LADY RANDOLPH CHURCHILL AND HER DRESSES.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1314, 13 August 1886, Page 3

LADY RANDOLPH CHURCHILL AND HER DRESSES.

A good deal of the following informa tlon, which is token from a society journal In Now York, will. says a London paper, be news to people in this country, perhaps not excepting Lord and Lady Randolph Churchill themselves: - ‘lt is said that Lord Churchill would never have become noted in the political world If it had not been for the energy and encouragement of his wife ; and she knows more about English po’i ici and history than many a member of Parlisment. She cm repeat the names of a I the English sovereigns from Alfred the Great in the order of their succession down to Victoria, giving the dates of their reigns and the principal evpnts In each, and besides this feat of memory, she can repeat the American Declaration of Independence from beginning to end. It is not so long ago she was the bright particular star of New York society. Every one remembers Jennie Jerome, At eve> y Delmonico ball she was surrounded by more admirers} than she knew what to_ do with. Her father, Leonard Jerome, is a fine-looking roan, wiih dark eyes and grey hair. Be has been quite a lion in London society the past winter. Miss Jerome first met Lord Churchill at a Delmonico ball. He was here op a visit She wore a white tn'le and silk and rosebuds. Her beautiful dark eyes were wbat first captivated him, and in ler hair she wore a tingle pink rose, which fell te the floor. He picked it up and kept It. The wooing was short and sweet. The wedding took place at Grace Church, on Broadway, and the bride in white satin and point lace was wedded while the ohimea rang out. She has been pho'o graphed by prominent artists in New York, London, and Paris. - One was taken a short time ago in Londonf It shows the pathetic beauty of her dark eyes and the captivating loveliness of her face. ‘Lcdy Churchill always attends the Queen’s Drawing-rooms and the balls gjyen by the Princess of Wales, and at every entertainment In town, she is a great favorite. Her dresses*, the way she arranges her hair, her veiy tones are imitated. When she married, her father gave her a wtdil g dowry of 50,000d01. It was not a ve .7 large one, bnt it seemed enough to satisfy the brother of Lord Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough. She has two little sons, Winston Leonard, bor 1 in 1874. and John Henry, in 1860. She spends the winter months at her hopie in Oxfordshire, »ud the spring and summer at her Lmdon hcnao, No. 2 Connaught place West, ‘lady Churchill has the true American ideas,’ svd Worth a short time ago, when she was ordering some dresses from him. ‘ She wishes nothing in the extreme of fashion, and wanti soft colors always.’ One of jier favorite dreesea at season w; ■ ] of black Chantilly lace, made over satin. Tfie satin tcdice was cut low and without sleeves, and the lace waist woven over it disclosed the white aims and shoulders. Another costume, which excited the admirat’on of the Prince of Wales, was of pale blue surah allk, made with a long train over dark blue velvet. It was embroidered In lilies of the valley and tiny moss roees, and the front was of point lace, caught by clusters of the ; ame flowers and tiny humming-birds. The bodice of moss green velvet, was bordered by pink rosea and humming-birds perched 06 one shoulder. At the Match Drawingroom held this year, she wore a marvellous < gown of amber bronze satin, which fell in long glistening folds to the floor _ and trained for two yards. It was unrelieved by any other color, and against It her arras and throat shone dashingly white. A large feather fan of the same color, with tortoiseshell st'oks, tiny Ironzo slippers, and a brousa aigrette in her coiffure, completed her toilet. Diamonds flashed In her ears, on her throat and arms, and her dress glistened like a glass of golden yloe held to the sunlight,’ HI. BfMRi