The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-02
SwelIdom Is Out of Town For Easter
Holidays.
LIVELY SOCIAL. SEASON
ARIsTocRAcY NOW HAS MONEY
TO BURN.
Duke of Marlborough Is Shorn of
His Princely Rank and Consuelo
Is Only a Plain Duchess-Queen
Victoria's Sailors Attacked By
Frenchmen-Poker Is Popular.


Copyright, 1899. by the Associated Press.)
London, April 1.-The Easter holidays
opened wet and dull. Most of the Deo-
pie who can do SO are leaving town,
and many houses of business will re-
main closed from Thursday to Tues
day. The London season, which Of
ficially begins tomorrow, promises TO
be a really good one. Not for Years
have so many large houses been oceu-
pied by their owners, while the gen.
eral commercial prosperity and the for
tunes made on the stock exchange, In
which the aristocracy has participated,
promise to provide the wherewithal for
lavish entertainments which for years
have been lacking. The feature of the
season Will be the large number OF
Americans who have taken houses.
Practically everybody who is in, or
who hopes TO be in fashionable society,"
is out of town for Easter. Mr.. joseph
II. Choate, the United States ambas-
sador, and Mrs. Choate have gone to
Brighton. MIR. j. Il. Carter, second
secretary of the United States en-
bassy, and Mrs. Garter have gone to
their country house. and Mr.. Spencer
Eddy, third secretary of the United
States embassy, is in Paris.
Mr. and Mrs. Lambert Tree of Chi
cago, who have spent the winter on
the Riviera, returned to England this
week, and are now at their son Arthur S
place in Warwickshire Judge Tree viii
return home on April %, Mrs. Tree re-
naming in England.
Influenza is still upsetting many So
cial ngagements. Mr.. Gilbert Parker
had a distinguished company on Mon
day night to meet the United States
ambassador, but late in the afternoon
word came that both the ambassador
and his wife We're suffering from inliu-
enZa-
The Speaker thinks the season opens
with an omen, and says: "a decade
ago who would have believed it possible
for an Earl of Warwick to convert his
prestige and estates into q limited LA
bility company? The negotiation is
typical Of the change coming over the
habits Of the upper class. 1t cannot be
said that their houses are their homes.
If they are not dining out, their house
is FULL
In Paris holy week brought crowds of
foreign visitors. The Riviera is fuller
than at any time this year, and men,
befs of royal families are to be seen
on all sides.
QUEENS SAILORS ATTACKED.
There WIS d OeCtQculN uHpledSduI III
cident in connection with the queens
visit to the Riviera. y boat from the
royal yacht Osborne was sent ashore
at Nillefranche, and three of her crew
entered a cafe full Of Frenchmen, who
set upon them. The sailors retreated
to the quay amid volleys of stones, and
were obliged to swim to their boat
Several Of the boats crew were in
jured. The captain of the queens
orIaTfS f1ir, cOr11n1ainad IN he com
mander of the French SQUADRON, who
Rpolcgized, but the affair has left bad
blood between the sailors of the two
squadrons, and has extremely annoyed
the queen.
Her majesty had an amusing en-
counter during the week. While driy-
ing on the St. Juan road she overlook
a beggar. one of the features Of the
district, who drives a cart drawn by
two big St. Bernard dogs. The beggar
whipped up the dogs and raced the
royal landau, to the great amusement
OF the royal party, the sueen, Princess
Henry of Battenburg and the Duchess
OF York laughing heartily. The beggar, F,
after getting ahead, drew up beside the |
road and waited, hat in hand. He re-
ceived the customary aims, blessed the |
queen in.the patois of the district, and |
turned back home.
MARLBOROUGH Is NO PRINCE.
To-day" publishes an article devoted |
to arguments against the Duke Of MARI |
borough's claim 10 princely rank and [
claiming TO correct the alleged mistake !
Of American newspapers on the sub
jecJ. The writer found, he asserts, that I
the Drincely dignity became absolutely |
extinct at the death of the first Duke /
Of Marlborough. To-day" then says:
"Consuelo must, therefore. be con-
tented with the rank of an English
duchess. The Drincely crown does not
adorn her brows, and the princely
Drown OF the imperial eagle must be
removed from the dukes es cutcheon."
The duke himself has taken the
trouble to inquire into his succession to
the Drincely rank, it is added, so he is
now aware of the circum-
stances.
NJ. A. p MAINLY About People, says |.
card playing was never so much in
duiEed in as at present The most
popular craze, it appears, is the game
Of patience, and the queen, it is added,
heads the list Of players.
Poker parties, according to the same
are still very popular, par
Iicularly with the ladies, including the
Duchess Of DeYonshire, Lady STRAIT
ford, Mrs. Arthur Paget and Lady
George Gordon LennoX, all of whom
are said to be excellent PLAYERS.
The recent hurricane weather on the
Atlantic and the consequent losses to
have called attention to the
board OF trades action in abolishing
he winter north Atlantic mark for YES
sells over $50 feet long, and an agitation
ior its re-establishment has begun.
Since Jan. 20 nine steamers of &c, 756
.ons, of e529,000 in value, having 800 :
persons on board. have been lost. It is
added that they We're classed 100 4 at s
Lloyds', but it is believed they were ;
exempt from the winter north Atlantic {
mark.
Mrs. Plimsell, widow Of the late Sam
lie Tlimsell the member of parliament |
Who did so much good for shipping and {
n behalf of seamen that he was known J
Is 1.-THE Seaman's Friend" has taken {
he matter up as undoing her husbands
work. In a letter 10 the newspapers ]
he characteriZes the abolition of The ]
winter north Atlantic mark as cruel t
rrong," for the winter mark was ac- S
to represent the minimum l
inc of safety, and says: {
Did people but realize the terrible ]
LANCER of our brave men and the mis-
ny and desolation Of the women and !
Iildren, surely protests would be made c
the country" {
To Investigate Colonel Hauser. t
washington, April 1.-The acting sec t
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