The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-04


more sane exponent OF the same prin-
ciples in the life of airs. Henry Lloyd,
whose husband's important works on
socialism, Wealth VS.. Commonwealth %
etc, are wei known.
1t is hardly fair TO either Mr.. or Mrs.
Lloyd to say that her methods are the
embodiment of his principles in all
their details. They are rather the out
growth OF her own large nature, which
is in absolute sympathy with the life
and work of her husband; and as he
gives the whole OF himself, all his mag
nifcent powers of mind, body and soul
TO the cause of the people, SO she gives
herself-wealth, personality, attain
ments-unreserve ungrudgingly to
whosoever cometh.
THE HOME LIFE.
Mrs. Lloyd was the daughter of Gov
ernor Bross Of Illinois, and, as Jessie
Bross, was exceedingly popular in So
ciety, naturally formed wide and dis
tinguished social connections. Several
years after her marriage, Mrs. Lloyd's
father died, leaving a quarter of a mil
lion dollars to each of her four little
sons, with the proviso that the estate
remained intact, and only the income
used.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lloyd have chosen for
their family home a place in perfect
harmony with their simple, untram-
meled mode of living. They found on
the crest of a hill overlooking the lake
at Winnetka, 10 minutes railroad ride
from Chicago, a place which seemed
an appropriate setting for their house
hold goods. Here they built spacious
but simple home, and were soon fol-
lSTed by a little colony of their friends
and adherents, including even recruits
from the fashionable set. I say even
the fashionable set for Mrs. Lloyd
has succeeded in eliminating from her
life all superfiuous ceremonies and
fashions. Their home abounds in
books, pictures and simple comforts,
but one finds there no heavy curtains
and rich hangingS. no elegant bits of
furniture or costly bric-a-brac, nothing,
IN fact. that bespeaks luxury wealth
and care to the house keeper. The
table is wholesome and abundant, but
perfectly simple and simply served.
Elaborate dishes are taboOed, nor is
there any expensive glass or china for
maid or mistress to worry over. The
table is always set with five or six
extra covers, and there are rarely fewer
than 10 or 20 people at dinner, for
Mrs. Lloyd's hospitality is without
limit; II is the human being, not his
station or attainments, that interests
her. She leaves no chance for one to
question the sincerity of her hospital
ity. Whenever she meets a weary, IN
fortunate or discouraged friend, she
instantly says: Come to Winnetka;
come and breathe our invigoTating at
mosphere: come today: take the 3
train" and whether one arrives at
O'Clock at night or at in the morning,
he is sure of 3 hearty welcome. Nor
does this invitation limit itself to a day.
or a week; il stands good for as long
as the guest is deriving benefit from
the experience. OF course, such abound
ing hospitality must be occasionally
imposed upon. only from Mrs. Lloyd's
point of view it would never seem an
imposition, since the whole aim of her
life is TO lend hand" whenever she
IS IN any way helping a human soul
she is but following her METER
HOUSEKEEPING AND SERVANTS. !
With this enormous family to be pro-
vided for, the machinery of the house
IS never apparent. Mrs. Lloyd has so
simplified the domestic machinery that
il moves with a turn of the hand. None /
of her vital force is wasted on forms. /
In the whole household. plain living
and high thinking are made manifest. I
In dress. as well as in her home, Mrs |
Lloyd recognizes none OF the exact /.
ions Of fashion. and beyond supplying /
the demands Of her simple environ /
ment spends her entire income upon /
the unfortunate. Her manner of spend /
ing 500, for instance, might well aston /
ish the average woman. When change /
of season demands, she goes to her
milliner. whom She will introduce TO /
you as her very dear friend, and for /
a few dollars procure some simple /
head covering. and then 10 her dress /
maker, another of her dearest /
friends" 10 have a last seasons gown (
and the rest of that 800 .
viii supply two or three other women
with an equally good outfit She
makes no heavy eXactions upon her
servants, ana has been heard TO say
more than once upon finding the coach
man hard al work washing the car
riage: Now. my dear John, that is
entirely unnecessary; the carriage
looked well enough" or 10 her maid,
Let ne do that, Marcella; I am sure
you are quite tired. AS far as is feas-
able she abolishes with them all sense
of class distinction. They live as well,
dress as well as she, if they work for
her. she in turn works for others: and
she possesses a sufficiently powerful
to give dignity TO her meth
DDS.
It is when thrown into daily contact
with Mrs. Lloyd that one realizes the
extent of her elimination from life of
all those essentials under the burden
Of which so many women break down.
The carelessness of servants, failures
Of dressmakers, extortions of milliners
worry Of social functions, do not exist
for her. This freedom from the shack
les of fashion and ceremony leaves ner
mind perfectly fresh. untrammeled and
sweet Should one go to her with
some annoying little tale or petty COS
sip. she simply wipes the thing out of
existence for you as well as for her
self. saying: oh, let us not think
about that. What souls are we going
20 meet at dinner tonight?' That is
What the dinner hour is a meeting of
souls. Mr.. Lloyd, out of his large
and tremendous grasp of
lffairs, gives himself royalty in CONVEX
'ation, while Mrs. Lloyd at the head
Il her own table is never anything but |
witty, good-humored and brilliant. The
able in itself represents a little world
# culture and grace, of lofty thoughts {
md the communion OF real knowledge
me feels himself lifted upon the same
Ugh plane. You cannot be in the
louse any length of time without being
rawn into Mrs. Lloyd's work. Before 7
-ou know it. quite of your own Volt
ion, you are addressing circulars, =
making garments. teaching children or :
n some way living for your neigh i
'or
AN UNUSUAL WOMAN. ]
It is extremely doubtful that Mrs. {
lcyd's methods could be adopted
-ithout reserve by the average woman,
Ut her rich personality and all pervad-
lg magnetism give the endorsement (
D whatever she chooses to do. A |
OF wealth and social po-
ition is in itself sort OF endorsement,
nough Mrs. Lloyd would be the last
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