Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-04-13

not plain Mrs. Smith, bat -startinglY beauti-
full personality. With Nazi secret agents
everywhere, how could she hope to conceal her
identity from them?
In 1885 Lord Howard was engaged to
Kathleen Meyrick one of the six charming
daughters of the notorious Mrs Kate Meyrick.
AS most everyone knows Kate began business
with a small night club, obtained mysterious
backing opened up more and more expensive
and exclusive night clubs including the Silver
Slipper and the Forty-Three Club, for some
time making a profit of $4,000 a week.
One of the reasons for her success was
the fact that she served drinks all night in
defiance of the law Every time Scotland Yard
sent their operatives disguised night-life
spendthrifts to her places they invariably
found the law obeyed to the letter. Finally
it was discovered that one of Scotland Yards
own officials was tipping Kate off. For brib-
ing an officer of the law she served a prison
sentence but died a rich woman.
Mrs Meyrick used her wealth to place her
daughters in circles far above her own sphere
and succeeded in an almost miraculous manner
Mrs Meyrick,s oldest daughter, May, mar
red the Earl of Kinnoull, a nobleman of
ancient historic family. They received their
first title from King Alexander III of Scot
land in 1851 and have held high position
in most of the family property. Mays hus-
band was not a mighty general or statesman,
but he was kind to his wife and deeply
mourned by her
The late Lord Kinnoull was married first
to Miss Enid Hamilton Fellows, of the Wills
tobacco family, one of the greatest heiresses
in England but he did not have the ability
to hold on to her, allowed her to divorce him.
and was married a year later to May Meyrick.
He had tried various ways of making living
such as selling motor cars, helping to run a
night club and so on.
The second daughter-Dolly or Dorothy
Meyrick- Lord de Clifford. called
Little Lord Fauntleroy" by his friends at
the time of the marriage. His title dated from
1899. But like his brothers-in-law he was not
overburdened with worldly goods and has
tried to pick up penny or two in the night
club business and selling motor-cars.
The de Clifford family history is strong
in romance. A daughter of the first Lord
was Rosamond Clifford known as Fair Rosa
mond, the beautiful mistress of King Henry
H. who kept her in a lovely bower where
Queen Eleanor discovered her. as related in
the old legend and gave her the choice or
drinking a cup Of poison dying by tho
dagger in the Queens hand.
Nancy Meyrick, the third daughter. mar
RED IN 1888 Lieut. EDWARD F1tzROy. st. Aubyu.
cousin of Lord st. Levan. The st. Levans
are wealthy and have fine old castle called
St Michaers Mount in Cornwall. but Lieu
tenant st. Aubyn is only cousin
The main reason Kathleen Meyrick broke
her engagement to Lord Howard seems to
have been that just then he went bankrupt
Had she cared to finance the marriage there
was every expectation that Howard would
inherit his fathers title of Earl and a remote
possibility of becoming the Duke of Norfolk
the premier Duke of England and his wife
besides bearing the title of Duchess would be
the mistress of magnificent Arundel Castle
While Lord Howard was mourning his loss
the Hungarian beauty appeared as consolation.
Now she is lost too-he knows not why
or where.
The Howard family has been unlueky in
love before. The most prominent case was
Howard who was considered an acceptable
husband for the great Queen Elizabeth bsit
he preferred 70 WOO Mary Queen Of Scots
For this error in Judgment Elizabeth beheaded
him