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i Meddlesome Millie9 Mourns . Less of
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sephical at Turn of Wheel of Fate.
Funds Ge te Aid Third Husband
fk PORTRAIT of the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland is new in Memerial
"" Hall, Fairmount Park, Beld for "bread-and-butter" money by its
.Wautiful original. '
The,painting, an exquisite bit of beauty from the hand of Jehn Singer
fcrgent, was bought by the Fairmount Park Commission and will be
placed en exhibition in a few dayB.
The few square feet of canvas is a tangible link between Philadelphia
Hid the "Tepsy-Turvy Land" into which many coroneted heads of England
hive been flung.
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f) Atte;s of kings and aucens. found herself "terribly broke" a few months
jge and sold her art treasures for cash that could be used for feed,
titeicnt and lodging.
Husband Once Greatest
'of Titled Landholders
She was the consort of a duke
irhe was the greatest landowner in
Europe next te the Czar of Russia.
,Fer nearly thirty years she was
Distress of Stafferd Heuse, a hand
tome residence in Londen.
jfwmaiite imu Biiiuuu uu nur wucii
168 was still a schoolgirl. She
married the fourth Duke of Suther
land in 1884 when she was seven
teen years old.
As the Duke's widow, romance
railed again, ignoring the red glare
of war into which she had plunged
is Red Cress worker.
(Her second marriage was te a
major in the British Army.but this
matrimonial tie did net held long.
She is new the wife of Lieutenant
Colonel Geerge Ernest Hawes, h
business man in Paris.
Lady Hawes. still rated as one of
England's most beautiful women, was
&mn as "Meddlesome Mliile" te the.
altra-fashienublcs of the Uiitish aris
tocracy. She gained the nickname because of
Ik vivid, wholesome interest In the fac
tery anil cottage werkeis cm her ducal
hmtand's estates.
Her philanthropies made some pitied
emn raise their eyebrows ever se
lilbtly. but "Meddlesome Millie" mere
ly laughed and worked harder for the
acrkcrs she, aided.
Today her interest in social pieblcms
Imis fruit in the Potteries Cripples'
Guild and the Scottish Heme Indus-
Duchess Found Ample Time
Te Write Beeks and Plays
EVEN as a "grande dame" in
the most exclusive social set of
England, the Duchess of Suther
land, new Lady Millicent Hawes,
found time te write books and
stories.
In 1899 slic published "One
Heur and the Next." In 1902
fashionable Londen was poring
ever her "The Winds of the
Werld: Seven Leve Stories."
She wrote a .play, "The Con
queror," in 1903.
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tries Association, of which she Is pres
ident. Kate and time hae combined t'j strip
this beautiful "Lady Bountiful" of
most'ef her worldly goods. Many of her
urt treasures have flown te America,
Philadelphia getting the portrait which
slie cherished most.
Fear of 13 Hoodoo
Led te Her Remance
Lndj Millicent Fanny" St. Clulr-Er-skinc
Hawes, te give her full cemple
ment of names, was the eldest daughter
of the fourth Karl of Ues'-ljn, and is a
half-sister of the Countess of Warwick
herself a picturesque personality wbe
Lab been entertained in this city.
Lady Mllllccut'H schoolgirl romance
which led te her marriage with the
Marquis of Stafferd, later the Duke of
Sutherland, had Its origin in her moth
er's fear of thirteen at the table.
The Countess of Rosslyn, "Meddle-
American Secial Leaders Helped
"Land-Peer" British Nobleman
rpHE portrait of the Dowager Duchess of Sutherland is net
the first art treasure of Stafferd Heuse, Londen, te come
te Philadelphia.
Six years age last February a collection of paintings,
furniture and furnishings, some of them dating back te the
Middle Ages, ivas sold at auction in this city.
When Stafferd Heuse passed out of the hands of the
present Duke, the "land peer" nobleman sent most of its
contents te this country, which offered the best market for
the treasures.
Society leaders of Philadelphia, New Yerk, Bosten and
Baltimore, cither in person or by agent, flecked te the sale,
teger te acquire some of the rarities that the landed wealth,
f the Heuse of Suthcrlend had gathered.
The late Jehn G. Jehnsen forsook his legal duties for
three days of the sale with the happiness of a man gratifying
e hobby, and acquired some of the Duke's offerings.
Among the men and women of social prominence who
tended that sale were Mrs. Paul Denckla Mills, Mrs. Red-
JWE. Griscom, Mrs. J. Kearsley Mitchell, 3d, Mrs. Stanley
ftagg, J. Warren Coulston, Jr., Mrs. L. Webster Fex, Mrs.
Alexander Van Renssalacr, Mrs. A. W. Biddle, Mrs. Rebert
' CQS8att and members of the ippincett and Du Pent
families.
Among the patrons of art from ether cities seen at the
me were Colonel R. A. Stevenson, of Annapolis, Md.; M. B.
nightman, of Brooklyn; S. Baker Brooks, of Asbury Park;
A. Van Wart, of New Yerk, and Hepe H. Barrall, of
wstertewn, Md.
The furniture, with its associations of Old World
vrqndeiir and power, included a magnificent Henry IV rccep-
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Wales.
At the end of a supper and when
the spirits of the guesis were- at tne
highest Miss Lnngtry dropped a spoon
ful of ice down Ihe neck of the heir
apparent.
Kdward rebuked her quietly and she
vainly tried te gain hit! pardon. He
merely bowed and smiled, then left
Stafferd Heuse hurriedly. The actress
never again was included in n guest
list which was headed by Edward's
name.
t Brilliant Londen seasons, court func
tions, state balls, the joys of the hunt
ing season, nnd days and weeks en the
Duke's bread acres in Scotland se the
current of life rippled en for Her Grace,
the Duchess.
She did net realize It. Few realize
It. But the days of the landed nrlstoc nrlstec
racy' pomp and power were numbered.
Fer centuries dukes nnd carls and
barons had lorded It ever bread domains
wen by war, by craft or by the prodi
gality of monarch?.
Taxes Began te Eat Way
Inte Purses of Nobles
New conceptions were forcing them
selves into political thought In Kng
land. The nobles hnd long been exempt
from taxation, but even before the
world war taxes were making big in
roads en landed estates.
The great nobles, owners of many
thousands of arrow, found themselves
"land peer." The Duke of Sutherland
was no exception. He began ridding
himself of much of his Scottish hold
ings. Sutherland dreamed of planting the
English landlord system en this side cf
the ocean. He and his beautiful Duchess
went te Canadn Incognito as Mr. and
Mrs. Erskinc, and the Duke made
cautious infinities.
With the co-epcmtlon of his wife,
the Duke bought large tracts in Canndn
but public opinion frowned en his plant
te install the tenant farmer system
there.
While she played a major role in
Mayfair, the Duchess did net permit
dinners nnd dances and court levees te
blind her te the wretchedness she saw
under the surface In England nnd Scot
land. Staffordshire, the center of the pet-
"Meddlesome Millie" Saw
Economic Era Changing
YEARS age," said the DucIichs
of Sutherland, addressing
pottery workers in Staffordshire
before the war, "when I came in
experienced and enthusiastic
among you, you called mc 'Med
dlesome Millie."
"As far as a miserable duchess
could be an agitator, I strove te
be one. But what changes since
these ddys. Slowly, definitely, the
aspiring democracy demands the
open read.
"The day will come when no
one will be gratiful for the
crumbs that fall h'em a rich
man's table. It will be a great
day, tee. We must advance, and
if there is some squealing about
the advance and a little over ever
hurry about it, at any 'rate people
can sec the break at the end of
the tunnel and knew they will
emerge into fuller light."
the potteries district seen artcif most of
Trcntham Hall had made way for the
factory, "when I came Inexperienced
nnd enthusiastic nmeng you, jeu called
me 'Meddlesome Millie.'
"As far as a miserable Duchess could
be an agitator, I strove te be one. But
what changes since these days! Slowly,
definitely, the aspiring demecrncy de
mands the open read. The very man
sion Trenthnm In which I nursed ray
ideals is razed te the ground.
"I live in a cottage in peace nnd in
dependence, ns it friend among the
workers for whom I strove. Is that net
enough te make me optimistic and is
it net symbolic of all change today?
"The day will come," continued this
titled democrat, "when no one will be
grateful for the crumbs that fall from
a rich man's tnble. It will be a great
day. tee. We absolutely must advance,
and if there is some squealing about
the advance nnd a llttle ever-hurry
about It, at any rate people can see
the break at the end of the tunnel,
and knew that they will emerge into
fuller light."
The sentiments thus voiced bv the
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She helped establish bciioeis nnaa;;g$i
brnrlei. She became n keen WlrWifM,
of lechnlcnl education. Slid, studied 'tlfr;i$
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laoer preuicnis tnai were Ki'i'''""i ,,;.
land. She became intcrqstcd in UlfA(A&
cause of temperance. .
As her Interests nnd her sympi
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cxpanaeu sue nccninc rrueg-nistu ";$ f$jrM
tafia circles ns one of the most enllAt
ened nnd democratic of England's M'VM
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Then, in 1013, the Duke, her
band, died. The title nnd the entailed,'
estates were inherited by "Mcddlewmsj v
Millie's" eldest son, Geerge Granvilla
Sutherland-Leveson-Gewcr, new the
fifth Duke of Sutherland.
Death had ceirtu te the fourth Duke
ns he had completed plans for the sale
of Stafferd Heuse, which stands en land
held under Crown rental. It was' put- '
chased by Lord Leverhulmc and pre
Bcnted te the British nation.
With widowhood canto the changed
finnnclnl status that is the outcome of
the entail system by which the noble'
houses of England held their great es
tates Intact. Fer borne reason nn es
trangement developed between the (
Dowager Duchess nnd the new Duke,
her son. ,
Lady Millicent, while Dowager Duch
ess of Sutheiland, hud te yield the.
perquisites of ducal rank, the highest
grade in the nobility nnd next te princes
of the reyul bleed. She icverted te her
status as daughter of an Earl.
But while most of the estates passed
te the Duke, her son, bhe bad ber
jewels nnd her nrt Measures, the most
prized of which was the portrait of her
self painted by Snrgcnt.
Then came the war. She established
a Ited Cress hospital at Namur, where
the German guns seen pounded a path
through the Belgian lines. It was at
Namur that she met Mujer Percy Des
mond Fitzgerald, an officer of the
Eleventh Hussars.
Tries Marriage Again
and Then Once Mere
It was In the. early days of the war
when the grim, gray machine of Prua
sinn militarism was crunching Its way
through Belgium. The Dowager Duch
ess interrupted her hospital work lone
enough for n hurried ceremony which
made her Majer Fitzgerald's wife. Tha
she returned te her hospital.
Sargent's famous painting "The
Duchess of Sutherland"
some Millie's" mother was entertaining
in honor of her daughter Frances, later
the Countess of Warwick. At the last
moment the mother realized there would
be tbtrtccti guests at the table.
A quick summons bi ought Millicent
from the playroom, where she had bceu
romping. She was the only member el
her sex net in "grand toilette" at the
dinner.
It may have been chance, or-It may
have been the design of a match-making
mother. But the winsome, pink
checked schoolgirl sat beside the young
Marquis of Staffetd. The heir te the
vast Sutherland estates decided then
and there he would share his fortunes
with her.
A few weeks after that dinner the
Marquis proposed. The wedding took
place en Lady Milliccnt's seven
teenth birthdny. Eight jears latct
her husband succeeded te the dukedom.
The Duchess net only hud benuty,
but she had brains. With the prestige
of the great title Mic shared nnd with
town houses nnd country estates nt, her
command, she readied the pinnacle of
England's social world.
Lent Sen of King Cash
te Build Royal Heme
The Londen scat of the Suthcrlands,
Stafferd Heuse, had been built origi
nally for, the then Duke of Yerk, the
second son of Geerge III, en money
borrowed from the then Marquis of
Stafferd.
The splendid pile was erected near
St. James' Pnlace, the ancient sent of
England's kings, te which nmbnssnders
still ure accredited. The ducal palace
and the royal palace were separated
only by "The Stable Yard."
A magnificent marble staircase swept
upward from the main hall te the pic
ture gallery, where masterpieces by
Murille, Van Dyck, Velasquez, Rubens
and ethers lent their artistic richness te
the splendor about them.
The private apartments of the Duke
and his consort wcre en the ground
fleer, where the couple could step into
a bit of garden und woodland In the
heart of Londen.
Royalty was often entertained there.
On ene occasion, during the regime of
the third Duke, Queen Victeria en a
lalt remarked te the third Duchess: "I
have come from ray hen.e te your pal-ace."
The Empress Eugenie, consort of Nn-
poleen HI, was se enchanted with Staf Staf
eord Heuse that she desired the French
Emperor te build a facsimile for her in
Paris.
It was among surroundings and tra
ditiens of that nnture in which th
present Dewngcr Duchess reigned for a'
generation. On state occasions she pre.
sldedias hostess at what Was Jtnewn as
the largest dining labia latth world.
The Dowager Duchess from a pen sketch
banquets was that given by the Duke
and Duchess in honor of the C-sar and
Czarina of Russia shortly after the
marriage of the imperial couple.
Specter of Future Kept
Aivau Frem Festal Beard
"Tepsy-turvy land" was then far
away for Nicholas il and his pousert,
but, all unknowing, they were Journey.
ta teww it'Jwt a surely ai waa their
Among the guests nt that banquet
were,the Priuce and Princess of Wales,
who inter became King1 Edward VII
and Queeu Alexandra ; the present King
of England, then a rejnl duke, with
faint prospects of reaching the throne;
Lord Rosebery, Lord Rothschild and
many ether celebrities. .
t wasj in one of the supper rooms
of Stafferd Heur that Lily Langtrv.
then a faaveus beauty, committed 'the
tery industry, was familiar territory te(
the Duchess. One of the Duke's cs-
tates, Trcntham Hall,' was in that
county.
Fer mere than seven years the
Duchess had looked after many peer
families in the pottery district. The
crippled children especially touched her
heart. At her. instigation, Trentbam
Hall waa .converted into a model factory
for crippled workers, "
The present Duchess of
Sutherland
Duchess showed she had glimpsed the
"sinning or the economic upheaval
which was threatening the break-up of
vast entailed estates.
In the last few years bcfeie the
World Warthe Duchess had turned
away from the whirl of seWul life.
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merely touched the circumference of
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happy one, because Ir was dlMehed be
fore the war ended. In 1010 the Dow
ager Duchess married Lieutenant Col
onel llnwes, who wen the I). j. O.,
the Military Cress und the ilbbeii of
the Legien of Hener.
Colonel llnwes, i-en of n ceuntv jus jus
tlce of the ncuie, w ah net ciitIkeiI iimm
1 with worldly possessions. blU mnnv
officers with tine nverds. he decided
te try his fortunes in trade. Up cs
tnblished himself In Paris iui( new has
offices at IS Rue de Miiemesiill
The Dowager DucIichs resolved te
bolster up her husband's resnuices hv
n sale of her art treasures. ,n 1CP
pictures and household goods were '
placed under the hummer u few weeks
age.
"I nm terribly broke," she M),j i,jl
hope a geed s.ile will keep me In bread
and butter for a while."
The pictures the auctioneer ,lS)0M(j
of Included portraits of nr. Hinnn.l-
Mnin unit Sir tYnnnlu T- "l.. "'i h
hale did net bring ns much ns whs ex-,
pected. se reluctantly the Downier
Duchess decideil te include her own nor.
trnlt in the list. ' ur
The word was sent quietly te this
country, whom New World d'ellnrs or
miipnAtn fnr (llfl Wnrlil net Tn. i. ... -
Widener. millionaire connoisseur and b
reemcer ei tun rninneunt rark Cern-'
mission, heard of the Impending sale s
The commission, custodian of tha 1
Wllstach collection In Memerial HnliJi W
was advised te buy the rertrnlt of the
Ihichess. It hud been appraised at ?25,
000, but after some cuiillng hack and'
forth it is understood the gem of Sar
gent's genius was obtained for less than
that sum.
The Dowager Duchess nernnaii-t
supervised the crating of the portrait.! i lM
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