South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-23

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i'm her youth u magnificent creature.
with faultless features, marvellous
golden curls and a splendid figure.
She kept the features, lost the figure
and borrowed new curls from her
hairdresser when her own ones be-
came white. She lived TO pretty
nearly so and remained the undis-
puted queen of that section Of Lon
don society which is 10 be found be-
tween KensingtOn ana Mayfair. She
gave receptions at Devonshire house
10 which invitations were sought
with far more eagerness than cards
for a ball at Buckingham palace
during the last years Of the reign
of Queen Victoria II is certain that,
thanks to her, persons who before
she opened her doors 10 them would
never have dared 10 aspire being
noticed by the upper ten thousand
at home and abroad. found their
way into that charmed circle. and
were finally adopted by il, some
times against "a consideration, but
adopted all the same which was the
only thing wanted.
Popularity Tainted"
The duchess of Devonshire. in
spite OF her generosity in the mat
ter of printed pasteboard, was not
so much liked as she. ought TO have
been. This / have never been quite
able TO understand. because she had
always shown herself extremely
kind and good natured toward all
the people whom she knew espe-
cially at the time when she was
still duchess of Manchester when
perhaps she had not felt quite 50
sure in regard TO her position as at
DevOnshire house. Probably envy
at her marvellous success had some
thing 10 do with the latent animos-
ity which existed against her i'm GER
tain circles, an luminosity that found
its way i'm Ouida's novels and in
malicious paragraphs in the penny
a-liners" that are read with such
relish by the cab drivers and Office
boys i'm London.
The duchess had been amazingly
lucky all through her existence, and
she deserved it, for in spite of her
idiosyncrasies she had remarkable
qualities. great intelligence and mar
velOus tact added TO an eXtraordi-
nary amount of perseverance. She
never offended any one who might
prove useful 10 her: she understood
TO perfection the art OF bringing to-
gether clever people and politicians.
Though not at all a brilliant con-
versationalist herself yet the wit
tiest takers in London used TO meet
at her house, and TO be eager for
the honor. She was. in her way. an
anomaly. because she had done
many things no one but herself
could have afforded to do. yet her
position in society had never been
shaken. and people did not even
smile at her yellow wig nor at any
of her many peculiarities.
She had played her cards so well
that when she was married 10 the
late duke of Devonshire the latter's
family were quite delighted TO well
come her into their midst. and she
always remained upon the best OF
terms with al the Cavendishes past,
present and future. She invariably
showed herself most gracious i'm re-
gard 10 them and went so far in her
sympathies that she bequeathed her
wonderful jewels TO the present
duchess
The Duchess History.
Louise was a Hanoverian by birth
the daughter Of Count Won Alien
and she had been clever enough 10
forget that such was the case and
TO become entirely English in heart
and feelings. She had been married
when a mere girl TO the then Wis
count Vaudeville, who succeeded his
father as duke OF Manchester very
short time after he had led her 10
the altar Their union lasted for
something like 40 years. and when
the duke died he was still i'm love
with his wife The latter mOurned
him according 10 the rules observed
in good society, and then awarded
her hand to her old friend and adj
mirer. the duke of Devonshire
making out Of DevOnshire house
and Chatsworth palace a meeting
place for all the distinguished people
OF England. as wei as OF Europe.
She was the last Of those great Ia
dies OF old who were queens i'm all
but name. and though widowed foi
the second time, il was still as
queen of society that she died, al
most suddenly and as sensationally
as she had lived. during one OF the
many race meetings she had always
loved TO attend.
The Baron HirsCh.
Among the people whom she pa
tIonized and whom she had intro
duced in the particular set that used
10 be seen about with the then
prince OF Wales. afterward King
Edward VII. was the late Baron
Hirsch. The baron, who had made
an enormous fortune somewhere in
the east was Hebrew and had
won glory and fame. not only on ac-
count OF his millions. but also be
cause OF the generous manner in
which he used his immense wealth
I 70 relieve the miseries Of mankind.