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the. great works at Strollox on the
north bank Of the canal which con-
meets the Fourth and the Clye to. work
the patents In question.
LORD GLENcoNNER
Is VERY WEALTHY.
The success Of the undertaking was1
assured from the frst, as the cost of
bleaching cotton was reduced by %
per cent. By degrees the Strollox
works became one Of the principal
chemical concerns Of the United
Kingdom, and today Strollox and the
great Tharsis Copper Company, own
Ing copper mines In Spain. in which
the stock Is almost entirely owned
by the Tenant family. contribute to-
render Lord Glenconner one Of the
richest members of the House OF
Lords. He Is also the head OF the
steel company OF Scotland, and II u
in connection with Its relation to the
United States steel trust In America
that he occasionally comes over here
to keep in touch with that great
American organization.
To all the Irish In the United
States Lady Glenconner II of inter-
est as a great-granddaught of
lOTu Eu"aTu = iI@bCIoAus OAC VI tilC
most remarkable figures OF the
Irish nationalist movement at the
close of the eighteenth century and
of the latter's wife. the famous Pa
mela, alleged to have been the
daughter Of Nine. de Genlis and of
King Louis Philippe, of France. 1t
is in memory of her great-grand-
mother, Lady Edward Fitzgerald.
that Lady Glenconner bears the
Christian name OF Pamela.
Besides being q most brillian,
musician, she Yields a very grace
full pen. and has published several
books, among the best known of
which are those entitled Village
Notes" and The White wallet"
She was a member Of that one-time
noted coterie in London known as
The Souls" of which Henry White,
one of the United States delegates
to the peace conference in Paris,
was the only American member, and
her features are familiar to many
on this side of the Atlantic. thanks
to the reproduction OF, the wonder
full painting by the American-born
royal academician John S. Sargent,
and in which she Is portrayed with
her two sisters, Mrs. Charles Ade-
ane and Lady Wemyss, King Ed
ward endowing 1t with the title OF
The Three Graces."
DRYBURGH ABBY
Is VERY FAMOUS.
Lord Glenconner at one time owned
a controlling interest in the London
Times. inherited from his father, the
late Sir Charles Tenant. But he
parted with it to Lord Northcliffe, who
subsequently increased his holdings
in that paper, of which he is now the
dominant figure.
In Scotland, over which Lord Glen
conner has reigned on several occa-
sions as the kings lord high commits
sioner to the general assembly OF the
church during its annual two weeks
session at Edinburgh. where he and
Lady GlencoRner held court at the
royal palace OF Holyrood in behalf Of
the sovereign he enjoys much popu-
lar favor and good will through his
purchase at a cost Of $4,000 and
subsequent presentation to the Scot
fish nation of the Dryburgh Abbey
for preservation as a national pos
session.
Dryburgn Abbey is one of the most |
historic and picturesque ruins in the
British Isles. The name is derived |
from the Gaelic darach bruach, or
oak bank. in allusion to the groves Of |
oak trees, where the Druids in pre- !
historic days were wont to practice |
their religious rites.
The ruins of the abbey occupy the
spot where in the beginning OF the |
sixth century st. Modan. an Irish |
monk and missionary. established a |
on a tongue of land |
washed on three sides by the River |
Tweed. In 1150 King David founded |
a great monastery there for the white |
canons from Alnwick. The monastery !
and abbey were partially destroyed |
by the English under Edward II. |
King Robert I restored to it all its |
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