Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-22
REJOICE, ANYHOW
BoER WAR DOES NOT AFFECT EN-
GLIsH HOLIDAYS.
AMONG BRAVE STAY-AT-HOMES.
Horde of New Peers-American Won IN
With Titles-Mrs. Maybrick
Despondent.

dulest spots in the kingdom. The fash
ionable world has deserted the metropo-
lis and sought refuge i'll country places
There will be such a round of house par
ties as has been unknown for several
wears. They will be accompanied by the
revival of the queer old customs which
n century ago made the season the oc-
casion for unrestrained merrymaklns
among rich and poor alike. 1t would
seem that those who are able to cele-
brate realize the necessity for detracting
prhlic attraction from the events IN
South Africa. At Osborne. the queen Will
be surrounded by the Duke and Duchess
of York. the Princess of Battenburg ana
several Of her grandchildren. AT SAN
driaeham, the Prince of Wales VIII enter
tain the Duke and Duchess OF Erie ana
their children with royal Christmas trees
Wetbeck Abbey. Rlenheim Palace, Hat
field House and all the stately homes OF
EngIanii's aItStOcracy. are filling up with
scores of guests prepared to make the
most of Yuletde. Balls, amateur theatre
Gals ana entertainments without END
have been arranged. conspicuous among
which is the old English custom of
dance in the servants hall.
At the Duke and Duchess of Devon
shire's. Earn and Countess Spener's, TIL,
Marquis and Marchioness of London
derry's and ether places of the nobility,
Christmas eve will be marked by the
strange spectacles Of butler dancing with
princess ana footman With countess
while ladies maid, chambermaids and
cooks WI! bang on to the arms Of cabi-
net ministers and other male heads Of IL
lustliD,IS lines. Tha ancient practice Of
quaar:il- mad almost lapsed except in
the last- NJ a few families The revival
is pe. 1=p<. no little due to the increasing
necessity for pampering the British SER
want. The Onlooker says the household
ers now have to study the comfort OF
their dCMestic5 a. much as their own.
ana luutaS one country house where a
set of rooms is specially allotted to them
for recreation. comprising a ballroom.
music room. library and billiard room,
in which a marker is kept fer the SER
wants sole use.
III striking contrast to this is the treat
mant accorded to Bernard Nichols the
American golfer. who defeated the Eng
lish crack. Peter Paxton. Thursday.
Nicho.}s, VINO is Of English birth, return
ed here after having passed many years
in AmeIca. The footing Bee Golf club
compelled him to lunch in the workshop,
though the club members were glad to
face the December storm to witness his
PLAY. Nichols said:
Had ] not been before in America
and Witnessed the lavish kindness be-
slowed on Nardon and other English
players might not have resented this
treatment: but, you may be assured I
will never remain in England long, and
if it We're not for meeting Braid Satur-
day, who is a personal friend, / would
not play on another English link. You
may deneAd on it, Vardon will not re-
main here long, for 1 know he will be
unable n stand this sort of thing after
the Kindness he has received in America
THE curious thing about it all is that
America win soon outstrip England. not
only in golf playing, but in the manu-.
facture Of golf equipment, for they art
getting The best talent in England
winch under better auspices, is sure tt
outstr!n the home talent
once again, Mrs. Florence Maybricl
spends an unhappy Christmas in he
prison Tell. In spite of the various re
ports, her chances of liberty are n,
'brigh1er than last year. Secretary Ha,
has forwarded to Mr.. Choate several pri
Vate letters which will shortly be pre-
sented to the new home secretary. M,
Rltchie, In accord with the custom O
approaching each new occupant of tn
once. bnt the Associated Press learn
there IS no chance of anything bein
done so long as Lord Hasbury is lor
hlen chancellor. Were the cabinet t
discuss the matter. as it did once before
II couid only refer it to the crowns chic
adviser, Lord Halsbury, who apparent
made the Maybrick case the basis of
feua with the late Lord Chief Justic
Baron Russell of Killowen and cherishe
1t just as bitterly now as before Lor
Russells death. When a new chancellc
Is appointed, Mrs. Maybrick will have
good chance of freedom. The Duches
OF bedford. who is reported to be espe
clally interested in Mrs. MAVERICK. tel
the Associated Press that she only sec
the celebrated prisoner in the course {
her regular visits to Aylesbury prso,
not especially in the interest of her cas-
ana does not intend to express any oDi,
Ion of her guilt or innocence.
other american women are likely soc
10 pe elevated to the peerage as Lo,
Saisoufv intends to recognize the Rigl
Hon Arthur Smith Barry's services
MS party ny putting him in the hou
soi lords. Mr.. Smith-Barry married +,
widow of Arthur Post of New Yo,.
whose sister, Mrs. Adair, is also W,
known in Lonlon society,
Others mentioned for peerage incu
Henry Cosmo Orme Bonsor chairman
the Southeastern railroad, and Jam
Lowther. NJ. P.
Lord Salisbury has already Great
nearly 50 peers. If the present rata
kept up, the upper house will soon be
numerical superiority over the co,
mons.
y" K. Hobbs, head of the recent
Formed Canadian furniture combine n,
an London, has decided that the Can
dians have no need of the assistance
o. the cooperation of English financie
which was originally projected. A s
nlhcaht fact showing Canadas proer,