The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1903-12-02
PEERAGE BUSINESS WOMEN
I OTIS of Great L~dies are Suc-
cessfuI Shopkeepers.
MANY IMMERSEDIN TRADE

MANY YlMMERSEDIN TRADE
Every Year Sees New Recruits-Res'
istry for servants-Laundry 6usi'
ness and Manicuring a Modern
Necessity and Several Smart
Women Have Adopted These Rusi.
nesses.
England has been called nation Of
shopkeepers, and not without reason,
as a keen business instinct exists il
both men and women, and in every
class and every set in so :ie!y. Wo-
men Of the smart Londoa >oriG show
special aptitude for commercial en-.
terprise, and al tile present r:Ee sew
eral members of the best-known fami-
lies are immersed in successful trade
speculations; 1887 saw the commence
ment Of this business era. The late
Lady Granville Gordon acted the part
of a praiseworthy pioneer. Her hat
shop in Park street, Grosyenor Square,
proved as profitable an investment as
did Mrs. Jack Cummings more recent
dressmaking experiment in Dover
street, Piccadilly.
Every year sees new recruits to the
strong army Of society traders. Some
time ago the Duchess Of Abecorn start
ed creamery near Baronscourt that
supplies customers in Belfast with the
best and freshest Of Irish dairy 3ro-
duce, and Lady Essex, an American,
by the way, is partly responsible for a
fourishing laundry in the neighbor-
hood of London. Lady Rachel Byns,
daughter of Lord Stafford, has g1il.
linery establishment not far from
New Bond street. The Hon. Mrs.
Turnour keeps a dTessmaker's shop in
the same locality, and Mrs. "Bertie''
Dormer, cousin to Lord Dormer, has
recently started as milliner md
dressmaker under the pseudonym OF
'Olvette"
Mrs. Wellesley, a relation by mar
riage Of the Duke Of Wellington, once
owned a hower-shop in lower GrosIe-
nor place; and now Mrs. Patrick Her
on n-Maxwell-another smart woman
runs a florists business in Victoria
street. The servant question appeals
to many of us; Miss Edith Kerr keeps
registry for servants in lower Bel
grave street, Eaton Square. This 'ady
is one of the unmarried daughters Of
the late Lord Frederick Kerr; and she
IS, Of course, related to the present
Lord Lothian. Manicure is modern
necessity, and several smart women
have adop ed this delicate business.
The Hon. Mrs. Granville Knox bas
started as a manicurist in a shop not
far from Piccadilly. She is a daugh-
ter of Harriet Lady Clifden, a cousin
Of the Marquise d'Hautepoule, and is
married to Granville Knox, a relation
Of Lord Ranfurly. She is a pretty,
fascinating woman, and rejoices in the
PEI name of "Ducky," which, by the
way, she shares with the Grand Ouch.
ess Of HesSe.
Several tea shops are kept by Lon
don society women, notably one III
Bond street, which belongs to Mrs.
Robertson, wife of an army officer.
The house is arranged with great taste,
has deep, Uncovered veranda, and
he neat.handed mattresses dress in
violet frocks, covered with white mus.
lin aprons and long oversleeTes. Lady
Warwick and Lady Duncannon have
both been shopkeepers in and uear
Bond street: and although their names
are now less prominently before the
public. yet they remain equally inter.
ested in their favorite industries
English-made lingerie and Irish hand
embroideries.
Some society women prefer not to
coquette with commerce, and instead
turn their attention to serious pro-
fessional career The Hon. Mrs. Scar
lest-Synge, sister to Lord Abinger, has
become a fully qualified physician, and
practices at Bloemfontein, In South
Africa, where she holds the post of
medical officer to the Government
Normal Hospital. The South Africa
war left us a legacy Of society nurses;
but years ago, Lady Hermione Black
wood, and-before her marriage-Lady
Griselda Cheape, both worked as
nurses in the London hospitals. Music
claims many gifted women. The Hon.
Mrs. Julian Clifford, sister to Lord
Henniker, is now a professional COO
cert singer and Nine. Lillian Eldee, a
pretty and successful vocalist, appears
in society as Mrs. Bill" Duncombe,
whose husband Is a nephew of Lord
Feversham.-M. A. P.
English Pie Crust.
The English cook has knack Of
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