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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 13, 1897)
fsifrvi prf-fppTE THE COURIER. KU3. fe- - 31 'i v d- vi : , M St fc. , r. :f.-- Vi'-V T ; k & fc it. bondon Correspondence. You will want to know 631110 partic ulars. I am sure, of tbo baptism of the Marquis of nianaford at tbe Chapel Royal, St. James (by special permission of the Queen.) The little man had a bran-new robe, for there is no christen ing robo in the Churchill family why, I do not know. He was sd good, never even uttimpticgtocry, not even when theBub-dean and several very illustrious persons kissed him after the cermony. The Prince of Wale3 made the responsss in stentorian tones. It is an in teresting coincidence that he performed the same function in the very same building tweuty-iive years ago on behalf of the father of little John Albert Ed ward William Churchill. The Duchess looked delicata still, but radiant. She had a very pretty frock of the new laven der blue, with a laco yoke and sleeves over white 6atin. The company of rela tions was smart, and the gold cup which the Prince presented was duly admired; it has his arms on one side and those of the Marlboroughs'on the other. This ceremony ended, the Prince start ed off to pay his attentions to the Mar chioness of Blandford's sister, Lady Lansdowne, on the occasion of her daughter's marriage to the Marquis of Waterford. So punctual was he thathc reached St. George's a few minutes be fore bis graceful hostess, rather to her consternation. At the reception after the wedding this gave him an occasion, while mildly -chaffing" her, to display his wonderful memory. She had said something about being sorry she had kept him waiting in the church. Said the Prince, with his little chuckle, "Ab, my lady, this is not the first time. Do you know that you kept me waiting for exactly three minutes when I attended the christening of today's pretty bride, about twenty years ago" Theweddiog was very pretty. The aisle and porch were lined by tho stal wart troopers of the bridegroom's regi ment of Hone Guards, and a very pretty little ceremony was tbe presentation of the exquisite bequet of lilie3 of the val ley, tied with their colors, by tho men and non-commissioned officers when tho bride arrived. Lady Beatrix Fitzmau rice is a slender, brown-haired creature rather frail and delicate looking, but with a proud carriage of her little head. She made such a tine contrast to her stalwart young bridegroom, who is every inch a Beresford. with the square brow and strong mouth of the fighting race. Her graceful gown was embroidered with silver and diamonds and trimmed with Irish lace so perfect that we be holders coveted vainly. This lovely lace was a labor of love. It was made by the Poor Clares of Kenmare Convent, on the bridegroom's estate, an establishment famed for its wonderful productions in this branch of art. The Poor Clares are cloistered nuns who never leave their convent walls and never sea a stranger except. through a thick grat'ng. They seldom speak, and every day each digs a portion of her grave. It is pathetic to think of these silent vomen working patiently for the adornment of a fresh young beauty just entering tho world which they have renounced forever. I3ut they are very happy folk, and have by no means buricJ their womanhood in the grave with thtir worldliness; more over, their lord of tli9 manor is much beloved for his many good deeds, so the work for his bride gave them double pleasure. As a further proof of good will they sent a bridal gift, an exquisite ly embroidered blotting book, to Lady Beatrix. One triumph the bride achieved: she contrived to get together eight brides maids who were all pretty! They wore white, with pansy velvet hats and any amount of Neapolitan violets, and wore d iamond "lucky" shamrocks, the gift of the patriotic bridegroom. The death of the Duchess of Teck will be severely felt by English society There are few women living who could preserve such equanimity, not to say offer visceuce of spirit, under diitrewing circumstances, as tbo late Mary of Cam bridge. Her girlhood was rendered more or less miserable by the unreason able jealousy of tho Queen of Eogland. Small, logy and insigniticant, the latter compared unfavorably with her buxom and really handsome cousin at all State functions at which the twain appearec Indeed, it was only after the marriage of the Duke of York to Princess May of Teck that their relations reached any thing approaching intimacy. The Duke of Tec!;, a thoroughly good fellow at heart, but with no more idea of manage ment than a babe, shortly after his mar riage, found London life so entirely to his taste that he commenced a sequence of "good times" that very soon landed him in a condition of stony brokineis. His mother-in-law, the aged Duchess of Cambridge, and his wife's brother, tbe present Dule, aided tho Tecks, time after time to regain a position of C3se, and although tradesmen to royalty are proverbially and truly toadies, yet even scions of kiegs cannot everlastingly re main plunged in debt. The Tecks, at tho time 1 speak of, had freo lodgings at Kensington Palace, that royal asylum for regal paupsrs which is tenanted by the Queen's pensioners, and wheret . among others, the Marqui3 of Lome and Princess Louise at present dwell. Things reached a terrible point early in the eighties. Tradesmen's boys gos siped at area gates and told ihe gaping maid-servants of the suits brought against the Tecks, of the refusals to serve them any more and of tho expedi ents taken t) obtain money. The exile to Florence followed, and while it was universally supposed that the "couple, who preserved tho utmost complacency all through their trials, were economiz ing, they nevertheless established a social circle and had the beat of good living and the merriest of times possible. On their return to England, affairs once more having been straightened out for them, they were delegated to the White Lodge, Richmond Park. These in authority fancied that a resi dence txelve miles from London would effect-Jally prohibit any gay e ties of an expensive character, and I fancy that the Tecks really did not exceed their in come to any serious extsnt at this period, though theydrove up to London for theatres, balls and receptions many times during the week and were as un concernedly jovial as ever. The Duch ess grew enormously stout, but retained a pretty countenance tnd was always so ebullient thit she was universally dub bed "Jolly Mary" not "Fat Mary." as has bean 6tated. Naturally the Queen has had to condole in public terms with the less occasioned by h:r cousin's death, but I cannot believe it possible that she experiences any overpowering grief. The difference between Her Majesty in heavy crepe pinning decorat- j ions on a soldier's breast without the ghost of a smile and of the Duchess gay- j ly distributing prizes at some athletic! meeting with a cheary joke to every win ner was marked, and even the London j tradesmen, angrily striving after their I money, were wont to refer to her gentle ' term?. "It ain't er fault. it's that hlrwW : German's,'' I heard a long-suffering poulterer once remark, and there is no doubt that such was the case. The mnr rirf their daughter with the son of the heir apparent naturally placed them one again on Easy street. I I IIIIIIHIHHlOHMMtMOllMMMMM-rHMMIIMIlQlMMMIIMMM XV. S.BALDCPF CANDIES JMniMIIMIInilllllMlllllilllMMJ)llltMMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMUItMM d ttfOiWI tHOHttiH K Bon Xonjs9 Favors. 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