Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-09-30
EERA|fBU}|NES% WOMEN
pts of Great Ladies are Sue
cessfuI Shopkeepers.
Many IMMERSEDIN TRADE


livery Year Sees New Reeruits-Res-
istry for Servants-Laundry Busl-
ness and Manicurina Modern
Necessity and Several Smart
Women Have Adopted These Bust.
4 nesses.
England has been called q nation OF
shopkeepers, and not without reason,
as a-keen business instinct exists III
both men and women, and in every
Glass and every set in SO :iety. Wo-
!. nen Of the smart Londoa ORD show
q special aptitude for commercial en-
terprise, and at tie present time 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 praiseworthy pioneer. Her hat
shop In Park street. Grosvenor 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
FED creamery near Baronscourt that
supplies customers in Belfast with the
best and freshest of Irish dairy pro
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 nil
linery establishment not far from
New Bond street. The Hon. Mrs.
Turnour keeps a dressmaker's shop in
the same locality, and Mrs. "Bertie"
aDormer, cousin to Lord Dormer. has
recently started as milliner md
dressmaker under the pseudonym of
"Olivette.'
Mrs. Wellesley, relation by mar
riage of the Duke of Wellington, once
owned fowershop in lower Grosve-
nor place; and now Mrs. Patrick Her
on-Maxwell-another smart woman
runs florists business in Victoria
street. The servant question appeals
Go many of us; Miss Edith Kerr keeps
a registry for servants in lower Bel
gra - Eaton Square. This aly
ne unmarried daughters of
-. Lord Frederick Kerr; and she
70. :. course, related to the present
Le' Lothian. Manicure is modern
ne ,essity, and several smart women
have adopted this delicate business.
The Hon. Mrs. Granville Knox has
started as a manicurist in shop not
far from Piccadilly. She is Il daugh-
ter of Harriet Lady Clifden, cousin
of the AIarQuise d'Hautepoule, and is
maEried to Granville Knox, relation
or hord Nanfurly. She is a pretty,
fascinating woman. and rejoices in the
gpe. name OF ..Ducky," which, by the
way, she shares with the Grand Ouch
ess OF Hesse.
Several tea shops are kept by Lon
lon society women. notably one III
Bond street. which belongs to Mrs.
Z Robertson, wife of an army officer.
The house is arranged with great taste.
( has deep, Uncovered veranda, and
the neat-handed mattresses dress in
violet frocks, covered with white mus
lin aprons and long orersleeyes. Lady
Warwick and Lady Duncannon have
both been shopkeepers in and 1ear
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
emDroideries.
Some society women prefer not to
coquette with commerce, and instead
turn their attention to a serious pro-
fessional career. The Hon. Mrs Scar
le.t-Synge, sister to Lord Abinger, has
become fully qualified physician, aud
practices at Bloemfontein, in South
Africa, where she holds the post of
medical officer to the Government
Normal Hospital. The South Africa
3 war left US a legacy of society nurses;
but years ago, Lady Hermione Black
wood, and-before her marriase-Lady
Griselda Cheape, bo.h 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 cun-
cert singer: and Nine. Lillian E1dee, a
pretty and successful vocalist, appears
In society as Mrs. Bill" Duncombe,
whose husband Is a nephew of Lord
Feyersham.-M. A. P.
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