Omaha daily bee., 1914-11-22

the charming Miss Mildred Carter. daugh.
ter of J. Ridgely Carter. OF Maryland.
Lady Constance Stewart Richardson,
whose graceful figure and dances have
been widely admired in the United States,
is sufferer by the war. Her husband, Sir
Edward Stewart Richardson, a captain in
the Black Watch Regiment Of Highlanders,
has been wounded.
Lady Constance is noted for the courage
with which she has barred her feet and
limbs to the public She believes that It is
a crime for woman to distort her body
with corsets, tight shoes and other un-
healthy clothes. Her interpretative
Greek and other dances, which she q
performs with bare feet, have given
much pleasure. Her feet are as per-
feet as the famous Trilbys.
Lady Constance is a grand
daughter of a former Duke OF
Sutherland This Important noble
family has lost several members.
Lieutenant David Bingham, OF the Cold
stream Guards, a grandson OF the Earl OF
Lucan. was killed in action. He was mar
ried Just before the war TO niece OF the
Duchess of Sutherland. This young onl-
Ger was a stepson of Mrs. Cecil Bingham,
American beauty.
A strikingly tragic death was that of the
Hon. r. G. Pearson, youngest son or Lord
Cowdray one OF the richest men In Eng
land. and a central figure In the recent
disturbances in Mexico. Young Pearson
was only twenty years old, and leaves
bride of nineteen years.
Captain Allan Cameron, brother OF
Cameron OF Lochiel. whose position means
as much to Scotchmen as dukedom, Is
among the killed.
The Scotch Duke of Atholl has two sons
wounded, Major Lord George Murray and
Captain Lord James Murray
Among the many British noblemen killed
have been Captain Lord Guernsey, of the
Irish Guards, the Earl of Leven and Mel
vile, of the Scots Greys, the Earl of Marine
and Captain Lord Arthur Hay, son of the
Marquis of Tweeddale.
The picturesque Duke of Westminster,
patron Of sport and connoisseur OF beauty,
F., has been In the thick of the fighting. His
half-brother, Lieutenant Percy Wyndham,
who was serving with him in the same
regiment, was killed,
1t is remarkable to find how deeply
American women are concerned in this
war. Winston Churchill head Of the Brit
fish Admiralty, is the son OF an American
woman, the former Jennie Jerome, of New
York. Admiral Beatty, who commands
one OF the British squadrons in the North
Sea, is married to an American woman,
daughter OF the late Marshall Field OF
Chicago.
General Sir John Maxwell, who COM
mands the British troops In Egypt which
have Just been attacked by the Turks, has
an American wife, formerly Miss Virginia
Bonynge.
A host of titled husbands of American
women are now fighting at the front. Lord
tnyhn fad
had distinguished career in the army be.
fore his marriage, and has gone on active
service again The Earl of Granard, son.
in-law of Ogden Mills, has become colonel
Of an Irish regiment
Lord Ashburton, who married the Amer
lean Gaiety girl, Frances Donnelly, has
gone as a captain in the Hampshire Cara
bineeers.
Lord Cheylesmore who married Miss
Elizabeth French, Of New York, Lord
Craven. sonin-law of Bradley Martin, the
Earl of Suffolk, Daisy Letters husband, the
Earl Of Ancaster, who married Miss Eloise
Breeese, of New York, and the Hon. John
Ward, brother of the Earl of Dudley, and
husband of Whitelaw Red's daughter, are
all serving in the army.
The American Duchess OF Marlborough
is directing in London the Committee of
Mercy, the most efficient organization for
the relief Of sufferers from the war. Her
husband is serving at the front.
Mrs. Lewis Harcourt, who is a niece Of
the late Pierpont Morgan, and wife OF a
British Cabinet Minister, is a prominent
member Of Queen Mary's Needlework
Guild, which is turning out socks and
bandages for the soldiers.
Owing to the great prominence OF Amer
lean women in English society, they are
suffering from the war almost as much as
English women.
sor long time there will be none OF the
brilliant entertainments which American
girls love so much, but they will do their
work n helping the sufferers with as
much energy as they formerly put into
amusing themselves.
The Russian court and aristocracy have
suffered at least as much as the English.
Prince Oleg, the young nephew of the
Grand Duke Nicholas, the Russian com
manderin-chief. was killed early in the
war. The Prince was, OF course, a cousin
OF the Car.
Prince Cantacuzene, a Russian cavalry
onicer, who is great favorite at the
Cars Court, has come back from the