The Archive · 1898

ARS. CURZON

Mr. Curzon is the lucky possessor of a very churming American wife, A fow yearsago he mained Miss Mary Holter of Washington, whose f-ther Mr Z, L. Leiter, is one of Americv's numerous millionaires and a man noted for his great hospit lives. Her brother she has less cause to be proud of as he ie the Mr. Joseph Leiter who tried, though unsuccessfully, to corner wheat a short time ago and for a few weeks seriously interfered with the price of bread. Mrs, Curzon is pronounced on all hands to be extremely charming "ud, alttongh several of her fair country-women have been called upon to fill exalted positions as wives' of members of our aris'acracy, she can claim the honour of being tho first American who has acted ug a distinct: representative of our Queen-Empress herself, and that in the most important of hee dependencies.

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