Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-06-08
LORD SH0LTO SEEKS
RELIEF FROM DEBTS
In London Bankruptcy Court
Changed Figure From Early
Days.
F Am Gus IN CALIFORNIA
Englishrnan Cut Wide Swath
Years Ago in San Francisco.
Winning Vaudeville Triumph.
Rr ROBERT wELLEs RrrcH1E

BY ROBERT WE:LLEs RITCHIE.
LONDON, juno Poor old Lord
snolto Douglas, once the most talked
OF man in san Francisco and the seven
Gays wonder OF all Cal!forn:a-poor
OLD Sholto'S gone on the rocks
London. which does not know its
own Lord Snolto nearly as we'll as
.he City By the Golden Gate once did
shol,o. described N the receiving
order and commonly known as Lord
Snolto Douglas" had entered a pe;i-
Bankruptcy Court. He didn't have
penny of assets and no chattels upon
~s.e3 an. anyihns ecplt he realized ne
taat before the death OF his kither IN
Zoo nc had received an allowance OF
si9eo and that he had inherited $50
war"
~; At:er lSs:as AL n:s none early in
on the. bounty OF relative who had
nlade them an allowance o! $50 week;
but now that had been Withdrawn
There was positively not silver in
Sight and his debts amounted 20 near
known In Frisco.
\ diferen, Lord Sho!;o this middle
ased and humb!ed man nho stood
with head bowed before the Senior
IgMcsai Reeve; from IN. ono San
dINleCO Knew IN lne c3Els Nl1st!eS.
Then Lord Sholto Douglas cut fam
:ng s"ath athSari naughty Frisco
when only vas e1ualled subsequently,
nv wealthy miners from the klond Ike
Us picture va. In every paper, his
ramc on every lin.
hit Market street with loud noise
ana cloud o. smoke in 1879 Mas al
saould he from its Instruction b. the
vaudeville stage and its recollection
90 the elder Southern n Lord Dundre-
IN The middle and plastered down on
r.tner SIDE Si,h pomade pale blue
known in the ps,-sianS OF rne dag as
"a rush OF teeth 10 the face"
4 sherlock Hoime. Lord.
ie wore checks as large as new
development subdivision out near the
en- suSh as shegioek iIolmets u ..@ e'; to
su2:; on the stage when he followed
tHs in tae neisheorhood Of Ave pounds
"ua With carved IVORY aiiiator's
iNtd Tor handle
~ was mark
4 t pG Ssa T gSDt s 81 t5sD4 sesd wns
.oeGd or sny likely invss,ment. Re.
PAINS o: The oid Palace and every con
engineer OF an Indian chief Ni;h
inside Information on gold mine
stoom ned, MS shiilaher: and ;rottsd
vas Slutton for punishment. No cas-
Ter mark ever passed under the ferr?
clock. Sholto bought everything from,
brazilian diamonds 10 shares in the
IIaigh, Street
exhausted all the funny paragraphs
g" Sholto he made visit UP the Sac
ramento Valley and in Marysvtile. 1
,hrill. Hes heard abou, Inc Native
20 California is allowed to live. in
ignorance OF this grand and glorious
INSTITUTION? Garelessiy over har in
after his. arrival the scion of Norman
lineage dropped a .regretful tear that
order--havinE had the bad luck 70 be
born in England instead OF The Golden
NarysviIies ey,:ups determined thai
Lord shol,o should no, permanentiy
Son 50 for Ms exclusive beneti thes
'rSanized the. Order. OF the Wool!y Bear
;amd extended 10 the Enslishman an
urged that few had ever received this
honor; III that they We're absolutely
initiate.
What Made Him Run.
They nearly killed Lord Sholto at
That initiation These bra~ny young
see what made him run aud put him
together again rather badly But
sholto was game. and after the ordeal
chair at the head Of What What III iIocs.
editor doubtless referred 70 IS a
grooming board and he ordered the
, Hafa aa had S ss SHOES h.s e. S5a this sy
and she was a singer on small time
I:"retta's family tree ran o1ck TO the
Kings OF Ireland. perhaps. nut i, was
not listed in Burkes Pecrage. Lo-
retta's mother. was what the Frerah
call A "blanchisseuse." so were many
OF California; grand ladies e, on.
;nd the papers played Shoto clear
across the front page
for shoies ps de- decided ssdeT to
cess and the yonns e%s ss
stranded Was he down-heartedc Not
Sholtol
part for him to play a skit oppo-
site Mrs. sholto, and he made his pre-
miere in The same .heateT that, first
"foots.''
stage Appearance n Mot.
In their prime never had The s. r. O.
sign out on the sidewalk so fast Tho
only stage appurtenance that might
have added to, the finish OF the act
was net All Sholto had 10 do was
Ia come out on the stage and appear
natural. Tho audience did the rest
After a whrlwind career on the
stage Sholto and the pretty Loretta
disappeared. San Francisco never
heard of them thereafter.
can only add this hit---and A sad
cne---to the latest history OF the man
who once awoke naughty Frisco. The
eldest son Of the once gay Skolto and
Loretta Mooney-who was Native
Son, even if his daddy couldn't be-
was killed fighting In France last
year.
Soldier Snves Large Sum.
SAN FRANCISCO, June THE