Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1885-12-05
THE PRIMROS LEAGUE.

London Truth When it was an
nounced that the Hon. Lillian Curzon,
the energetic organizer Of the Primrose
league. was DESTROYS Of establishing a
Danes habitation at Snobton, the con
servative ladies of that little to wn were
thrown into a tlutter of delicious ex-
element. AS the Snobton people were
very conservative, and the women
oven more SO than the men, it was not
strange that the Hon. Lilian's project
was received with enthusiasm.
No doubt the enthusiasm of most of
the ladies was due to real political
feeling, but it would scarcely BIO TN
charitable to say that with many it was
largely tho result of a desire to mingle
with their betters, so that il the scheme
had been proposed by the wears wife
instead of by a peers daughter, they
would have received it much more
,oolly. Among ladies of the latter
class tho chief was Mrs. Tallow, the
wife of the wealthy butter merchant of
that name. Mrs. Tallow was proba-
bly, a thorough tory, but she was un-
q~uestionably a complete turnkey. If
she believed in tory principles, it was
by faith alone, since she knew nothing
about them-a default for which she
may the more readily be excused, as
since Lord Randolph Churchill came
to the front it has become extremely
common among people better informed
and more discerning than she. But
her bellef-whatever it may have been
in toryism was as nothing compared
with her reverence for lords and ladies.
She worshiped these with an unutter
able love and devotion, and ever since
her butter-dealing husband began to
heap up a fortune, it vas the ambition
of her life to use it to bring her nearer
these gods and goddcsses of her idol
airy.
This ambition her husband appeared
not to share. He discouraged all her
efforts in that direction, and for a long
time she was compelled to pine In the
%obscurity of her own class. She was
past middle age, and as yet the vicar
and his family were the most fashion
able of her acquaintances, and she
could not conceal from herself that
even they scarcely recognized her as
an equal. She had almost abandoned
her ambition as hopeless. when it was
reused to life again by her receipt of
the circular about the Primrose league.
To be sure, it was only a printed circu-
lar; but it was directed by the instruc-
tions, perhaps by the hand, of Hon.
Lillian Curzon; and, properly used. it
might be made the means Of establish
ing an acquaintance with that lady.
Mrs. Tallow resolved not 70 let such a
chance slip.
A very short time spent in reflection
was enough to decide the course she
should take. She would at once write,
in reply to the circular, and assure the
Hon. Lillian of her enthusiastic sup.
port, and place her services at her dis.
posal. She did so, and, to her mex.
pressible JOY, next days post brough,
her a reply in the Hon. Lilian's own
handwriting. 1t thanked her for her
offer and accepted it, requesting her at
the same time to call a meeting of the
conservative ladies of Snobton to dis
cuss the project ard make preliminary
arrangements. When these were fin
ished, if Mrs. Tallow would kindly in
form hor, Miss Curzon would be glad
to attend the inaugural meeting.
Mrs. Tallow at once accepted this
duty, and without delay sent a circu-
lar TO the other Snobton ladies, stating
that by request of Miss Curzon she de-
sired the honor Of their attendance at
a meeting at her house for the pur'
pose OF making arrangements for es'