Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-04-16
SOCIETY WOMEN
AND HARD TIMES,
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jnghain Palace by trading as a Dress
maker under the well known name Of
Machinka IN Dover street, Her husband
also has Joined the rank OF traders. and
Is by way OF being q house decorator.
According 10 the laws that obtain.
Mrs Oswald Chapman the daughter Of
the late SIR William Hardman Of the
Morning Post should also figure among
those no .ongcr eligible at court, for
when bad tines came she turned her
household management talents TO aC-
count, and has now bull up an excel.
lent little business In tine restaurant
line. This started by mOdcstly inviting
typewrters and other women employed
near by 10 take their teas Inv the draw
Ing room Of her little nat IN Victoria
street-a suggestion that met with such
a ready response that Mrs. Chapman
began providing luuchaons FOR them al
her home until the business grew so
large that she was obliged to NJ mp
luncheon and tea rooms of Victoria
street, whore one can obtain o lunch NJ
meat. vegetables and pudding for the
modest sum Of rs cents.
This is all cooked by Mrs. Chapman,
her little daughter aged Is, and any
other OF her aristocratlc friends who are
willing to help her In the kitchen or TO
serve and wait upon the hungry CUSTOM
ers. IL is not an uncommon sight to
see one Of these little assistants drive
no In carriage for the purpose of
giving a helping hand during the rush
Of the midday hours. Mrs. Chapman's
little daughter, Poppy" though hard
az work with culinary problems during
the morning still continues her educa-
ton IN the afternoons. At 2'3O D. m.
her serving apron Is discarded and she
goes a-walklng with her French COVER
ness, or on alternate days with her Ger
man instructress.
sHREWD AMERICAN COUNTESS.
BY general consent, the hardest bust
ness head among the peeresses Il that
Of the little known Countess OF Essex,
who was Adela Grant Of New York be-
fore she married the earl. She never
has been known 10 lay out a cent with
out getting a fair return for H. and
never has been caught, like so many OF
the other peeresses on wildcat schemes.
She holds shares IN a number Of dry
goods concerns, and ls generally under
stood 10 be heavily interested In at least
two fashionable millinery shops carried
on under assumed names. AS she
doesn't keep shop In person. however.
she Is not excluded from court,
Two years ago II was reported that
this energetic countess was going to
start laundry. As the laundry was
not forthcoming the report was credited
10 some correspondents lmmaglnatlon
but, as a matter OF fact. the countess
entertained the idea seriously, and late
ly has taken II up again so far as to
send two men around TO inspect the
london laundrles and report on the
generally unsanitary conditions which |
prevail In them AS soon as the report |
~ ready the countess purposes TO ask |
for municipal regulations improving the |
condition of women who work IN laun- |
dries, and II she Is not successful In |
this, ] understand that she intends 10 |
20 into the business herself, not neces-
sarily for profit, but for the sake OF |
wiping out some Of the wretched places
in which laundry work is now done and |
giving employment TO the women who /
would be thrown out OF work.
The countess doesn't care much for
London society. and has no town house
Of her own Her husband has no head
for business, so the countess manages
the estate herself and looks after u lot
OF charities besides.
LAURA FRANK MURCHlsoN.