GREAT ROMANCE

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIX, Issue 21994, 20 June 1941, Page 2

GREAT ROMANCE

LORD LONSDALE’S LOVE STORY ENDS A great love story—a romance which lasted almost 63 years, through five reigns—ended lately when the Countess of Lonsdale, wife of the wcrld-famous sporting peer, died at her home, The Stud House, Barley Thorpe, Oakham Rutland, states the “Daily Mall,” London. She was eighty-seven, a great lady of the austere old Scottish school, with a slim, erect figure, fine dark hair and eyes, mistress of five stately homes. She entertained kings and queens in state at Lowther Castle, drove through the country-side in mustardyellow carriages with four horses, postillions and outriders. Her servants, too, wore canary livery, with white beaver hats. Behind all the display, the house parties at Newmarket and Ascot, the huntin’, the shootin’, the fishin’, was the simple story of a homely woman’s devotion to a famous husband, content with a seat in the background, mothering the tenantry of their 175,000 acres. Lord Lonsdale—he is 84 —had a nickname for her—“ Tommy.” she used to say, “I am the wife of the last of the Corinthians.” Often they dined alone in feudal simplicity at Lowther Castle, this Darby and Joan of the aristocracy. At the end of their meal he would rise from his chair, raise his glass and give the toast: “The King!” After they had drunk that toast together he would bow to his countess, raise his glass again, “The Ladies!” said he. Lady Lonsdale would rise, bow gracefully, raise her glass to him, and say: “The Gentlemen.” When their golden wedding was celebrated in 1928 King George v. and Queen Mary were among the guests who dined at the house, in Carlton House Terrace. Lord Lonsdale began to make a speech in praise of his wife, stopped, put his arm around her, gave her a kiss. Yes, it was a great love story. COUGH—COUGH—COUGH Are you one of those unfortunates who suffer from a persistent cougn every winter? Quite unnecessary, a few doses of Baxter’s Lung Preserver will fix the most stubborn cough. From the very first dose you can feel the penetrating properties of “Baxter’s” soothing and relieving inflamed throat and congested lungs. Get “Baxter’s" to-day, and get better