Evening star., 1915-03-07

lent of the North church tower a
signal light. and feminine Gen. W ash
ineton is rail-, ing the main body of her
army, lnayhap ON Hampstead Heath, or
even III the :tristocratic confines of
Hyde Park itself
That feminine Washington will be
Lady Londonderry. whose name alone,
should you happen to he up in the
rela tiotshps of the British peerage,
will tell you that she presumably has
worked in connection with the recent
situation in Ulster. which so nearly
plunged this country into civil war,
while even on the brink of Il sang summary
world conflict. For Lady Londonderry,
who is, probably, in her early thirties,
and who is famous as one OF the hand
soonest women and most brilliant en-
tertainers in London society, is the
da aughter-in-la of the rich and re-
noWued late Marquis of Londonderry,
who, i'll turn, WAS the Ulster movement
AS such, no one WAS in the least sur
DriSeu to hear that the marchioueSS had
taken no small part in the now famous
'gun-running exploits in Ulster, and
that that part, which reputedly con-
sisted of carrying dispatches, and after
that rifles. i'll her own motor car, with
herself at the pilot wheel. we'll as of
flag signaling, had been carried out
efficiently and even brilliantly remem-
bering both the ancestry and the past
exploits of the marchioness.
For her ladyShip, besides being the
Marchoness of Londonderry, is a
daughter of that famous old parla-
mentary war horse and hard-riding
veteran of the hunting field, the Right
Hon. Henry Chaplin, who, among many
other things, one of the closest
friends and most loyal :idherents of the
late Joseph Chamberlain. Incidentally, at
seventy-two, he is one of the most pic
tureSque personalities in Great Britain.
Every body is familiar of course, with
the story of how he won the derby, in
a snowstorm, with the famous horse
Hermit. and incidentally ruined the
man who had run away with and mar
ried his former fiancee, Lady Florence
Iaget, the pocket Venus and famous
beauty, and up to the beginning of the
war he hunted regularly with the re-
noWned Pytcheley pack, and i'll the sea-
son of 19131914 had two bad accidents.
either of which might have finished
many a younger man. but which failed
to even feaZe ''the squire, he is al
ways called.
His two daughters, Edith (now Lady
Londonderry and Florence, who is
now a famous yachtswoman with
whole collection of cups and other
trophies, were encouraged from the'r
earliest girlhood to excel in outdoor
pursuits and pastimes. and Lady Lon
donderry is a strong and Sfaceiul
swimmer and expert golfer, as well as
one of the best horsewomen IN Eng
land She was one of the first IN so
ciety to try riding astride ana now
never rides any other way. she Is as
good a shot as most men.
Here mother died when she was NJ
tie more than a baby. whereupon she
and her sister were taken uhder ,ne
wing of her aunt. the brilliant MILL
cent, Duchess of Sutherland. VINO Is
now running a hospital somewhere
in France" The duchess late nus.
band was, of course. the greatest OF
English landlords, and his two pretty
nieces, the Chaplin girls, had the run
of his three wonderful seats, StaHord
House in London. Trentham HAN IN
Staffordshire and Dunrobin Castle II,
Scotland Later on the marchioness ana
her sister, together with two other
now-renowned society women. Lady
Constance Stewart Richardson ana
Lady Cromartie, became known as
the quartet" and they all but one
made brilliant marriages. the eidef
Miss Chaplin's Capture" of the Mar
quis of Londonderry's heir being reck-