Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-01
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- shall Chief Butler England is so rich and
powerful that he can have almost anything his heart
desires.
to the Royal Family His Grace is tops in England
He is worth o0o 49oo0-acre estate and
castle with hundreds of off gold dinner
that weighs ton and is valued at 100000 In
spite of all this, the Duke is worried Ever his
marriage to the pretty daughter of Lord Beper he
kept blue nursery room spic and span awaiting the
arrival of and heir But the Duchess has failed to
take the hint Every year she has presented him with
baby daughter and so more room has been painted
pink in the historic pile for the feminine who
of course, can't be put in the blue boys
Greybeards and old his vast acreage shake
their heads They tell their neghbors of the old legend
that the first-born in the FitzaanHoward family is
always girl
But something has happened. Dukes three chill
all girls The curse. it be, has triply
wreaked its vengeance the son-hungry Duke.
most old legends, there isn't much truth in this
one the Dukes father faced with similar pre-
dcament The old Duke he affectionately called
the daughter of Lord bennington so
ago bride beautiful wealthy and highborn. Her
mother had been countess in her own right unique
privilege in the peerage of Great Britain.
They the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, and
everyone breahed a sigh of relief For and for ALL
they thought the old legend had been dsproved and so
would seem.
The young Earl was wel-liled and would have made
fine Duke when succeeded his father But he
got chance He died when he only % years old,
before his education given him time
choose Englands egibles The Ears mother
died years after her sons birth and the Duke
had not remarked
A perplexng question then The Duke 55
and laws covering the succession TO peerage
strict Ten Commandments
No girl child can inherit Duledom, sonless
adopt child TO inherit his estates If the Duke like
the present Duke of Norfolk has daughters but no sons
the daughters kicked the castles and estates
when dstanty related male takes up his duties as
Duke-and heir
This is tough any family but especially
on Duke whose private fortune may be too small to
hghborn daughters after he's since most
large estates in the are left in trust to be
handed down. like family portraits from one generation
to
In the case the present Dukes father, if he died
without SON the entaled estates would pass
cousin, who not acceptable for curious
The Duke had nothing against this cousin at all But
the Duke Roman Catholic and spiritual leader of
his people England AS head Of the Catholic laty the
Duke welded a beneficial influence that he inherited
and expected pass future generations OF his
family his cousin and heir not Roman Catholic
this tradition would die with the Duke unless some
thing done about IT.
The Duke went to Rome and advised that he
should marry again This, the valiant Duke did, even
though he still cherished the memory his first wife.
His second wife Baroness Herries, title which
she bore in her own right and which made her one of
highlands most distinguished nobcwomen.
Then the terrible legend came into being again The
Duchess bore her husband girl Time was short The
Duke was growing older and there must be more pink
nurseries Arundel Castle The Ducal pair consulted
physicians the Continent and their excursion was re-
v.trded A son the present Duke was born 10 them in
1905 So encouraged they that the Duchess also
brought forth two offspring, both daughters and
When the old died the age Of 90 he breathed
peace for he had sturdy son 70 carry on the
family titles
Bernard tended carefully as a hotholse plant
and when arrived at suitable spent many OF his
evenings looking the crop of eligible girls who might
carry mantle Of Duchess with dignity and preside
lr the nursery a hospitahle
But the Duke 8 still young His wife is strong and
healthy While they delighted to have such eligible
daughters they keep prayerul eye the blue nursery
and hope that day It's cradle Will be hlcd with
future Duke Of Norfolk