The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-08-26
SEASON IS ENDED
Metropolis is Deserted by the
Society Folk Who Make
the Big Doings.
ouE4le DANCES VOGUE
4 Has Largely Taken the Place of tho
Private eall--Charity the Special
Fad of London Society
Gossip of tho Town.


Copyright. 1904. by w. r. Hearst.)
london special: London is empty.
The summer of 1904 is dead. Wander
ing through the streets and squares OF
the west end. we confront an endless
succession of barred and bolted doors
with staring white blinds and dust COW
cred entrance halls. Society has flown
to the our corners Of Europe. there to
remain until the fogs and bleak winds
Of November shall have settled down
sight. OF the Americans who play an
accustomed part in the social tread
mill of the season, scarcely n re-
mains in town. Those who still claim
a domicile in America are on their way
home or preparing to sail for New York.
OF those whose homes are permanently
in London, the Roxburghes are snugly
ensconced at Floors castle, where the
dowager empress will shortly join
them. The M~alboroughs. having kept
their home in town closed during the
season, have retreated to Blenheim and
will presently make their way to Mar
ienbad, there to join the little coterie
Ronalds and her daughter, Mrs. Richie.
are at E%astburne, and toward the end
OF August will go on to Biarritz. Mrs
Adair is in Scotland. Lord n Lady
Bateman, honeymooning In Carlsbad
and later in Paris, will go on to their
home in Shobbon hall, Herefordshire.
Mrs. Mackay will go on to Hamburg
and Lucerne, and, as her wont Is. win
ter in Nice. Lord and Lady Cheyles-
more. Mr.. and Mrs. Rupert Beckett,
Lady Naylor Leland, the countess Of
Essex, and Mrs. Frank Avery will wan
der through the continental spas. Mrs.
Frank Mackay, MI. and Mrs. Ross VIM
ans and Mr.. and Mrs. Newhouse will go
back, like the Vanderbilts. to the Uni
ted States. Mrs. Jack Leslie will be
wherever the duke and duchess of Con-
naught go, and the destination Of this
amiable royal couple has not yet been
settled.
Public Va. Private Dancing.
One of the marked and most inter-
esting features of the season lay in the
almost complete abandonment Of the
ball. Thus is Illustrated the growth OF
the democratic spirit in the British
~aristocracy. For ten years the society
woman Of exalted position would have
frozen with horror at the bare thought
Of In appearance at a proniscous as
semblage. The stately and elaborate
balls, which years g lent beauty,
ISSA4SY ~ ~ AAsS "
season, have been almost entirely abb
sent. Those who would seek an ex-
PLANTATION need not travel far to find
one. The woman whose great inherited
wealth renders her impervious to the
influences exerted by the wealthy par
venu, be he Of New York, Chicago or
South Africa, fatty refuses to entertain
or to recognize people, who in these
days could scarcely be excluded from
any great social gathering, and they
accordingly seek refuge in q policy OF
absentation. Many Of the great
houses-Grosvenor, Dorchester, Chel-
sea and Bridgewater-haye been closed
defying the spirit of the 6 simply
and sternly refuses to be affronted by
the presence of these vulgarfans. The
duchesses Of Norfolk, Roxburbh, Man
chester and Marlborough have not as
yet taken their places among leading
the summer in the country. Stafford
house, famous for its hospitality in the
cause Of philanthropy, has been the
chief seat OF public entertainment. The
close Of the season saw the warm
hearted duchess Of Sutherland over
whelmed by a storm Of applications
from all and every KING Of charity fo1
year. III M
Imposition on Artists. 3. b
One of the most gratifying signs 81
the times is in the revolt Of those in
high places against the imposition or
artists through the constant repetition
OF the charity affairs, wherein sing
ms and other performances are de-
as a gift. AS usual, the duchess Of
Sutherland is the first to take a firm
stand on behalf of the oppressed, anc
her example has been followed by the
duchess of Somerset. In the future
those ladies will withhold the use o.
they receive some proof that the artists
engaged are to receive adequate re.
Enumeration for their services.
Reference to Stafford house recall:
the memory of a pretty compliment
paid to the thensducless Of Sutherland
by Queen Victoria, who was decided,
sparing IN compliments. I come
palace." And a palace indeed it is
The construction as a royal residenc,
was one of the many extravaganza!
associated with the malodorous caree
of George W., then prince Of Wales
Then it was that the prince regent
entreated the hen marquis Of Stafford
to take the building off his hands an
finish it. To this gentleman, after
ward first duke of Sutherland, and hi
successor, the second duke, the com
pletion of the building was left. On
stately reception room to the left o
the great hall is never opened saw
when royalty visits the duke, or whe1
4 bride Of the house goes out into
new life" 1t is a sacred law of TIL
family that the Whole building, saw
for the private apartments, shall b
free to art and science, to philanthro
Ply, and to the political purposes Of tn
conservative party Grisi, Monjen.
Malibren, Chaplin, Rubinstein, Arabellj
Goddard, L%ablanche, Albani, Tletjens
De Murden, made melody within it
walls: Shaftesbury eloquently pleade
the cause of the White slave of the Lon
don slums; Lloyd Garrison, the caus
of the black slave of the plantation. Mis-
sionaries, reformers, princes, poten
tates the world over have been anon
those to whom Stafford house has ten
dered welcome. Its art treasures n
less than Its historic associations ar
almost with out parallel among othe
private dwellings contemporary wit
itself.
Charity as a Fad.
Never in the history of nations ha
charity in all forms been SO popular a
in the reign of King Edward VII. ]
Ia NOW regarded as an ~ndespensabl