The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-03-13

boy picked up on her travels. But ii is
in America that the rev fashion orig
inatec-.n Washing ton. sith MIS-. West
inghouse. This lady lives in as much
splendor and grandeur as a crowned
head, who, indeed, has crowns herself
and to lend. should any stray queen
come a-borrowing.
Mrs. Westinghouse entertainments
are the wonder of Washington, and all
the appointments of her establishment
are upon a scale of almost barbaric
magnificence. She dimes upon nothing
less costly than gold and crimson vel
Vet, nor wears anything less splendid
than satin and point lace She has a
retinue of 90 servants and body guard
numbering four individuals. When her
court moves from one place - another.
let come who viii or go who may, my
lord, the physician; his homer, the
French professor; the private secretary
and the French maid are always within
call.
A4rs. George Jay Gould is another
lady with a whim for personal vassals.
She keeps secretary, French and
German maids, a nurse for each OF the
four vOung Goulds, and last, but most
important, a trained nurse with a di-
ploma, the kind which receives SIS a
week anc al. expenses paid She is
employed as the commander-in-chicfo of
the nursery army, that there may be
=
her office IS almost a sinecure. as the
Gould children are a remarkably
healthy lot.
When the Goulds sailed away to for
eign shores last summer. 10 scrvitors
followed in their wake.
Trained nurses are Injuries which
thrive in the Gould families. Miss Helen
Gould always keeps one near her, who,
except to a few intimate friends, passes
as her secretary. Miss Gould's health
is never of the most robust, and she is
obliged to guard it carefully. Other i'm
portant members of this young million
airess' body guard are the two detec-
tives who guard her residence.
Tramp. tramp, tramp, all night long,
from sunset to sunrise. the men patrol
the place. This is at ''Lyndhurst,"
1rvington-on-H Hudson. Guests who pay
visits Cor the first time are warned in
advance not to be alarmed at the cease
less tramp. When the establishment
moves TO town, as was the case this
winter for the first time since the
death of her parents, the detectives
come here on guard, and when Miss
Gould travels they form part of her
suite. She is petite and unassuming
and quietly dressed, and no one would
ever dream from her appearance when
in the street that she were worth a
thousand dollars, say, much less mill
knows what freedom of movement is,
for she never ventures out of doors I'M
accompanied.
The Elbridge T. Gerrys. other mem
bers of the royal American family,
who might very properly employ body
guard, do not indulge in the luxury,
beyond a private secretary or a valet
or two and two French maids. Their
menage numbers 30 servants, of whom
all are Welsh, except the two maids.
and ii is said that the Gerrys are better
served than any other family in Amer
lea. The virtues of the Welsh, man or
woman, as servitors have never been
exploited to any great extent, although
a number of New York families employ
this nationality and say that they thus
secure perfect service. No intelligence
office supplies these servants, but they
can be procured through a society con-
nected with the Welsh church.
Apropos to the Gerry establishment,
the master and mistress are quite con-
siderate to their servants; Sundays, the
horses ard the groons and coachmen
have a day of rest, for if a carriage is
needed one is hired. So well ordered is
the household that at any moment any
one of the four Gerry homes is ready for
occupancy, either in New York, New
port, Staatsburg or Delhi.
We always look upon Mrs. Astor as
royal bearing today, in spite of her
years. is best evidenced to her right to
the title which she won SO long ago and
has held without challenge or dispute;
here, if in any household, we might ex-
pect somewhat imposing grandeur in
the matter OF vassals. The opposite is
the case beyond a French maid. Mrs
Aston has no personal servant. and if,
as happened upon one occasion, the
maid sleeps when her mistress returns
late home, she is allowed to sleep on
and Mrs. Astor herself packs away her
tiara, and her diamond necklace and
her famous stomacher.
Mrs. Charles YerkeS keeps, among
other household possessions, a designer,
who plans all her gowns and to whom
almost royal income is paid. The per-
son is both an artist and dressmaker,
and if il should happen that six months
passed without Mrs. Yerkes' visiting
Paris. all the latest modes would be
brought to her attention and cOnsidera-
ton by the designer. who is sent on a
flying trip to Paris for this purpose.
Perhaps it is hardly fair to give the
name of the blonde lady-a society
woman-who pays a salary of $1,000 to
a woman who is a skilled dermatolo-
gist, who also understands chiropody
and hair culture, and gives her undi
vided time and attention to her en-
ployer.
Mrs. Judge Andrews is a fine linguist,
and. to keep herself in practice, she
employs more maids than any other
lady in town. French, Spanish. Italian
and German being represented.
Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, when in Scot
land, has host of retainers, all dressed /
in picturesque highland costume, who
march round the house at sunrise evers
morning to awaken the family, and
play away at the bagpipes during the
meals.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett has
just taken her departure to her London
home, and with her went the usual
retnue-a maid servant, a man servant, |
a secretary and a physician. Upon this
lady always attend much pomp and