The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-06-21
WILLIAM WALDORF AsToR.
He Proposes to Make Himself Useful
and Ornamental.


New York, June PA dispatch to the
journal from London says: The Ameri-
! cans will have all the best of il during
the Jubilee week, as they will enjoy the
! hospitality of their English friends and
reciprocate their attentions after the tn
mutt is over. Preparations are being
made to exhaust all the possible re-
/ sources. Dinners receptions balls and
afternoon teas will follow each other in
quick succession. interspersed here and
/ there when the weather permits with
garden parties and river trips.
William Waldorf Astor has already set
the ball rolling by entertaining the masses
I before he receives the aristocracy. He
has published a jubilee eSition de luxe
of the Pail Mall Gazette for one penny
/ against six penny and one shilling
charged by the other newspapers. He has
done this without any hope of possible
gain, as there Is no chance of profit ac-
cruing from ii. In addition he will re-
ceive royalty and any distinguished for
eign visitors in finished style at his town
mansion. Carlton House Terrace will
have its doors open wide FL this week,
while three especial functions viii occur
during the week following.
Mrs. Mackay, one of London s. greatest
American hostesses. will remain secluded.
This is a matter of deep regret to many
of her American and English friends but
she is observing her strict mourning.
Mrs Joseph Chamberlain, formely Miss
Endicott will be one of the foremost
of American entertainers. Her house.
once the mansion of the late Sir Julian
Goldsmith, has been brilliantly decorated
and will be the scene of several elabo-
rate balls, the first of which occurs on
the 2sth. 1t promises to equal If not 10
eclipse, that of the Duchess of Westmin-
ster. which Drcedes it on the 18th. Mrs
Ogden Goelet, whose dinner Tor the
Prince of Wales at Wimborne House was
pronounced the social success of the sea-
SON will repeat the affair on still more
gorgeous scale. The long rows of Ger
man kings and Russian princes will fill
l,ar aaf.R a IN
inent operate artists free of charge, for
carriage hire even IS being provided for
them by the British government. whose
generosity has been eXcited by the Oc-
casion OF the Diamond Jubilee. The
Duchess of Marlborough will entertain
very little. 1t is said. hc~ever, that
Spencer House will be open 70 her init
mate friends the week following the
jubilee In the meantime, it is said in
some quarters that she Will not be IN
town on the great day itself, but VIII
burst Of loyal turmoil has subsidized. Mrs.
Eugene Kelly has taken house in st.
James Square Ii is her 1rst season as
a full-fiedged hostess in London society
and she has signalized it by having her
residence adorned by perhaps the most
startling illumination of any private
dwelling in which the initials " r.
are most prominent Strange to. say,
there is not the slightest vestige of any
American device in the who're set of
decorations Most of the other Ameri
cans sport the stars and stripes conspicu
ously. sometimes lovely intertwined with
the British emblems and in other cases
alone. as a national display.
Mr.. Jeffe, son NJ. Levy. of Monticello.
will entertain a party of Americans at
Walsingham house, Piccadilly, where they
will have an excellent view of the pro-
cession- 1t will be an all day affair. dur
ing which luncheon tea ana dinner will
be served.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Gould are at pres
ent at the Savoy hotel. They have not
yet succeeded in getting a suitable house.
They will speedily do so and not be be-
hind in hospitality.
George Vanderbilt Is living very quietly
at Longs hotel. He has one of the high
est priced seats of the parade and will
be guest of some of the affairs of Mrs.
Goelet and Mrs. Chamberlain. Beyond
that he will do little but drive daily in
the park.