The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-05-19

BARONESS BURDETT Corrrs.
house, though one of the largest in Lon
| don, IS very unattractive both outside and
IN. After passing through the hands of
| several servants with powdered wigs,
| was announced at the door of the large
craving room where Lady Coutts was
pouring tea. She rose, came forward
ana an. greeted me very cordially, saying.
II is very good of you to come"
Being exceedingly thin and also slight
~ tremulous, she appeared quite her age,
put there was an interest in her guests
and in things generally that showed she
still found life and people attractive.
| Though there were several good looking
women in the room my hostess was
! was nothing of the confident self-asser-
! ton of the English dowager about her,
| but rather the gentle unobtrusiVeness of
| the old maid.
! fancied as | watched her surrounded by
! several of these gray boards that one or
! TWO ranked among the numerous suitorS
! VINO mad so persiStently sought her hand
| for many years. Her husband was not
there. There was marked tone Of
| tenderness in her voice as she excused
him, by saying, Mr.. Burdett-Ooutts has
gone hunting" which showed how fond
she was of him.
Her Delicate Consideration.
Lady Burdett-Coutts respects the fact
that her husband is only half her age,
and she treats him more like a petted
son than han b husband He always ac;
is very attentive. At other times she re-
fuses to burden him with the care of an
old woman and allows him perfect liberty
with his young companions.
AT the time of their marriage she set
tied on him an annuity of S250000 and
fitted up the large house adjoining hers
for the entertainment of his friends. AL
though when he changed his name it
was officially given as Burdett-Coutts-
Bartlett both he and she began at once
to leave off the Bartlett. / suppose be-
cause they knew three names would
prove impracticable and they wished to
be called by the same name, or rather
she did; he knew that he must be known
as Lady Burdett-Coutts' husband and
probably thought he might as well be
brave about ii.
Her Dress and SuitOrs.
Lady Burdett-Coutts' dress is often
very much criticised by Aemricans. but
in that she differs little from English
black silk gown and a white lace cap;
the next week at an evening party she
was costumed in red velvet, cut low, and
above her brow was a diamond tiara
which had belonged TO Marie Antoinette.
l heard her dress that evening estimated
at 100000. OF course the low neck was
most unbecoming, but then all the old
ladies present were in the same kind Of
costume.
Lady Burdett-Coutts owns the Lyceum
theatre. She is very fond Of Irving's act
ing and is to be seen evening after even
ing in her large box at the right of the
stage surrounded by friends The box is
luXuriously furnished and between the
acts ices and other refreshments are
served
1t is probable that no other woman liv-
ing has received so many offers of mar
riage. From the time when at the age of
20 she came to London, the inheritor OF
her grandfather's large estate, until her
marriage. the baroness was besieged by
suitors of all ages and ranks, from the
Duke d'Aumale down to numerous
cranks; several times she has been oblig-
ed to appeal to the protection of the
common question before her marriage
among men of a suitable position was,
Have you proposed to the baroness"
A young American attache at the Lega-
ton was asked this question during his
first season in London by titled bach
elor. The answer being in the negative,
the bachelor replied, Il esteem 1t every
mans duty did"
The Disposition of Her Vast Wealth.
What Lady Burdett-Coutts will do with
her property is a matter of much interest
and also anxiety to some. The fortune
left her, estimated at 100000 is not
larger than many estates both here and
in England that are not considered at all
by the public, because they know that
apart, perhaps. from few small be-
quests, the bulk of the money will GER
IdlQlX QeScGQQ 10 the nearest heirs. 1t
was her superlative philanthropy that
induced the queen TO offer her a peerage
in 1871 and she is the only woman that
has ever been made peer on account OF
her own merits.
Thousands of the poor of London have
been made happy and comfortable by
Lady Burdett-Coutts' charity. 1t would
take too much space to mention half of
her acts of benevolence. Among them is
the home for women in Brownies Lane,
Spitalfields, which is always ready to re-
j. Co. Il
nurses are sent out from there daily with
delicacies and wines for the sick. The
families living in Columbia square owe
their neat little homes to her bounty.
the Church of England. She entirely sup
ports the three bishopricS of Adelaide, !
Capetown, and British Columbia, and has
among them the Church of st Stephen the
Westminster, with its three
schools and parsonage. Besides her en4s
ready at any cry of need at home or in
distant countries. 1t was while acting as
her almoner to the Turks that Mr.. Bart
lett contracted the illness through which
she nursed him and which is said to have
led to their marriage.
Notwithstanding all Lady Coutts' char
tiles it is not likely that her fortune is
any less now than it was when she re
ceived it from her p-grandmother-the |
Duchess of st. Albans AS sole proprie- |
tor of the old banking house of Thomas |
Coutts her money has yielded a very |
large percentage. If she had not used it !
SO generously it would probably have |
doubled by this time. This grimy old |
building on the Strand has been one
of the conspicuous features of the city |
since the beginning of the century; the |
Georges kept their accounts there.
There is no doubt felt as to her present !
charities being perpetuated for they are |
generally endowed But will Lady Bur |
dett-Coutts establish other charities? |
Will she do, as she was done by. leave |
her fortune to a direct heir of Thomas |
Coutts? or will it fall to her youthful |
husband? Most people are prejudiced |
against the latter R. M. N.
Bohemian hops and Wisconsin bar |
ley make the ST Louis A. B. c. Bo- |
hemian Bottled Beer brewed by the |
American Brewing company. Once |