The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-12-23
T1AS IN OLD ENGLAND
o-;,eess Will Dance With But
lerOn Gala Eve.
nrWET ADMIRED BY FOE
--reET HONOR THE BRILLIANT
BOER GENERAL.

z., Dec. 22-There viii be a
christmas in England, though in
pl7-- .---a,ca London is already one of
COM Inst sDors in the United Kind
The fashionable world has de-
O.7 the metropolis and sought re-
-. IN fine country places. There VIII
JUS ..,,,rd OF house parties as has
10 ---l-7av-l for several years. They
.,, ~. aorcmpanied by the revival OF
-,,ss- old customs, which, a cen
L. goo made the season the occasion
to-' -r--r57asrrained merrymaking among
rf.h and poor allhe-
I'." --,-IId seem that those who are
a.. m celebrate realize the necessity
t,- darracting public attention from the
-g .I+s in South Africa, At Osborne,
e Zen will be surrounded by the
III and Duchess of York, the Prin-
- af Rattenbcrg and several of her
.1d.bfIdren. At Sandringham, the
9,--ra of Wales win entertain the
- and Duchess of Fife and their
hH5rau with royal Christmas trees.
ST.Tb,.k Abbey, Blenheim palace, Hat
+sz house and all the stately homes
~ E,1qIaud's ariscOcracy are filing up
with scores of guests prepared to make
-Ha most of NuIetide.
Dance in Servants Halls.
Rails. amateur theatricals and enter
comments without end have been ar
r7ngad. conspicuous among which is
The old English custom Of a dance in
servants %, H.
Al The luke and Duchess of Devon
sFf~ars. Earl and Countess Spencer's,
the Marquis and MarchiOness OF Lon
5anderry 8, and other places Of the no
hHfrv Christmas eve viii be marked
hr the strange spectacle of buffers
dancing with princess, and fOOtmen
with c1uuteSses. while ladies' maids.
chamberm5ids and COOKS viii hang on
t5 the arms of cabinet ministers ami
other male heads of iIIusTiOus lines
The ancient practice of London owners
ENJOYING the servants quadrille had al
most Iapsed except IN the case of a few
families. The revival is, perhaps, no
little due TO the increasing necessity
Tor paupering the British servant. The
OnI0oker says the hOusehOlders now
have To study the comfort of their do
meSticS as much as their own, and
quotes one country house where d 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 for the ser
wants sole use.
Golfer Eats in Workshop.
In striking contrast TO this is the
treatment accorded 70 Bernard Mich
oils. the American golfer, who defeated
the English crack. Peter Paxton Thurs
day. Nichols. who is of English birth,
returned here after having passed
many years in America. The TrOtting
Rec Golf club compelled him to lunch
il the workshop, though the club mem
b-rs were glad TO face the December
storm TO witness his play. Nichols
said.
Had L not been before in America
and Witnessed the lavish kindness be
slowed on NaTdon and other English
players, 1 might not have resented this
ueatmenti but YOU may be assured I
VIII never remain in England long and
j IL We're not for meeting Braid Satur-
day who is a personal friend. I would
not play on another English link You
may be depend on it, NdrdOn Will not
remain here long. for I know he viii
De- unable 10 stand this sort of thing
after the kindness he has received in
me United States
The curious thing about it all is
hat America viii soon Outstrip Eng
land, not only in golf playing, but in
The manufacture of golf equipment for
they are getting the best talent i'll Eng
land, which, under better auspices, is
sure to OUtstrip the home talent
Mrs. Maybrick Still in Cell.
once again Mrs. Florence AIaybrick
spends an unhappy Christmas III her
prison cell. In spite Of the various
reports. her chances of liberty are no
brighter than last year. Secretary Hay
has forwarded to Mr.. ChOate several
private letters which win shortly be
presented TO the new home secretary,
i'm "a 10
custom of approaching each new OCCu-
pant of that Office. But the associated
Press learns there is no possible chance
OF anything being done SO long as Lord
is lord high chancellor. Were
a- cabinet to discuss the matter, as it
did once before, il could only refer it
-H the crowns chief adviser. Lord
Halsbury, who apparently made the
A.Hybrick case the basis of a feud with
the late lord chief Justice. Baron Rus
SELL Of kIliOWen, and CheTiSheS il just
as bitterly now as before Lord Rus
s-ls death When a new chancellor
IS appointed, Mrs. Maybrick viii have
q good chance of freedom The Ouch
eSF ef Bedford. who is reported TO be
especially interested in Mrs. MaybTick,
tells the Associated Press that she sees
The celebrated prisoner only in the
course Of her regular visits to Ayles-
curry prison. not especially in the in
.-rrSt of her case, and does not intend
% express any opinion OF her guilt or
innocence.
American Woman for Peerage.
Another American woman is likely to
.- soon elevated To the British peerage,
els Lord Salisbury intends to recognize
tho Right Hon. Arthur Hugh smith
Barry $ services to his party by put
ing him in the house of lords. Mr..
9aI. -a-Berry married the widow Of
Arthur Post of New York, whose
.9r Mrs Adair, is also well known
.. london society
Others mentioned for peerage in
a-- Nh Henry COsmO Orme BOnsor,
hartman of The Southeastern railroad.
1.- Mr. James LOWJheT, NJ Z. Lord
H..-~puly has already created nearly
-.---E peers. If the present rate is
-eHt up the upper house viii soon be
p. numerical superiority over the COM
". r. Hobbs. head Of the recently
-H-A canadian furniture cOmbire,
-'# s~ London has decided that the
--al4a1.s have no need of the assist
."- or of the cooperation of English
.-auel-rs which was originally project
ID A significant fact showing C8nada's
4r-ss, Is that sufficient funds are
f-.E obtained there while the new law
------7 mo LoICe Jan i IN the JnlJeu
.E.-.-LHm- imposes an almost prOhIb-
sorry taxation on new corporations
About forty pauJ0mimes viii be pro-
..a IN and -Ound London during the
'-la}S. "t.-.derilla' being the most
ll.aT production. no few or than nine
-Esi9ns being presented.
Nearly all the theatres are already
u --@ crowded holiday business.
romans production, Alice IN
u. .nlerIand. % at the Vaudeville. Wed
.~-ay, with EllaIine Terriss as Alice
ana Seymour Hicks as the Mad Halter.
IS not successful, from the critics