
IN s.nsularly lonely position
From IN" time OF her advent into
Ensland. whom she became u member OF
what was known as tho MARLBOROUGH
ii"Hse set she was . friend OF the late
hing Edward and queen Alexandra and
was up t. II point tho leader OF Anglo.
American snclcty In London. In eros
Ncuor square. at Goodwood and AT Cuwes.
Wherever there nas Il crowd lin In. r.
s'rlcted sense proper to Enclosures and
preserves, tonsuelo Duchess of Man
'hcster was III" centre NJ the familiar
group Sh" was essentially h person Mt
Tor NOR" 1INelS forms OF social inter-
course. Her easy laugh and unhuri.na,
manner made hcr attention To tho dim.
cult ana hurh"nsome affairs OF the house
81 Montagu all the more notable"
u was evidently difficult To find much
10 say about the present Duke and
duchess, for returning 10 them all the
writer can say is this:
rho younger Duchess has not FASTENED
In NIL her mothor-iG-law's place IN London
society. Hardly more than AN Informal
dane" or two al Grusvenor square marked
her removal from F~iarV Court wh.ro
'onsurlo Duchess OF Manchester once
reigned to considerable purpose. Ireland
Nn' america 50" more OF III. Duke ana
Duchess than London. and although the
Duke gets the name Kim from Kimboton
Castle. h" and his wife spend most OF
their time at kylcmorc Castle. in Come.
mara, ireland America proves hardly
less attractive.
Tho children Of the Duke and Duchess
have American blood on both sides and
tuture Duke may even speak with an
accent as much of America as Of Cam
bridge"