Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-09-03

I'm the peasant women among whom che
lives when IN Ireland The life Of the
ordinary peasant woman ia most
monotonous one. Tho time required
daily to put their own homes i'm order
is very brief, and although they
are Willng To- work there ~
little they can do from which they
can reap any prccuniary benefits Lady
Barrymore, some months ago, conceived
the idea of encouraging cottage indus
Try by providing materials Tor stocking
making and ncedowork of every de-
scriptiOn. afterwards finding am outlet
for the work produced through tho
medium Of a number Of charities iu
which she and many other friends We're
Interested. The Warehouses Of Dufel-
I'm Is going one better She rs rncour-
aging the same class OF work hut she i7
finding p market for Il among store
keepers both I'm England and America
where she rs able To obtain market
value and is, therefore I'M position
to pay the peasants better price for
their work Musical evenings and
Sunday outings for women and young
girls are also a. part Of her program to
relieve the m0notony ~ these poor peo-
pies lives She does not believe I'm
ndIscrIminate charity While she has
no desire to make money out Of thls
scheme OF hers she insists that II must
pay rs own way II II is 10 continue.
II she gets back the value ~ the ma
tcrlals which she supplies she IS sats-
fed that her effort VIII be productive
Of some good.
CRUSH SOCIAL FUNCTIONS.
Whilst the London season is in full
swing the brushes no fashionable funC-
tions are go great that many Of those
who are invited find IL impossible 10
get inside the doors and even more
Interesting than the stories told Of
grand parties attended are some Of the
experiences Of those who have tried to
attend them and failed Determined
to be at the MarhIoucss ~ Lans-
doNne's big reception recently Lord
John Hay, the brother of the Marquis
Of TWeeddale. pronounced I'm Scot
land Tweddle where folk declare nobody
but a Cockncy would pronounce II
otherwise) especially came 10 London,
took rooms in town and then brought
his wife and daughters here, Fittiugly
arrayed. they all started out In good,
time ON the evcntful night, which PROV
ed to be a rainy one but for one whole
hour and q half was their carriage
blocked I'm a never ending queue OF
smart vehicles and the family ultimate
~ reached the door Of LansdOwne
House Just I'm time TO peep inside, get
back to their carriage and return home |
again
on the same night Lady Currie, |
whose husband was ambassador to |
Rome but whose bad health does not |
permit him TO go 10 parties, attempted |
to accept the marchoness' invitation,
Her experience was somewhat similar
She stepped from her carriage at her
hostess door to observe. Immediately |
afterwards that folk were leaving the |
party and looking Wistfully after her |
departing carriage was by no means |
cheerad TO hear the liftman say, 81 |
don't know when you'll get your car
rage again. Then IN spite Of the rain |
she set an example, which many satin |
slippered DANES followed Pioted by |
her groom, who came 10 line up with |
others at the front door and aided by |
q linkman, who IN mp a path for her |
with his lantern. she ran through the |
storm-swept muddy street until she |
caught up with her carriage,
"HUBBY" GAVE IT UP.
stu more comical and exasperating |
was the experience OF Lord London-
derry His wife was giving a big party |
at Londonderry House. lie had an |
other engagement that evening, but |
hurried back from II to join his wife |
and play the part Of host He found the
street so blocked with carriages that |
his cab could not find passage through |
them. Diminishing It he undertook TO
get through the jam on foot. BY the
time he succeeded I'm getting inside his
own hall so great was the crush ON the !
stairs that after a hard struggle TO |
mount them and reach his wife he gave |
Il up and had TO content himself with |
seeing and speaking TO a few friends as /
they were swept out Of his own front 1
door, his wife upstairs apologizing all |
the time for his non-arrival and won
dering what had happened TO dctain /
him.
Fashionable hostesscs are utterly al a /
loss TO provide any remedy for the /
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